Filmmaker Su Friedrich moves her fiesty mother into an "independent living"…
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TODAY opens with filmmaker Su Friedrich’s left foot stretched out in front of her as she lies in bed. Overhead, a ceiling fan whirs. Friedrich takes another deep breath and says to no one in particular, “Try to pay attention to the moment".
Friedrich is a pioneering queer filmmaker who has been making ground-breaking personal films for decades. In TODAY, she again eschews conventional narrative, observing her world over a six-year period. It’s a time that includes a country vacation and a city cookout. Also the loss of loved ones and the spread of a pandemic—plus the brightness of flowers, both real and fake.
Choice morsels of documentary footage from the neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn and beyond are augmented with her wry observations and witty on-screen text in this casual, engrossing portrait of daily life.
Friedrich thought that using her camera to ‘live in the moment’ would give her access to seeing the wonders of the world, but instead it meant she saw exactly what was in front of her, be it devastating or uplifting.
“Celebrated for pioneering contributions to queer cinema, Friedrich adopts an innovative approach in Today. Endeavoring to "live in the moment" through her camera, the filmmaker discloses the inspiring and sorrowful facets of the world surrounding her, merging documentary footage with trademark humor and commentary, resulting in a captivating and informal depiction of everyday life.” —Chris Jones, Overly Honest Movie Reviews
“Time, and its passing, is at the heart of Friedrich’s new slices-of-life film, by turns a personal memoir, tender portrait of a neighborhood, and moving commentary on aging and loss.” —Camera Femina
“Incredibly artful... By eschewing the narrative, Su follows her long tradition of personal filmmaking experimentation, providing a thought-provoking experience for those interested in personal and queer film.” —Video Librarian
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Main credits
Friedrich, Su (filmmaker)
Friedrich, Su (screenwriter)
Friedrich, Su (director of photography)
Friedrich, Su (editor of moving image work)
Other credits
Camera and editing, Friedrich.
Distributor subjects
Gay & Lesbian Studies; Women's Studies; Family Relations; Cultural StudiesKeywords
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Try to pay attention to the moment
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Try to see the humor in it
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Look for the beauty in things
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Just take some deep breaths
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♪ Come on now, little Suzie, ♪
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♪ we are going to the country for a ride, ♪
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♪ oh la la la la la… ♪
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♪ Moments to spare ♪
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♪ with someone you care for ♪
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♪ one love affair for two ♪
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How about now?
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Down
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How about now?
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Down
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How about now?
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Up
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I’m gonna do the same for the left one.
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Up
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Uh huh, relax how about now?
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Down
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Okay
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Now I’m going to bring the bed down a bit.
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♪ I don’t want you to leave, hold my hand ♪
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♪ Oh won’t you stay with me ♪
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♪ Cause you’re all I need ♪
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♪ This ain’t love, it’s clear to see ♪
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♪ But darling, stay with me ♪
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♪ Why am I so emotional? ♪
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♪ Not it’s not a good look,
gain some self-control ♪
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♪ And deep down I know this never works ♪
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♪ But you can lay with me so it doesn’t hurt ♪
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♪ Oh won’t you stay with me ♪
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♪ Cause you’re all I need ♪
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♪ This ain’t love, it’s clear to see ♪
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♪ But darling, stay with me ♪
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♪ Won’t you now? ♪
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As I was sitting by his bed,
he woke up and said
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“Hey Susie,
I want to recite something for you.
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It’s a gift for you.”
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In a garbled, slurry voice,
he recited a poem.
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When he got to the line
about the pillared dark,
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he clenched his teeth
as he fought back tears,
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but then he continued to the end.
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“Come In” by Robert Frost
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As I came to the edge of the woods,
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Thrush music -- hark!
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Now if it was dusk outside,
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Inside it was dark.
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Too dark in the woods for a bird
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By sleight of wing
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To better its perch for the night,
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Though it still could sing.
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The last of the light of the sun
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That had died in the west
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Still lived for one song more
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In a thrush\'s breast.
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Far in the pillared dark
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Thrush music went --
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Almost like a call to come in
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To the dark and lament.
