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Mom...
Dad won't let me visit.
He says you don't want
to see me right now.
I don't believe him.
I miss you.
Can I tell you about my dream?
You have already started.
There were these two people...
...a man...
...and a woman.
And they were grabbing
at each other.
And...
I couldn't... I couldn't
tell the difference...
...between the two of them.
You know, when you were young,
I thought you would
never stop growing.
Look at you now.
Like your mother.
It's okay.
- Okay, ready?
- Yeah.
One, two, three.
- Here we go.
- Okay.
Oh, give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
Where the deer
and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies
are not cloudy all day
Home
Home on the range
Where the deer
and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies
are not cloudy all day
I'm so sorry about your dad.
Too bad about the rain.
You need a hand
bringing this stuff in?
- I got it.
- All right.
How much for the pipe?
Ten cents.
I knew your dad.
I'm Dr. Fiennes.
You can call me Wallace.
Or Wally.
That's what the girls call me.
I was one of your mother's...
physicians.
How much for that?
What is it, anyway?
It's a planchette.
It's French for "little plank."
It's an old parlor game.
People used to think
that spirits talked through it.
Go ahead,
put your fingers on it.
Can I go see her?
Can't do that.
Or what I mean to say is that...
I don't work there anymore.
So...
I can't get you access to her.
But I'm sure... I'm sure
she's comfortable there.
I'm about to go out
on the road for a bit.
You know what I could use?
Somebody to give me a hand
carrying stuff...
...and taking photos.
Okay.
There we go.
Oh!
"You will see
the great pyramids of Egypt."
That would be kind of nice.
What's it say?
What's it say?
That's the Polaroid Land Camera.
Pop that... Pop that button.
There you go.
Then take a look at the insides.
An aperture,
aperture is
the mechanical opening
behind the lens.
And if you were to close
that thing down to...
let's say f/11...
...you'd be shutting out
a lot of light.
Did you ever really love me?
Did you ever really care?
Did you ever really miss me?
Kiss me
I wonder if your heart
was ever there
Did you ever dream about me?
Did you ever really cry?
Did you ever really love me?
Or did you really
tell a lie?
Andy?
See this woman?
Look at the woman.
The woman's in distress.
I'm gonna help her.
Now we take her picture.
Next slide, Andy.
Next.
Next.
I like pictures.
They were scheduled.
I don't know where they are.
Get your camera.
Take your time.
Take your time.
Thank you, Andy.
Is that what you did
to my mother?
Nice part of
the world you got around here.
In some instances...
...the best...
...the best that can be done
for the family...
is to return the patient to them
in an innocuous state.
I-N-N...
O-C...
U-O-U-S.
So you wanna do like this...
and like this, and sometimes
the nose will swell.
So... there's that. I see
a little discoloration here.
And you want to account
for that.
Now, the family...
often sees the patient
in this condition
shortly after the procedure,
before healing and swelling
has gone down.
We help them.
And then we take their picture.
Okay?
Have a seat.
Here we go.
Okay, okay.
Did it go down?
Did I knock it down?
Well, sometimes it goes down
just like that.
Come here. Come here.
A Tom Collins for
the young photographer there.
Okay.
Here we go.
Hello.
Wally?
Lillian Gish.
Lillian Gish and...
Margaret Hamilton.
A young, beautiful
Margaret Hamilton.
Or...
Dina Merrill.
Dina Merrill.
Did you ever really love me?
Did you ever really care?
Did you ever really miss me?
Kiss me
Was your heart
ever really there?
Dr. Fiennes.
I'm curious if you have
any thoughts on Chlorpromazine.
The new drug.
The FDA has just approved it?
- I know about it.
- A lot of people say
it's a more humane variation
of the procedure you perform.
Do they? A lot of people say?
The approach that best benefits
the hospital,
the institutions, the patients,
and the patients' families,
that's gonna be the one
that's gonna stay with us.
Why are they screaming?
Does it work?
Is it dangerous?
Are you waiting?
When I left home,
it was last winter.
Last time I saw my boy,
he was in the snow.
I told him to come inside.
You know?
He was...
just stood there, shivering.
What did you do?
I picked him up
and brought him in.
Goddamn it.
Give me a towel.
Goddamn it.
Get her off the fucking table.
All right,
put her on the gurney.
Okay. Carefully.
- But quickly.
- One, two, three.
Let's go, let's go.
Let's do another.
Thank you.
Hello?
Hello?
Can we speak to my mother?
It worked for me before.
Yeah, well...
Yeah.
Where do they go?
Where does who go?
People.
After you change them.
These are thankful people.
You know.
Where's the thanks?
Hm?
No fucking thanks...
This. Here we go.
Here, grateful people.
Thankful. Where's the thanks?
Goddamn it.
Andy?
- No!
- Stop! Stop!
- No!
- Right now! Right now!
Stop it!
What's your name?
I'm Andy.
His sleepy mate is calling
And my heart
Baby, my heart
is calling you
...is
waiting for the sunrise
Every rose...
