hi.
you're joe, aren't you? i recognized you from the book jacket.
oh, i love that. i'm just great. i'm so happy to be here. and i apologize for invading you. and i'm so happy you asked me to. i'm so touched. i know how private you and sally are.
when i read your work i felt that you knew me. women must tell you that. and this one in particular speaks to me, do you know? i am genna. how many women must tell you that. and the script is wonderful. wonderful and lean and visual.
you're going to be a remarkable director, a brilliant director.
oh my god, sorry. i'm interrupting.
i'm in the same room with sally nash. oh my god. you're my icon. i've been watching your films since i was a little girl. like, four years ago i followed you all around the beverly center - at least half a day, working up the courage to introduce myself.
whatever, do you remember? i've seen all your movies. when i was in rehab, the second time, they wouldn't even let us see your drug addict movie. they said you were too real. i worship you. and i couldn't be more flattered, because i know the part i'm playing in joe's movie is based on you as a young woman.
and i'm overwhelmed. and i want to do it justice. and i hope we can spend time together. and i'm gushing. it's my worst quality.
oh my god. i've been so rude. i'm skye davidson. has anyone ever told you, you look like peter sellers?
oh my god, she remembers me!
utopia parkway.
from jewish folk poetry.
oh how sweet.
yes.
no, no thanks.
oh?
thank you.
oh?
really??
i wasn't prepared to say anything. i'm honored to be a part of tonight. to be in the same room, with my favorite living actress.
and my favorite novelist. and all their amazing --
friends. and talented friends. this room is so filled with love.
and i brought a gift of love. a gift that is love.
happy anniversary. thank you for making me a part of it.
i think there are sixteen there.
not to mention andrew zhdanov.  otis, come!!
who doesn't know about the infamous composer's conference of 1948 where zhdanov persecuted the leaders of soviet music - shostakovich, prokofieve, and myaskovsky.
do peter sellers again.
i just did a movie about bob yar, i played gittle, the jewish milkmaid who gets shot in the head, and they used shostakovich's 13th symphony.
exactly! so i dug it, and i did a lot of research.
yeah.
if he were still alive, maybe.
are you asking me to marry you?
very.
who told you that? no. i'm twenty.  five.
what happened?
i don't mind.