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| Character | Marion Ken | |
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| Scene type / Who are | Married, I really want to have sex with you..., Having an argument, Apologizing | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1988 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Drama | |
| Description | Why are we afraid to be alone with each other? | |
| Details | 56 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Marion (Gena Rowlands) is a professor of literature who is taking some time off to write a novel and is also facing a mid-life crisis. Here's a scene with her husband Dr. Ken Post, played by Ian Holm, when they come back home after a dinner with some friends.
Marion asks why he is afraid to be alone with her and why they always have to go out with friends. Also their sex life is stale and she wonders why he doesn't want to have sex with her anymore....
Marion asks why he is afraid to be alone with her and why they always have to go out with friends. Also their sex life is stale and she wonders why he doesn't want to have sex with her anymore....
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| INT. APARTMENT-NIGHT KEN: "Tom and Ellen are funny, aren't they? All that carrying on about ESP and parapsychology. You think they'd be more sensible. And then when you put it down so unequivocally I thought they'd die. You were a little cruel however correct." MARION: "I was so tired I was in a stinking mood. Who knows, maybe they're right. Maybe there's more to life than meets the eye. What the hell do I know?" KEN: "Well, their beliefs are one step ahead of ouija boards. All that talk about their trip to Greece. You'd think no one had ever sailed the Greek islands before." MARION: "If we are so contemptuous of Tom and Ellen why do we go out with them?" KEN: "I am not contermptuous of them. It's just when they get onto certain topics. Next week will be flying saucers." MARION: "Why do we have to see people every night anyway? We never spend any time alone." KEN: "Well, that's not so." MARION: "Yes it is so. Every night's friends. Yours, mine, people we hardly know." KEN: "We've known Tom and Ellen for years..." MARION: "And you don't even enjoy him..." KEN: "Of course I do." MARION: "Oh, come on. You've spoken contemptously many times because he's a radiologist which you don't take seriously." .... |
