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So...
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tell me about yourself.
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What would you like to know?
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I don't know, just the basics.
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Erm...
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Where are you from,
what do you do in life...
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besides...
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Erm...
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Well, my name's Sebastian.
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I'm twenty-four.
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- From Edinburgh.
- Oh...
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I thought I heard an accent.
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Are you okay?
- Yeah.
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Oh yeah.
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Yeah. Good. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
- Get on your back.
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Oh yeah.
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I'm getting close.
Do you want me to come?
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Oh fuck, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
- Are you sure?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Oh yeah.
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So tell me about yourself.
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What would you like to know?
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Oh, I don't know,
just the basics. Erm...
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I must admit,
I was a bit worried
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when you wouldn't
send a face pic, but...
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you're very handsome.
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Are you quite new to this?
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Max, how is
the Marloan review coming along?
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You'll have it by Friday.
Let's just say...
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sophomore slump
is a kind way of putting it.
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For LLF, they've
just announced Alina Casaro.
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I would love to...
- There's been some indication
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she might give an interview,
but we've all heard that before.
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As for Easton Ellis,
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his people
just confirmed this morning.
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I think this one's for you.
- But didn't I ask first?
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Actually, I think Max beat you
to it, but in any case,
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I do think it best
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that queer writers cover
queer authors.
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Shouldn't anyone
be able to write about anything?
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That's a very
cis-hetero response.
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What does cis
have to do with it?
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I thought that the priority here
was quality reporting,
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not optics.
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It's not about optics.
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It's about sensibility,
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sensitivity.
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Just do me the favor and run
those questions by me, Max.
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I trust that you know what
to ask, but I need to see them
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because we may lead with it.
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They're not that apparent to me.
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I really tend not
to write about my life at all.
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People point to the story in The
Informers called In the Islands,
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which is about a father who
takes his son...
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♪ My heart, it felt complete and ♪
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♪ Everything was
Perfectly aligned [alright] ♪
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♪ It happened just like that ♪
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♪ We found ♪
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♪ Our satellites ♪
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Seriously, it's like
a religious experience,
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the new one.
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Reading it I really
feel changed as a person.
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Sorry,
I know I sound like a twat.
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She's only given one interview
in, like, eight years.
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Dunno how her publisher
let her get away with it?
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I think the mystique
is part of it.
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Like, you actually have to read
any of her work
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to understand
anything about her.
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It should be out today.
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Wow.
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So fucking cool.
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I just don't think
it stands out.
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It's so unpolished.
- What?
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No.
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It's exactly that rawness
that makes it work so well.
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The way you capture the intimacy
between the lovers and...
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you know, then how
it suddenly turns to distance.
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Yeah, collapsing those two
timeframes together like that
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in one moment is...
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fantastic.
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I mean, yeah,
it's atmospheric, sure, but...
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Is it really saying anything?
- Max...
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Not everything needs to be
some grand statement
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if it's well-observed,
if it's truthful.
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This comes from the heart.
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And that's why it works.
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I really don't think this
could've been written by someone
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who... hadn't lived it.
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I can't just be stuck
writing short stories
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and reviewing
other people's work
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for the rest of my life, Amna.
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Do you know how old
Bret Easton Ellis was
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when he published
his first novel?
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Twenty-one.
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Zadie Smith?
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I'm already late.
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Hi.
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Come on in.
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Okay.
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You're a great kisser.
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Thanks.
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Sorry, it's a bit messy in here.
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The cleaner is coming tomorrow.
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Just got back
from New York this morning.
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Oh, nice. Erm...
Business or pleasure?
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Business, unfortunately.
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Always business.
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Do you want a drink?
- Yeah, I'd love one.
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Wine?
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Whatever you're having is great.
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Okay, kid.
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You've got a beautiful place.
- Thank you.
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It's just for work days.
The weekends I spend in Kent.
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With the family, you know.
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Oh yeah.
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Are you gonna make me come?
- Yeah.
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Keep going.
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Keep going.
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[Daniel] Do you
always have sex like that?
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Did you like it?
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You know
the answer.
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Do you know...
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most of the people
on that website are just awful.
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Have you...
had bad experiences?
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Disappointments.
- Hm.
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It's so rare to find
someone like you on there.
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I mean...
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people lie about their age.
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Or height or dick size.
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It's all exaggeration.
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Some of them aren't even gay.
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Can't get it hard with a man.
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It's so nice that
not everyone is deceptive.
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"Sebastian
stood by the window over London,
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looking at both the city and
himself with a new perspective.
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As Daniel
casually mentioned his family,
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he felt suddenly
complicit in a cliché,
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acting out another role, but
one he hadn't cast himself in.
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Daniel's hands found him and
pulled at his skin and flesh
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as hungrily as a mouth
seeking water in the desert.
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He didn't just want [pause],
he needed.
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This was the relief he had
from his family,
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his job, his other life.
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Sebastian in that moment felt
that he was living
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more authentically than Daniel."
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That's good.
So good.
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Did you speak to actual
prostitutes for your research?
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I think Gloria
means sex workers.
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Yeah. Absolutely.
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What initially
drew me to the topic
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was a piece I did
for Wall Magazine last year
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on students who escort.
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I guess I was struck by
how casually some of them
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talked about the work. Erm...
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They weren't
really ashamed of it at all.
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They saw very little stigma
in it anymore.
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And some of them had such
a sense of professionalism
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in the way that they set
themselves up as entrepreneurs
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or market themselves online.
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There was almost
this erm... sense of pride.
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Anyway, I couldn't stop
thinking about
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some of the people
I interviewed
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and just felt like
I had to write about it.
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I thought it was all
OnlyFans now.
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Yeah. People do that, too.
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But a screen will
never replace touch.
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Hm... It's an easier way
to earn though.
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Hm,
to cultivate an audience
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that'll make you
any significant money
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takes a lot of work.
Yeah.
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But you don't
physically need to interact.
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Yeah, but some people do
just really enjoy sex though.
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They might not want videos
of themselves online forever.
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I know someone
that used to do it,
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when they were young of course.
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They didn't mind it.
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And I asked her honestly
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whether she didn't find
some of the men repulsive.
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For her, it wasn't about them,
the clients.
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It was about her.
That's just...
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The idea that I'm like Patrick
Bateman because I described
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a woman-hating man,
that I am that man as well,
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is just a load of... bunk.
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The book that I had
problems with was the first one
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because everyone assumed
it was autobiographical
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and my family is really nothing
like the family in that book.
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So that was the one I felt
might have been the hardest
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for you and Dad to take
because it was erm...
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To an outsider it was
the most autobiographical.
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I don't think the content
upset me.
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The fact that
it was such a tremendous hit
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and it affected you so much
at such an early age,
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that had much more impact on me
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than the content
of what you'd written.
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Listen, as a writer
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I guess I tend to be a bit of
a sociologist and I guess I tend
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to be drawn to things that
are happening in the culture
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and incorporate...
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I know it's superficial,
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but you are a young,
not unattractive guy
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and you shouldn't be afraid
to use that.
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It's just...
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I'm not really big
on social media.
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I find it to be a distraction.
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I don't want
anything complicated,
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just a couple of quality posts
every week.
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I'm afraid nobody gets to say
they're above it these days.
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And what about the... novel?
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Did you get a chance
to look at the pages?
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I have to say, I wasn't thrilled
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when you said you were writing
about sex work.
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You're aware there's no shortage
of treatises on the topic.
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But...
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I think it is alive.
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Really intimate.
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And you might have found
a fresh perspective on it.
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I do realize it is a sort of...
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stock character
of queer literature, but...
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this new generation
of sex workers
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are all using technology.
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The digital hustler.
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Yeah. Something like that.
- Hm.
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Unfortunately,
I can't offer you an advance,
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but it would be fantastic
if after the stories
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we can get your debut novel
published already next year.
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How soon do you think
you could get me a full draft?
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Erm... Couple of months?
- Oh really. That soon?
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Don't want to rush it.
- Yeah.
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I've got to do more research.
Erm, interviews.
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Yes. I understand.
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Sorry.
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Did you have any notes
on the pages?
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Yes.
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There was one bigger thing
I've been wondering about.
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Have you thought about
setting it in the first person?
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Almost like a memoir.
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A pseudo memoir.
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It's not something
I'd thought about.
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I mean, it might not work.
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I just think
there's something there.
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♪ Dancing,
Dancing with the lights out ♪
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♪ Dancing,
Dancing with the lights out ♪
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♪ Dancing,
Dancing with the lights out ♪
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♪ Dancing,
Dancing with the lights out ♪
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♪ Dancing,
Dancing with the lights out ♪
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♪ Dancing, dancing with... ♪
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- Get the door. Get the door.
- I got it.
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This calls for celebration.
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It's just a couple
of chapters so far.
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Max, it's gonna be amazing.
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I have faith in you.
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♪ Open to the rhythm
Like oh wah wah ♪
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♪ Feel it in your bones
Like oh cha-cha-cha ♪
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♪ Did you miss me? ♪
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Hi.
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Have we met?
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Don't think so.
260
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Where do you go to uni?
You look so familiar.
261
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UCL, but I finished
a while ago, so...
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What's your name?
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Erm... Max. I'm Max.
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Are you sure?
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Hey. Let me just grab my jacket.
I'll come for a smoke.
