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Mikey & Nicky
10.1.2003 by , every Wednesday.
Nathan Lane comes over every Wednesday to the house to watch a movie, or just chat with Dan. Dan found these little chats so interesting, he decided to tape-record them and tell the world all the neat things Nathan had to say about movies and stuff.
September, the last Wednesday of the month, cloudy.
Mikey & Nicky (1976): One long night between friends. It goes badly. Starring Peter Falk and John Cassavetes, written and directed by Elaine May.
(Nathan sitting by himself by my computer)
Nathan: Dan, come out from under there.
(I come out from under my old-fashioned bed)
Me: I can hide there.
Nathan: Just...
Me: These guys are like us, no?
Nathan: No.
Me: Why not?
Nathan: Well, they're getting things done. They're intense.
Me: They're not getting things done. What, like womanizing and goofing off.
Nathan: They don't seem to share the same grand laziness that...well, you...share.
Me: You said at the beginning of this! You said, "Dan, I don't care if we talk about something or about nothing." That's what you said!
(a car falls off my shelf, the horn honks)
Nathan: (the horn) --no that's what I said, but sometimes we say things.
Me: No, you don't just say things!
Nathan: Okay, fourteen, take a breath.
Me: No, fuck you!
Nathan: So, what did you think of the camera work? It's like Cassavetes was on the set and just couldn't help himself.
Me: Everyone is just so selfish, no one ever thinks of me.
Nathan: Or do you think it was more like he had created a community of filmmakers with similar ideas and ways of making movies?
Me: I just want to work, I don't want anyone to influence me.
Nathan: Funny you should mention 'Influence', speaking of Cassavetes' narrative structure--
Me: People telling other people about how great their lives are going. What a crock.
Nathan: Now, I don't want to discount Elaine May's addition. Her life was really great.
(Nathan is tuning my guitar, so he keeps playing the same note over and over)
Me: I just can't stand up some times. It's too heavy.
Nathan: I always have to be the bearer of bad news.
Me: What? What bad news?
Nathan: Oh, now we're talking?
Me: Tell me!
Nathan: I'm going away.
Me: Where?
Nathan: Far away. This is doing bad things to me.
(the plants in the room give a smile and a nod, but remain silent)
Me: When are you going?
Nathan: Next week.
Me: What, no, you can't!
Nathan: Don't draw me into this any further, Dan.
Me: I'm not drawing you in. Give me a compromise.
Nathan: Hum..
Me: You come every day until you leave.
Nathan: So, seven more of these, I don't think so, Dan.
Me: Just never mention how many are left and you won't even notice.
Nathan: Well, I might as well just stay here, then.
My Mom: I'll get the blankets!
(So, next week, Nathan and I start our last week together. We start next Wednesday with Monday, the next week will be Tuesday etc.)
as always, you can e-mail Nathan, but he probably won't get it. we don't have the internet.
Notes:
at the end of the movie, Nicky is pressed up against Mikey's front door, trying to push inside, when he is riddled with bullets from behind. Go figure.
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