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But no, I was out for stars;
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I would not come in.
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I meant not even if asked;
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And I hadn\'t been.
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So this is about…
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This might be 125…
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it’s an easy swing,
so if I was swing dancing…
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so this is about an easy swing…
So…heel, heel, heel
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That’s hard to do,
it’s hard to keep it up!
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♪ When I found you I found love ♪
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♪ When I found you I found love ♪
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♪ When I found you I found love ♪
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Hug yourself
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We’re not done, we’re just slowing down
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Get back,
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get back,
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stop the ball
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Get back, get back!
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Get back
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know your back!
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I’m back, I’m back!
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Oh!
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Four of them.
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That gray one is always hopping
and popping back and forth.
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Yeah, now all three of them…
no…It just came, right?
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One is sitting still alone over there
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One old message
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Hi Su, it’s Dad.
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I’ll try and call your other number,
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but I don’t think I remember too clearly…
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I wanted to thank you for the pictures
of your apartment,
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especially meaning how you’ve…
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End of messages
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Huh.
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Uh…He died on August…
something like August 17th
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And it’s now…I guess it’s October 17th
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To delete all messages,
press delete again.
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I’m proud to say I no longer walk
with a gun,
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I no longer own a gun,
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I no longer want to shoot a gun.
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I changed, you can change.
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We can do this.
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To our youth: Let’s respect each other.
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Respect your parents
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Respect yourself enough
that you want peace in your life.
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♪ Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone, ♪
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♪ and she’s always gone too long,
any time she goes away. ♪
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♪ And I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, ♪
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♪ I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know… ♪
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My body, my choice!
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Her body, her choice!
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My body, my choice!
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Her body, her choice!
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My body, my choice!
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Her body, her choice!
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My body, my choice!
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Her body, her choice!
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♪ Chinchilla, chinchilla ♪
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♪ You take my form and make
of it what you want! ♪
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♪ Chinchilla, chinchilla… ♪
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♪ You take my form you wormy wimp,
you wimp, you worm! ♪
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♪ Chinchilla, chinchilla… ♪
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♪ You take my form and have it duplicated! ♪
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♪ Chinchilla, chinchilla,
chinchilla, chinchilla… ♪
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♪ I’m gonna take… I’m gonna take…
I’m gonna take everything you’ve got ♪
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♪ Chinchilla, , chinchilla, chinchilla,
chinchilla, chinchilla ♪
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♪ chinchilla, chinchilla, chinchilla ♪
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♪ I’m gonna sneak into your flat and take
that and that and that and that and that! ♪
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♪ Come on and dance y’all…Hands up! ♪
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So, the utopian vision of Modernism—
that it will improve society
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through technology
and advancement—was shattered.
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You know, it was just a corporate entity.
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MoMA was nothing more than
a Fortune 500 company.
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And artists collapsed.
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Against that you have…
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I think Pop Art is decidedly
a post-Modern movement.
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It rejects the Utopian ideals,
it rejects the high art idea,
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and presents it through commercialism
to the society as it exists.
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So, I think it’s very clear
that it’s a post-Modern movement,
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or that’s one of the strongest elements
of it.
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And I don’t think
that irony saves anybody.
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I think irony is…The ironic artist
is the bourgeois artist of today.
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They’ve gone to the bank
and cashed it in through irony.
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Yeah, definitely.
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Thanks, Su, for your note.
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Diane recognized me, which made me happy.
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(She called Marcel David
a couple of times.)
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She is clearly voyaging
through all her memories,
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and it is not clear
what she is experiencing.
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Also her physical decline
has been extreme.
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But she is still Diane!
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Stubborn as ever, she asked me
to help her make a break for it.
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Love, Martha
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I got Mumi this card, it was so funny.
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It’s some chipmunks,
and when you open it, they go,
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“M-O-M, that’s what it spells, yay team!”
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and they’ve got pompoms,
and the M and the O and the M light up…
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and it’s like full-throttle madness.
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Oh…grandma?
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I have to open those two…
There’s nobody to open those for me, huh?