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Erm... Actually,
I'm gonna have to go.
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I just remembered
I've got a deadline.
268
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Oh... Grindr calls.
- It's... It's not that.
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Well,
it was very nice to meet you.
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So, I read your new pages.
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I think the character
is really intriguing
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and your prose is vivid as ever,
273
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but I just wonder if
it gets a little repetitive.
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This series of the same kinds
of erm... encounters
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with generally
always older men.
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I'm just wondering
what it might look like
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to see him in a slightly
different situation.
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Only to give it
a bit more variety
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and maybe to explore how
he might react to a new context.
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Also, I was just a little thrown
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by the bit
about Sebastian's erm...
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intermittent feelings
of shame and the erm...
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how did you put it...
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shame about shame,
which definitely makes sense,
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but it's just
that I thought you said
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you were struck by
how little shame
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your interviewers felt.
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I'll send you
my new chapters tonight.
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Anxious to get your thoughts
before the submission.
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Hey, Sebastian.
- Hi.
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Glad you could make it.
Come on through.
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We got friends over.
I hope you don't mind.
293
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Oh... Nice, Sam.
Hello.
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What's your name, son?
Come on in.
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Can I fix you a drink?
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We have vodka,
gin, wine. Erm, I think...
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Or would you prefer a shot?
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Actually, I think I'm gonna go.
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No. No, wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
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Stay. Please.
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You didn't tell me it was
a group thing. I don't do that.
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Why not?
303
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Please, stay.
304
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I'll make it
worth your while
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if that's what
you're worried about.
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It's late.
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We'll have fun. I promise.
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You didn't want it?
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You put more
in yours.
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Okay. I don't see well.
And after, you drink slowly.
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So erm... where did you
come from tonight?
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Just from home.
And where's home?
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Erm... East.
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Phone, please.
You get it back when you go.
315
00:29:41.041 --> 00:29:44.083
We put them away
when we party. House rules.
316
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Just so everyone can
relax. It's to protect us all.
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Yeah, you know.
From any sneaky pornographers.
318
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Or rather, it's because
our lovely hosts here
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wouldn't want to be pictured
with the likes of you, Jacopo.
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Fuck you.
- Hey, whoa. Careful. Come on.
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Turn it off if you want.
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I'm just going
to put it in a drawer.
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Okay.
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Want some?
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What is it?
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Mephedrone.
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Do you notice the difference?
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I didn't say.
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00:30:37.541 --> 00:30:41.208
The other one wasn't bad, but
this stuff is a lot speedier.
330
00:31:28.583 --> 00:31:30.833
Are you okay?
You weren't in the meeting.
331
00:31:31.083 --> 00:31:34.083
I need your piece ASAP
and your questions for Bret.
332
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Are you not coming in
at all today?
333
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Give me a call
when you get this, please.
334
00:32:18.083 --> 00:32:21.125
So tell us, where
did you come from tonight?
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Fuck him. Fuck him.
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Like it, Carlo?
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00:33:01.375 --> 00:33:04.291
Oh fuck.
- It's good, right? Yeah.
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00:33:15.750 --> 00:33:18.125
I think
they enjoyed that.
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You're new to this, aren't you?
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00:33:31.250 --> 00:33:32.916
So have you erm...
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been here before?
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Yeah, I've been over
a couple of times.
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They like to get trashed
once a month or so.
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Who are they?
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Like, what do they do?
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Both lawyers.
Hence the phones.
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I have no idea what kind, but...
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they can afford to be generous.
349
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Where did he find you?
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00:34:05.916 --> 00:34:07.583
Erm...
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Dreamy... guys.
352
00:34:13.291 --> 00:34:15.791
Yeah, I can see
why he picked you.
353
00:34:21.291 --> 00:34:23.916
We should collab, you know.
354
00:34:26.041 --> 00:34:27.875
OnlyFans.
355
00:34:29.041 --> 00:34:32.166
I don't think I want
to be that erm... public.
356
00:34:33.166 --> 00:34:35.708
You'd do so well though.
357
00:34:40.416 --> 00:34:42.833
Do you think so?
- Hm.
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00:34:43.458 --> 00:34:45.166
Yeah.
359
00:34:45.333 --> 00:34:50.458
You've got that wholesome
boy-next-door thing going on.
360
00:34:51.583 --> 00:34:54.333
But it's all filth underneath.
361
00:34:57.083 --> 00:35:00.291
Why don't you think about it.
Hm?
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00:35:15.875 --> 00:35:17.750
What I find interesting now
363
00:35:17.916 --> 00:35:23.083
is that there is this kind
of anti-sex thing going on
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in a way in terms of... In a
lot of the reviews in America,
365
00:35:26.625 --> 00:35:30.083
they complained about
how much sex was in the book,
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which surprised me because
I don't think it was that much.
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Morning.
- Hey.
368
00:35:36.333 --> 00:35:40.000
Max. Good to see you.
- Hi.
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00:35:40.166 --> 00:35:43.750
Meeting's in five.
- Yeah. Thanks.
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00:35:44.041 --> 00:35:46.166
Amna is doing
the Rachel Cusk interview,
371
00:35:46.333 --> 00:35:49.083
Fazel has
the Design Biennale. Max...
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00:35:49.333 --> 00:35:52.041
Erm... I've got Bret.
Change of plans.
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00:35:52.291 --> 00:35:55.750
You're going to Ecotec today
for the app launch.
374
00:35:55.916 --> 00:35:58.125
Erm...
But I'm interviewing Bret.
375
00:35:58.291 --> 00:36:01.375
No. James
is taking care of Bret.
376
00:36:01.541 --> 00:36:03.833
But erm...
Max is like an expert.
377
00:36:04.083 --> 00:36:06.166
He was here on Friday
for the LLF meeting
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and has prepared for it.
379
00:36:11.833 --> 00:36:13.541
But that's not even our section.
380
00:36:13.708 --> 00:36:17.333
What makes the existence
of this magazine possible?
381
00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:19.833
Do you think
literature pays for itself?
382
00:36:20.416 --> 00:36:23.250
And please hurry up
with the Slimani review.
383
00:36:23.416 --> 00:36:25.750
It should've gone up by now.
384
00:36:28.166 --> 00:36:30.250
I know, it's fucked up.
385
00:36:30.625 --> 00:36:34.500
But... why didn't you
come in on Friday?
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00:36:35.875 --> 00:36:37.666
I told you.
387
00:36:37.833 --> 00:36:40.708
I hooked up with someone and
I fell asleep at their place.
388
00:36:44.375 --> 00:36:48.875
You know, I really could've
used your feedback on my pages.
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00:36:51.541 --> 00:36:54.375
Fuck, erm...
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00:36:55.541 --> 00:36:58.916
I'm sorry. I'll look at them
tonight. I promise.
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00:36:59.166 --> 00:37:03.166
I've already submitted it.
The deadline was yesterday?
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00:37:10.416 --> 00:37:12.291
...intuitive interface,
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so all you'll be doing
is swiping left or right,
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which I'm sure
you can all manage.
395
00:37:17.666 --> 00:37:20.083
This time the best part is
that you won't even have
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00:37:20.250 --> 00:37:22.541
to take an awkward stranger
out for a drink.
397
00:37:24.291 --> 00:37:27.875
Now, we have spots
in our software
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where you can share ideas,
brainstorm,
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00:37:31.416 --> 00:37:35.000
make parking lots for
your research and development...
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00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.166
So this is Max
from Wall Magazine.
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00:37:53.333 --> 00:37:54.666
Joan, our Head Developer.
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00:37:54.833 --> 00:37:56.250
Pleasure to meet you, Max.
- Hi.
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00:37:56.416 --> 00:37:58.583
Shall we sit down over here?
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00:37:58.750 --> 00:38:00.166
Yeah.
405
00:38:00.333 --> 00:38:01.791
Where do we begin?
406
00:38:02.041 --> 00:38:04.250
Has anybody demonstrated
to you how the app works?
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00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.958
Yeah, they have.
408
00:38:06.125 --> 00:38:08.916
I can tell you more about
the development process
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00:38:09.083 --> 00:38:13.208
or how we came about our
user interface, or the design.
410
00:38:18.625 --> 00:38:21.041
Actually, I think erm...
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00:38:21.208 --> 00:38:23.125
I've got enough.
412
00:38:23.291 --> 00:38:26.166
Oh no, you really want
to talk to Joan about this.
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00:38:26.333 --> 00:38:28.166
She pretty much spearheaded
the project.
414
00:38:28.333 --> 00:38:29.916
It's not necessary.
The presentation
415
00:38:30.166 --> 00:38:33.583
covered everything, so...
I'm gonna have to be off.
416
00:38:34.041 --> 00:38:35.166
Thank you so much.
417
00:38:35.833 --> 00:38:37.458
No. I'm sorry.
We're not done here.
418
00:38:37.708 --> 00:38:39.791
Joan needs
to be a part of this piece.
419
00:39:03.041 --> 00:39:05.208
Did you find
your way here okay?
420
00:39:05.375 --> 00:39:08.208
Yeah. No problems.
421
00:39:08.375 --> 00:39:12.250
I know it can be a little
unintuitive from the station.
422
00:39:12.666 --> 00:39:14.833
Where did you say
you live again?
423
00:39:15.416 --> 00:39:17.916
In Hackney.
