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00:00A reader.
00:03In order to understand how the very thought of a casual killing
00:06might have permeated our home in the country,
00:10it is first very important to understand the times that we'd lived in.
00:30Miss? Miss?
00:35God damn, it's hot.
00:37It feels hot in here, you feel it?
00:38Huh?
00:39It's hot.
00:39Oh, no, my darling.
00:41I call it kind of brisk.
00:42Are you catching something?
00:43God damn it, please.
00:44Don't fucking contradict me like that.
00:46That's Bill Fosa.
00:47The loony one.
00:48I was merely clarifying,
00:50which I should not have done.
00:52And that was wrong of me.
00:53It was wicked, Harry.
00:54And I'm sorry for that.
00:55Just a simple clarification?
00:57Yes, I don't think so.
00:57Is that it? That's fabulous.
00:58You fucking cunt.
01:00I was merely clarifying my love.
01:01No, no, no, you're a good girl.
01:03You're a good fucking girl.
01:04Will somebody please take my fucking coat?
01:07It's bloody boiling in here.
01:08God damn it.
01:09Come on.
01:10Harry.
01:11What?
01:11What about mother?
01:12We can't leave her here.
01:13Have her meet us at the fucking table.
01:15Okay, well, she needs help, Harry.
01:16Then fucking help her.
01:18Okay.
01:20Suck my cock.
01:20Jesus.
01:30What the fuck?
01:33Oh.
01:35What the fuck are you looking at?
01:38Evelyn Nesbitt.
01:39Come on, come on.
01:39Nothing could prepare her for the fame and notoriety that would befall her a mere hour later.
01:45Lovely Harry.
01:46Huh?
01:46I said, this is wonderful.
01:48I've never seen a real life camel before.
01:49No, it's a big fucking camel too.
01:51Yeah.
01:52From an early age, she was a model.
01:55If you can call it that.
01:57Can you pull your shirt off your shoulder, darling?
02:01Lower my bed.
02:02Lower.
02:02Could you hike up your dress?
02:04Hike your skirt up a bit.
02:06Could you bend over and touch your toes?
02:12Poor girl was a workhorse.
02:15But it wasn't enough to support both Evelyn and her widowed mother.
02:18I know I'd love to perform like this someday.
02:22The fuck did you just say?
02:23She would marry Harry Thaw out of desperation.
02:27Not love.
02:28He would put a roof over her head.
02:30And in return...
02:31Harry.
02:32Hello, darling.
02:33Hi.
02:33You're not meant to be here.
02:35Meant to be here.
02:35No, no.
02:36You're my wife.
02:36She had promised her virginity.
02:38No, no, no, Harry.
02:38No, stop it.
02:39Harry, Harry.
02:40Not yet, not yet.
02:41I'm not ready.
02:42You're not ready.
02:43No, no.
02:44What do you mean you're not ready?
02:45I'm not ready.
02:46I'm sorry.
02:46You're my wife.
02:47I know.
02:47I'm sorry.
02:48Harry.
02:49Look, let me just...
02:50No, Harry.
02:51No, get off me.
02:54Damn it.
02:54I'm sorry.
02:57I'm sorry.
02:57Stop it.
02:58Stop it.
02:58Harry, stop it.
02:59You're scared of me.
03:00Stop it.
03:03Harry, stop.
03:08I'm sorry.
03:12I'm sorry.
03:16I'm sorry.
03:20Yeah, it's okay.
03:22Forgive me.
03:22I'm sorry.
03:23I forgive you, my love.
03:26Soon.
03:28Soon.
03:29Sam, so you're mine.
03:31I'm yours.
03:32Soon.
03:34Good night.
03:35Good night.
03:38The only problem,
03:40Evelyn Nesbitt was not a virgin.
03:45Not even close.
03:47And Harry Thaw was not her first benefactor.
03:57Good evening, Evelyn.
03:58My dear.
03:59Good evening, Stanford.