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I have to do that myself.
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We’ll have to hire someone.
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Animals are abused!
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You know they’re just going
to sell these animals to other circuses
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No one’s listening, man,
we’re here for the circus
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It seems like you’re listening!
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Actually, they’re not.
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It might be time to teach
your children some compassion!
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Teach your kids compassion!
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Shame on you, animal abusers!
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Good evening, everybody!
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It’s incredibly heartwarming
to see all of you
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that have come out for the final
performance of Ringling Brothers’
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and Barnum and Bailey.
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And it’s the people, it’s the spirit,
the dedication,
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the perseverance of everyone
that you’ll see tonight
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that makes the impossible possible.
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They have always been
an inspiration for us,
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and they really should be an inspiration
for everyone on how we conduct our life.
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It has been incredible
to have this experience—
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not with the people only—
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but to see how this town
without a zip code works.
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The teamwork, the family,
and how they come together,
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day in and day out, as Olympians…
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No matter what it is,
they rise to the top.
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And they are the reason that they are,
and this is, the greatest show on earth.
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So, I’d like to thank every one
of them who you see tonight,
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and behind the scenes.
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They’re very special people
and we love them all.
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So, from the bottom of our hearts,
we want to say thank you all very much,
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and please enjoy and celebrate
the greatest show on earth
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one last time.
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Circus! Circus!
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C’mon sweetheart, let’s go!
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I have to be somewhat sedentary
because I had minor knee surgery
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and they told me I’m supposed to do this…
and leg lifts.
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I’m very glad it isn’t hot out
and I’m very glad I’m not in pain,
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so that’s a good thing.
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Uh…circle…
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Actually, I was supposed to do this
for the last three days and I didn’t.
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So, if it weren’t for the fact
that I was filming it,
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I still wouldn’t be doing it.
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Ow, shit!
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Now I’ve overdone it
because I wanted to get that close-up.
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Well, listen sweetie—
Don’t you want any lunch?
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Not really.
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Not really?
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But we could go take a walk.
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It’s pretty nice out.
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Yeah—that might just be a good idea.
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Get out and get some outside air
into our inside bones.
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And she’s up!
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This is actually two together, I think…
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No, it’s just…I mean it’s one, but….
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Is it one?
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No, I think it’s two together.
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July 6th…Uh, what bird is that?
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Tweet, tweet, toot, toot, toot, toot!
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And I ran down to get my camera…
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Then a few minutes later I heard it
again faintly,
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so it had just flown over
to another block…
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And I have a cold.
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♪ …Off to someone else\'s arms ♪
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♪ Breaking up my heart and soul ♪
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♪ And leaving me stuck ♪
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♪ With all my tears ♪
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♪ Heartaches and emotions ♪
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♪ I\'m all hung up with ♪
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♪ Love and devotions ♪
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♪ So stop messing with my heart ♪
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♪ If you don\'t mean it ♪
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♪ And stop messing with my love ♪
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♪ If you don\'t care ♪
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♪ Don\'t come here talking ‘bout loving, no ♪
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♪ You are using me ♪
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♪ Cause I ain\'t got no heartaches to spare ♪
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♪ You\'re a runaway love ♪
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♪ (Just a-running, just a-running In
and out of my life) ♪
239
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♪ You\'re a runaway love ♪
240
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♪ (Where you gonna run to
this time, baby) ♪
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♪ You\'re a runaway love ♪
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♪ You can go if you want to ♪
243
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♪ You can go, you can go ♪
244
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♪ You\'re a runaway love ♪
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♪ Don\'t come back next time ♪
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I think I’m keeping the mother
from arriving.
247
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Yeah—I would like to keep filming,
248
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but I think the mother won’t come over
while I’m here,
249
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so I’ll turn off the camera
and see if I can watch it happen.
250
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Yeah, she’s flying
from there over to here,
251
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but she won’t come up as long as I’m here.
252
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Oh, there she is,
and she wants me to go away.
253
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It’s like, “I wanna feed ‘em,
I wanna feed ‘em.”
254
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Well, see, there she goes again.
