The Last Tycoon

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l'll be waiting for you there...

...in about one hour.

You can trust me.

Ah, signora.

Grazie.

Che cosa?

Go on.

Go on!

The end is too gory.

Cut out one roll of the table.

Okay.

The signal was much too obvious.

lt kills the surprise.

Make it shorter.

Okay, Monroe.

What else?

You wanted to see the beach

scene from Dark Moonlight.

Right.

Okay, Jack.

No, no, don't go to him at all,

stay on her.

You don't need him. Stay on her...

...all the way down

to the edge of the sea.

She's the one we're interested in.

Remember that scene

from Reaching for the Moon,

when Bebe Daniels ran out of

the house, down to the lake?

This is where we shot it.

No, of course

you wouldn't remember,

you're too young.

l've been here

since the silent days.

l knew them all.

Did you know the Keystone Kops?

All of them!

What a bunch of guys.

Shh.

This was Minna Davis'

dressing room.

She was taken ill for the last time...

...in this room.

That's her.

She was beautiful.

She was a great friend of mine.

l remember we had

to call her husband.

l called him myself.

l remember that call well.

l said, "Mr. Stahr...

...l'm afraid your wife

has been taken ill."

He said, "l'll be right over."

And this is where it all happened.

This is where Mr. Stahr was

when l called him.

The administration building.

That's where he still is.

That's his office up there.

Oh...

Gee, it's so big!

lt's big, all right.

They don't have anything bigger

in the whole world.

How did they do the earthquake

in San Francisco?

The earthquake?

Well, there are various ways

you can do an earthquake.

What you can do first is

rock the camera.

You see?

Or if you're in a room,

you can rock the set.

l mean, you can rock the room.

Then you throw in a lot of dust...

No, l wasn't asleep.

When are you coming home?

Mmm.

Oh, l'm all right.

l miss you, that's all.

Oh, she's with her grandmother.

She's fine.

She has a new tooth.

Mmm.

How did it go?

Oh, that's good.

Mmm...

When are you coming home?

Oh... good.

Beautiful baby.

And you want me to meet you?

Mmm.

Next time l'll be coming with you.

Come on, come on.

They owe me a little time off

at the club anyway.

Oh...

Couldn't be more boring

than being without you.

Yes, me too.

Bye, darling.

Want me to go?

Yes!

No.

Cut!

Kill the arc.

That's a print.

That was really good.

l mean, very good.

Give me a finder.

All right, take it up.

Your aspirin, sir.

Strike the sofa!

Pick up the phone, Harry.

Pull the phone back, Fred.

And watch that cable!

Makeup!

That was really very good indeed.

Makeup!

You think so?

lt was absolutely terrific.

lt was really wonderful.

lt was shit.

Here we go again, Billy.

Listen, Didi,

l have to tell you it was exquisite.

lt was fake.

lt was false.

Didn't you notice?!

l want to do it again.

You'll never do it better.

l know l can play that scene.

l want to do it again.

lt was good for me.

What?

Didi...

...trust me.

Thank you.

l'm ready.

Chief?

Let's do it again.

We're going to do it again.

Bitch.

Get it quiet now, damn it!

All right, bring it down.

Quiet! Quiet, damn it!

Good night, Frank.

Good night, Brian.

Yo.

Harry, l'm waiting!

Night, boys.

Night. See you tomorrow, Hank.

Goodnight. Bye.

- See you tomorrow.

l love him.

He's a genius.

l've always wanted him to get

every credit.

You know that.

But what about me?

New York has forgotten me.

No, no...

New York has forgotten me.

You want to know why?

Because l'm too generous.

lt's my nature.

l make life too easy for them.

You know what l am?

l am the strong base upon which

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