04:02Excuse me, who the fuck are you?
04:06Mr. White.
04:07Stanford White.
04:08The architect of Madison Square Garden.
04:10So?
04:12Excuse me?
04:13I said so.
04:14I understood the word, just sincerely confused by the context.
04:18The context is escaping you?
04:19Is that what you're...
04:20Forgive me.
04:21Um, Harry, I didn't introduce you.
04:22This is, um, this is Stanford White.
04:24He's a very good, um, an old friend of mine and my mother's.
04:28He knew me since I was a child.
04:29We're very close friends.
04:30Yeah, you said that already.
04:31You're repeating yourself now.
04:32Did I?
04:33Yeah.
04:34Oh.
04:35And who might you be?
04:37I'm her husband.
04:38Yeah, that's right.
04:40I'm her fucking husband.
04:41Yes.
04:41Harry, please.
04:42Yes, you said that.
04:43Seems you're repeating your song.
04:45Oh, you're a smart guy.
04:45Well, enjoy the evening.
04:46Harry, he's not, he's not.
04:47Harry, Harry, come on.
04:49I love you.
04:49What's up in there?
04:50No, let's go home.
04:51Let's spend the night together.
04:55Let's go home.
04:55I plucked your eyes with three cherries on a swing.
04:59Enjoy the show.
05:00Harry.
05:00Good evening.
05:01You look absolutely not a chicken.
05:09You lied to me.
05:10No, I didn't.
05:12No.
05:12You fucking lied to me?
05:14No, I didn't.
05:14Yeah, you fucking did.
05:15You fucking lied to me.
05:17That's what you fucking did.
05:19No, Harry.
05:22Harry.
05:27He had her on a fucking swing.
05:29Don't, Harry.
05:30No, no, no.
05:30I had her every which way on a velvet fucking swing.
05:33Don't.
05:43What?
05:49Shut up.
05:52Eat your fucking shrimp.
05:54Dance.
05:55Fucking dance.
05:56Play some music.
05:57that's good fucking right
06:03i'm sure you're wondering what this murder has to do with me
06:15well everything you know for for trusting me on this one there'll be other deals i promise
06:24harry sent a note what harry what what harry yeah from prison yeah he wants us to look after evelyn
06:35and you know until the trial oh god you didn't agree to this preposterous notion did you he sent
06:41a note he sent a note on the on tombs prison letterhead so you know send a note back on
06:48henry letterhead marion marion she's coming and there's nothing we can do to stop her
06:55he's been a good friend financially speaking we owe him we owe him we owe him we owe him why why
07:05does everything always have to be so drab and transactional well because life is drab and
07:12transactional marion it's what you do with it mr henry yes mr henry yes yes the artist sir
07:24he's in your study i know that's why i told him to meet me yes but the thing is
07:31jesus in the name of god what are you doing i make a room room yes there's room there's plenty
07:42of fucking room all over the house real art is space real art is to breathe real art is light
07:47take it easy leave it leave it this isn't real art this is an investment
07:52an investment with a lid down in the basement in a vault in a crate you're a mad man
07:58your turn now syria oh for fuck's sake i just sat down to steam my cooter
08:07the debt from your pay for this you shall not the pudos will more than cover it i don't know
08:13who you think you are honestly i don't where is my money mr henry where is my money i shall pay
08:22your money once i have the piece of praise to insurance and the style and liking to the value
08:26that we had agreed on and then i shall deduct for damages and then i'll write you a promissory
08:30note no i will not take a promissory note you will i will not i take cash
08:35how do i know you're not simply a fraud
08:44pardon you heard me you do not utter words as such in the presence of a man that has dedicated
08:55his entire life to holding a mirror up to society with his brush
09:01yada yada yada yada a little bit uh breezy up there on that soapbox
09:09oh my heavenly father what in the name leave it alone and the bones of an artist will live forever
09:19whilst the pike of a rich man like you shall fade to dust and you know why as you're wondering
09:26because the rich have no soul
09:29how does it feel to have contributed nothing of value in this world nothing
09:42want to know how i made my money i don't care you should because it's why you're here is it not
09:52i pick up the pieces paper rags copper lead steel i'm a junk man i'm a middleman i'm the glue
10:01i pick up their crap i feed it back into the furnace i turn it around
10:05and i shut it right back down their fucking throats
10:08and there's an art to that
10:13that's why you're here my friend
10:19my contemporaries are one of the biggest business the flashiest not me i just want to be everywhere
10:26i want to be everywhere all at once and i am i'm everywhere all at once in business and especially
10:31especially in my home i see how she looks at you my wife
10:38don't make me nervous
10:46you should never intend to make me nervous