255
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Is she going to be brave enough
to come over?
256
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Like, “Get outta here, Su, get out,
get out, get the fuck away!”
257
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Okay, going down,
258
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going down…
259
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This is terrible!
260
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I’m freaking out the mom all over again!
261
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And this baby!
262
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Yeah…See?
263
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And there’s one over here around the side.
264
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Do you think they’re okay?
265
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I have no idea.
266
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Oh, darlings…Do you think the mother
could pick them up?
267
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I don’t know.
268
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I don’t know enough about this stuff…
269
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You see, the nest is so small!
270
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I know, they were totally squished
in the nest.
271
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What do we do with them?
272
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You know, some animal will get them.
273
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We got three plus acres
274
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So, we started with thirty-two,
275
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we lost one on the shipment,
now we’re down to twenty-four.
276
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Hawk came and ate two.
277
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One got hit by a…
ran into the fence over here.
278
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Two got hit by a car.
279
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But a hawk ate one,
you couldn’t believe it—
280
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like he did it with a scalpel.
281
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It’s called a Cooper’s Hawk.
282
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It’s actually called a Chicken Hawk.
283
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Came down right here, right here,
and wacked him.
284
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Wacked him right over there and ate him.
285
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Ate him like…nothing left.
286
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The whole neck, the whole breast.
287
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So then I put him out….
The second one he ate,
288
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I put out there, frozen,
so he’d come back,
289
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and I gave him a little religion—
with a twenty gauge shotgun.
290
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In about two minutes it will peak.
291
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Two minutes?
292
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You got like what, 70% here?
293
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If you want to see the peak,
here’s your chance!
294
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Yay!
295
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No kidding!
296
00:27:39.958 --> 00:27:42.060
That’s a long story you’re telling me.
297
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You know that?
298
00:27:43.495 --> 00:27:44.829
Yeah, that was a long…
299
00:27:44.829 --> 00:27:49.467
Yeah, I understand, it’s a long story,
I’m telling you!
300
00:27:54.572 --> 00:27:56.341
Where are you going now?
301
00:27:56.341 --> 00:27:58.076
Where are you going?
302
00:27:58.076 --> 00:27:59.644
Where are you going?
303
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Are you going back to Chicago?
304
00:28:01.713 --> 00:28:04.883
Are you going back to Chicago with me?
305
00:28:07.018 --> 00:28:10.188
Are you going back to Chicago with me?
306
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Are you?
307
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Do you know how to go there
308
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You know how to go there?
309
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You do?
310
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Well, I know, so I can show you the way.
311
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Okay?
312
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So…Okay?
313
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Okay?
314
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Okay?
315
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A week later…
316
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Good afternoon,
Van Buren Block Association!
317
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Will Mrs. Johnnie Louise Cox step forward?
318
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VO: Our neighbor was given a Cornerstone Award
319
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by the Brooklyn Borough
President’s office.
320
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It’s for people who have stayed
in their communities
321
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through thick and thin,
good times and bad.
322
00:30:41.573 --> 00:30:44.876
Mrs. Cox is a formidable force for good.
323
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In addition to raising seven children,
324
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she’s always been active
in community service
325
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And she’s lived on the block…
326
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…since 1958.
327
00:30:55.253 --> 00:30:57.755
Congratulations, Ma’am.
328
00:30:58.423 --> 00:31:01.259
Would you like to say a few words?
329
00:31:02.594 --> 00:31:05.129
I just want to thank each
and every one of you,
330
00:31:05.129 --> 00:31:09.467
especially Gigi…
and the whole block and everybody…
331
00:31:10.101 --> 00:31:13.271
If I’ve been anything in your journey…
332
00:31:14.772 --> 00:31:17.008
to help you
333
00:31:17.008 --> 00:31:19.510
…I just want to thank you.
334
00:31:21.212 --> 00:31:26.684
And thank each and every one
for thinking enough of me to do this
335
00:31:26.684 --> 00:31:30.288
because I love all of you
and I’ll continue to love you.
