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00:00:31 Mr. Chinaski!
00:00:34 Get over here!
00:00:38 - You've got a drivers license?
00:00:41 One driver's sick. We've got some rush
00:01:08 Hi, Chi..!
00:02:40 Feeling bad?
00:02:44 I've felt better.
00:02:47 I've probably slept longer
00:03:16 Chinaski, you're fired.
00:04:58 Do you have a room?
00:05:01 - It's $150 a week.
00:05:04 - Are you employed?
00:05:09 - May I ask what you do?
00:05:15 Have you written books?
00:05:18 I'm not ready for a novel... yet.
00:05:23 OK.
00:06:24 Most guys think they know how to drive.
00:06:30 They just steer.
00:06:32 Every day I see 2-3 people run through
00:06:37 The lives people live drive them crazy,
00:06:43 I'm not here to tell you how to live.
00:06:49 When can a man
00:06:53 When I get a hard on?
00:06:56 If you can't drive with a hard on
00:06:59 Some of our best men
00:07:04 When can one lose control
00:07:08 Chinaski?
00:07:10 A man might lose control
00:07:16 Correct.
00:07:19 When you sneeze what do you do?
00:07:29 - Are you Henry Chinaski?
00:07:32 Follow me.
00:07:38 Sit down.
00:07:43 We ran a check on you.
00:07:47 You have 18 drunk and disorderly
00:07:54 - There were two for drunk driving.
00:08:14 Could you call me a cab?
00:09:11 As we live we all get caught
00:09:17 Writing can trap you.
00:09:20 Some tend to write what has pleased
00:09:25 They hear accolades and believe them.
00:09:28 There is only one final judge
00:09:34 When he is swayed by the critics, the
00:09:41 And when he's
00:09:45 - you can float him
00:09:50 - A writer?
00:09:53 - Are you sure?
00:09:57 Why do you want to work
00:10:00 - It reminds me of my grandmother.
00:10:05 She used to serve me pickles
00:10:11 - What do you write?
00:10:17 - I'm half way through a novel.
00:10:21 - Everything.
00:10:28 Yes.
00:10:31 How about my wife?
00:10:34 She's in there too.
00:10:59 I wrote 3-4 short stories a week.
00:11:02 I imagined how the editors in
00:11:08 Hey, here's another one from that nut!
00:11:13 I sent most of them to John Martin.
00:11:48 Chinaski?
00:12:01 Mr. Gentry is a writer too.
00:12:07 I told him that you were a writer and
00:12:13 I don't mind.
00:12:20 Mr. Gentry is a friend of mine.
00:12:52 Do you mind if I leave?
00:12:55 OK.
00:13:17 The scene in the office stayed with
00:13:24 I thought of good stakes.
00:13:27 Long rides up winding driveways
00:13:32 Ease. Trips to Europe.
00:13:36 Fine women.
00:13:46 Chinaski, what are you doing?
00:13:50 - I need a drink.
00:13:54 Over here.
00:14:01 Get off me!
00:14:08 No!
00:14:15 - You OK?
00:14:19 I don't need this!
00:14:32 Then I met Jan.
00:14:36 I bought her a drink and
00:14:41 Three days later
00:15:04 Jan had a 500-dollar car.
00:15:08 The big trick was
00:15:12 Of course we had
00:15:43 Jan was an excellent fuck.
00:15:46 She had a tight pussy. And she took
00:15:52 I want to know what time it is!
00:15:55 You said you'd fix the clock.
00:15:58 All right, let's see...
00:16:14 We set the clock
00:16:19 We know that it gains
00:16:23 It says 7:30 p. m. But that's not
00:16:31 That's 71/2 hours.
00:16:34 Seven times 35 minutes...
00:16:38 That's 245 minutes.
00:16:43 One half of 35 is...
00:16:47 171/2.
00:16:52 It gives us...
00:16:54 2521/2 minutes.
00:17:00 That's four hours and
00:17:06 So we set the clock back to 5:47.
00:17:11 It's 5:47.
00:17:14 It's dinner time
00:17:21 Let's open another jug of wine.