10:55or i won't pay you for your painting
11:01if you do not pay me
11:05i will slit your throat
11:08in your sleep
11:10mr henry
11:24mr henry sir the company has arrived the new company
11:29okay uh tell mrs henry where they are
11:34i mean it it was horrid
11:44i mean if you've ever seen a man's brains just splayed out across his tiramisu
11:50terrible accident
11:51this is no accident i mean god do you read the papers
11:56it's just sensationalism at its finest darling
11:58yeah sensationalism at its finest
12:00we know harry walked right across the room
12:03and he just shot him in front of the whole ballroom
12:08it's not that it was a shock to me because i am the first to say that harry belongs in a ward
12:13i was his wife okay but
12:18it wasn't the craziest part
12:22do you know what harry said
12:23he said before he shot him
12:27in front of everyone
12:28in front of a room full of status
12:31you do not need to reenact this darling
12:33harry held the gun out to here
12:35and he points it at me
12:37and then he points it back to stanford and he says you ruined her stanford
12:43you ruined her in every which way
12:46he said that he said you ruined her in every which way
12:51i mean as if i need the whole city knowing that i had been with stanford white in every which way
12:57wasn't much of a surprise to the city darling
13:00you know he raped me
13:01it was a raping i mean look in the conventional sense of the word i
13:06what's the unconventional i didn't mean to be with him for anything more than just money
13:10you can even ask mummy she was right there in the room when it happened
13:14isn't that right mummy
13:16she was in
13:19yes
13:19the room
13:20and i would wake up aching from the waist down every morning and so eventually i just thought that
13:25it's okay you're safe now and you can stay here as long as you like
13:28what's your name
13:31mrs henry
13:34have you ever been taking up the asshole while you were sleeping mrs henry
13:40have you
13:43no ma'am we don't sleep in the same bed evelyn
13:48that's a shame
13:49apparently not
13:50why'd you marry him if you're not going to sleep with him
13:57well you know for love
13:59um anyway you just just just make yourself comfortable you know you can
14:05stay as long as you like
14:07i won't be here long
14:08just until they need me for the trial
14:11you hear they're calling it the crime of the century
14:14i don't know it kind of makes me lead billing
14:19what you don't think i can pull it off
14:27pull what off
14:30i mean i get a really handsome cash bonus if harry's acquitted of the charges
14:37cash bonus yes from whom well from harry are you daft he's her husband daft
14:49darling
14:50he shot stanford white in cold blood right in front of you
14:56i wouldn't get my hopes up for a cash bonus if i were you
15:00oh mrs henry
15:02this is not murder in cold blood
15:08this is the crime of the century
15:13i knew the moment i laid eyes on her
15:16that evelyn nesbitt was going to be the star she had always dreamt of being
15:20i also knew it would be for all the wrong reasons
15:25service service service
15:39ah
15:43you ready to class
15:49they say harry's to be released in january i'm not sure my husband insisted on a fine
16:04dinner for evelyn and her lobotomized mother that evening it was a dinner we could not afford
16:11and he insisted i join the lot of them it's a shrimp this is it beef sir i don't see the beef
16:19well he's certifiably insane you know a pointless charade if i've ever been a part of one
16:27i mean he can't be held accountable for what he did that is what the doctors say perhaps your
16:32love struck this is henry how would i know love i'm only 16. anyone here know a chap by the name
16:38of mark twain you know i'm to be fit for a new wardrobe before the trial this man charles frederick
16:44worth is doing it and he everyone knows a chap by the name of charles twain i'm not mark twain what
16:50have you got against americans he's a designer wrong oh he's an inventor now well the lawyers
16:57have a plan to get harry off which involves making me some sort of star which i don't know how i could
17:05do that invented the female shoulder strap female shoulder strap he's made it uh adjustable
17:13most uh inventors there are artists most funded innovators are artists what kind of stuff i'm not
17:19using my money to fund his invention but i'm preparing myself for the sycophants nonetheless that's not how
17:25investments work your money's safe with me until the uh until the place it comes when will when will
17:30you come he's scheduled coming shortly enjoy your beef merci on the house
17:48do you know something i do believe this may be the last evening that i'm in a room with real people
17:54you know without ulterior your agendas and such
18:03well
18:03but
18:22or at least give it to us in english so we can be in on it yeah you know what i mean
18:26This is enough.
