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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men ()

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A graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.
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Sara Quinn
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Subject #14
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Professor Adams / Subject #30
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Subject #15
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Subject #51
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Subject #19
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Kevin / Subject #28
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Evan / Subject #28
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Subject #11
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Ryan / Subject #20
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Subject #72
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Tad / Subject #59
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Subject #31
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Daniel / Subject #46
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Harry / Subject #20 (as Ben Gibbard)
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Subject #40
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R / Subject #3
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A / Subject #3
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Subject #2
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Subject #42
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Father of Subject #42
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Hannah
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Samantha
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Airport Girl
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alain Van Beaux ...
Marcus - Coffee Shop Confrontation (uncredited)
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Girlfriend #2 (uncredited)
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Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Julie Lamb ...
Teacher (uncredited)
Corinne Palermo ...
Student (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Krasinski

Written by

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John Krasinski ... (written for the screen by)
 
David Foster Wallace ... (based on the book by)

Produced by

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Kevin Patrick Connors ... executive producer (as Kevin Connors)
Thomas Fatone ... associate producer (as Tom Fatone)
Chris Hayes ... associate producer (as Christopher Hayes)
Eva Kolodner ... producer
John Krasinski ... producer
Yael Melamede ... producer
Dori Oskowitz ... associate producer
George Paaswell ... line producer
Michael Schur ... associate producer (as Mike Schur)
James Suskin ... producer

Music by

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Adam Benjamin
Billy Mohler
Ben Wendel
Nate Wood

Cinematography by

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John Bailey ... director of photography

Editing by

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Rich Fox
Zene Baker ... (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Greg D'Auria ... assistant editor
Dana E. Glauberman ... additional editor (as Dana Glauberman)
Kathryn Himoff ... additional editor
Michael Kaz ... assistant editor
Joan Malloch ... post production coordinator: Upload Films
Patrick J. Smith ... assistant editor (as Patrick Smith)
Joe Violante ... dailies advisor: Village Mega Playground (as Joey Violante)
Lee Wimer ... color timer: Technicolor
Jason Crump ... dailies colorist: Mega Playground (uncredited)
Robert Leaton ... colorist: dailies (uncredited)
Jana Pennell ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith Crowley

Production Design by

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Stephen Beatrice

Set Decoration by

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Cristina Casanas

Costume Design by

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Vicki Farrell

Makeup Department

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Joseph Farulla ... additional makeup artist
Fabian Garcia ... key hair stylist (as Fabion Gracia)
Sharon Ilson ... key makeup artist (as Sharon Ilson Burke)

Production Management

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Danielle Blumstein ... unit production manager
Carrie Fix ... unit production manager: additional photography 2
Patrick D. Gibbons ... production supervisor: additional photography 1
John Portnoy ... post production supervisor: Uload Films
Jennifer Sonnenfeld ... unit manager: additional photography 2

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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David Blazina ... second assistant director / second assistant director: additional photography 2
Anne Marie Dentici ... second assistant director: additional photography 1
Thomas Fatone ... first assistant director (as Tom Fatone)
Dori Oskowitz ... co-director: additional photography 2
Kevin Pazmino ... second second assistant director: additional photography 1
Luke Tomalin Sherman ... second second assistant director: additional photography 2 (as Luke Sherman)
Kim Thompson ... first assistant director: additional photography 1 (as Kimberly Thompson) / second second assistant director (as Kimberly Anne Thompson)

