Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011) - full transcript

- Did you know l had to get
three more bottles of wine today

on account of Richard's
new wife's aversion

to California chardonnay?

Too oaky, l guess.
- Diane-

- ls it California chardonnay
or Californian chardonnay?

- Diane-
- l never remember.

l put Bruce next to Cindy

because they worked together
on the Callahan brief.

You worked on that, right?

Did they get along?
Because I-

l can change it
if they're-



- Diane, l want a divorce.

- That's great timing, Mark.

Thanks.

- Zoe's at Columbia,
and Jake's not far behind.

There's no reason
to continue like this.

- oh, you're an asshole.

- l'm not gonna fight
about this.

l can't fight you anymore.

- I was so happy
she won the Tony.

- oh, me too.
l thought she deserved it.

- Mm-hmm.
- Really?

- Yes.
Didn't you?

- I thought it was
a very strange production.

- It just feels
like Arthur Miller



stopped trusting
his audience at some point.

- l think even
the best modern plays

would benefit
from some judicious trimming.

- lt's true.

We saw Shaw's Pygmalion
a few years back,

and it felt
about 30 minutes too long.

- Eugene o'Neill's plays
could be cut in half.

- or better yet,
abandoned altogether.

- Spoken like a true philistine.

- No, no,
merely an optimist.

- You know,
12-Day Journey into Night.

- I'm taking the kids
to my mother's in the morning.

- But you hate your mother.

Fine.

But we're doing this
as soon as you get back.

- ls Grandma dying?

- l thought she was geeked out
in some commune or something.

- Did Grandma oD?

- Mom, this really isn't cool.

- Are we gonna meet Grandma
on her deathbed?

Mom?

Mom.

- Your father and I
are getting a divorce.

- lt's about time.

- Wait.

Wait, are we gonna talk
about this?

Mom, seriously.
What about an answer?

- This place is great.

Badass.

- Hello?

l had a dream last night.

l did.

A little sparrow came to me
with a broken wing.

She didn't say anything-
being a bird.

But she pried my mouth open
with her beak

and reached down my throat

until it pulled a butterfly
from my stomach,

and two magnificent peacocks
emerged.

Then my little sparrow
spewed out the butterfly,

and the peacocks ate of it

and begot beauty
where once there was only bile.

- She's beautiful.

What's her name?

- l prefer not to name animals.

They're nature's children,
not ours.

l have some molasses
somewhere.

- Are these all yours?

- Well, l'm not overly fond
of possessions.

Excuse me, honey.

But if you mean
were they created through me,

then, yes, most of them.

- Whoa.

- What do you think?
- lt's cool.

- Clichéd liberal propaganda.

- l wouldn't say that.

- oh, a kindred spirit.

- But l don't think
either one does much

to protect our freedom.

- How can you say that?

Free press is the last defense
of freedom in this society.

- No, the news has devolved

into sensationalist
infotainment,

and violence
is the antithesis of freedom.

- What remarkable intelligence.
oh, there it is.

- You should really
keep these things outside.

I tried,
but they follow me around

like children
to the Pied Piper.

Besides,
who am l to tell them

that they can't stroll around
as they will, hmm?

- Why chickens?

- Why humans?

- Ah, l got to recharge my...

- oh, there's a lot of outlets
upstairs.

- okay.
- Mm.

Why don't you settle in
upstairs?

- You're gonna share a room
with your brother.

- Seriously?

- Yeah, seriously.

Yes.

- You know, um,
you're a lot different

than l thought you'd be.

- What?

- l don't see you for 20 years,

and then l'm blessed
with a prophetic dream.

You've been through
something traumatic.

- Can we please
not talk about it?

Please?

- Your soul has already told me
everything l need to know.

l'm gonna go tend to the kiln.

You and the peacocks
are welcome to stay,

as long as you don't mind
sharing the nest

with a few other
feathered friends.

- Stop.

Stop it, or I'm gonna
throw it out the window.

God, l swear that thing's
like your third arm.

- That's what she said.

- Seriously, it's obnoxious.

- Well, Zoe, you never know
when life is gonna happen.

- Where did you read that?
An ad for an energy drink?