00:17:26 I don't know if I can get
00:17:30 Okay, put the pancakes on.
00:17:37 We're still out of butter.
00:17:40 - Well, fry them dry again.
00:17:45 It's okay, baby.
00:19:10 What was that?
00:19:16 What is that?
00:19:41 Is anyone in there?
00:19:47 Everybody out!
00:19:50 It's just the fire department.
00:20:15 I finally got hired at
00:20:19 I had to demean myself
00:20:22 I told them that I liked
00:20:27 You play the horses?
00:20:30 Yeah.
00:20:33 Mind if I look at your paper?
00:20:37 Sure.
00:20:48 - My Boy Bobby ought to take the eight.
00:20:54 - All the better.
00:20:57 About 9 to 2.
00:21:04 - What time does the last race go off?
00:21:08 - We get off at 5: 00.
00:21:11 We can try.
00:21:17 - Want to come along?
00:21:20 We'll cut out at five to five.
00:21:38 See, I told you we'd make it!
00:21:54 $200 on My Boy Bobby to win.
00:22:10 My Boy Bobby's in the front.
00:22:14 We've hooked ourselves a winner!
00:22:19 Unless some big-ass closer
00:22:22 Come on, Bobby!
00:22:25 - Yes!
00:22:30 Come on, let's go get a drink.
00:22:41 The next day some of the others
00:22:47 Hank, we have to take their bets.
00:22:51 Manny, those guys
00:22:54 Only the coffee and chewing gum money
00:22:58 We can't waste time
00:23:02 We're not going to bet their money,
00:23:07 - Suppose they win?
00:23:10 They have a way of
00:23:16 Suppose they bet our horse?
00:23:20 Then we know
00:23:28 I think she's going to do it.
00:23:31 Go, Spitfire!
00:23:35 Yes! Way to go!
00:24:08 - You married, Manny?
00:24:11 - Women?
00:24:14 - But it never lasts.
00:24:17 A woman is like a full-time job.
00:24:22 - I suppose there is an emotional drain.
00:24:26 They want to fuck night and day.
00:24:30 Well. Get one you like to fuck.
00:24:35 Yes, but if you drink or gamble they
00:24:40 Get one who
00:24:43 Who wants a woman like that?
00:24:51 I bought some expensive clothes
00:24:54 The owner of the Warehouse
00:24:59 Manny and I took
00:25:03 - and came back smoking cigars.
00:25:09 She was used to her four fucks a day
00:25:25 Mr. Horseplayer!
00:25:29 Mr. Big Horseplayer!
00:25:32 I used to like the way
00:25:36 Like you were walking through walls.
00:25:43 Now you've got a few bucks in your
00:25:47 You act like you're
00:25:51 Don't give me any shit about plumbers.
00:25:56 - We haven't made love in two weeks.
00:26:01 You haven't fucked me in two weeks.
00:26:05 Have some patience. In six months
00:26:10 Look at you! Pouring yourself that good
00:26:16 - Mr. Big-Time Horseplayer!
00:26:20 I give you wisdom and light
00:26:25 By the way,
00:26:29 Horseshit!
00:26:31 No, horseplayer!
00:26:38 I understood too well that great
00:26:44 I fucked better as a bum
00:26:59 - I've always wanted to go there.
00:27:04 I tried to make a woman out of you,
00:27:16 If anybody here doesn't like
00:27:38 Sit down, Chinaski.
00:27:43 - Bosses are never hard to fathom.
00:27:48 - I've been busting my ass!
00:27:54 I've given you my time.
00:27:57 For pitiful $6 an hour.
00:28:02 Remember, you begged for this job.
00:28:06 I give you my time, so you can live
00:28:13 - You understand?
00:28:18 Listen, Mantz. I don't want any trouble
00:28:22 You guys are always trying to cheat
00:28:27 You'll get your unemployment.
00:28:35 I didn't see Manny again, and I missed
00:28:40 But I had my winnings
00:28:44 I just sat around and Jan liked that.