Art Department

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Pastor Alvarado ... on-set dresser: additional photography 1
David Boyd ... charge scenic: additional photography 2
Anna Butwell ... property master: additional photography 1
Lou Charles ... leadman: additional photography 1
Travis Child ... scenic department
Janet Cleveland ... camera scenic: additional photography 1
Melissa Miller Costanzo ... art department coordinator (as Melissa B. Miller)
Alex Devlin ... foreman carpenter: additional photography 2
Tommy Dilillo ... on-set dresser: additional photography 2
Taylor Drake ... leadman
Colin Eletto ... art department production assistant
Isaac Gabaeff ... property master
Shawn Gilbert ... shop electric: additional photography 2
Bobbi Jo Gonzales ... prop assistant: additional photography 2
Liza Handziak ... scenic painter: additional photography 2
Arlo Hoffman ... assistant property master
Kim Korba ... scenic department
Ed Koza ... construction grip: additional photography 2
Juvenel Levros ... art department production assistant
James Maher ... set dresser
Michele Mayas ... camera scenic: additional photography 2
Dave McAllister ... key construction grip: additional photography 2
Thomas McGrath Woods ... construction grip: additional photography 2
Travis Moonschein ... scenic department
Valerie Nolan ... set decorator: additional photography 2
Michael Powsner ... set dresser
Vinnie Ramirez ... art department production assistant
Charles Reidy ... carpenter: additional photography 1
Niquan Riley ... on-set dresser
Pierre Rovira ... construction coordinator / construction coordinator: additional photography 1 / key carpenter: additional photography 2
Duke Scoppa ... leadman: additional photography 1
Eric Slifkin ... carpenter: additional photography 1
Boaz Tcherikover ... art department production assistant
Gavin A. Holmes ... carpenter (uncredited)
Richard Moran ... construction grip (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Marco Alicea ... digital transfer
Jeremy Bowker ... assistant supervising sound editor
Frank Clary ... foley editor / foley recordist
John Countryman ... digital transfer
Neil Danziger ... boom operator / boom operator: additional photography 1
Edwin Dunkley ... video services (as Ed Dunkley)
Tim Elder ... sound mixer: additional photography 2
Sean England ... foley artist
Will Files ... re-recording mixer (as William Files) / supervising sound editor (as William Files)
Ivan Fritz ... digital editorial services
Jonathan Greber ... digital transfer
Howie Hammermann ... engineering services
Pete Horner ... re-recording mixer
Claire Houghtalen ... boom operator: additional photography 2
David Hunter ... digital editorial services
Michael Kirchberger ... dialogue editor
Mike Lane ... client services
Scott R. Lewis ... recordist
Charlotte Moore ... post production sound accountant
Steve Morris ... engineering services
Gordon Ng ... client services
Eva Porter ... client services
Jeff Pullman ... sound mixer
Richard Quinn ... dialogue editor
Frank Rinella ... foley mixer
Adam Sanchez ... sound mixer: additional photography 1
Tony Sereno ... mix technician
Dennie Thorpe ... foley artist
John Torrijos ... video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos)

Special Effects by

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Chelsea Manifold ... prosthetics (uncredited)
Paul J. Mason ... prosthetics (uncredited)
Carl Paolino ... prosthetics (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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John Portnoy ... opticals

