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Henry : Looks smaller. When did he complete it?
Alex : You weren't born yet and I was 8.
Henry : Corbusier meets Frank Lloyd Wright.
Alex : You know dad played cards with both of them, sharing a
joint.
Henry : Yeah, well...
Alex : Can't swim. There should be a stairway down to the water, a porch, a
deck. Here you're in a... in a box. A glass box with a view to everything that's
around you, but you can't touch it. No interconnection between you and what
you're looking at.
Henry : I don't know. You know, he's got this big maple growing right in the
middle of the house.
Alex : Containment. Containment and control. This house is about ownership,
not connection. I mean, it's beautiful.
Seductive,
even. But it's incomplete. It was all about him. Dad knew how to build a house,
not a home. But you know. I think he wants us to do what he couldn't. But
admitting that would mean admitting that he came
up short in some way; that he could do more. And that tortures
him.
Henry : You remember being here with mom?
Alex : I remember she tried to make it work here... with us... with him.
Henry : Hey, what about Visionary Vanguard?
Alex : What about it?
Henry : Come on. You can't convince me you're gonna be happy building
saltboxes for tourists. Nobody's gonna admire you for that.
Alex : Admire me for that?
Henry : Yeah, Visionary Vanguard. That's your idea.
Alex : I can't. But you can keep the name.
Henry : No, come on. It's gonna be you and me.
Alex : Henry, I'm sorry I can't. I just...
Henry : What?
Alex : I've got other plans.
Henry : You have a girlfriend?
Alex : No... no.
Henry : What's that? You hesitated.
Alex : No, I didn't hesitate. Come on, man. I don't have any time for that.
Henry : What does time have to do with it?
Alex : Oh, you're gonna think I'm crazy.
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