00:28:47 After two weeks
00:28:51 We relaxed and fucked
00:28:54 Every week I'd go down,
00:29:03 Hank?
00:29:05 I love you.
00:29:36 Here's a ten-dollar try
00:29:44 The racetrack crowd
00:29:48 Life grinding against
00:29:51 Nobody wins finally,
00:29:56 A moment out of the glare.
00:30:01 - Sir, you're in our seats.
00:30:07 I know. But it's a common courtesy.
00:30:12 Some people get her early.
00:30:15 Poor people, like you and me,
00:30:20 They lay down newspapers
00:30:24 If the poor aren't decent with one
00:30:29 I am not poor.
00:30:32 If you can't be a gentleman,
00:30:37 Jan, sit down.
00:30:40 I'll stand.
00:30:50 Come on four.
00:31:01 Let's get a drink.
00:31:33 That man in our seats, he's got nerve.
00:31:36 - I don't like the guy.
00:31:40 He was just a little guy.
00:31:44 If he'd been big
00:32:05 What do you do for a living?
00:32:07 Real estate.
00:32:13 Then why don't you
00:32:17 That's my prerogative.
00:32:20 You know, you have
00:32:24 You got a cigarette?
00:32:34 - Pardon me, but you are in my seat.
00:33:00 Pardon me.
00:33:03 Come on, baby.
00:35:29 How do you feel?
00:35:32 I feel bad.
00:35:36 I want to be alone.
00:35:41 You don't have enough love.
00:35:46 People don't need love. They need
00:35:55 It can be love
00:36:01 The Bible says: 'Love thy neighbor. '
00:36:07 That could also mean:
00:36:47 One half is yours.
00:36:51 - It's another woman, isn't it?
00:36:56 - You don't love me anymore.
00:37:03 You're tired of fucking me.
00:37:11 Hank, stay with me.
00:37:33 Here, take it.
00:37:49 You'll manage.
00:38:00 Hank...
00:38:36 Even at my lowest times I can feel
00:38:41 I had to get them down -
00:38:43 - or be overcome
00:38:47 Words, not as precious things
00:38:53 Yet, when I begin to doubt
00:38:57 - I simply read another writer and
00:39:05 My contest is only with myself,
00:39:09 With power and force.
00:39:12 And delight and gamble.
00:39:48 I'll have a scotch, please.
00:40:15 Bartender, I'll have another one.
00:40:20 And get the little lady
00:40:36 That drink was my last. I'm broke.
00:40:44 Are you serious?
00:40:49 - Do you have a place to stay?
00:40:53 And you haven't got any money,
00:41:00 No.
00:41:02 Two Evan Williams, a six-pack of beer,
00:41:08 - some chips,
00:41:13 - and a good cigar.
00:41:17 - Cash or credit card?
00:41:21 I'll have to phone.
00:41:24 - Where are we going?
00:41:34 - It's okay.
00:42:08 - Do you like this kind of music?
00:42:15 Swell.
00:42:23 What?
00:42:26 You think your great.
00:42:30 No.
00:42:33 Yes. I can tell by the way you act.
00:42:36 I like you tough.
00:42:39 I liked you right away.
00:42:42 Hike up your skirt.
00:42:46 - You like legs?
00:42:52 You're not some maniac? There's
00:42:57 Cuts crossword puzzles
00:43:05 I write, but I'm not him.
00:43:15 Then there are guys who fuck you
00:43:20 They find your ass in a drainpipe.
00:43:24 And your tit in a trash can downtown.
00:43:27 I stopped doing that, years ago.
00:44:18 Stay back from the door.
00:44:22 Let him just see me. When
00:44:33 - Sweetie, so good to see you!
00:44:42 How are you?
00:44:47 - Who's that guy?
00:44:52 Pierre, this is Henry Chinaski.
00:44:56 - Good to know you, Pierre.
00:45:00 Thank you. You're so good, Pierre.
00:45:07 Hi girls.
00:45:11 Henry, this is Grace and Jerry.
00:45:20 Help yourself.
00:45:28 - So, what do you do?