336
00:31:30.288 --> 00:31:35.526
And most of all, I want each
and every one of you to remember:
337
00:31:35.927 --> 00:31:41.566
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not upon your own understanding.
338
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In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he will always direct your path.
339
00:31:46.571 --> 00:31:48.506
Thank you.
340
00:31:48.506 --> 00:31:50.375
Thank you Mrs. Cox,
341
00:31:50.375 --> 00:31:53.711
you are truly an example
of love and faith,
342
00:31:53.711 --> 00:31:58.683
and we really, truly respect and love you
for what you have done.
343
00:32:03.688 --> 00:32:05.890
[music playing]
344
00:33:27.338 --> 00:33:29.841
♪ Oh… ♪
345
00:33:31.642 --> 00:33:35.046
♪ Can it be that it was all
so simple then ♪
346
00:33:39.417 --> 00:33:41.986
♪ Or has time rewritten every line ♪
347
00:33:48.092 --> 00:33:51.329
♪ If we had the chance to do it all again ♪
348
00:33:53.364 --> 00:33:55.867
♪ Tell me, would we? ♪
349
00:34:01.305 --> 00:34:03.808
♪ Could we? ♪
350
00:34:16.921 --> 00:34:19.657
♪ Memories may be beautiful and yet ♪
351
00:34:21.692 --> 00:34:24.195
♪ What\'s too painful to remember ♪
352
00:34:27.065 --> 00:34:29.567
♪ We simply choose to forget ♪
353
00:34:32.737 --> 00:34:35.907
♪ Oh, it’s the laughter we will remember ♪
354
00:34:52.223 --> 00:34:54.725
♪ Whenever we remember ♪
355
00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:03.601
♪ The way we were ♪
356
00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:54.652
I’m so tired, Susie!
357
00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:57.321
Yeah…
358
00:36:20.077 --> 00:36:21.913
Sorry, Pete, I have to record this
359
00:36:21.913 --> 00:36:25.583
because it’s such a beautiful day—
evidence,
360
00:36:25.950 --> 00:36:29.620
beautiful day—on, like,
September 29, 2018,
361
00:36:32.256 --> 00:36:35.493
and we’re about to go—according to her—
362
00:36:36.894 --> 00:36:40.965
we’re about to go
to tour the first nursing home
363
00:36:42.333 --> 00:36:45.169
and so all of this
maybe begins all over again.
364
00:36:45.169 --> 00:36:47.672
So, anyway….
365
00:37:01.986 --> 00:37:04.922
Where, where, where, where is that?
366
00:37:08.326 --> 00:37:10.494
Where am I now?
367
00:37:10.494 --> 00:37:16.467
You’re in your house, on your couch,
and Su and Cathy are visiting you.
368
00:37:20.004 --> 00:37:21.639
Whose house?
369
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.506
Yours.
370
00:37:22.506 --> 00:37:23.975
Where?
371
00:37:23.975 --> 00:37:25.376
In Atria!
372
00:37:25.376 --> 00:37:27.878
In New York.
373
00:37:29.747 --> 00:37:31.716
In Atria?
374
00:37:31.716 --> 00:37:35.553
Yeah, where you live,
the apartment building.
375
00:37:40.558 --> 00:37:43.060
In New York.
376
00:37:47.498 --> 00:37:50.001
I’ve been meaning to see you.
377
00:37:50.534 --> 00:37:53.738
I saw the way the ghost was at
and I’m like, she must have said no.
378
00:37:53.738 --> 00:37:55.573
She said no.
She mashes on everything!
379
00:37:55.573 --> 00:37:56.607
But I told you that
380
00:37:56.607 --> 00:37:58.476
I was like, that’s why I told you, I said,
381
00:37:58.476 --> 00:38:01.178
“Run it by her” cuz if I would have
just gave you the okay,
382
00:38:01.178 --> 00:38:04.782
oh, they would have had my collar like,
“Who told you that…”
383
00:38:04.782 --> 00:38:05.950
Right
I said, “We do it every year!”
384
00:38:05.950 --> 00:38:08.653
She’s like, “I just don’t like Halloween.
