Annie Hall Page #7

MAN IN LINE:

Like all that Juliet of the Spirits or

Satyricon, I found it incredibly ...

indulgent. You know, he really is. He's

one of the most indulgent film makers. He

really is-

ALVY:

(Overlapping)

Key word here is "indulgent."

MAN IN LINE:

(Overlapping)

-without getting ... well, let's put it

this way ...

ALVY:

(To Annie, who is still reading,

overlapping the man in line who is

still talking)

What are you depressed about?

ANNIE:

I missed my therapy. I overslept.

ALVY:

How can you possibly oversleep?

ANNIE:

The alarm clock.

ALVY:

(Gasping)

You know what a hostile gesture that is

to me?

ANNIE:

I know-because of our sexual problem,

right?

ALVY:

Hey, you ... everybody in line at the

New Yorker has to know our rate of

intercourse?

MAN IN LINE:

- It's like Samuel Beckett, you know-

I admire the technique but he doesn't ...

he doesn't hit me on a gut level.

ALVY:

(To Annie)

I'd like to hit this guy on a gut level.

The man in line continues his speech all the while Alvy and Annie talk.

ANNIE:

Stop it, Alvy!

ALVY:

(Wringing his hands)

Well, he's spitting on my neck! You know,

he's spitting on my neck when he talks.

MAN IN LINE:

And then, the most important thing of all

is a comedian's vision.

ANNIE:

And you know something else? You know,

you're so egocentric that if I miss my

therapy you can think of it in terms of

how it affects you!

MAN IN LINE:

(Lighting a cigarette while he talks)

Gal gun-shy is what it is.

ALVY:

(Reacting again to the man in line)

Probably on their first date, right?

MAN IN LINE:

(Still going on)

It's a narrow view.

ALVY:

Probably met by answering an ad in the

New York Review of Books. "Thirtyish

academic wishes to meet woman who's

interested in Mozart, James Joyce and

sodomy."

(He sighs; then to Annie)

Whatta you mean, our sexual problem?

ANNIE:

Oh!

ALVY:

I-I-I mean, I'm comparatively normal

for a guy raised in Brooklyn.

ANNIE:

Okay, I'm very sorry. My sexual problem!

Okay, my sexual problem! Huh?

The man in front of them turns to look at them, then looks away.

ALVY:

I never read that. That was-that was

Henry James, right? Novel, uh, the

sequel to Turn of the Screw? My Sexual ...

MAN IN LINE:

(Even louder now)

It's the influence of television. Yeah,

now Marshall McLuhan deals with it in terms

of it being a-a high, uh, high intensity,

you understand? A hot medium ... as opposed

to a ...

ALVY:

(More and more aggravated)

What I wouldn't give for a large sock o'

horse manure.

MAN IN LINE:

... as opposed to a print ...

Alvy steps forward, waving his hands in frustration, and stands facing the

camera.

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