00:45:33 I need somebody to do a libretto
00:45:37 It's called
00:45:42 Did you know there was one who claimed
00:45:48 - No, I didn't.
00:45:53 You look like you've been around.
00:45:56 You look like you've got class.
00:46:04 Would you like to hear
00:46:11 Yes, I'd like that very much,
00:46:18 Great.
00:47:17 He's a tight son of a bitch.
00:47:20 He likes to take care of the girls in
00:47:25 All he gives them is food and a bed.
00:47:29 Never any money.
00:47:32 And they only have drinks
00:47:37 Jerry got to him one night, though.
00:47:41 He was horny.
00:47:43 He was chasing her around the table.
00:47:46 She said 'no'.
00:47:49 'Not unless you give me
00:47:56 He signed a piece of paper.
00:47:59 That he has to pay her $1000 a month.
00:48:03 Even after he dies
00:48:10 Jerry is his main girl, though.
00:48:17 What about you?
00:48:22 Not for a long time.
00:48:29 I like you.
00:48:34 You do?
00:48:40 Watch tomorrow. If he comes out
00:48:46 - that means that
00:48:52 Doctors made him get a yacht.
00:48:56 Is it a long one?
00:48:59 Sure.
00:49:11 We're going out on the yacht.
00:50:44 - We're going back.
00:50:47 Grace is having one of those moments.
00:50:54 I'm afraid she'll jump off the boat.
00:50:58 - Just give her 50 bucks!
00:51:06 This happens every time we go out.
00:51:12 Grace goes into one of her moods
00:51:17 She's never going to jump overboard.
00:51:21 She hates water!
00:51:31 Laura and I split up
00:51:52 - Hey, mom.
00:51:55 Yeah.
00:51:57 I just need a place to sleep
00:52:01 Your bedroom is always waiting.
00:52:06 Your father is home.
00:52:15 Thanks, mom.
00:52:19 Hey, dad.
00:52:44 Thanks.
00:52:53 You got a job?
00:52:56 No.
00:52:58 Any man who wants work can find work.
00:53:01 Suppose you're right.
00:53:06 I can hardly believe you're my son.
00:53:09 You don't have any ambition.
00:53:13 How the hell are you
00:53:24 Still think you're a writer?
00:53:27 I am still writing.
00:53:36 If you stay here I'll charge you
00:53:40 When you get a job, what's yours we take
00:53:49 You're drunk!
00:53:51 - Yes.
00:53:56 - I'll get a job.
00:53:59 - You act as if I had murdered somebody.
00:54:09 Are you finished?
00:54:14 Thanks for the food, mom.
00:54:17 - You're not hungry?
00:54:42 Robert, how about you and I
00:54:47 Drinking in the middle of the week
00:54:52 That's when you need a drink the most.
00:54:56 I am warning you!
00:54:58 - I also need a piece of ass.
00:55:04 I said,
00:55:39 We have
00:55:42 This is for our Super Durable Brake
00:55:47 And this is for our Standard Brake Shoe.
00:55:52 - How do I tell them apart?
00:55:56 Just divide them into thirds.
00:55:59 When you've finished
00:56:03 - When do I start?
00:56:12 And absolutely no smoking up here.
00:56:54 A poem is a city
00:56:57 Filled with saints, heroes,
00:57:02 Filled with banality and booze.
00:57:05 Filled with rain and thunder
00:57:09 A poem is a city at war.
00:57:12 It's a barbershop
00:57:16 A poem is a city.
00:57:18 A poem is a nation.
00:57:26 I decided to look for Jan.
00:57:28 I toured the bars in our old
00:57:32 The bartender at the Pink Mule -
00:57:36 - told me that she was working as
00:57:59 Hank!
00:58:05 Jan.
00:58:07 I thought I'd never see you again!
00:58:11 Well, here I am.
00:58:16 Let me look at you.
00:58:20 You're thin. You've lost weight.
00:58:25 You're looking good.
00:58:27 - Are you alone?
00:58:30 - There's no one else?
00:58:33 You know I can't stand people.
00:58:37 Well, good to see you working.
00:58:44 Come on.