18:27I will speak resentment.
18:28Don't do anything that might see you on the streets, Lily.
18:30She don't know the missus like we do.
18:35Uh, Miss Nesbitt.
18:36Hmm?
18:37Uh, what is it you do?
18:39Well, I'm a dancer and a singer.
18:44I'm also an actress.
18:46I was formerly a model, but that's a past life,
18:49you know, with and without team.
18:51Your work? What is your work?
18:56I...
18:58Well...
19:00I'm standing testimony from my husband, Harry.
19:04Uh-huh.
19:05Your question was pointed, no?
19:07What?
19:09I don't appreciate the tone.
19:11Huh.
19:17Let us toast
19:19to the most meaningful performance
19:22of young Miss Nesbitt's life.
19:26May it be fleeting,
19:29immediate,
19:30and daring.
19:31Huh?
19:32It must be the most convincing performance
19:37that the world
19:39has ever seen.
19:44Well...
19:46I believe I'm simply reading from a script.
19:49but...
19:52The world expects
19:54for you to tell the truth.
19:57And they want you to...
19:59to put up a mirror
20:01up to a society
20:04to speak
20:06from the soul.
20:09However uncomfortable
20:11that may be,
20:12they want to know...
20:15you.
20:21I, um...
20:25I don't believe I know me.
20:27Exactly!
20:28That is art!
20:30The exploration,
20:32the searching,
20:33a self-loathing.
20:36A self-loathing.
20:47Monsieur Henri,
20:50uh, you pay a...
20:52a lot of money...
20:56for the real life.
20:58We...
21:01for some of us...
21:04we have to live it!
21:09We have to live it.
21:13Now...
21:14bring me...
21:27my fucking...
21:28money.
21:45fucking French.
21:49Am I right?
21:51Yes.
21:54He's been paid.
21:57He wasn't serious
21:58about the money bit.
22:01Because he's been paid.
22:04You know, Harry...
22:06he used to withhold
22:07my allowance...
22:10until I let him,
22:11you know,
22:12lick my inner thighs
22:13while I was chained to the bedpost.
22:19On that illustrious note,
22:20I shall retire to my quarters.
22:24Good evening, ladies.
22:27Marian...
22:29good evening.
22:34Alrighty, then.
22:38Artists, painters galore!
22:40This just in,
22:41the new gang's in town,
22:42they're called...
22:43the Impressionists!
22:45Making a ruckus across the pond,
22:46these painters are bucking tradition
22:47and painting outside of the studio.
22:49Cafes,
22:50landscapes,
22:51ballerinas,
22:52get your Impressionist painting today.
22:54Shipping to America,
22:55available on the Mauritania,
22:56while room remains.
22:57Earthquare.
22:58and the new gang's in the Taillon,
23:00the new gang's in the public,
23:01the...