- Oh right, yes.
424
00:39:18.083 --> 00:39:20.250
Hackney has really come up,
hasn't it?
425
00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:22.583
It wasn't that long ago
no one wanted to go near it,
426
00:39:22.833 --> 00:39:24.166
let alone live there.
427
00:39:24.708 --> 00:39:29.750
I remember when it was just
gangs and drug dealers and...
428
00:39:32.583 --> 00:39:33.958
Can I offer you a drink?
429
00:39:34.625 --> 00:39:38.000
I've opened some Primitivo.
430
00:39:40.875 --> 00:39:43.708
I'm grateful to have had
my career when I did.
431
00:39:43.958 --> 00:39:47.708
Starting out in the seventies
was an absolute joy.
432
00:39:48.250 --> 00:39:50.791
Tertiary education was free.
433
00:39:50.958 --> 00:39:54.833
The pursuit of knowledge was
regarded as an end in itself.
434
00:39:56.250 --> 00:40:00.166
Speaking
with post-doctorates now,
435
00:40:00.333 --> 00:40:03.250
the situation seems just dire.
436
00:40:03.416 --> 00:40:06.166
I don't know how they manage
to cope with all that...
437
00:40:06.333 --> 00:40:08.625
uncertainty and debt.
438
00:40:14.916 --> 00:40:17.916
You're erm...
studying, aren't you?
439
00:40:20.958 --> 00:40:23.083
I thought
your profile mentioned that.
440
00:40:26.291 --> 00:40:28.333
Yeah, erm...
441
00:40:28.583 --> 00:40:32.000
I'm doing my masters.
- Oh, what in?
442
00:40:33.291 --> 00:40:35.458
French literature.
443
00:40:35.708 --> 00:40:37.125
That's wonderful.
444
00:40:37.291 --> 00:40:40.583
I used to lecture
in comparative literature.
445
00:40:40.750 --> 00:40:44.208
Do you know what you're going
to do your thesis on yet?
446
00:40:45.208 --> 00:40:48.166
Yeah. I think so, erm...
447
00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:52.333
But I don't want to bore you.
- Oh, you couldn't.
448
00:40:52.583 --> 00:40:55.041
I live for that stuff.
449
00:40:58.958 --> 00:41:02.416
I haven't...
450
00:41:09.625 --> 00:41:13.708
Sorry, could we just
keep talking for now?
451
00:41:18.708 --> 00:41:21.125
Are you sure?
452
00:41:29.416 --> 00:41:30.958
Please.
453
00:41:37.875 --> 00:41:44.083
I just want to get to know you
better first. There's no rush.
454
00:42:41.375 --> 00:42:46.000
I hope you're all as excited
and as honored as I am
455
00:42:46.166 --> 00:42:48.500
to welcome
onto the stage tonight
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00:42:48.666 --> 00:42:51.916
an author whose
decade-spanning body of work
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00:42:52.083 --> 00:42:54.375
has not only left
an indelible mark
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00:42:54.541 --> 00:42:57.208
on 20th
and 21st century literature,
459
00:42:57.375 --> 00:42:59.791
but someone who I can also say
460
00:42:59.958 --> 00:43:02.333
has had a profound influence
on the way
461
00:43:02.583 --> 00:43:05.458
many writers of my generation,
myself included,
462
00:43:05.708 --> 00:43:08.916
have come to view the role
of the writer in society.
463
00:43:09.166 --> 00:43:11.958
Please join me
in welcoming onto the stage
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00:43:12.208 --> 00:43:15.958
the winner of both the
Goncourt and Booker Prizes,
465
00:43:16.208 --> 00:43:19.416
the author of the devastatingly
brilliant Blackwater,
466
00:43:19.583 --> 00:43:23.833
her 18th novel, Alina Casaro.
467
00:43:33.333 --> 00:43:34.916
I mean,
468
00:43:35.166 --> 00:43:36.666
you were fucking incredible.
469
00:43:36.833 --> 00:43:39.250
That question
about the influence of erm...
470
00:43:39.416 --> 00:43:42.708
Oh no no no.
I don't want to talk to her.
471
00:43:43.125 --> 00:43:45.416
After she rejected
my manuscript. So embarrassing.
472
00:43:45.583 --> 00:43:48.375
Max, hi.
- Hi.
473
00:43:50.666 --> 00:43:53.833
Erm... Amna, is it?
- Yes.
474
00:43:54.083 --> 00:43:57.000
Brilliant job on that Q&A.
- Oh, thank you.
475
00:43:57.250 --> 00:43:59.541
You really managed
to drill down deeply.
476
00:43:59.791 --> 00:44:01.000
Thanks.
477
00:44:01.166 --> 00:44:04.083
I've got to ask.
How did you randle that?
478
00:44:04.875 --> 00:44:07.833
Oh well...
I interviewed her for Wall
479
00:44:08.083 --> 00:44:10.583
and then she asked me
to interview her here.
480
00:44:12.375 --> 00:44:15.166
Max, I've got a couple of people
indoor
481
00:44:15.416 --> 00:44:16.625
that I'd really love you
to meet,
482
00:44:16.791 --> 00:44:18.041
if you can spare him
for a moment.
483
00:44:18.208 --> 00:44:20.208
Yes, be my guest.
- Okay.
484
00:44:20.375 --> 00:44:24.208
Erm... Amna, why don't you
come by the office.
485
00:44:24.750 --> 00:44:27.916
We can have a chat about
whatever you're working on.
486
00:44:28.083 --> 00:44:29.250
Yeah. That'd be great.
487
00:44:29.916 --> 00:44:32.333
I'm always on the lookout
for a fresh voice like yours.
488
00:44:33.375 --> 00:44:34.875
Brilliant.
489
00:44:36.041 --> 00:44:37.750
Ready?
490
00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:39.750
Just so you're aware,
491
00:44:39.916 --> 00:44:43.583
Joy is on the panel
for the Polari Prize. Okay?
492
00:44:44.875 --> 00:44:48.083
Hi. Can I please introduce Max.
493
00:44:48.333 --> 00:44:49.750
He's one
of our latest discoveries.
494
00:44:49.916 --> 00:44:51.083
Ian.
- Hi.
495
00:44:51.333 --> 00:44:52.541
Charmed.
- Nice to meet you.
496
00:44:52.708 --> 00:44:54.750
Ian runs the London Review.
- Wow.
497
00:44:54.916 --> 00:44:56.208
Dionne
is being far too generous.
498
00:44:56.375 --> 00:44:58.041
I merely oversee it nowadays.
499
00:44:58.208 --> 00:45:00.291
I leave the daily business to...
500
00:45:00.458 --> 00:45:01.791
well, to the younger generation.
501
00:45:01.958 --> 00:45:04.500
Joy is with the Arts Council.
- Hello.
502
00:45:04.666 --> 00:45:06.458
Lovely to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
503
00:45:06.708 --> 00:45:09.791
So, what are you working on?
- A couple of things
504
00:45:09.958 --> 00:45:12.583
at the moment. Erm...
505
00:45:12.750 --> 00:45:15.166
We're really proud
to be publishing
506
00:45:15.333 --> 00:45:17.541
some of Max's short stories.
507
00:45:17.791 --> 00:45:20.041
He's already had one in Granta
a few months ago
508
00:45:20.291 --> 00:45:24.375
and another has been
nominated for the Bridport.
509
00:45:24.541 --> 00:45:26.583
That's wonderful.
- Oh, good. Well done.
510
00:45:26.833 --> 00:45:28.500
Congratulations.
- Thank you.
511
00:45:28.666 --> 00:45:32.291
And currently, he's working hard
on quite a tantalizing novel
512
00:45:32.541 --> 00:45:35.333
that we're hoping to publish
next year, all going well.
513
00:45:35.583 --> 00:45:37.708
No doubt we'll be covering
you on our pages soon.
514
00:45:37.958 --> 00:45:39.708
Certainly one for the radar.
515
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:42.500
You look awfully young
to be getting published.
516
00:45:42.750 --> 00:45:45.583
How old are you, Max?
- I am twenty-five.
517
00:45:45.750 --> 00:45:49.041
Oh... Well, perfection.
518
00:45:50.708 --> 00:45:52.875
So, what's your novel about?
519
00:45:53.875 --> 00:45:58.500
Erm, it's about a student
who erm...
520
00:45:58.958 --> 00:46:00.916
who...
521
00:46:05.916 --> 00:46:08.750
It's about sex work
in the digital age.
522
00:46:08.916 --> 00:46:10.916
Good, good.
523
00:46:11.166 --> 00:46:13.958
Max is exploring it
as perhaps just another job
524
00:46:14.208 --> 00:46:17.375
amongst many other jobs
in the gig economy.
525
00:46:17.541 --> 00:46:22.583
Erm... I... I just remembered
that I've left something.
526
00:46:22.833 --> 00:46:25.416
I'm so sorry, I will have
to excuse myself, erm...
527
00:46:26.291 --> 00:46:29.208
I'm sorry. Thanks.
528
00:49:17.041 --> 00:49:19.416
...it's not very fluffy.
What can she do?
529
00:49:19.666 --> 00:49:22.791
So that's Emily's idea
of a dilemma, is it?
530
00:49:22.958 --> 00:49:24.791
She's got a busy life,
531
00:49:24.958 --> 00:49:27.541
she wants to make
a nice cake for her party.