385
00:38:08.653 --> 00:38:11.155
I’m like, “That’s you!
386
00:38:11.155 --> 00:38:13.557
Don’t take it out on everybody else!
But I think it looks really good out here
387
00:38:13.557 --> 00:38:16.093
because you can see it all the way down
the block
388
00:38:16.093 --> 00:38:17.828
Right, it’s not hidden.
389
00:38:17.828 --> 00:38:20.298
Hello nurses, doctors!
390
00:38:32.610 --> 00:38:36.847
When you move your feet so much,
it looks like you’re taking a walk.
391
00:38:36.847 --> 00:38:37.782
Oh, really?
392
00:38:37.782 --> 00:38:38.749
Yeah!
393
00:38:38.749 --> 00:38:43.254
Even though you’re lying in bed,
it looks like you’re off taking a walk.
394
00:38:43.254 --> 00:38:45.756
Yeah, well that’s walking.
395
00:38:46.290 --> 00:38:47.425
That’s walking?
396
00:38:47.425 --> 00:38:49.794
Yeah.
397
00:38:49.794 --> 00:38:52.530
You always walked faster than I did
398
00:38:52.530 --> 00:38:54.265
Yeah, I did.
399
00:38:54.265 --> 00:38:56.767
Hard to keep up with you.
400
00:38:56.834 --> 00:38:57.702
It’s okay.
401
00:38:57.702 --> 00:38:59.103
It’s okay?
402
00:38:59.103 --> 00:38:59.937
So…
403
00:38:59.937 --> 00:39:02.039
For who? For you or for me?
404
00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:03.407
For all of us
405
00:39:03.407 --> 00:39:05.609
For all of us.
406
00:39:07.311 --> 00:39:11.649
I want to, I want to get out in the air.
407
00:39:12.550 --> 00:39:14.185
Yeah.
408
00:39:14.185 --> 00:39:18.422
Maybe later we can take the wheelchair
and we can go outside
409
00:39:18.422 --> 00:39:23.894
but the problem is that now it’s raining,
it’s not very nice out.
410
00:39:25.129 --> 00:39:27.198
It’s raining now?
411
00:39:27.198 --> 00:39:29.700
Yeah.
412
00:39:33.571 --> 00:39:36.073
Tuesday, 11:54 pm
413
00:39:37.775 --> 00:39:39.977
Hey Su, are you there?
414
00:39:40.878 --> 00:39:43.381
I’ll try your cell phone
415
00:40:19.350 --> 00:40:24.822
♪ Come on now, little Suzie,
we are going to the country for a ride ♪
416
00:40:29.560 --> 00:40:32.062
♪ A sweet joy ride oh baby ♪
417
00:40:32.997 --> 00:40:35.499
♪ Come on now, little Suzie, ♪
418
00:40:35.833 --> 00:40:39.770
♪ because it’s such a beautiful day
by the tide, ♪
419
00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:45.443
♪ ay ay, Susie, ♪
420
00:40:47.678 --> 00:40:51.749
♪ watching the birds
as they glide in the country, ♪
421
00:40:52.750 --> 00:40:55.252
♪ slow and low…uh oh uh oh uh oh ♪
422
00:41:05.563 --> 00:41:07.097
Who gonna do what?
423
00:41:07.097 --> 00:41:08.933
Who gonna do what?
424
00:41:08.933 --> 00:41:10.301
Who gonna do what?
425
00:41:20.578 --> 00:41:24.448
What? What? What?
426
00:41:24.448 --> 00:41:25.349
Who? Who?
427
00:41:25.783 --> 00:41:28.853
You talkin’ crazy! You talkin’ crazy!
428
00:42:37.988 --> 00:42:39.723
Oh no!
429
00:42:39.723 --> 00:42:40.791
Go get it!
430
00:42:40.791 --> 00:42:42.192
Run!
431
00:42:42.192 --> 00:42:44.662
Excellent!
432
00:43:03.614 --> 00:43:06.116
Grandma! I’m gettin’ a ride!
433
00:43:13.490 --> 00:43:15.993
Okay, go ahead. Go ahead, Zoe.
