Meantime
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After Tim’s work-related stroke leads to troubling health complications, his son Michael returns home to Montana. As they spend the most time together since Michael’s childhood, they reckon with the past that haunts Tim.
Meantime is a deeply personal exploration of memory, guilt, the violence of capitalism, and the attempt to preserve the fleeting.
Citation
Main credits
Workman, Michael T. (film director)
Other credits
Music, Nicholas Merz, Evan Backer.
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(static hissing)
(gentle otherworldly music)
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(engine humming)
(gentle peaceful music)
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(gentle peaceful music continues)
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(gentle peaceful music continues)
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(gentle peaceful music continues)
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(gentle peaceful music continues)
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(snow pattering)
(wind hissing)
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(phone ringing)
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- [Dad] Yeah, Mike.
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- [Mike] Hey dad, I\'m outside
just filming the snow.
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- [Dad] Okay, well I\'ll be
out, I\'ll have to check it out.
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- [Mike] Okay, sounds
good, see you in a sec.
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- Mm, it\'s cold out.
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- [Mike] It\'s not warm.
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- Mm.
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Yeah.
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Oh. (sniffs)
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So you do a lot of your videos and stuff
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with this camera, huh?
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- Yup, yeah.
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- [Dad] Mm, cool.
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- Yeah.
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(dad chuckles)
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- [Dad] (mutters) From the
old cam quarter days, huh?
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- [Mike] Yeah, yeah,
things changed a bit, huh?
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(dad chuckles)
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- Sounds like you don\'t even remember
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the cam quarter days yourself.
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- [Mike] I don\'t really
remember using those videos
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really at all.
- Yeah, yeah.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah,
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things got strange after that.
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(gentle otherworldly music continues)
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(quiet chatter)
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- [Dad] March 26, a snow storm.
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- He doesn\'t wanna be bothered right now.
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He\'s trying to go skiing. (laughs)
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- [Dad] Is he, oh.
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With a bottle in his--
- (laughing) Yeah.
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Look at daddy, Mike. (laughs)
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- [Dad] Little snow, we weren\'t
expecting this, were we?
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- [Mom] No.
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- [Dad] I never had a sense of family
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and your mom and you guys
provided that for me.
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- [Mom] His first load on the dump truck.
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(engine rumbling)
(quiet chattering)
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- I just felt guilty that I couldn\'t
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provide for the family
for a longterm basis.
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I knew I was crashing and that
scared the piss out of me.
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(shuffle thumping)
(gentle otherworldly music)
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We\'re the peanut gallery up here.
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- [Mom] Yeah.
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- The peanut gallery
with wrench and hammer,
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what are we gonna do, Mike?
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- Build a house.
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- [Mom] Build a house.
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- Build a house.
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- Mom, I\'m bike riding!
- Mikey and I
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are building a house.
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(tool clattering)
(gentle quiet music)
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(gentle quiet music)
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(phone rings)
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Oh, there\'s Jackie.
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(pair laughs)
(phone ringing)
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I haven\'t talked to her for a long time.
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Oh, hi.
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- [Jackie] Hi, how you doing?
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- Okay, I\'m here with Mike. (laughs)
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- Is Michael there? (laughs)
- Hey mom.
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- [Jackie] Doing some filming are ya?
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- Yeah.
- Yeah, for some reason,
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he wants to film me.
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I don\'t understand it. (laughs)
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(Jackie laughing)
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- [Jackie] Better you than me. (laughs)
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- (laughs) Yeah.
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Oh Jesus.
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- [Jackie] You know I\'m retiring in March.
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- [Dad] Oh, good for you.
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You deserve it.
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Spend all your time gardening
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and taking care of stuff at home.
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I\'m happy for ya.
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- [Jackie] Yeah.
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Okay, well take it easy.
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- [Mike] All right, love you, mom.
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- [Jackie] Love you too, guys, bye bye.
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- Bye.
- Bye bye.
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- [Mike] (grunts) You squirm.
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- Still miss her. (laughs)
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- [Mike] Yeah.
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(gentle quiet music)
(snow pattering)
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(gentle quiet music continues)
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(plastic rustles)
(gentle quiet music)
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(saw buzzing)
(gentle quiet music)
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(saw continues buzzing)
(quiet music)
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(windshield wipers thump)
(gentle quiet music)
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(gentle quiet music continues)
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(gentle quiet music continues)
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(shuffling footsteps)
(gentle quiet music)
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(thumping footsteps)
(gentle quiet music)
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(bags crackling)
(gentle quiet music)
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(thumping footsteps)
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Yeah, wanna scratch with me?
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Wanna scratch?
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You wanna scratch?
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Oh, there you go.
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There you go.
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- [Dad] You got the touch, Mike.
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- (laughs) Here you are.
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Oh, there you go.
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- Oh kitty.
- Oh sweet fur ball.
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(Mike grunts)
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- You sure like purring, don\'t ya?
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Well I have a feeling you\'re
probably never gonna come back
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for any length of time.
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- You have a feeling that I\'m not?
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- Yeah, well you can\'t
make any money here.
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- Yeah.
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- Unless you wanna sell
trinkets on the corner.
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(Mike laughs)
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Front Street and Higgins.