532
00:49:27.791 --> 00:49:29.375
So in the morning,
she's bothering people
533
00:49:29.541 --> 00:49:31.041
with that sponge cake.
534
00:49:31.208 --> 00:49:32.958
Oh, you know...
It is true.
535
00:49:43.666 --> 00:49:45.708
Hi, Mum.
536
00:49:48.083 --> 00:49:50.750
Yeah, I'm good.
537
00:49:50.916 --> 00:49:52.958
How are you?
538
00:49:58.833 --> 00:50:01.375
You're already in bed?
539
00:50:06.125 --> 00:50:09.625
All right then. Yeah, that's
fine. I can call tomorrow.
540
00:50:12.958 --> 00:50:16.333
No. Nothing's the matter.
Don't worry.
541
00:50:23.166 --> 00:50:25.833
Yeah. Okay.
542
00:50:27.375 --> 00:50:29.500
Good night.
543
00:50:31.791 --> 00:50:33.916
Love you.
544
00:50:46.708 --> 00:50:49.458
Yeah, it had
almost a dystopian vibe to it.
545
00:50:49.625 --> 00:50:51.416
Yeah.
546
00:50:51.583 --> 00:50:55.583
I thought it was very honest.
So thank you for that, Joel.
547
00:50:57.458 --> 00:51:01.333
Okay, let's move on to Max.
548
00:51:01.583 --> 00:51:04.708
What do you have for us today?
549
00:51:07.666 --> 00:51:09.125
"Although no one seemed
to have been able
550
00:51:09.291 --> 00:51:11.541
to detect the signs
leading up to it,
551
00:51:11.708 --> 00:51:13.958
they were all afterwards
in mournful apprehension
552
00:51:14.208 --> 00:51:15.875
that they had been there.
553
00:51:16.041 --> 00:51:19.750
Everywhere. Undetected like
an odorless, poisonous gas.
554
00:51:20.333 --> 00:51:22.375
The morning had been routine.
555
00:51:22.791 --> 00:51:24.333
Another identical link
556
00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:27.208
in a chain of silvery
summer days at Dunbar."
557
00:51:29.416 --> 00:51:31.625
There we go, guys. Cheers.
558
00:51:33.666 --> 00:51:34.833
I liked your poem.
559
00:51:35.958 --> 00:51:37.541
Yeah?
560
00:51:37.708 --> 00:51:39.125
Yeah.
561
00:51:40.166 --> 00:51:43.041
It captured that sense
of urban loneliness really well.
562
00:51:45.125 --> 00:51:48.875
Did it... resonate with you?
563
00:51:50.666 --> 00:51:55.500
I doubt those feelings
are entirely foreign to anyone
564
00:51:55.750 --> 00:51:57.083
who's single in London.
565
00:52:04.333 --> 00:52:06.125
What happened to...
566
00:52:06.291 --> 00:52:08.750
what was his name? Sebastian.
567
00:52:11.875 --> 00:52:14.083
I don't know. I just...
568
00:52:14.333 --> 00:52:18.333
I felt like that story
wasn't going anywhere new.
569
00:52:18.583 --> 00:52:20.458
I didn't know
where to take it next.
570
00:52:23.041 --> 00:52:25.291
I wanted to hear more.
571
00:53:21.291 --> 00:53:24.791
Do you like that?
- Yeah. Yeah, I do.
572
00:53:29.833 --> 00:53:33.166
Do you like my cock?
- Yeah, fuck me.
573
00:53:43.875 --> 00:53:46.500
Stop.
574
00:53:46.916 --> 00:53:49.416
Please, stop.
Stop, stop. Slow down.
575
00:53:50.500 --> 00:53:53.125
Sorry.
That's okay.
576
00:53:54.416 --> 00:54:00.791
It's all right. Don't worry.
577
00:54:08.958 --> 00:54:12.416
It's not a porno.
578
00:54:56.458 --> 00:54:58.291
Did you and Dad
get round to watching that show
579
00:54:58.541 --> 00:55:00.250
I told you about?
580
00:55:00.416 --> 00:55:03.833
We started it, but I had to turn
it off after fifteen minutes.
581
00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:06.625
I don't know why every program
nowadays has to be like that.
582
00:55:06.791 --> 00:55:08.250
Just so vulgar.
583
00:55:08.416 --> 00:55:12.083
Oh, Mum.
You should have stuck with it.
584
00:55:25.458 --> 00:55:27.541
Do you have anything
for the wash?
585
00:55:27.708 --> 00:55:29.208
No.
586
00:55:36.500 --> 00:55:38.541
I read your story.
587
00:55:40.458 --> 00:55:42.416
I thought it was very beautiful.
588
00:55:42.583 --> 00:55:44.708
Which one do you mean?
589
00:55:45.250 --> 00:55:49.958
His Breath.
The one in the magazine.
590
00:55:52.666 --> 00:55:54.166
How did you...
591
00:55:54.333 --> 00:55:57.541
I do know how to use
the internet, you know.
592
00:56:01.541 --> 00:56:04.416
I thought it was very touching.
593
00:56:05.958 --> 00:56:07.625
But...
594
00:56:10.875 --> 00:56:13.541
It made me worry about you.
595
00:56:14.750 --> 00:56:17.250
But it's fiction, Mum.
596
00:56:17.916 --> 00:56:20.916
But it has to come
from somewhere, doesn't it?
597
00:56:27.375 --> 00:56:30.958
I just worry about you
598
00:56:31.125 --> 00:56:33.250
being by yourself in London.
599
00:56:35.250 --> 00:56:37.541
I have friends.
600
00:56:41.333 --> 00:56:44.375
Has there been
anybody else since...
601
00:56:46.125 --> 00:56:48.833
You never talk
about these things.
602
00:56:50.791 --> 00:56:55.458
No, because I have honestly
got to focus on work right now.
603
00:56:55.625 --> 00:56:58.083
I should be staff
at the magazine soon.
604
00:56:58.333 --> 00:57:00.500
They've got a new position
coming up.
605
00:57:04.708 --> 00:57:08.083
Do you have to write
about such personal things?
606
00:57:10.916 --> 00:57:13.875
You do have the right
to keep some things
607
00:57:14.041 --> 00:57:16.125
just for yourself, you know.
608
00:57:26.041 --> 00:57:27.583
Hey.
609
00:57:27.833 --> 00:57:29.541
I've sent you the version
with the latest edits.
610
00:57:29.708 --> 00:57:31.833
We've picked the images
and they're in Proof now.
611
00:57:32.083 --> 00:57:36.041
I'll get started
with the Husmann review next.
612
00:57:36.291 --> 00:57:38.083
Max, come in.
613
00:57:48.500 --> 00:57:51.375
I've got some
not great news for you.
614
00:57:52.250 --> 00:57:56.833
Our editorial board, now that
we have a new staff editor...
615
00:57:57.083 --> 00:57:58.791
You mean James.
616
00:57:59.583 --> 00:58:03.916
They are looking to shift their
emphasis away from freelancers.
617
00:58:04.083 --> 00:58:08.375
So unfortunately, the pieces
that we discussed for next month
618
00:58:08.541 --> 00:58:12.375
are going to be done in-house.
- Right.
619
00:58:14.083 --> 00:58:16.416
So is there anything
for me to do?
620
00:58:16.833 --> 00:58:18.291
I'm afraid not.
621
00:58:22.958 --> 00:58:25.791
Sorry, but wasn't my piece
one of the most read last month
622
00:58:25.958 --> 00:58:27.541
and the month before that too?
623
00:58:27.791 --> 00:58:31.291
Max, I get the feeling
that our magazine
624
00:58:31.458 --> 00:58:34.041
hasn't exactly been
your top priority of late,
625
00:58:34.208 --> 00:58:36.833
so I wouldn't want us
to keep you
626
00:58:37.083 --> 00:58:40.125
away from whatever it is
you'd rather be doing.
627
00:58:41.875 --> 00:58:44.416
I'm sorry this didn't work out.
628
00:58:52.791 --> 00:58:54.416
I get the sense
that she can't handle
629
00:58:54.583 --> 00:58:57.750
having anyone with any
other prospects on the team,
630
00:58:57.916 --> 00:59:00.958
like anyone with anything other
than a shitty collection
631
00:59:01.208 --> 00:59:02.833
of poetry to their name.
632
00:59:04.333 --> 00:59:07.708
You could ask Steven if
they've got anything at Glamour.
633
00:59:07.958 --> 00:59:12.791
I know it's not exactly
Granta, but... it's money.
634
00:59:12.958 --> 00:59:15.750
Do you really think that will
go down well with my publisher?
635
00:59:16.666 --> 00:59:17.958
Glamour isn't exactly compatible
636
00:59:18.125 --> 00:59:20.791
with being a serious writer,
is it?
637
00:59:20.958 --> 00:59:23.666
Hm... Yeah.
638
00:59:23.958 --> 00:59:25.500
You know what,
you should erm...
639
00:59:25.666 --> 00:59:27.833
I think you should use
a pseudonym.
640
00:59:28.208 --> 00:59:31.958
No one need know after all
it's by the Max Williamson.
641
00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:40.250
I've got to focus
on my fiction anyway.
642
00:59:40.416 --> 00:59:42.208
And live on what?