- No, I think it was for
an erectile dysfunction drug.

- Still, it's true.

- And you have
beautiful children.

So much light in them.

- Yeah.
- And they're creative.

That must drive the Virgo in you
absolutely mad.

- How's this going for you?

- oh, l-l barter.
l sell my art.

- Good.

Mom, l have a favor
to ask you.

- Well, what could l possibly
deny my prodigal daughter?

- Well, l was hoping that,
uh, while we're here,

you could maybe, uh,

keep your extracurricular
activities under wrap.

- oh, l don't sell pot
anymore.

- No...
- What?

- Nothing.

- You're gonna call
the DEA next time?

- No, l was talking more
about the-

your amorous adventures.

- Look, honey, l...
[chuckles]

l know you're trying
to protect your children,

but you're fooling yourself

if you think Zoe's
never seen a penis before.

- oh, God, please, will you just
try and be responsible?

That's all.
Please?

- l will be a shining example

of upright citizenship
and constitutionality.

So we have protests
every Saturday.

- Protesting what?

- [laughing]
War, idiot.

- See, the government
expects people

to lose interest
and burn out,

so we have to stay involved.

Vigilant!

- okay, l'll be right back.

Don't go anywhere.

- Yoo-hoo!

Sorry l'm late, babe.

- What do you think
is in the bag?

- Weed.

- There you go.

Do you think Grandma's
smoking the ganja?

- Yeah, probably.

Her house reeks.

- Sweet.

- lt sucks
they're getting divorced.

- You haven't been around.
It's been bad.

- lt still sucks.

- Do you feel responsible
for their failed marriage?

You gonna have, uh,
daddy issues now?

- Hey!
Spielberg, knock it off.

- More like Werner Herzog.

- What do we want?
- Peace!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- What do we want?
- Peace!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- What do we want?
- Peace!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- Here you go.
- [laughs]

- What do we want?
- Peace!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- New recruits.
Here, hold it up high.

- Peace!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- Hey!
- Hey.

- Fuck you!

- Asshole!

Sorry!

Sorry.

- oh, Jasper!

- Are you making a movie?

- Are you an actress?

- My name's Tara.

Now!

- What do we want?
- Peace!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- What do we want?
- Peace!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- Zoe!

- What do we want?
- Peace!

- Jesus, Mom.
- Where's Jake?

What-
- Mom, what are you doing?

- Put it down!

- Don't grab me!

- What are you looking at?

Go!

- When do we want it?
- Now!

- The audacity.

l mean, to drag you into
her ridiculous politics-

- But that's no excuse
for killing Jake's game.

- oh, please, he has no game.

- lt's true.

- Grow a pair, will you?

- I have a pair.
They just don't get out much.

- Jesus Christ.

- No, l am not gonna go in there
with that thing.

- Yes, you are.
Come with me.

Don't be so melodramatic.

- lt's not melodrama.
lt's ethics.

- lt's a dead pig.

- How can l help you?

- Uh, what do you recommend?

- Well, we move
a lot of lamb chops.

- Lamb.
Wow.

Could you pick on
a more helpless animal?

- Can l interest you
in some veal?

- l'll take a couple pounds
of sirloin, please.

Um, what else
do you like here?

How about those sausages?

They look pretty good.

- The sausage was made
this morning, all organic.

- oh, okay.
And l want to make lamb kabobs.

- [whispers]
You want to bone him, don't you?

You want to T-bone him.

- Yes?

A war protest?
Really?

They are my kids, Mom.

I don't want you filling
their heads with useless crap.

See, this is what
you always do.

Look at you.
You're just like-

You barrel through
people's lives,

and you let everybody else
pick up the pieces.

- Your spirit guide
brought you here,

but she can only
lead you to water.

- Talk like normal people
for once.

Please?

- l am so happy you're here,

and l hope you're thirsty.

- What are you doing?

- Jake has a headache.

- Then give him an aspirin.

- No need.

This is a less invasive remedy.

- You can't heal him
with rocks.

- No, but you can
with crystals.

- There's science in action.

- Some things transcend science,
Mother.

- Did you tell him that?

- Shh, focus on the healing.

oh, I want to invite
the protest team over

for a little fiesta today.