00:59:01 - I'm embarrassed.
00:59:06 We've fucked 800 times, so relax.
00:59:11 - Still like my legs?
00:59:16 Have you finished with your work?
00:59:19 All but Mr. Clark's room.
00:59:24 I'm not doing anything.
00:59:33 Jan?
00:59:40 I love you, baby.
00:59:44 Bastard.
00:59:46 When I came home one night,
01:00:05 I decided to clean up the apartment.
01:00:09 I thought
01:00:32 Where is she?
01:00:35 Where is the bitch
01:00:48 If I find her,
01:00:57 You're going to pay for this, Chinaski.
01:01:14 She was continually using our
01:01:20 It was just a cover for her own guilt.
01:01:23 She'd go off
01:01:27 And the lower and the dirtier he was
01:01:35 She left and I got drunk
01:01:39 When I sobered up
01:01:50 Hello? I was told
01:01:55 Please fill this out.
01:02:29 Bastard!
01:02:37 Apply this ointment to the invaded parts
01:02:43 Under no circumstances leave it on
01:02:48 Thank you.
01:03:12 Hell! 30 minutes?
01:03:15 I'll leave it on all night
01:03:45 Shit!
01:03:49 Hank?
01:03:51 - You fucking whore!
01:03:54 - Look what you've done to me!
01:03:58 Don't you know?
01:04:00 I haven't fucked anybody else! I got it
01:04:07 Crabs, baby! You gave me crabs.
01:04:10 No. Geraldine must have them.
01:04:13 I was sitting on her toilet.
01:04:17 You got it off a toilet seat?
01:04:21 Give me a goddamn drink.
01:04:29 What do you want?
01:04:31 Yes?
01:04:34 Yes?
01:04:37 As a reporter?
01:04:40 Not as a reporter?
01:04:43 Today?
01:04:46 Okay. Thanks.
01:04:51 Who was that?
01:04:53 - I got a job.
01:04:59 I can't wear pants.
01:05:04 - I'll rap you up in gauze.
01:05:11 Easy does it.
01:05:15 - Put it right around...
01:05:22 - Anybody tell you how funny you are?
01:05:25 That's understandable.
01:05:29 Now, for a little tape.
01:05:34 - Put the other leg up, lover.
01:05:40 Around your big fat thighs.
01:05:45 - Not as big as your big fat ass.
01:05:51 Now the balls. Your little red balls.
01:05:57 - What will you do with my balls?
01:06:00 It might affect my tap-dancing.
01:06:04 - Wrap that around like that and tie.
01:06:10 In a cocoon. Real nice.
01:06:16 That's better. A little bit of tape.
01:06:21 - Don't tape my balls to my asshole.
01:06:28 You're as good as new.
01:06:31 Get up and walk around.
01:06:50 This is all right!
01:06:54 I feel like a eunuch, -
01:06:58 - but this is all right.
01:07:01 - Want some soft boiled eggs?
01:07:10 Call for help if you
01:07:13 We're very proud of this guy.
01:07:46 Why was I chosen to do this?
01:07:50 Why couldn't I
01:07:53 - about municipal corruption?
01:07:57 Give the readers
01:08:01 Questions like these
01:08:36 Superintendent Barnes.
01:08:41 You are fired, Mr. Chinaski. Return
01:08:47 Yes, sir.
01:08:56 - Is that you, Hank?
01:09:09 I got canned.
01:09:12 Caught me drinking on the job.
01:09:15 What about your check?
01:09:18 Funny, they didn't mention it.
01:09:23 You worked almost a full day.
01:09:27 Yes, they do.
01:09:30 We go get it,
01:09:35 Okay.
01:09:58 Let's hit the marked for some stewed
01:10:03 - They old me the check wasn't ready.
01:10:10 They said it would be ready tomorrow.
01:10:13 Christ, I've walked
01:10:18 You look great, baby.
01:11:22 It pays to be a tough son of a bitch.
01:11:27 Just get the check, daddy.
01:11:39 I'm Henry Chinaski.
01:11:43 - Yes?
01:11:46 Yes?