Wally!
You know, it's a gaming
lobby, a manufactured conspiracy.
Jesus Christ almighty.
Oh, sons of bitches!
Whoa,
take it easy on the furniture.
Hello. Don't worry, darling.
They can fix the furniture.
What are you drinking?
A Shirley Temple,
with a bunch of rum in it.
So, what do you do?
Take pictures.
You're a photographer?
Yeah.
My grandfather...
A brilliant man
of great stamina...
Longevity.
He was the first American
surgeon to remove a brain tumor.
It's absolutely true.
He did it...
with his fingers.
I'm not kidding.
And this is before
the advent of X-rays.
And he did it
in an operating theater
without electric light.
He's still alive.
Can you imagine?
My grandfather.
And you know what?
That's him right there.
Grandpa. Grampy?
Grampy?
Oh, Grampy.
Oh, it's so sad.
He's still got to work. Okay.
You never introduced
yourself, I mean, by name.
I didn't?
What the heck is the matter with me?
I blame you entirely.
This is Andy.
Andy here is
a fine portrait photographer.
- So I hear.
- He's so good, in fact,
that he could make you look...
more beautiful
than you already are.
And what do you do?
Don't tell me
you're that man's son.
No, I'm not.
Why do you hang
around with him then?
He knows my mother.
Ah. Mother's friend.
They're not friends.
Where's your mother now?
In the hospital.
What kind of hospital?
A state hospital.
Hey...
my daughter's
in the hospital too.
She got that from her father.
I have it too, but...
I have the guts to live with it
in the world,
and her daddy has
no fucking guts at all.
Have you ever been touched
by a woman?
I mean besides your mother
when you were a baby?
So where to next?
What?
You and your doctor friend...
where are you going next?
Mount Shasta.
Mount Shasta.
Of course you are.
What do you mean?
Tell Susan...
Mommy said, "Hi."
Hey!
- Hello.
- Hello.
I've seen you in the magazines.
What's, uh, what's your name?
Jack.
I need your service.
All right. Okay, hold on.
Hi. Excuse me. You look like
somebody who should know.
Since we've been here...
I'm sorry.
The Board has sided with the opinion
that it should be discontinued,
or at least weighed
against other options
like Chlorpromazine.
Then, um, why the invitation?
Pardon me?
I said why the invitation?
You invited me.
- You invited me...
- No, I don't think we did.
I don't understand.
Why don't you try St.
Jude's Hospital?
They may be more open to it.
Here you go.
Do you hear voices?
I wouldn't call them that.
Okay.
If you wouldn't call them
voices,
what would you call them?
Sounds.
And what do they say?
I already told
you they don't say anything.
I apologize.
What sounds do they make?
They sound like that.
Or like this.
Can you smile?
Just gonna ask you
some more questions.
How long were you
institutionalized?
Have you received
electroshock therapy before?
I've met your mother.
Hello.
We're ready.
There you go.
I'm going to take you down.
Ready, one, two...
You're gonna go down on
the table. And... down.
You want a ride?
How did you get in?
The door was open.
You like my things?
You like that?
You know what it is?
A painting.
Where did you get it?
Get it?
Where did I get it?
You look confused.
What confuses you?
My dad had one.
Huh?
A painting.
A picture.
He was a figure skater.
Can you look at me?
Can you look at the camera?
Get the fuck off me!
Get the fuck off!
Get the fuck off me!
Get the fuck off!
Get the fuck off me!
Get the fuck...
Get off me!
Get the fuck off me!
Get the fuck off me!
Get the fuck off me!
You wanna go home?
No.
Do you hear voices?
No.
Do you have lust...
for women?
Yes.
Do you have lust for men?
Was Susan your first...
...sexual encounter?
Yes.
Do you hear voices?
No.
Do you believe that your dreams
are imaginary?
Or that they're real?
Real.
Do you believe that the voice...
that speaks through
the pencil and the wood
is a... real voice?
Yes.
Do you believe
that it is your mother?
Yes.
Hi there.
I've made an arrangement
with that man.
Susan's father.
Remember that man?
You're gonna rest
up here today...
and then tomorrow morning
I'm gonna take you
over to his house.
More comfortable there.
Andy?
You've cleared the hurdle.
So go on in.
And, uh...
I'll see you in a second.
Let's go!
Okay.
Close your eyes.
Let's breathe.
Let it out of the body.
And... into the body.
And...
...out of the body.
And...
...into the body.
Yeah.
Oh, give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
Where the deer
and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies
are not cloudy all day
Home
Home on the range
Where the deer
and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies
are not cloudy all day
How often at night
When the heavens are bright
With the light
from the glittering stars
Have I stood there amazed
And asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds
that of ours
Oh, give me a land
Where the bright
diamond sand
Flows leisurely
down the stream
Where the graceful white swan
goes gliding along
Like a maid
in her heavenly dream
Then I would not exchange
My home on the range
Where the deer
and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies
are not cloudy all day
Home on the range