643
00:59:42.458 --> 00:59:45.375
It's not like you've got
an advance or anything.
644
01:01:12.083 --> 01:01:14.708
What did you see tonight?
645
01:01:15.625 --> 01:01:18.291
It was The Goat by Edward Albee.
646
01:01:18.541 --> 01:01:20.833
Oh yeah.
- Are you familiar?
647
01:01:21.625 --> 01:01:24.208
No. I've...
648
01:01:24.375 --> 01:01:26.333
not had a chance to see it yet.
649
01:01:28.250 --> 01:01:30.166
I'd like to though.
650
01:01:30.708 --> 01:01:33.541
But I couldn't help thinking
that for all its ingenuity
651
01:01:33.791 --> 01:01:37.375
and brilliant allusion
to Greek tragedy,
652
01:01:37.541 --> 01:01:39.708
the play just didn't move me.
653
01:01:41.625 --> 01:01:44.166
Whereas with
Tennessee Williams, well...
654
01:01:44.333 --> 01:01:47.875
I saw yet another production of
The Glass Menagerie last week.
655
01:01:48.125 --> 01:01:51.333
Seeing their work
almost back-to-back
656
01:01:51.583 --> 01:01:53.125
forces you to compare.
657
01:01:53.291 --> 01:01:55.791
Is this a...
658
01:01:57.791 --> 01:01:59.875
a Schiele?
659
01:02:00.041 --> 01:02:02.958
A very lucky find back in
the day.
660
01:02:05.875 --> 01:02:08.916
I like all of your pictures.
661
01:02:09.083 --> 01:02:12.708
I've managed to collect
a few things over the years.
662
01:02:13.208 --> 01:02:15.333
But really, it's a wealthier
person's hobby.
663
01:02:15.583 --> 01:02:19.250
No, no. You...
You've got a beautiful home.
664
01:02:20.750 --> 01:02:22.875
It's a bit big for one, but...
665
01:02:24.250 --> 01:02:26.625
I've decided to stay.
666
01:02:28.750 --> 01:02:33.083
So, you write as well then.
667
01:02:34.791 --> 01:02:38.208
Or are you more of
an aficionado, like me?
668
01:02:39.166 --> 01:02:42.208
I'm studying. I told you that.
669
01:02:47.041 --> 01:02:49.250
I wasn't sure I'd see you again.
670
01:02:49.625 --> 01:02:53.000
I mean, I had quite a shock
myself that night.
671
01:02:53.166 --> 01:02:56.083
I have been offline for a bit.
- I noticed.
672
01:02:56.291 --> 01:02:58.541
I hope not on my account.
673
01:03:01.166 --> 01:03:05.875
And it goes without saying
that this is between us.
674
01:03:06.083 --> 01:03:11.250
Nothing leaves this room,
this house. So don't worry.
675
01:03:15.250 --> 01:03:17.083
To be honest erm...
676
01:03:17.916 --> 01:03:20.375
I was a little surprised
to hear from you again.
677
01:03:22.375 --> 01:03:26.500
That night that I was here,
erm... I'm sorry...
678
01:03:26.708 --> 01:03:29.250
No. No need to apologies.
679
01:03:29.416 --> 01:03:32.666
I was on edge myself.
Too tense.
680
01:03:34.125 --> 01:03:36.750
I'm pretty much of a novice
681
01:03:37.541 --> 01:03:40.500
in case you didn't realize.
682
01:03:48.750 --> 01:03:51.125
So...
683
01:03:51.291 --> 01:03:54.541
Is it poetry or prose you write?
684
01:03:56.333 --> 01:03:59.375
I still do occasional work
editing textbooks.
685
01:04:00.416 --> 01:04:03.500
I still get invited
to these things.
686
01:04:05.250 --> 01:04:08.833
I'm only asking out of
genuine interest, you know.
687
01:04:12.750 --> 01:04:14.791
I do write.
688
01:04:15.916 --> 01:04:18.750
Mainly just short stories.
689
01:04:18.916 --> 01:04:21.166
Anything I can read?
690
01:04:25.500 --> 01:04:28.333
Not so fast.
691
01:04:29.125 --> 01:04:34.083
I need to get to know you
a little better first.
692
01:04:39.375 --> 01:04:41.375
Touché.
693
01:06:51.500 --> 01:06:57.750
You remind me of someone. Thirty
years ago, when he was your age.
694
01:07:02.500 --> 01:07:04.458
It's something
about the way you laugh.
695
01:07:06.083 --> 01:07:08.458
The tenor of your voice.
696
01:08:06.125 --> 01:08:08.333
Chin up a little bit.
697
01:08:08.583 --> 01:08:12.500
Okay. No, not
so sultry. Thoughtful, not sexy.
698
01:08:13.500 --> 01:08:15.583
It's a serious subject
you're writing about, yeah?
699
01:08:15.750 --> 01:08:17.291
Yeah.
700
01:08:17.458 --> 01:08:20.541
Yeah. Yeah, that's it.
701
01:08:22.875 --> 01:08:26.458
Oh, that's stunning.
I love this one.
702
01:08:26.625 --> 01:08:28.500
Can we get a couple more
very close up?
703
01:08:28.666 --> 01:08:30.375
Yeah, sure.
704
01:08:31.208 --> 01:08:35.875
Yeah.
Max, what's your Insta?
705
01:08:36.291 --> 01:08:39.875
Erm... It's @maximes.
706
01:08:40.041 --> 01:08:42.833
But I've not really got many
followers or anything, so...
707
01:08:43.291 --> 01:08:45.208
We're going to fix that.
708
01:08:45.458 --> 01:08:47.291
We'll do a big feature
on our Instagram.
709
01:08:47.541 --> 01:08:49.125
Once this comes out,
710
01:08:49.291 --> 01:08:52.375
your face is gonna be
on the top of everyone's feed.
711
01:09:06.458 --> 01:09:08.541
Les Nuits Fauves.
712
01:09:08.791 --> 01:09:11.958
Oh, that certainly
sparked debate in my seminars.
713
01:09:20.000 --> 01:09:25.333
I know some people
view him as immoral.
714
01:09:25.500 --> 01:09:27.458
Or selfish.
715
01:09:27.666 --> 01:09:29.666
Unlikable.
716
01:09:29.833 --> 01:09:36.833
But I think it's a beautiful
account of a kind of... joy.
717
01:09:37.541 --> 01:09:39.333
Even in the face of death,
718
01:09:39.583 --> 01:09:43.666
against the tyranny of Aids
and homophobia...
719
01:09:46.416 --> 01:09:50.958
I think there's great beauty in
his refusal to give up on life.
720
01:09:51.208 --> 01:09:56.291
His continued desire
to taste everything until the...
721
01:09:57.291 --> 01:09:59.000
very end.
722
01:10:14.208 --> 01:10:16.000
What?
723
01:10:16.875 --> 01:10:19.083
Can I ask you a question?
724
01:10:24.583 --> 01:10:27.166
Why is it that you do this?
725
01:10:28.666 --> 01:10:32.291
I don't imagine there are
many boys on that website
726
01:10:32.541 --> 01:10:37.833
who are published in Granta or
nominated for literary prizes.
727
01:10:39.666 --> 01:10:43.875
Are you saying
that I shouldn't be here?
728
01:10:44.541 --> 01:10:47.833
No. No, not at all.
729
01:10:49.333 --> 01:10:54.291
You know, there's not much
money in writing fiction.
730
01:10:54.458 --> 01:10:56.750
Or writing full stop.
731
01:10:57.333 --> 01:10:59.416
No, I don't imagine there is.
732
01:11:02.125 --> 01:11:06.208
But is it really just
about the money for you?
733
01:11:09.250 --> 01:11:10.833
Erm...
734
01:11:11.958 --> 01:11:13.916
No.
735
01:11:15.541 --> 01:11:18.416
It's not that simple.
736
01:11:28.375 --> 01:11:32.166
We met in California
in the early nineties.
737
01:11:33.083 --> 01:11:35.666
I still wasn't out.
738
01:11:35.916 --> 01:11:38.208
The only time I plucked up
courage to meet anyone
739
01:11:38.375 --> 01:11:40.375
was on work trips.
740
01:11:41.083 --> 01:11:44.416
That too became a frightening
business because of Aids.
741
01:11:44.583 --> 01:11:46.791
Yeah, of course.
742
01:11:51.458 --> 01:11:54.791
So how did you meet?
743
01:11:56.000 --> 01:11:59.791
I had the afternoon off
from my conference
744
01:11:59.958 --> 01:12:03.250
and had gone to spend it
at the Getty Villa.
745
01:12:03.416 --> 01:12:04.833
It really is a marvellous place.
746
01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:07.625
You should go
if you haven't been.
747
01:12:09.041 --> 01:12:15.041
I was looking at this sculpture,
the Victorious Youth,
748
01:12:15.291 --> 01:12:17.500
lost in admiration,
749
01:12:17.666 --> 01:12:20.166
when suddenly I heard,
750
01:12:20.416 --> 01:12:22.625
"Cute ass, isn't it?"
751
01:12:23.250 --> 01:12:25.208
Turning round,
752
01:12:25.458 --> 01:12:27.625
I saw David for the first time.
753
01:12:28.291 --> 01:12:33.833
Smiling his cheeky smile.