01:11:49 You told me
01:11:54 - Oh.
01:12:04 I'm sorry.
01:12:08 But you said it would be.
01:12:11 I'm sorry.
01:12:15 I want my check!
01:12:20 I'm sorry, sir.
01:12:23 You're not sorry.
01:12:26 You don't know what sorrow is. I do.
01:12:31 I want to talk to
01:12:41 Mr. Handler?
01:12:43 A Mr. Chinaski would like to see you
01:12:50 Right.
01:12:57 Room 309.
01:13:00 Thank you.
01:13:02 Me and my old lady walked
01:13:07 - just to be told
01:13:11 Now, you and I know that's pure crap.
01:13:17 All I want to do
01:13:22 That may not sound noble.
01:13:26 But it's my choice.
01:13:33 You got a smoke?
01:13:51 Thank you.
01:14:03 Miss Simms?
01:14:05 There's a check due
01:14:10 Yes. Henry Chinaski.
01:14:16 Thank you.
01:14:22 Listen, John, I've got two years
01:14:29 - You couldn't use a reporter?
01:14:35 I see.
01:14:38 Your check will be downstairs.
01:14:43 Thank you.
01:15:06 You might as well not have any ears.
01:15:11 That's because
01:15:15 Let's have a drink and talk about it.
01:15:21 You've had your ass up in the air
01:16:01 Shit.
01:16:05 Let's face the obvious:
01:16:08 I don't need you
01:16:20 Yeah. I know.
01:16:50 A week later Jan moved out
01:16:56 After that I couldn't pay the rent.
01:17:11 - The landlord threw you out?
01:17:16 Did you get the job?
01:17:19 - No. They didn't want me.
01:17:23 I don't have an address.
01:17:29 Hank, I hate it when he fucks me.
01:17:34 Sure, baby. Take care.
01:17:40 This is for you.
01:17:47 See you around, Hank.
01:17:58 You'll manage.
01:18:28 Amazing, how grimly
01:18:32 The energy we burn fueling our anger.
01:18:40 Amazing, how one moment
01:18:44 - then a few moments later
01:18:48 Not hours
01:18:52 - but decades,
01:18:57 - given over to
01:19:02 Finally there is nothing here
01:19:37 Sit down
01:19:53 You look a little down in the mouth.
01:19:58 I lost a woman.
01:20:01 You'll have others.
01:20:07 Where do they go?
01:20:10 Try this.
01:20:18 Don't let him see us drinking.
01:20:23 Keep it low.
01:20:34 - Wine gnats.
01:20:38 They know what's good.
01:20:42 They drink to forget their women.
01:20:46 They just drink.
01:20:50 - Oh, shit.
01:20:53 All right! Get out, you winos!
01:20:57 Get out before I call the cops!
01:21:03 Let's go! Get out of here!
01:21:06 Out! I call the cops, you god damn
01:21:14 What? This isn't a bar!
01:21:22 Sun's up.
01:21:25 Yeah, the sun's up good.
01:21:43 Well, I got to get going.
01:21:52 See you.
01:22:16 So, what do I do with Chinaski's mail?
01:22:19 He's gone. Just give it to me.
01:22:22 Have a nice day.
01:23:01 Dear Mr. Chinaski.
01:23:03 We are returning four stories,
01:23:07 "- is Sadder Than All the Dead
01:23:11 We have been watching your work
01:23:16 Sincerely,
01:23:45 If you are going to try,
01:23:49 Otherwise don't even start.
01:23:52 This could mean losing girlfriends,
01:23:57 And maybe your mind.
01:24:00 It could mean
01:24:04 It could mean
01:24:07 It could mean jail.
01:24:10 It could mean mockery, isolation.
01:24:16 Isolation is the gift. All the others
01:24:21 Of how much you really want to do it.
01:24:28 And it will be better than
01:24:35 If you're going to try,
01:24:40 There is no other feeling like that.
01:24:45 And the nights will flame with fire.
01:24:48 You will ride life
01:24:51 It's the only good fight there is.
01:25:04 English subtitles: Trine Borg
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