a screenplay for the film by Louis Malle
Wally: "I mean, the hostility was some feeling left over from some previous experience. Because somehow in our social existence we're only allowed to express our feelings weirdly and indirectly. If you express them directly, everyone goes crazy." p 64
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Andre: I mean, if you don't have that electric blanket and your apartment is cold--
Wally: Uh-huh--
Andre: and you need to put on another blanket, or go into the closet and pile up coats on top of the blankets you have, well, then, you know it's cold.
Wally: Right.
Andre: And that sets up a link of things. You have compassion for the person--is the person next to you cold? Are there other people in the world who are cold? What a cold night! I like the cold. My God I don't really want a blanket--I never realized--it's fun being cold! I can snuggle up against you even more because it's cold--All sorts of things occur to you.
But, turn on that electric blanket, and it's like taking a tranquilizer, or it's like being lobotomized by watching television." p 76
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