So handsome.
754
01:12:34.000 --> 01:12:36.875
We got into conversation,
755
01:12:37.708 --> 01:12:40.666
went for lunch, had drinks,
756
01:12:41.500 --> 01:12:44.333
an unforgettable night
in my hotel.
757
01:12:47.333 --> 01:12:49.625
Three days later,
758
01:12:49.791 --> 01:12:54.208
I flew back to London
and David came with me,
759
01:12:54.458 --> 01:12:56.458
and never left.
760
01:12:57.291 --> 01:13:01.375
Until one day,
twenty-nine years later,
761
01:13:01.875 --> 01:13:04.000
he was taken away.
762
01:13:07.625 --> 01:13:11.583
It'll be three years
next month.
763
01:13:13.083 --> 01:13:15.375
A stroke.
764
01:13:16.500 --> 01:13:20.125
He went as suddenly
as he had appeared.
765
01:13:31.208 --> 01:13:35.458
Oh... Our time is almost over.
766
01:13:40.833 --> 01:13:42.750
I'd like to stay.
767
01:13:42.958 --> 01:13:47.083
Well, you know I'd love that,
but really I can't afford...
768
01:13:53.541 --> 01:13:55.708
Not him.
769
01:13:57.291 --> 01:13:59.125
Me.
770
01:14:19.583 --> 01:14:22.083
I've seen the proofs
from the Evening Standard piece.
771
01:14:22.333 --> 01:14:24.041
Really good shots,
don't you think?
772
01:14:24.208 --> 01:14:26.333
They're great. I'll see if we
can get one for the dust jacket.
773
01:14:26.583 --> 01:14:28.333
The interview's good too.
774
01:14:28.583 --> 01:14:30.500
I love that thing you said...
What was it?
775
01:14:30.666 --> 01:14:33.500
"I carve out my existence in the
world using words. They are..."
776
01:14:33.666 --> 01:14:35.833
They are the footsteps
I leave in my wake.
777
01:14:36.125 --> 01:14:38.208
Beautiful.
- Yeah.
778
01:14:38.375 --> 01:14:41.291
It's not too lyrical?
779
01:14:41.458 --> 01:14:43.750
No, it's just what we needed.
780
01:14:44.250 --> 01:14:46.041
Fingers crossed
it gets the review it deserves.
781
01:14:46.291 --> 01:14:48.625
Shouldn't be a problem.
Larry is doing it.
782
01:14:48.791 --> 01:14:51.833
I think he'll have a real
appreciation for your style.
783
01:14:53.333 --> 01:14:56.250
So have you read the draft?
- Yes.
784
01:14:56.666 --> 01:14:58.041
Ben's had a look at it too.
785
01:15:00.791 --> 01:15:02.333
I'm gonna be honest because
786
01:15:02.583 --> 01:15:04.291
we want to get this out
as soon as possible
787
01:15:04.458 --> 01:15:06.375
after the short stories
while you're still fresh
788
01:15:06.541 --> 01:15:08.375
in everybody's mind.
789
01:15:08.916 --> 01:15:13.708
This erm...
whole new thread with...
790
01:15:13.958 --> 01:15:17.041
Oh, what's the character's name?
The older gentleman.
791
01:15:17.208 --> 01:15:19.083
Jonathan.
792
01:15:20.125 --> 01:15:22.208
I'm not sure about it.
793
01:15:23.583 --> 01:15:25.625
But it's the heart...
- Don't you think it's...
794
01:15:25.875 --> 01:15:29.083
somehow too romantic in a way?
795
01:15:29.333 --> 01:15:34.791
Is Sebastian, who has been
so consumed by sex until now,
796
01:15:34.958 --> 01:15:38.500
really about to become all
Harold and Maude with this guy?
797
01:15:38.666 --> 01:15:42.583
I'm trying to show that
he's moved beyond that initial,
798
01:15:42.833 --> 01:15:44.541
more superficial interest
799
01:15:44.708 --> 01:15:49.541
in sex work to... to this deeper
appreciation of its meaning.
800
01:15:49.708 --> 01:15:52.458
I can see
that's what you're trying to do.
801
01:15:52.625 --> 01:15:56.291
But you spend so much time now
on this one relationship,
802
01:15:56.458 --> 01:15:58.791
I fear it's losing focus.
803
01:15:59.708 --> 01:16:02.416
Don't get me wrong.
It started off brilliantly.
804
01:16:02.583 --> 01:16:03.916
Really exciting stuff.
805
01:16:04.166 --> 01:16:07.000
I'd just like you
to continue in that vein.
806
01:16:07.166 --> 01:16:11.875
It's just, I really feel
like I'm discovering...
807
01:16:13.375 --> 01:16:15.916
something deeper here.
808
01:16:16.083 --> 01:16:20.208
These exchanges between
escorts and their clients.
809
01:16:20.458 --> 01:16:21.625
They are really important,
810
01:16:21.791 --> 01:16:24.000
connecting generations
of gay men
811
01:16:24.166 --> 01:16:29.166
that might have not had
much to do with each other
812
01:16:29.333 --> 01:16:33.500
and thus they're transmitting
queer history and culture and...
813
01:16:34.083 --> 01:16:36.000
That's something
I want to talk about.
814
01:16:36.166 --> 01:16:38.916
But that's not what we
discussed originally, is it?
815
01:16:39.458 --> 01:16:41.416
You've veered
from your proposal.
816
01:16:41.791 --> 01:16:43.916
An authentic portrait
of contemporary sex work.
817
01:16:44.166 --> 01:16:45.916
The reality
of what life is like...
818
01:16:46.083 --> 01:16:49.750
But it's grounded in reality.
It's all based on research.
819
01:16:51.708 --> 01:16:53.500
From my interviews.
820
01:16:53.666 --> 01:16:58.583
I'm sorry. I just don't think
our audiences will like it.
821
01:17:00.125 --> 01:17:02.750
You need to bring
something more to it, Max.
822
01:17:03.166 --> 01:17:06.416
Find a way to raise the stakes.
- I don't want it to be
823
01:17:06.583 --> 01:17:10.208
just another tragic
sex worker's story. Not at all.
824
01:17:10.458 --> 01:17:12.375
And nobody is asking you
to do that.
825
01:17:14.583 --> 01:17:19.083
Look, we already know that
you've mastered the short story.
826
01:17:19.250 --> 01:17:22.000
But this is a novel.
You have to remember that.
827
01:17:22.458 --> 01:17:24.791
It is a different beast
entirely.
828
01:17:26.666 --> 01:17:30.625
As it is,
I'm afraid it's not working.
829
01:17:30.958 --> 01:17:35.000
It scares me. I don't know...
830
01:17:35.166 --> 01:17:37.708
It's as if I have a cold heart.
831
01:17:39.875 --> 01:17:42.000
Have you never fallen
in love with a boy?
832
01:17:42.166 --> 01:17:43.500
Yes.
833
01:17:43.666 --> 01:17:45.500
Then why aren't you with him?
834
01:17:45.666 --> 01:17:49.958
I don't know. It's my fault.
I didn't know what I was doing.
835
01:17:51.583 --> 01:17:53.250
Think of him a lot?
836
01:17:53.416 --> 01:17:56.750
Sometimes.
I don't want to talk about it.
837
01:17:57.000 --> 01:17:58.583
If I were you,
I'd listen to the people
838
01:17:58.833 --> 01:18:00.000
who've done this
100 times before
839
01:18:00.166 --> 01:18:02.750
and are giving you
this opportunity.
840
01:18:03.250 --> 01:18:06.333
Yeah, but I don't think
that she actually gets it.
841
01:18:06.583 --> 01:18:08.375
They're drawn
to totally different aspects,
842
01:18:08.541 --> 01:18:11.000
to this more
superficial version.
843
01:18:11.166 --> 01:18:12.500
Sure, but it really
doesn't matter
844
01:18:12.666 --> 01:18:13.916
how amazing your version is
845
01:18:14.166 --> 01:18:15.625
if no one gets to read it.
846
01:18:31.333 --> 01:18:33.916
That'll be 28 pounds
when you're ready.
847
01:18:51.541 --> 01:18:53.541
Sorry.
848
01:18:56.333 --> 01:18:58.000
Thanks.
849
01:19:21.666 --> 01:19:24.166
There's something
I really think we should see,
850
01:19:24.333 --> 01:19:25.666
erm...
851
01:19:25.916 --> 01:19:28.375
The week after next
it's coming on.
852
01:19:28.541 --> 01:19:31.791
I think it...
853
01:19:56.083 --> 01:19:58.500
The inside pocket
of your jacket.
854
01:20:01.166 --> 01:20:03.583
I'll see you again
next Thursday.
855
01:20:07.541 --> 01:20:09.875
Next week erm...
856
01:20:10.625 --> 01:20:12.291
may be a bit tricky.
857
01:20:14.791 --> 01:20:19.250
I've got a lot of work on at the
moment with the writing, so...
858
01:20:21.666 --> 01:20:23.958
Of course.
859
01:20:26.708 --> 01:20:28.166
But I'll let you know though.
860
01:20:29.250 --> 01:20:31.916
Whenever it suits.
861
01:20:43.166 --> 01:20:45.916
Welcome
aboard the 10:45 Eurostar
862
01:20:46.166 --> 01:20:48.458
to Brussels Midi.