434
00:43:16.226 --> 00:43:18.729
Say, “Yay Horsies!”
435
00:43:26.470 --> 00:43:28.973
Look at the camera
436
00:46:40.264 --> 00:46:44.001
♪ I know, I know, I know
I’ve got friends, yea ♪
437
00:46:49.673 --> 00:46:52.176
♪ I’ve got people, ♪
438
00:46:52.409 --> 00:46:54.912
♪ I’ve got people ♪
439
00:46:55.412 --> 00:46:57.714
♪ I’ve got people ♪
440
00:46:57.714 --> 00:47:00.217
♪ People who love me, ♪
441
00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:05.222
♪ People who love me, ♪
442
00:47:05.889 --> 00:47:08.392
♪ People who love, love me ♪
443
00:47:59.877 --> 00:48:01.712
♪ Behind the shelter in the middle
of a roundabout ♪
444
00:48:01.712 --> 00:48:03.881
♪ A pretty nurse is selling poppies
from a tray ♪
445
00:48:03.881 --> 00:48:07.384
♪ And though she feels as if she’s in a play ♪
446
00:48:08.085 --> 00:48:10.587
♪ She is anyway ♪
447
00:48:12.689 --> 00:48:16.560
♪ Penny Lane,
the barber shaves another customer ♪
448
00:48:16.560 --> 00:48:20.297
♪ We see the banker sitting waiting
for a trim ♪
449
00:48:20.731 --> 00:48:25.235
♪ And then, the fireman rushes in
from the pouring rain ♪
450
00:48:27.905 --> 00:48:30.407
♪ Very strange ♪
451
00:49:52.656 --> 00:49:57.094
So, the top looks pretty decent…
It’s still got a little flutter.
452
00:49:57.094 --> 00:49:58.528
But then there’s something going
on down here--
453
00:49:58.528 --> 00:50:02.866
If you look on the inside it’s kinda got,
like, a turn to it.
454
00:50:02.866 --> 00:50:09.106
So, the only way to even that out
is if I keep my hands incredibly static,
455
00:50:10.674 --> 00:50:14.511
meaning that equal parts…
equal distances away from each other.
456
00:50:14.511 --> 00:50:16.513
So if I keep my hands here,
457
00:50:16.513 --> 00:50:18.915
I can even the walls out
as it gets to the top,
458
00:50:18.915 --> 00:50:22.219
and then the top becomes fluttery
and then I’ll cut that off.
459
00:50:55.752 --> 00:50:59.089
I was invited—along
with 19 other filmmakers—
460
00:50:59.089 --> 00:51:03.060
to make a 2-minute film that would speak
to the events of 2020
461
00:51:03.060 --> 00:51:04.528
from wherever we were,
462
00:51:04.528 --> 00:51:08.465
so I filmed on our block
on a sunny day in May
463
00:51:21.511 --> 00:51:24.614
A student sent them to me from China.
464
00:51:36.426 --> 00:51:37.627
Ready?
465
00:51:37.627 --> 00:51:41.531
1, 2, 3, Happy Mother’s Day,
love you grandma!
466
00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:47.237
Oh yeah, Happy Mother’s Day,
all you mothers!
467
00:51:55.512 --> 00:51:59.182
So it’s July 6, 2020
and while Covid rages,
468
00:52:00.951 --> 00:52:04.354
our friends let us come stay up
at their place in the country,
469
00:52:04.354 --> 00:52:07.891
which has been really nice...
really nice to be away from all of that,
470
00:52:07.891 --> 00:52:09.392
even though you’re not really away from it
471
00:52:09.392 --> 00:52:13.296
because everywhere you go
people are in masks,
472
00:52:13.830 --> 00:52:19.269
everything we think about doing
we have to consider the ramifications.
473
00:52:19.269 --> 00:52:21.171
But it also gives you a lot
of time to think.
474
00:52:21.171 --> 00:52:27.410
Everyone’s been talking about how
they’re spending a lot of time thinking.
475
00:52:32.482 --> 00:52:36.386
You can hear them,
but you can never see them.
