旅行终点 The End of the Tour Movie Script

DAVID:

So what’s this piece about? What does “Jann” want?

LIPSKY:

What’s it like being the most-talked about writer in the country. That sort of thing. That sounds so -- Lipsky seems embarrassed as soon as he says the words.

17.

DAVID:

How do you learn to do this stuff?

LIPSKY:

What.

DAVID:

Interviewing. Did you go to interviewing school?

LIPSKY:

No... I, uh... A beat. Lipsky feels a tad fraudulent to identify himself as a writer to the man whose success and talent he envies.

LIPSKY:

I’m a writer.

DAVID:

Oh, yeah?

LIPSKY:

I mean I write fiction. Just published my first novel, as a matter of fact.

DAVID:

What’s it called?

LIPSKY:

The Art Fair?

David shrugs. He’s never heard of it. Lipsky feels foolish for having brought it up.

LIPSKY:

And I, uh, had a collection published, a couple of years ago.

Lipsky’s pumping leg betrays his anxiety. David notices.

DAVID:

You’re a nervous guy, aren’t you?

LIPSKY:

No no I’m okay. How are you?

DAVID:

‘Cause I’m terrified.

LIPSKY:

Are you? I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.

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33D INT. RESTAURANT/TABLE - BLOOMINGTON - 1996 - LATER 33D The food is decimated. David is loosening up.

DAVID:

The thing about this tour is... I would like to get laid out of it a couple of times, but... Like, people come up, they kinda slither up during readings or whatever. But it seems like, what I want is not to have to take any action.

LIPSKY:

Like...?

DAVID:

Like, I don’t want to have to say, “Would you like to come back to my hotel?” I want them to say, “I am coming back to the hotel. Where is your hotel?” Lipsky laughs.

DAVID:

I can’t stand to look like I’m actively trading on this sexually.