Camera and Electrical Department

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Sebastian Alameda ... first assistant camera: "b" camera, additional photography 2
Hilary Benas ... camera loader
Manuel Billeter ... camera operator
Alan Blagg ... key rigging grip
Ariana Brunetto ... loader: additional photography 2
Michael J. Burke ... first assistant camera: additional photography 2
Liz Campbell ... additional electric
Matthew Clark ... camera operator: additional photography 1
Stephen Consentino ... steadicam operator
Angelo Di Giacomo ... first assistant camera
Sean Donnelly ... second assistant camera: additional photography 1
Micah Eisenmann ... additional electric
Peter Fernberger ... camera operator: "b" camera, additional photography 2
Patrick Fontana ... best boy electric: additional photography 1 (as Pat Fontana)
Anthony Gamiello ... grip: additional photography 1 (as Christopher Gamiello)
Russell Geltman ... second assistant camera: additional photography 2
Daniel Giddings ... additional grip (as Dan Giddings)
Phil Gleason ... video assist: additional photography 1
Jamison Grella ... additional electric
Lauren Haber ... second assistant camera: "b" camera, additional photography 2
Andrew B. Hansen ... best boy electric (as Andrew Hansen)
Josh Ingalls ... best boy grip
Jake Kump ... additional electric
Larry Lewinn ... company electric
Adam Miller ... second assistant camera
Richard Montgomery ... dolly grip: additional photography 1
William Newell ... gaffer (as BillNewell)
Jeff Panessa ... additional grip
Timothy Reilly ... rigging best boy (as Tim Reilly)
Robert Rizza ... best boy grip: additional photography 1
Jeremy Rodriguez ... dolly grip
Steve Siddell ... additional electric
Brooke Stanford ... gaffer: additional photography 1
David Stern ... key grip (as Dave Stern)
John Stern ... electric: additional photography 1
Jared Sturner ... best boy grip: additional photography 1 / key grip: additional photography 1
Paul Swan ... company grip
Carl Tippenhoff ... electric: additional photography 1
Christopher Vidaic ... additional grip (as Chris Vidaic)
Ryan Webb ... additional electric
JoJo Whilden ... still photographer
Michael Yorick ... grip: additional photography 1
Michael Fuchs ... camera production assistant (uncredited)
Mark T. Karinja ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Michael Kirsch ... additional grip (uncredited)
Paul C. McKenna ... crane technician: Technocrane (uncredited)
Adam Miller ... first assistant camera: second camera (uncredited)
Paul Niccolls ... grip (uncredited)
Liz Sales ... second assistant camera: second camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Jessica Kelly ... casting associate
Paul Schnee ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sonja Cizmazia ... wardrobe supervisor
Mauri Gastelo ... on-set costumer: additional photography 2
Michael Kale ... wardrobe intern
Carol McLennan ... assistant costumer
Elisa Santiago ... wardrobe supervisor: additional photography 2 (as Elissa Santiago)
Katie Serva ... wardrobe intern
Angela E. Thomas ... assistant costume designer (as Angie Thomas)
Jackie Freeman ... additional costumer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Nate Braeuer ... assistant location manager
Abi Jackson ... location assistant
Ronnie Kupferwasser ... location manager: additional photography 1
David Laurentin ... parking co-coordinator
James McGuinness ... location production assistant: additional photography 1
Ryan Smith ... location manager
Sascha Springer ... location scout: additional photography 2
Jose Tejada ... parking coordinator
Marisa Vrooman ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Adam Benjamin ... musician: piano
Linda Cohen ... music supervisor