- Everybody?

Like, everybody
that was there yesterday

at the protest?

- Shh.

Exclusion
is an unnecessary violence,

don't you think?

Yes, unnecessary.

Can l film?

- oh-ho-ho!

lt might be dangerous.

There might be drugs.
- Mom.

- oh, relax.

lt's just gonna be
a little happening.

l had the sweetest sex
at this concert.

lt was so-oh.

- Go back upstairs.
- No way!

- Now!

- oh, my God!

Grace, is this Diana?

- lt's Diane.

- What does enlightenment
look like in the 21st century?

- Welcome, welcome.
Whoa.

- l think it looks a lot like
Krishnamurti and not...

- oh, oh.
l'll see you in a sec.

Jude.
- Hi.

- Somebody l absolutely
want you to meet.

- okay.

- Absolutely want you to meet.

This is my gorgeous daughter,
Diana.

- Diane.
- Diana.

Like the goddess!

- oh, the goddess of the hunt.

You must be
a formidable woman.

- l'm a lawyer.
- [laughs]

- No, you see, I was
a bit prophetic in those days,

and I could feel
the flinty nature of my Diana.

- You're not a prophet, Mom.
- Even in the womb.

oh, hush.
l'm positively oracular.

- lt's why collage was
the medium of the 20th century.

- Well, where does

the perpetuation
of fragmentation lead us?

You know, it seems like
we should be

finding a way back into harmony
with one another

rather than representing

and thereby replicating
our division.

- Hmm.

- The art of seduction

lies in the convergence
of timing and atmosphere.

Seize the moment.

Mm.

- lt's only in recognizing
the beauty in fragmentation...

- That we can begin
to transcend it.

- Right on.
- [laughs]

Excuse me.

oh, ew.
You smoke too.

Could you have
any less respect for life?

- ls now a good time
to tell you that l hunt?

- So what are you doing here?

- l'm usually at the protests,

but l had work yesterday,
so...

What are you doing here?

- Grace is my grandmother.

- oh, wow.

- Wow, what?

- Grace is an institution.

l mean, they say Dylan
had a thing for her.

- Bob Dylan?

- No, the other Dylan.

- Well, you know,
there's Dylan Thomas.

- Yeah, well,
Dylan Thomas died in the '50s,

so you do the math.

- Hey, dude.
How you doing?

- I'm good.

- See, cattle from
small grass farms

are essentially
solar powered.

They spread the seed,

then they fertilize it
with their manure,

so it's a closed system,
as nature intended.

- okay, but you're still killing
a helpless animal.

- okay, first of all,
l don't actually kill the cows.

They typically come
pre-slaughtered.

- That's right.
You merely dismember them.

- And second of all,
have you seen a cow?

l mean, l'm pretty sure
l'd lose in hand-to-hand combat.

- Hand-to-hoof.

- Shouldn't you be stalking
some unsuspecting local girl?

- I can't get romantically
involved with my subjects, so...

Can l film you?

- Sure.
Come up to the shop sometime.

- Sweet.

- Hey, there.

The party's out there,
you know?

Why were you in such a hurry
to leave the protest yesterday?

- lt's disrespectful
to our troops.

- You don't think it's more
respectful to bring them home?

l think it's pointless

to debate foreign policy
with a hippie.

- Excuse me,
but don't tell me that

holding a cardboard sign
and baring your breasts

is ever gonna be
a viable political tactic.

- There were breasts?

- No, no, no!
This...

He said
this was a collaboration,

and you can see
the male influence there.

- ls it true
you had her arrested?

- Do you always ask strangers
such invasive questions?

- l do if l want
to get to know 'em.

You know, you're something
of a legend around here.

Your mom talks about you
all the time.

- Let me guess.

Tight-ass lawyer,

who is in need
of a soul transplant.

- Actually, no.
She's fonder of the details.

You used to collect leaves.

You liked the Beatles.

- Everybody likes the Beatles.

- That is true.

All right, how about
when you were a little girl,

and you were scared,

she would gather all
the pillows from the house

and pack them around you
for protection

so you could sleep.

- oh, Jude.

Mary Ann wants to...

oh, am l interrupting
something?