(Mike laughs)
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- Yeah, yup.
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Yeah well--
(Dad grumbles)
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I\'ll maximize my time here
while I have it with you.
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- (grumbles) Well that\'s good.
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That\'s different.
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- Different, yeah. (laughs)
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(engine stuttering)
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- Hm.
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This is where the fresh gas
is, get rid of the heat.
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It sucks the heat out of
the air inside the cabin.
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Physics and all that bullshit.
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(dad grunts)
(tools clanking)
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(tools clanking)
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Eh, come on.
(tools clanking)
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Ah, I just don\'t know if the
piece is worth a shit anymore,
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tell you the truth.
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(dad grunting)
(tool clinking)
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You know, if I had money, I
wouldn\'t even bother with it.
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I don\'t, so I can\'t complain.
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(engine stuttering)
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(gentle quiet music)
(engine stuttering)
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(gentle quiet music)
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(shovel clanking)
(gentle quiet music)
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Gonna what, Mike?
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- Gonna go and see mommy right
here, see mommy right here.
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- [Mom] Yeah, what are you gonna do then?
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- Gonna put it in the
wheelbarrow, daddy\'s wheelbarrow.
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- [Mom] Put it in daddy\'s wheelbarrow?
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(Mike chattering)
(gentle quiet music)
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(film reel rattling)
(gentle quiet music)
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(film reel rattling)
(quiet music continues)
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- Well, probably at 12, you know,
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my father started abusing me.
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He was gonna make me tough.
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I was too sensitive.
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So that made me ripe for drugs.
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(gentle quiet music)
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I\'m still dealing with that.
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Got my bother\'s voice,
I got my mom\'s voice,
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I got my father\'s voice.
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You know, and I haven\'t
had to deal with them
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in how many millennia, you know?
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(sighs) But it\'s still there.
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It\'s just still in the core.
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(children chattering)
(gentle quiet music)
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(film reel rattles)
(gentle quiet music)
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And you say we\'ll get back to um,
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saying how I felt with
your birth, and you know,
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Carrie was three years
prior to your birth,
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and some of that was most
proudest time of my life.
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(sighs) But deep down,
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I knew I couldn\'t hold on to it.
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I was scared, pissed me off.
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Why can\'t I just, (sighs)
have these things, you know?
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Why do I have to keep
on suffering? (sighs)
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But you know, you\'ve seen
the videos and stuff.
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That didn\'t come from somebody
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that wasn\'t proud of you guys.
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Wanting to hold on to
a lot of it comes from
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I wanted to have some kind of record
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because I knew it wouldn\'t last.
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I knew it would last.
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- Uh--
- Wow.
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(Mike chattering)
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Boy, couldn\'t even catch
that guy, he was going fast.
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Is that how fast you ski, Mike?
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- No, we\'re skiing slow.
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- [Dad] Yeah, that\'s right.
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(ski lift whirring)
(buzzing)
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(skis swishing)
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Good job at turning there, Mike.
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(Mike yells enthusiastically)
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- [Dad] Okay!
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Am I in your way, Mike?
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(skis swishing)
(Mike grunts and laughs)
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(skis swishing)
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- (labored breathing) Hard
to be a cinematographer
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on this mountian, huh?
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- [Mike] Yeah. (laughs)
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(wind hissing)
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- It was just hard for
me to get out by myself.
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- Yeah.
- You know,
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I know it\'s a cop out,
I know, but, (sniffs)
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but it\'s always nice here
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to be able to share it
with somebody. (sniffs)
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And that I appreciate.
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(snow crunching)
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Couldn\'t think of anybody better than you.
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(snow crunching)
(gentle quiet music)
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(wind hissing)
(gentle quiet music)
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(rain pattering)
(gentle quiet music)
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(rain pattering)
(quiet music continues)
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- [Mike] Did it feel like a
lot of pressure having kids?
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- [Dad] The pressure was coming from work.
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(gentle quiet music)
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You know, my dyslexia and my
self esteem was so trashed,
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I just couldn\'t keep goin\'.
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(gentle quiet music)
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When you don\'t have to subject
yourself to a workplace,
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where you feel totally in--
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- [Mike] Inadequate?
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- [Dad] Inadequate, yeah,
that\'s the word I\'m looking for.
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- I\'m not gonna go in there after you.
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(Mike squeals)
- Oh.
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- [Mike] Is there anything
that\'s helped you feel
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more confident about your intellect?
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- [Dad] Oh God, talking with you.
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And letting go.
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(gentle quiet music)
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- [Mike] That\'s that.
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- [Dad] Good.
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(door clatters)
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- [Mike] All right, I\'ll
see ya when I see ya.
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(dad grunts)
(clapping backs)
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- [Dad] Oh, you\'d better
get out there. (sighs)
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- [Mike] All right, see ya, pops.
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- [Dad] We\'ll see you, Mike.
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(gentle quiet music)
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(gentle quiet music continues)
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(gentle quiet music continues)
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(gentle quiet music continues)
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(chair lift rattling)
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(chair lift continues rattling)
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(gentle peaceful music)
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(gentle peaceful music continues)
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(gentle peaceful music continues)
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(gentle peaceful music continues)