Greg Koller ... score engineer
Billy Mohler ... musician: bass
Colleen Stewart ... music coordinator
Ben Wendel ... musician: saxophone
Alice Wood ... music editor
Nate Wood ... musician: drums, electric guitar
Doug Bernheim ... music consultant (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Rebecca Breckel ... script supervisor
Jacqueline Brogan ... script consultant
Wendy L. York ... script supervisor: additional photography 1 (as Wendy York)

Transportation Department

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Johnny Batista ... driver: additional photography 1
James Chestermann ... teamster (as James Chesterman)
Tomas Deckaj ... driver: additional photography 1 (as Tom Deckaj)
Albert Freeman ... teamster
George Holtzer ... teamster captain / teamster captain: additional photography 1
Kevin Pazmino ... driver: additional photography 1
Duke Scoppa ... driver: additional photography 1

Additional Crew

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James Adams ... production legal: Schreck, Rose, Dapello, Adams & Hurwitz
Alberto Barrezueta ... craft service (as Alberto Barrezutta)
Ted Beck ... set production assistant
Anthony Blanco ... set production assistant
Anna Bosco ... payroll accountant: additional photography 2
German Caceras ... chef
Joe Dapello ... production legal: Schreck, Rose, Dapello, Adams & Hurwitz (as Joseph Dapello)
Alison Davis ... assistant production coordinator
Patricia de Paula ... production coordinator
Ryan Dearth ... first team production assistant: additional photography 2
Tomas Deckaj ... key set production assistant: additional photography 1 (as Tom Deckaj)
Anne Marie Dentici ... set production assistant
Jen Dougherty ... assistant: Salty Features
David Dreishpoon ... caterer
Joe Facey ... Craft Service / craft services: additional photography 1
Dan Gloeckner ... key set production assistant
Katheen Grace ... production coordinator: additional photography 2
Justin Hewko ... office intern
Brett Jutkiewicz ... set production assistant
Richard Keeshan ... production coordinator: additional photography 1
Mike Lane ... client services
Jeff Lederman ... office production assistant: additional photography 1
Jenny Lovin ... production office assistant
W. Scott Lyon ... intern: Salty Features
Sam Mank ... office production assistant: additional photography 2
Lina Mannheimer ... intern: Salty Features
Katie Martin ... product placement intern
Sydney McClune ... office intern
Ross Miller ... insurance: D.R. Reiff & Associates
Paul Myers ... first assistant accountant
Pamela Nullet ... office intern
Dori Oskowitz ... assistant: director
Kevin Pazmino ... set production assistant
Jeanine Persad ... assistant chef
John Portnoy ... titles
Adam Rettek ... office intern
Leigh Rivers ... teleprompter technician: additional photography 1
Mark Romanelli ... set production assistant
Eddie Serrano ... set production assistant
Michael Stewart ... production assistant: additional photography 1
Anthony Torre ... head chef: additional photography 1, Gourmet To U
Amy L. Weishaar ... background production assistant: additional photography 2 (as Amy Weishaar)
Kathy Welch ... post production accountant / post production accounting: Upload Films / production accountant: additional photography 1
Michael Wiggins ... production accountant
Vito Zerillo ... craft services: additional photography 1
Nicole Bukowski ... accounting clerk (uncredited)
Jeff Chena ... stand-in (uncredited)
Lee Ettinger ... sales and distribution head (uncredited)
Huma Khan ... legal post production (uncredited)
Rachel Konstantin ... stand-in (uncredited)
Jack McDonnell Long ... production assistant (uncredited)
Joe Robinson ... assistant production coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks

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Ashley Arrison ... the producers wish to thank
Jon Brion ... the producers wish to thank
Christopher Ciancimino ... the producers wish to thank (as Chris Ciancimino)
Micah Green ... the producers wish to thank
Charles Herzfeld ... the producers wish to thank: Technicolor
Glenn Kiser ... the producers wish to thank: Skywalker Sound
John Carroll Lynch ... the producers wish to thank
Tom McCarthy ... the producers wish to thank (as Thomas McCarthy)
Sam Mendes ... the producers wish to thank
Mark Merriman ... the producers wish to thank
Jason Reitman ... the producers wish to thank
Mike Sablone ... special thanks
David Schwimmer ... the producers wish to thank
Adam Shulman ... the producers wish to thank

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Storyline

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Taglines Don't say you weren't warned... listen in. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Entrevistas breves con hombres repulsivos (Spain)
  • 对丑陋人物的简访 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Syntomes synentefxeis me apokroustikous antres (Greece)
  • Breves Diálogos com Homens Horríveis (Portugal)
  • Entrevistas breves con hombres repulsivos (Mexico)
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  • 80 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $18,510, 27 Sep 2009

Did You Know?

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Trivia Directorial debut of John Krasinski. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Capitalism: A Love Story/Brief Interviews with Hideous Men/Coco Before Chanel/The Boys Are Back/Fame (2009). See more »
Quotes Ryan: I'm aware of how all this sounds and can well imagine the judgments you're forming, but if I'm really to explain this to you then I have no choice but to be... candid.
[sighs]
Ryan: Yes, it was a pickup. Plain and simple. And she was what one might call a granola cruncher. A hippy. And she was straight out of Central casting: the sandals, flamboyantly long hair, financial support from parents she reviled, and some professed membership in an apostrophe-heavy Eastern religion that I defy anyone to pronounce correctly. Look, I'll just bite the political bullet and confess that I classified her as a strictly one-night objective. And that my interest in her was due almost entirely to the fact that yes, she was pretty. She was sexually attractive. She was sexy. And it was really nothing more complicated or noble than that. And having had some prior dealings with the cruncher genus, I think the one-night proviso was due to the grim unimaginability of having to talk with her for more than one night. Whether or not you approve, I think we can assume you understand. And there's something-I mean, near contempt in the way that you can casually saunter over to her blanket and create the sense of connection that will allow you to pick her up. And you almost resent the fact that it's so goddamn easy. I mean, how exploited you feel that it is so easy to get this type to regard you as a kindred soul. You almost know what's going to be said before she even opens her mouth.
[sighs]
Ryan: Okay, so now there we are in my apartment, and she begins going on about her religious views. Her obscure denomination's views on energy fields and connections between souls via what she kept calling "focus." And in response to some sort of prompt or association, she begins to relate this anecdote. And in the anecdote, there she is: hitchhiking. Well she said she knew she made a mistake the moment she got in the car. Her explanation was that she didn't actually feel any energy field until she shut the car door and they were moving... at which point it was too late. And she wasn't melodramatic about it, but she described herself as literally paralyzed with terror. It was something about his eyes. She said she knew instantly in the depths of her soul that this man's intentions were to brutally rape, torture, and kill her. And that by the time the psychotic had exited into a secluded area and actually said what his true intentions were, she wasn't the least bit surprised because she knew that she was going to be just another grisly discovery for some amateur botanist or scout troupe a few days later-unless she could focus her way into a soul connection that would prevent this man from murdering her. I mean to focus intently on this psychotic as an ensouled and beautiful-albeit tormented-person in his own right, rather than merely as a threat to her. And I'm well aware that what she is about to describe is nothing more than a variant of the stale, old love-will-conquer-all... but for the moment, just bracket your contempt and try to see what she actually has the courage and conviction to really attempt here. Because imagine what it must have felt like for her. For anyone. Contemplate just how little-kid-level scared you would be and that this psychotic could bring you to this point simply by wishing it. And now here she is in the car, and she's realizing that she's in for the biggest struggle of her spiritual life. She stares directly into the psychopath's right eye and wills herself to keep her gaze on him directly at all times. And the effects of her focus... she says that when she was able to hold her focus, this psychopath behind the wheel would gradually stop ranting and become tensely silent. And she wills herself not to weep or plead, but merely to use focus as an opportunity to empathize. And this was my first hint of sadness in listening to the anecdote as I found myself admiring certain qualities in her story that were the same qualities I had been contemptuous of when I first picked her up in the park! And then he asked her to get out of the car and lie prone on the ground. And she doesn't hesitate or beg. She was experiencing a whole new depth of focus so that she could hear the tick of the cooling car, bees, birds. Imagine the temptation to despair in the sound of carefree birds only yards from where you lay breathing in the weeds. And in this heightened state, she said she could feel the psychotic realizing the truth of the situation at the same time she did. And when he came over to her and turned her over, he was crying. And she claimed it took no effort of will to hold him as he wept... as he raped her. She just stared into his eyes lovingly the entire time. She stayed where he left her all day in the gravel, weeping, and giving thanks to her religious principles. She wept out of gratitude she says. Well I don't mind telling you, I had begun to cry at this story's climax. Not loudly, but I did. She had learned more about love that day with the sex offender than any other stage of her spiritual journey. And I realized in that moment that I had never loved anyone before. She had addressed the psychotic's core weakness. The terror of a soul-exposing connection with another human being. Nor is any of this all that different than a man sizing up an attractive girl at a concert and pushing all the right buttons to induce her to come home with him. And lighting her cigarettes and engaging in an hour of post-coital chitchat. Seemingly very intent and close. But what he really wants to do is give her a special disconnected telephone number and never contact her again. And that the reason for this cold and victimizing behavior is that the very connection he had worked so hard to make her feel terrifies him.
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Ryan: Do you see how open I'm being with you here? Well I know I'm not telling you anything you haven't already decided you know. I can see you forming judgments with that chilly smile. You're not the only one who can read people you know. And you know what? It's because of her influence that I am more sad for you than pissed off. Because the impact of this story was profound and I'm not even going to begin to describe it to you. Can you imagine how any of this felt? To look at her sandals across the room on the floor and remember what I had thought of them only hours before. And I'd say her name and she'd say "What?" and I'd say her name again. Well I'm not embarrassed-I don't care how this sounds to you now. I mean, can you see how I could not just let her go after this? I just-I grabbed onto her skirt and I begged her not to leave. And then I watched her gently close the door and walk off barefoot down the hall. And never seeing her again. But it didn't matter that she was fluffy or not terribly bright! Nothing else mattered! She had all of my attention-I had fallen in love with her! I believed that she could save me. Well I'm aware of how all this sounds, I can see that look on your face. I know you. And I know what you're thinking. So ask it. Ask it now, this is your chance. "I believed she could save me" I said. Ask it now. Say something! I stand here naked before you. Judge me, you bitch. You happy now? You all worn out? Well be happy because I don't care. I knew she could and I knew I loved. End of story.
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