863
01:20:48.625 --> 01:20:51.250
The restaurant-bar
is located in carriage 4.
864
01:20:51.458 --> 01:20:53.000
We will arrive
at our destination
865
01:20:53.166 --> 01:20:54.625
at 1:45 p.m.
866
01:20:54.833 --> 01:20:57.333
We wish you a pleasant journey.
867
01:21:11.541 --> 01:21:14.250
It's really good to see you.
868
01:21:27.125 --> 01:21:29.958
Ah, Mr Larson.
Nice to see you again.
869
01:21:30.416 --> 01:21:32.791
Just follow me, please.
870
01:21:33.041 --> 01:21:37.041
How are you?
- Very good. Thank you.
871
01:22:01.333 --> 01:22:03.041
So they all know you here.
872
01:22:04.541 --> 01:22:06.125
Yeah.
873
01:22:09.666 --> 01:22:12.291
I like to come here
whenever I'm in town.
874
01:22:13.250 --> 01:22:15.375
Yeah, I love their food.
875
01:22:15.916 --> 01:22:21.291
Though I always seem
to have the same meal. Yeah.
876
01:22:24.250 --> 01:22:27.000
But never the same company.
877
01:22:28.208 --> 01:22:30.041
No, erm...
878
01:22:30.291 --> 01:22:32.083
Well...
879
01:22:33.000 --> 01:22:35.375
If I find something I like,
880
01:22:36.333 --> 01:22:38.041
I want to have it again.
881
01:22:48.041 --> 01:22:50.750
So what are your family doing
this weekend?
882
01:22:52.375 --> 01:22:53.916
Just...
883
01:22:54.958 --> 01:22:57.166
keeping themselves company,
I suppose.
884
01:22:58.625 --> 01:23:00.875
Have they ever been to Brussels?
885
01:23:04.166 --> 01:23:06.208
Well...
886
01:23:07.958 --> 01:23:11.708
I don't think
they're very interested.
887
01:23:11.875 --> 01:23:13.500
Would you like some more wine?
888
01:23:13.666 --> 01:23:15.791
Yes, please.
889
01:23:19.041 --> 01:23:20.208
Thank you.
890
01:23:20.375 --> 01:23:22.500
Perhaps another bottle?
891
01:23:22.666 --> 01:23:25.541
Erm...
892
01:23:25.708 --> 01:23:27.458
Why not.
893
01:24:00.041 --> 01:24:02.625
Sorry, I'm not feeling too well.
894
01:24:03.083 --> 01:24:06.166
I think I had
a bit too much to drink.
895
01:24:06.416 --> 01:24:10.833
Go get
some water then.
896
01:25:10.083 --> 01:25:13.500
I'm tired.
897
01:25:16.958 --> 01:25:20.625
It's okay. It's okay.
898
01:25:28.666 --> 01:25:31.375
Can we just wait until morning?
899
01:25:36.625 --> 01:25:39.791
Do I have to remind
you who is paying for this?
900
01:25:55.875 --> 01:25:57.958
Can you at least get a condom?
901
01:25:59.375 --> 01:26:01.291
Please.
902
01:27:17.083 --> 01:27:18.875
Max?
903
01:27:19.083 --> 01:27:20.458
Max!
904
01:27:24.666 --> 01:27:26.708
We haven't got all day.
905
01:28:50.583 --> 01:28:52.625
Can you at least get a condom?
906
01:29:29.916 --> 01:29:32.291
What the fuck is this?
907
01:29:37.583 --> 01:29:39.583
Oh fuck. Erm...
908
01:29:40.208 --> 01:29:43.458
"And in that moment,
Sebastian realised
909
01:29:43.708 --> 01:29:45.291
that to try to fight back
910
01:29:45.458 --> 01:29:49.250
would have been fruitless,
or dangerous even."
911
01:29:50.541 --> 01:29:53.625
That is not what happened!
What the fuck is this?
912
01:29:53.791 --> 01:29:55.500
It's just for myself.
It's nothing.
913
01:29:55.666 --> 01:29:58.125
I should have known.
Never trust a whore.
914
01:29:58.291 --> 01:29:59.541
Sorry. Give my laptop.
- Get out.
915
01:29:59.708 --> 01:30:01.125
It's nothing.
- Please. Get out.
916
01:30:01.291 --> 01:30:03.333
Give my laptop back.
- Get the fuck out.
917
01:30:03.583 --> 01:30:05.291
Can I have my laptop?
- Get the fuck out.
918
01:30:05.458 --> 01:30:08.625
Just give it.
- Now!
919
01:30:08.791 --> 01:30:12.208
- Get... out!
920
01:30:12.500 --> 01:30:15.875
Give me my stuff.
- I'll give you your stuff.
921
01:30:16.916 --> 01:30:19.750
- Out. Now.
922
01:30:22.333 --> 01:30:25.000
Fucking whore!
923
01:30:48.875 --> 01:30:50.541
Fuck.
924
01:31:01.958 --> 01:31:04.416
Do you have my wallet?
I need it.
925
01:31:11.208 --> 01:31:13.000
Daniel!
926
01:31:18.833 --> 01:31:20.916
Sir? Sir, please.
927
01:31:21.083 --> 01:31:23.416
You need to stop.
You are disturbing the guests.
928
01:31:23.583 --> 01:31:25.541
I left my wallet.
- Sir, please.
929
01:31:25.708 --> 01:31:28.291
I want you to leave.
Reception can sort it out.
930
01:31:28.541 --> 01:31:29.333
I need to get in...
931
01:31:32.000 --> 01:31:34.625
Good afternoon, Mr Larson.
I'm sorry to disturb you.
932
01:31:34.791 --> 01:31:36.166
I have a young man
in front of me
933
01:31:36.333 --> 01:31:38.208
who wants access to your room.
934
01:31:38.375 --> 01:31:41.708
He's looking for his wallet.
He says his name is Sebastian.
935
01:31:41.875 --> 01:31:43.166
Do you know him?
936
01:31:45.041 --> 01:31:46.750
No?
937
01:31:47.416 --> 01:31:50.083
No, he's lying.
- Okay. Thank you very much.
938
01:31:50.333 --> 01:31:53.875
I'm so sorry to have
disturbed you. Thank you. Bye.
939
01:31:54.166 --> 01:31:56.250
There's nothing more I can do.
- He's a liar.
940
01:31:56.416 --> 01:31:59.000
Your colleagues have literally
seen me here before.
941
01:31:59.250 --> 01:32:00.875
I'm sorry.
If you're not booking a room,
942
01:32:01.041 --> 01:32:02.416
I have to ask you to leave.
943
01:32:02.583 --> 01:32:04.875
Are you kidding?
That's fucking ridiculous.
944
01:32:05.041 --> 01:32:07.666
I've been here before!
- Please, sir, calm down.
945
01:32:07.916 --> 01:32:11.416
Sorry. I can't do anything.
- Call him again.
946
01:32:11.750 --> 01:32:14.750
I can't do that. I'm sorry.
947
01:33:02.916 --> 01:33:04.583
Hi, Mum.
948
01:33:04.833 --> 01:33:06.958
Hi, Max.
Why are you not picking up?
949
01:33:07.125 --> 01:33:10.500
I've been trying
to get through to you.
950
01:33:10.666 --> 01:33:12.958
I was just in the cinema.
951
01:33:14.125 --> 01:33:17.291
Why am I getting
a strange dialling tone?
952
01:33:17.916 --> 01:33:19.708
Where are you?
953
01:33:20.833 --> 01:33:25.958
Erm...
I'm in Brussels, with Amna.
954
01:33:26.125 --> 01:33:28.125
In Brussels?
955
01:33:30.166 --> 01:33:33.250
Sorry, I didn't get the chance
to tell you.
956
01:33:33.416 --> 01:33:36.833
It was so last minute. Erm...
957
01:33:37.083 --> 01:33:40.500
Amna got a deal on
Eurostar tickets, so... erm...
958
01:33:41.458 --> 01:33:43.875
She took me here
for the weekend.
959
01:33:44.375 --> 01:33:46.416
A late birthday present.
960
01:33:46.583 --> 01:33:48.958
That was really nice of her.
961
01:33:50.333 --> 01:33:53.166
Listen, your dad and I
were just calling to say
962
01:33:53.416 --> 01:33:56.750
that we had read that piece
in the Evening Standard.
963
01:33:57.875 --> 01:34:01.625
You came across
really, really well.
964
01:34:03.833 --> 01:34:07.166
I am so proud of you, Max.
965
01:34:08.958 --> 01:34:10.666
Yeah.
966
01:34:12.041 --> 01:34:13.708
That's great.
967
01:34:13.958 --> 01:34:16.375
You spoke so beautifully.
968
01:34:18.458 --> 01:34:20.166
Bye.
- Bye, darling.
969
01:34:24.875 --> 01:34:27.083
Closing time.
970
01:34:30.916 --> 01:34:32.916
Closing time.
971
01:34:36.125 --> 01:34:38.416
Get going. We are closing up.
972
01:34:50.250 --> 01:34:52.208
Move along. We're closing.
