0:00:13.232,0:00:17.225 - I've caused you some trouble.[br]- No, uh... 0:00:17.303,0:00:20.204 Mother...[br]My mother, uh... 0:00:20.273,0:00:22.969 What is the phrase? 0:00:23.042,0:00:26.273 She isn't quite[br]herself today. 0:00:26.345,0:00:31.578 You shouldn't have bothered. I really[br]don't have that much of an appetite. 0:00:31.651,0:00:34.347 Oh, I'm sorry. 0:00:36.089,0:00:39.786 I wish you could apologize[br]for other people. 0:00:39.859,0:00:41.793 Don't worry about it. 0:00:41.861,0:00:45.797 But as long as you've fixed[br]the supper, we may as well eat it. 0:00:54.874,0:01:00.141 It, uh... It might be, uh, nicer[br]and warmer in the office. 0:01:13.593,0:01:15.857 Well, it stopped[br]raining. 0:01:15.928,0:01:19.887 Uh, eating in an office[br]is just... just too officious. 0:01:19.966,0:01:22.901 - I have the parlor back here.[br]- All right. 0:01:37.750,0:01:41.277 - Sit down.[br]- Oh, thank you. 0:01:44.190,0:01:47.523 You're very kind. 0:01:47.593,0:01:51.359 It's all for you.[br]I'm not hungry. Go ahead. 0:01:56.702,0:01:59.034 You... You eat like a bird. 0:02:00.640,0:02:03.609 And you'd know,[br]of course. 0:02:03.676,0:02:05.610 No, not really. 0:02:05.678,0:02:09.136 Anyway, I hear the expression[br]"Eats like a bird"... 0:02:09.215,0:02:13.709 is really a fal...[br]false... falsity. 0:02:13.786,0:02:17.483 Because birds really[br]eat a tremendous lot. 0:02:19.492,0:02:24.327 But I really don't know anything about[br]birds. My hobby is stuffing things. 0:02:24.397,0:02:26.331 You know, taxidermy. 0:02:26.399,0:02:30.961 And I guess I'd just rather[br]stuff birds because... 0:02:31.037,0:02:33.437 I hate the look of beasts[br]when they're stuffed. 0:02:33.506,0:02:35.497 You know,[br]foxes and chimps. 0:02:35.575,0:02:39.705 Some people even stuff dogs and cats,[br]but, oh, I can't do that. 0:02:39.779,0:02:43.180 I think only birds[br]look well stuffed because... 0:02:43.249,0:02:46.946 Well, because they're kind[br]of passive to begin with. 0:02:47.019,0:02:49.886 It's a strange hobby.[br]Curious. 0:02:49.956,0:02:53.517 - Uncommon too.[br]- Oh, I imagine so. 0:02:53.593,0:02:57.359 And it's... it's not as expensive[br]as you'd think. It's cheap, really. 0:02:57.430,0:03:00.160 You know, needles[br]and thread, sawdust. 0:03:00.233,0:03:02.701 The chemicals are the only[br]thing that, that cost anything. 0:03:02.768,0:03:05.760 A man should have a hobby. 0:03:05.838,0:03:09.740 Well, it's...[br]it's more than a hobby. 0:03:11.877,0:03:15.074 A hobby's supposed to[br]pass the time, not fill it. 0:03:15.147,0:03:18.082 Is your time so empty? 0:03:18.150,0:03:20.812 No. Uh... 0:03:20.886,0:03:23.013 Well, I run the office... 0:03:23.089,0:03:25.421 and tend the cabins[br]and grounds... 0:03:25.491,0:03:28.358 and do little, uh,[br]errands for my mother... 0:03:28.427,0:03:31.225 the ones she allows[br]I might be capable of doing. 0:03:31.297,0:03:34.425 Do you go out with friends? 0:03:36.369,0:03:39.270 Well, a boy's best friend[br]is his mother. 0:03:41.741,0:03:46.235 You've never had an empty moment[br]in your entire life, have you? 0:03:48.414,0:03:53.078 - Only my share.[br]- Where are you going? 0:03:53.152,0:03:55.620 I didn't mean to pry. 0:03:55.688,0:03:58.418 I'm looking for[br]a private island. 0:04:00.559,0:04:03.392 What are you[br]running away from? 0:04:05.298,0:04:09.257 - Why do you ask that?[br]- No. 0:04:09.335,0:04:11.769 People never run away[br]from anything. 0:04:14.573,0:04:18.531 The rain didn't last long,[br]did it? You know what I think? 0:04:18.611,0:04:21.204 I think that... 0:04:23.015,0:04:25.210 we're all in[br]our private traps, 0:04:26.719,0:04:30.553 clamped in them, and none of us[br]can ever get out. 0:04:32.358,0:04:34.553 We scratch and...[br]and claw, 0:04:34.627,0:04:38.563 but only at the air,[br]only at each other. 0:04:38.631,0:04:43.500 And for all of it,[br]we never budge an inch. 0:04:43.569,0:04:46.060 Sometimes we deliberately[br]step into those traps. 0:04:49.275,0:04:51.709 I was born in mine.[br]I don't mind it anymore. 0:04:51.777,0:04:55.144 Oh, but you should.[br]You should mind it. 0:04:55.214,0:04:57.682 Oh, I do, but I say I don't. 0:05:00.686,0:05:04.918 You know, if anyone ever talked[br]to me the way I heard... 0:05:04.990,0:05:08.653 the way she spoke to you... 0:05:08.728,0:05:12.755 Sometimes when she talks[br]to me like that, 0:05:12.832,0:05:17.235 I feel I'd like to go up there and[br]curse her and, and leave her forever. 