476
00:52:39.189 --> 00:52:41.992
You think they’d make themselves visible
since they’re so loud.
477
00:53:18.128 --> 00:53:19.629
Okay
478
00:53:19.629 --> 00:53:22.933
Like how active do you anticipate
being out there?
479
00:53:22.933 --> 00:53:25.202
Well, we tend to like…we go on bike rides,
480
00:53:25.202 --> 00:53:27.971
we go on long walks and stuff,
so I’m gonna be quite active.
481
00:53:27.971 --> 00:53:28.605
Okay!
482
00:53:28.605 --> 00:53:33.710
But if there are things that don’t get
covered by taking long walks,
483
00:53:33.710 --> 00:53:38.315
then, you know,
I should take that into consideration.
484
00:53:38.615 --> 00:53:40.050
Okay, yes, absolutely.
485
00:53:40.050 --> 00:53:43.053
So at minimum you’ll be taking this baby.
486
00:53:43.053 --> 00:53:43.687
All right.
487
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So, first things first,
we’re gonna have you go ahead
488
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and just get on the ground
and get in a comfortable position.
489
00:53:51.294 --> 00:53:53.964
You’re gonna sit on the baby like this….
490
00:53:53.964 --> 00:53:55.265
Okay.
491
00:53:55.265 --> 00:53:59.069
In 2021, my doctor warned me
that if I didn’t do consistent workouts
492
00:53:59.069 --> 00:54:02.005
to offset my advanced osteoporosis,
493
00:54:02.472 --> 00:54:06.977
I should start imagining things
like having spinal fractures.
494
00:54:06.977 --> 00:54:10.714
In other words,
I couldn’t fuck off anymore.
495
00:54:11.281 --> 00:54:12.983
And I got very lucky.
496
00:54:12.983 --> 00:54:15.552
I found a trainer who lives near me
and comes over twice a week
497
00:54:15.552 --> 00:54:21.258
to get my muscles and bones moving--
some of them for the first time ever.
498
00:54:21.258 --> 00:54:22.359
She’s really great,
499
00:54:22.359 --> 00:54:24.194
and I’ve learned something
about not being able
500
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to ignore the present or the future.
501
00:54:26.863 --> 00:54:29.165
And then comfortable on that side.
502
00:54:29.165 --> 00:54:31.534
The foot side?
503
00:54:31.534 --> 00:54:34.037
(laughing)
504
00:54:34.671 --> 00:54:36.373
“And get comfortable”—I love that!
505
00:54:36.373 --> 00:54:38.275
I know, right?
506
00:54:38.275 --> 00:54:39.776
(laughs) It’s all about the language.
507
00:54:39.776 --> 00:54:41.177
I’m feeling fabulous!
508
00:54:41.177 --> 00:54:43.213
Okay, fantastic,
509
00:54:43.213 --> 00:54:46.883
and then you’re just going
to use your foot and…..
510
00:56:11.901 --> 00:56:14.170
So what are you doing in
the back of your left side?
511
00:56:14.170 --> 00:56:17.640
You could probably bring your
hands closer up if that helps.
512
00:56:19.843 --> 00:56:21.711
That looks a bit more stable.
513
00:56:24.681 --> 00:56:29.085
Yeah, well I’m sort of feeling it
a little more on the left side. Just a pull…
514
00:56:29.185 --> 00:56:30.186
Okay.
515
00:56:30.854 --> 00:56:34.057
And then I want you to make sure that you
feel yourself getting that
516
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entire cheekbone to the side,
so you need to turn a little more.
517
00:56:37.494 --> 00:56:38.495
Turn to the right?
518
00:56:38.495 --> 00:56:39.662
Uh-huh.
519
00:56:39.662 --> 00:56:40.597
OW!
520
00:56:40.597 --> 00:56:43.133
Yeah…I call that the Bermuda Triangle.
521
00:56:43.133 --> 00:56:48.638
A lot of things get lost in there…
That’s where it’s all…(laughs)…
522
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So just a few more seconds
and then you’ll switch sides.