23:02stormy.
23:08Why did you lie,
23:11Mr. Henry?
23:12I didn't lie...
23:14I don't lie.
23:16You told them that I had been paid.
23:18You told them that it was a...
23:19a silly joke.
23:20it was a silly joke.
23:22Mrs. Henry, you don't think that they're
23:26going to embarrass me when I get up there for the trial?
23:33Because admittedly, all this talk of truth makes me nervous.
23:42Have you not had the rumors, Monsieur Henry?
23:46I do not take kindly to Swindler's.
23:50What the fuck you're talking about?
23:53Some fucking painter.
23:57Painter, yes.
23:59Not for you.
24:01Perhaps the Grimmel.
24:16Young woman, you have done nothing wrong,
24:25and you have nothing to be embarrassed about.
24:29You don't actually believe that, do you?
24:31Help me!
24:33Somebody help me!
24:34Excuse me.
24:35Somebody help me!
24:36Roman!
24:37Roman!
24:38Are you all right?
24:39I'm all right.
24:40Roman!
24:41I think you're all right.
24:43I think he's some sort of murderer, I think he's Jack the fucking Ripper, I think.
24:50We just got to give him the money, get him out of here, please.
24:53Roman, you just said that you'd already paid him.
24:55I did.
24:56Is that right?
24:57I did, I did, I did, I said that, I said that, I'm sorry I said that.
25:02Shh, shh, shh, Norman, you have to go back to your room,
25:05you have to go to the safe, you have to prepare the bills.
25:08We will handle this together.
25:10I don't, I don't, I don't think, I don't think we have the bills.
25:16How many do you think you have, Norman?
25:20I don't know.
25:21I don't know.
25:22You don't know.
25:23Well, you had better check.
25:24Norman, you had better check right now,
25:26because you commissioned a painting that has already been completed.
25:30Well, the appraiser hasn't been here yet, we have to have the appraiser yet.
25:32Fuck the fucking appraiser!
25:34It's a fucking portrait of the fucking pool, you fucking fuck!
25:39Marian, don't leave me buried, please.
25:43Oh, I mean...
25:53Artis?
25:54I know you can hear me.
25:56I certainly know that you are capable of following instruction.
26:00Don't you dare walk away from me?
26:03You accosted my husband under the Henry roof!
26:05Ah!
26:06Under the Henry roof!
26:08My husband, your husband, he owes me money!
26:11So what?
26:12Loads of people owe money!
26:16I just...
26:18That's no excuse for this kind of degradation.
26:22Look, my husband is a very sensitive man,
26:25and he, he, he really tries his best.
26:28And I, for one, believe that, that, that he has been misunderstood in, in this particular instance.
26:33I mean, no, no, no.
26:34There's been no misunderstanding.
26:35I am to be paid for the work that I have done,
26:37for the work that has been completed,
26:39for the work that, that sits in the corner,
26:42facing the wall, in shame,
26:44because it has not been appraised as such!
26:46For my father's sake!
27:01Don't scare me like that!
27:05He doesn't do that.
27:07He doesn't know what I'm ...
27:09He doesn't know.
27:10I don't know...
27:12Oh, God.
27:15You don't know what I've been through this evening.
27:17Do not lecture me on the burdens of your life.
27:19I'm sick of hearing about you and catering to you.
27:22You made promises to me first.
27:23Shut up, shut up.
27:24You made promises.
27:25Shut up, shut up, shut up.
27:26You made promises to me.
27:31What are you talking about?
27:32You ever pull a stunt like that again,
27:35and you will find yourself bludgeoned.
27:39Mm-hmm.
27:42In what sense?
27:43In the physical sense, sir.
27:45I am a trained boxer.
27:51You are a woman.
27:54Yes, I am.
27:55I am a woman.
28:00I expected more from you.
28:01Yeah.
28:04Most do.