- You're not interrupting.

- Whoa.

- Mom?

Good morning.
Mom!

- Good morning.
- Morning.

- Huh.
- You're up early.

- You too.

- That's what you have to say?
"You're up early"?

There's a naked man

sitting next to my daughter,
eating cereal.

- lt's okay, Mom.
It's organic.

- Jake, shut that thing off
right now,

or l'll beat you with it.

- l'll be upstairs.

Hey, it's nice meeting
you all.

- oh, Jake and l want to go
into town.

Can l borrow the car?

- oh, take the Bug.

l insist.

- Thank you.

- I hear Tara works at the
coffeehouse on Tinker Street.

Perhaps you will find

sufficient time and atmosphere
there, hmm?

What do you think, hmm?

- Jake, she's not here.

Why don't you go ask them
when she's working?

- Why'd you get so mad
at Cole the butcher?

- The answer's in the question.

- What does that mean?

- lt means, he butchers animals
for a living.

So l have no patience
for anyone

who has no compassion for
anything outside of themselves.

- But you think he's hot,
right?

I mean, you want
to procreate with him?

- Right?
Don't you?

- You're so weird.
- I know.

- She was sitting
on my computer.

- You haven't told me yet
how Mark is.

- We're getting a divorce.

- Aw, what happened?

- Well, he just stopped...

l don't know,
and l just stopped caring.

- l'm sorry.

- Can we just leave
the chickens outside?

okay?
Thanks.

Mom, it reeks of pot
in here!

Come on.
Get down.

Get off.
Get off the couch.

God.

Hmm.

Who is it?

- lt's not for me!

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- You remember my daughter,
Diana.

- Like the goddess.

- lt's Diane.

- Very nice to see you, Diane.

- And then Hendrix comes onstage
and starts to play,

and my water breaks.

- oh, my God.

- lt's like she was being
summoned from the womb

by Jimi's guitar.

- l hate this story.
- That is awesome.

- Uh-huh, but it wasn't until
he started playing her song

that Diana reared
her screaming head.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait.

What was her song?

- Guess.

- Gypsy woman.

- What do l look like?

- Voodoo child.

- oh, man.

l can see why you'd say that,
but no.

- l'm really disappointed,
Jude.

You're usually more intuitive.

- All right, all right.
Let me think.

No.

No, really?
- oh.

- The Star-Spangled Banner?
- Yeah.

- God.

- See, my Diana was always
destined for conservatism.

- Patriotism, and there's
nothing wrong with that.

- Hey, patriotism inspired
by Hendrix?

There's bound to be
some surprises.

- In truth, there is no record
of my being born at Woodstock.

- l don't need a record.

The truth is writ on my soul,
among other places.

- Mom, we don't need to hear
about your other places.

So, Jude, what do you do?

- Uh, what, a man can't live
on protest alone?

- He crafts furniture.

He's got really amazing stuff.

- Wow.
So you're a carpenter?

- That's very sweet.

Well, something like that,
yeah.

- Mmm.
Did you go to college?

Diana, don't interrogate him.

- l'm not.
- No, lt's all right.

lt's all right.

Um, l never was much
for school.

When l was young,

all I wanted to do
was play guitar and sing.

l just wanted to be a musician.

- Then you grew up.

- Diana!
- l'm...

- Jude's a fantastic songwriter.

- oh.

- Your mother is very generous

with her superlatives.

- Well, she does have
a soft spot for musicians.

- l just couldn't do it.

l couldn't do the thing
where you say

this is mine
and this is yours.

l couldn't stand the thought
of seeing my kids

only three times a week.

oh.
- You all right?

- Yeah.
[laughs]

When there's a death,
you get a funeral.

lt's horrible, but you get
to wear a black dress,

and people bring you food
and...

- l do like a good casserole
now and again.

- But when a marriage dies,

you get endless debt,
paperwork,

and just a life
you don't even recognize.

- I don't mean to change
the subject on you or anything,

but this is perfect.

- l used to swim here.

When my mother had
these epic parties,

l would come down here

and swim at 2:00 or 3:00
in the morning.

l couldn't take it anymore.

- You see there?

l knew there was some hippie
in you.