0:05:17.303,0:05:19.737 Or at least defy her. 0:05:24.477,0:05:28.538 But I know I can't.[br]She's ill. 0:05:28.614,0:05:32.675 She sounded strong. 0:05:32.752,0:05:35.312 No, I mean... ill. 0:05:36.889,0:05:40.655 She had to raise me all by herself,[br]after my father died. 0:05:40.726,0:05:44.423 I was only five and it,[br]it must've been quite a strain for her. 0:05:44.497,0:05:48.365 I mean, she didn't have to go to work or[br]anything. He left her a little money. 0:05:48.434,0:05:53.098 Anyway, a few years ago,[br]Mother met this man. 0:05:53.172,0:05:56.573 And he... he talked her[br]into building this motel. 0:05:56.642,0:05:59.668 He could have talked her[br]into anything. 0:05:59.745,0:06:03.841 And when he died too, it was[br]just too great a shock for her. 0:06:05.251,0:06:07.242 And the way[br]he died... 0:06:08.888,0:06:13.689 I guess it's nothing[br]to talk about while you're eating. 0:06:13.759,0:06:18.389 Anyway, it was just too great[br]a loss for her. She had nothing left. 0:06:18.464,0:06:20.830 Except you. 0:06:20.900,0:06:24.165 Well, a son is a poor substitute[br]for a lover. 0:06:26.238,0:06:28.706 Why don't you go away? 0:06:28.774,0:06:31.004 To a private island,[br]like you? 0:06:34.280,0:06:37.909 No... not like me. 0:06:37.983,0:06:42.147 I couldn't do that.[br]Who'd look after her? 0:06:42.221,0:06:45.054 She'd be alone up there. 0:06:46.926,0:06:49.292 The fire would go out. 0:06:49.361,0:06:53.195 It'd be cold and damp[br]like a grave. 0:06:53.265,0:06:57.634 If you love someone, you don't do that[br]to them, even if you hate them. 0:06:59.538,0:07:03.804 You understand, I...[br]I don't hate her. 0:07:03.876,0:07:07.972 I hate what she's become.[br]I hate the illness. 0:07:10.249,0:07:15.209 Wouldn't it be better[br]if you put her... some place? 0:07:19.425,0:07:22.792 You mean an institution?[br]A madhouse? 0:07:25.130,0:07:30.124 People always call[br]a madhouse "some place," don't they? 0:07:30.202,0:07:32.136 Put her in "some place." 0:07:33.906,0:07:36.807 I'm sorry. I didn't mean it[br]to sound uncaring. 0:07:36.876,0:07:39.310 What do you know[br]about caring? 0:07:39.378,0:07:42.575 Have you ever seen the inside[br]of one of those places? 0:07:42.648,0:07:46.379 The laughing and the tears... 0:07:46.452,0:07:48.818 and the cruel eyes[br]studying you. 0:07:48.888,0:07:50.856 My mother there? 0:07:52.892,0:07:55.918 But she's harmless. 0:07:57.496,0:08:00.431 She's as harmless as one[br]of those stuffed birds. 0:08:02.301,0:08:04.292 I am sorry. 0:08:04.370,0:08:08.534 I only felt...[br]It seems she's hurting you. 0:08:10.109,0:08:14.205 - I meant well.[br]- People always mean well. 0:08:14.280,0:08:17.909 They cluck their thick tongues[br]and shake their heads and suggest... 0:08:17.983,0:08:20.042 oh, so very delicately... 0:08:26.659,0:08:30.857 Of course,[br]I've suggested it myself. 0:08:30.930,0:08:35.366 But I hate to even think about it.[br]She needs me. 0:08:39.972,0:08:44.671 It... It's not as if she were[br]a... a maniac, a raving thing. 0:08:44.743,0:08:47.303 She... 0:08:47.379,0:08:50.473 She just goes[br]a little mad sometimes. 0:08:52.618,0:08:55.883 We all go a little mad[br]sometimes. 0:08:57.289,0:08:59.985 Haven't you? 0:09:02.027,0:09:04.154 Yes. 0:09:04.229,0:09:09.496 Sometimes just one time[br]can be enough. Thank you. 0:09:10.703,0:09:12.671 Thank you, "Norman." 0:09:12.738,0:09:15.536 Norman. 0:09:15.608,0:09:19.044 Oh, you're not... you're not[br]going back to your room already? 0:09:19.111,0:09:21.875 I'm very tired. 0:09:21.947,0:09:25.007 And I have a long drive tomorrow,[br]all the way back to Phoenix. 0:09:25.084,0:09:26.881 Really? 0:09:26.952,0:09:30.319 I stepped into a private trap[br]back there... 0:09:30.389,0:09:34.917 and I'd like to go back and try[br]to pull myself out of it... 0:09:36.595,0:09:39.029 before it's too late[br]for me too. 0:09:39.098,0:09:42.534 Are you sure you wouldn't like[br]to stay a little while longer? 0:09:42.601,0:09:46.264 - I mean, just for talk.[br]- Oh, I'd like to, but... 0:09:46.338,0:09:48.772 All right. Well,[br]I'll see you in the morning. 0:09:48.841,0:09:50.775 I'll bring you some breakfast,[br]all right? 0:09:50.843,0:09:53.903 - What time?[br]- Very early. Dawn. 0:09:53.979,0:09:56.209 All right, Miss, uh... 0:09:56.281,0:09:58.272 - Crane.[br]- Crane. That's it. 0:09:58.350,0:10:00.545 Good night.