28:05Do not treat me like an imbecile up here in a linen pantry
28:09while the stent are running you up for me.
28:11Shut up!
28:12Ah!
28:13Fuck!
28:15You talking about Evelyn Nesbitt?
28:18You think I'd be stupid enough to sleep with Evelyn Nesbitt?
28:22You see what her husband did to the last one?
28:24You know what I see before me?
28:25What?
28:26I see a failed, miserable, greedy old artist
28:30who's so lost and blind
28:32that he can only follow the scent of money.
28:37And...
28:38Well, actually, that's absolutely fine by me,
28:40but just don't bring your ideas of truth
28:42and purpose into this house.
28:44That's just dangerous, and it's just...
28:46It's bullshit!
28:47You will send me back to Paris
28:50to star in Les Saisons
28:52or Accapella
28:54or I will...
28:57I will...
28:58What?
29:01You will what?
29:06I found you on the streets.
29:10You're nothing more than a pickpocket.
29:12Who can spend?
29:15Who can spend?
29:21I'm...
29:23I'm sorry.
29:28Oh, God.
29:29I'm so sorry, Lily.
29:32I don't want to...
29:33I'm sorry.
29:38I don't want to...
29:39I don't want to...
29:40Let me know...
29:42I am not at all.
29:43I keep going all this time.
29:44I've been lost and gone forever.
29:45Den me
30:01I know
30:05Because daddy sells
30:06too
30:07And to tell farm
30:09Oh my dear, dear girl, let us say our prayers.
30:36I'm grateful tonight for our bed and for the food we eat and the clothes we wear.
30:54I'm sorry, Lily. I'm sorry.
30:59But really, I am grateful for the stage because one day I will be a great big stage actress and everyone will love me, Mother.
31:15They will all love me.
31:27Look, we don't want any trouble.
31:31My husband is a man of his word and as are the men who vouch for him.
31:36And at this very moment, he's in his room. He's in our safe. He's counting out your bills.
31:53The bills?
31:54Yes, he's counting out your bills and, uh...
32:02He has the bills.
32:11Yes, yes, yes, he has the bills.
32:13I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.
32:19Well, if we all survive the night, you, you may just very well be able to claim those bills as your own.
32:26Oh.
32:37Well, that is...
32:39That is, uh, a great relief.
32:41Lily?
33:07What are you doing?
33:10Writing my sonata.
33:11A huge relief.
33:28Yes.
33:29Yes.
33:31Yes.
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34:57Yes.
34:58No.
34:59No.
34:59No.
35:00No.
35:00No.
35:01um, is an artist, yeah.
35:04She's a sculptor, uh, or, I don't know,
35:07something in a physical form, and, um...
35:17She goes to shows across the country,
35:19and, you know, that's a really very, very different world
35:22from this, and I guess I'm just trying to say that, um...
35:26No, no, no, no!
35:29Well, I understand the life of a struggling artist.
35:33I guess that's what I'm trying to say.
35:35The embarrassing life of Edgar Degas, hmm?
35:40Say no more.
35:42No. Shouldn't be ashamed.
35:47You value art above everything else, and...
35:51I admire that, and I think there's something
35:55rather romantic about it.
35:57What did you say?
35:58I am Shadda!
36:00I am Shadda!
36:02I am Shadda!
36:06I said, uh...
36:08The, um...
36:09Embarrassing life, I think.
36:12I am Shadda!
36:14No, no, no, the other bit.
36:18Could it have been true
36:20that the man painting my poodles was, in fact...
36:23one of the most acclaimed impressionists of all time?
36:28Yeah.
36:32The very same impressionist who would sit shoulder to shoulder
36:36with the likes of Renoir, Pizarro, and Monet.
36:39The fifth setter!
36:41Ah!
36:42Ah!
36:56Your head could take up.
36:57Where?
36:58There.
36:59Ah!
37:10What have they done to you?
37:13The world is cruel...
37:15to old men.
37:17And yet...
37:18And yet...
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