973
01:35:23.083 --> 01:35:26.708
♪ How much longer can you last? ♪
974
01:35:27.000 --> 01:35:30.583
♪ Push it to the limit
Over in a minute ♪
975
01:35:30.833 --> 01:35:34.083
♪ Burning up until you crash ♪
976
01:35:34.583 --> 01:35:38.166
♪ Oh, oh ♪
977
01:35:38.333 --> 01:35:41.750
♪ How much longer can you last? ♪
978
01:35:42.250 --> 01:35:45.791
♪ Oh, oh ♪
979
01:35:46.041 --> 01:35:49.083
♪ Burning up until you crash ♪
980
01:35:49.333 --> 01:35:52.583
♪ Make you sweat
Dripping down your neck ♪
981
01:35:52.833 --> 01:35:56.125
♪ Let's get together
Gonna make you sweat ♪
982
01:35:56.291 --> 01:36:00.166
♪ My silhouette
Running round your head ♪
983
01:36:00.333 --> 01:36:03.083
♪ Let's get together
Gonna make you sweat ♪
984
01:36:06.000 --> 01:36:07.416
Thank you.
985
01:36:08.291 --> 01:36:10.250
Thank you.
- No problem.
986
01:36:11.875 --> 01:36:15.458
A handsome guy like you
should never be thirsty.
987
01:36:23.625 --> 01:36:26.458
Are you here on holiday?
988
01:36:28.833 --> 01:36:31.500
Yes. Something like that.
989
01:36:36.500 --> 01:36:39.708
♪ Everything was mine [alright] ♪
990
01:36:39.875 --> 01:36:44.791
♪ I knew it
When I saw you that night ♪
991
01:36:44.958 --> 01:36:47.208
♪ My heart, it felt complete and ♪
992
01:36:47.458 --> 01:36:52.166
♪ Everything was
Perfectly aligned [alright] ♪
993
01:36:52.416 --> 01:36:55.041
♪ It happened just like that ♪
994
01:36:56.541 --> 01:36:58.791
Want to go to my place?
995
01:36:59.041 --> 01:37:01.000
It's not far.
996
01:37:02.791 --> 01:37:06.083
Yes. I'd like that.
997
01:37:20.708 --> 01:37:23.250
But that'll be 200.
998
01:37:24.666 --> 01:37:26.666
What?
999
01:37:26.833 --> 01:37:29.250
It's 200.
1000
01:37:47.041 --> 01:37:48.583
Hey, this is Amna.
1001
01:37:48.750 --> 01:37:50.958
I can't pick up now,
but please leave a message
1002
01:37:51.208 --> 01:37:54.500
and I'll get back to you
as soon as I can. Thanks.
1003
01:38:23.000 --> 01:38:24.875
Hello?
1004
01:38:26.958 --> 01:38:29.166
Sebastian?
1005
01:38:31.041 --> 01:38:32.958
Are you there?
1006
01:38:33.958 --> 01:38:35.875
Is everything all right?
1007
01:40:00.291 --> 01:40:05.750
I've always been rather
fond of the name Jonathan.
1008
01:40:06.083 --> 01:40:08.041
I'm going to tell my publisher
1009
01:40:08.291 --> 01:40:10.166
that I'm scrapping
the whole project.
1010
01:40:14.916 --> 01:40:17.125
They never even liked
that section anyway.
1011
01:40:29.833 --> 01:40:32.125
Do you not hate me?
1012
01:40:32.625 --> 01:40:35.416
For using you like that?
1013
01:40:37.333 --> 01:40:39.041
No, I don't.
1014
01:40:43.208 --> 01:40:46.583
You need to carry on
and finish it.
1015
01:40:49.000 --> 01:40:53.000
What I would hate you for
is not publishing it.
1016
01:40:53.708 --> 01:40:55.500
And...
1017
01:40:56.416 --> 01:41:00.833
if I can help in any way,
and heaven forbid,
1018
01:41:02.541 --> 01:41:05.750
be an inspiration to you,
1019
01:41:05.916 --> 01:41:08.666
I couldn't be more thrilled.
1020
01:41:12.375 --> 01:41:14.875
It's good.
1021
01:43:35.958 --> 01:43:38.750
There are fresh towels
in the bathroom.
1022
01:44:10.916 --> 01:44:14.666
Really nice to meet you, Max.
- You too.
1023
01:44:22.875 --> 01:44:25.000
Have a good rest of the day.
1024
01:45:36.833 --> 01:45:39.333
I'm really excited
about our conversation.
1025
01:45:39.583 --> 01:45:42.750
Your book is one of
my favorites of this year.
1026
01:45:42.916 --> 01:45:45.583
Thank you.
1027
01:45:45.833 --> 01:45:49.375
I'll begin by introducing
and welcoming everyone
1028
01:45:49.541 --> 01:45:51.875
and then if you just want
to follow out after me
1029
01:45:52.041 --> 01:45:53.250
and get seated
1030
01:45:53.416 --> 01:45:55.458
once I introduce you.
- Yeah.
1031
01:45:55.708 --> 01:45:58.125
Did you get a chance
to look at the questions?
1032
01:45:58.291 --> 01:46:02.208
I did, yeah.
- And did they all seem okay?
1033
01:46:02.458 --> 01:46:04.500
I mean, if there is anything
you don't feel
1034
01:46:04.666 --> 01:46:06.041
comfortable discussing...
1035
01:46:08.083 --> 01:46:11.416
or if anything feels
too personal, please tell me.
1036
01:46:21.958 --> 01:46:23.875
You can ask me anything.
1037
01:47:04.375 --> 01:47:08.500
♪ I work all night ♪
1038
01:47:08.666 --> 01:47:12.875
♪ I do my thing ♪
1039
01:47:13.041 --> 01:47:17.375
♪ Just killin' time ♪
1040
01:47:17.541 --> 01:47:21.625
♪ Need a friend ♪
1041
01:47:21.791 --> 01:47:25.500
♪ Is this my life? ♪
1042
01:47:25.666 --> 01:47:30.500
♪ Beginning or end? ♪
1043
01:47:30.666 --> 01:47:34.875
♪ Can I start again? ♪
1044
01:47:35.041 --> 01:47:39.458
♪ Can we start again? ♪
1045
01:47:39.625 --> 01:47:43.541
♪ There's a new moon on the rise ♪
1046
01:47:43.708 --> 01:47:48.083
♪ Turn the tide, turn the tide ♪
1047
01:47:48.250 --> 01:47:52.166
♪ I've been walking a thin line ♪
1048
01:47:52.333 --> 01:47:57.375
♪ Between the Earth and the sky ♪
1049
01:47:57.541 --> 01:48:01.708
♪ Why do my realities take over
All my dreams? ♪
1050
01:48:01.875 --> 01:48:06.041
♪ Why does all the purest love
Get filtered through machines? ♪
1051
01:48:06.291 --> 01:48:10.458
♪ Gimme something good
That's even better than it seems ♪
1052
01:48:10.625 --> 01:48:14.000
♪ Why does all the purest love
Get filtered through machines?♪
1053
01:48:14.166 --> 01:48:18.458
♪ I work all night
1054
01:48:18.625 --> 01:48:22.708
♪ I do my thing [I do my thing] ♪
1055
01:48:22.875 --> 01:48:27.208
♪ Just killin' time
1056
01:48:27.458 --> 01:48:31.500
♪ Need a friend [a friend] ♪
1057
01:48:31.666 --> 01:48:35.291
♪ Is this my life?♪
1058
01:48:35.458 --> 01:48:40.250
♪ Beginning or end?
1059
01:48:40.416 --> 01:48:44.666
♪ Can I start again?
1060
01:48:44.916 --> 01:48:50.125
♪ Can we start again?
1061
01:49:06.750 --> 01:49:10.875
♪ There's a new sun
In the sky ♪
1062
01:49:11.041 --> 01:49:15.041
♪ Where are you?
Where am I?♪
1063
01:49:15.208 --> 01:49:17.333
♪ Have you been looking, ♪
1064
01:49:17.500 --> 01:49:21.958
♪ Like I've been looking
For a reason or a sign? ♪
1065
01:49:22.208 --> 01:49:24.750
♪ Oh, why? Oh, why? ♪
1066
01:49:24.916 --> 01:49:29.041
♪ Why do my realities take over
All my dreams? ♪
1067
01:49:29.208 --> 01:49:33.291
♪ Why does all the purest love
Get filtered through machines?♪
1068
01:49:33.541 --> 01:49:37.666
♪ Gimme something good
That's even better than it seems ♪
1069
01:49:37.833 --> 01:49:41.375
♪ Why does all the purest love
Get filtered through machines? ♪
1070
01:49:41.541 --> 01:49:45.625
♪ I work all night
1071
01:49:45.791 --> 01:49:50.041
♪ I do my thing
1072
01:49:50.208 --> 01:49:54.541
♪ Just killin' time
♪
1073
01:49:54.791 --> 01:49:58.833
♪ Need a friend
1074
01:49:59.000 --> 01:50:02.500
♪ Is this my life? ♪
1075
01:50:02.666 --> 01:50:07.583
♪ Beginning or end?
1076
01:50:07.750 --> 01:50:12.000
♪ Can I start again?
1077
01:50:12.166 --> 01:50:17.333
♪ Can we start again?
1078
01:50:17.958 --> 01:50:21.291
♪ Can we begin again? ♪
1079
01:50:22.250 --> 01:50:25.416
♪ Can we begin again? ♪