- Take it back,
or l'll sue you for slander.

- Why you always
got to fight with me?

- l'm a lawyer.
l have to keep my fists up.

oh, um...

You know, l'm-
l think you misunderstood me.

- Yeah, no.
I didn't.

- oh, God.

oh, my God.

How is it?

- Ah, it's your turn.

- No.

okay, don't look.
- All right.

- oh, my God.

okay, here l go.

l...

oh, l forgot to let go
of my dress!

Yes, you did.

- lt's amazing.

- Not bad.
Not bad at all.

- And then the Dead
came back

at the top
of the second set.

And out of nowhere,
it starts to pour.

People went wild,

screaming and
embracing the elements and...

And then Jerry...

l'll never forget it.

l saw Jerry.

He was looking over at me

with this twinkle
in his eye.

He didn't say anything.

lt was just this...
Jerry look.

Before l know it, he launches
into cold Rain and Snow.

People went crazy!

Their faces were covered

with this mystical alchemy
of tears and rain.

And then they go
into Box ofRain,

and then they segue into
Looks Like Rain.

I swear, I could have taken
Bobby right then and there.

oh, my goodness.

- Well, l-l think
l'm gonna go read upstairs.

- Yeah, l'm kind of tired.

- oh, honey!

- [laughs]

- But it's your last evening.

Don't go.
lt's-it's early.

oh.

Have you ever seen
a grow room?

- Whoa.

Mom would freak
if she saw this.

- Yeah, well,
that's why we're gonna

practice discretion, right?

- Can you smoke it
like this?

- oh, my God.
You're an idiot.

- No, you-you-

No, you let it dry,
until it looks like this.

- lf l think my mouth's wet,

then why am l so thirsty?

- l've-l got some more
French fries in the freezer.

- French fries in the freezer.

- The Grateful Dead...

Joan Baez...

Anything reggae.

You're not serious.

- oh, l'm absolutely serious.

- You don't listen
to any of them.

- The soundtrack of my youth.

- You know what l think?

l think you need new ears
to listen to old music.

All right, um...

You don't know the words?

- oh, l know the words.

- This is beautiful.

- Yes, it is beautiful.

- lt's so beautiful.

- Beautiful.

- Good night!

- oh, my God.
lt's your mother.

- Hide the food!

- No, hide the weed,
you idiot.

- lt's raining.

- My little peacocks
are safe.

- Mom would have lost it.

That is so stoned.

- The important thing
is to be intelligent about it.

You know, it's okay to toke
a little hay from time to time.

You stay away
from the brown stuff.

That's what took down
Janis and Jimi.

Nothing with needles.

Nothing up the nose.

Jake, you hear me?

- Yeah.

- oh, oh, l suppose
my little chicks

are getting ready
to fly the coop.

l thought we were peacocks.

- Mom, how would you feel

about us staying
a couple of days?

- Yay, yay!
- Would that be all right?

- Well, what about yourjob

at Fascist, Fascist,
and Fascist?

- Fascists vacation too.

- Mom, l'm cool to stay.
- Good.

- You can't just usurp our lives
like this.

l have stuff to do at home.

- oh, it's just for a week.
Calm down.

- Yeah.
- l'm sorry.

Did the patron saint of uptight
just tell me to calm down?

- Mom, where are you going?

- I'm going into town
to print some documents.

- Can l get a ride?
- Where?

- The coffee shop.

- Sure.

- Never gonna happen.

- Yo, yo!
You're gonna need this, huh?

Go.

Hi.
- Hello.

Want a bite?

- No, thank you.

- May l?

- Yeah.

- "l asked love this morning
where it hides,

"and it said,

'open your hands
and open your eyes."'

Scribble, scribble,
scribble, scribble.

Looks like you're suffering

from the ancient pain
of halted tongue.

- Well, if you mean
"writer's block," then yeah.

- Close your eyes.

Close your eyes.

open your hands.

Ask the goddess to bring you-

- l'm sorry.
I can't do that.

- Every good writer knows

that the root of inspiration
is spirit.

You need a muse.

Perhaps our lovely Cole, hmm?

- oh, no.
He's too barbaric to be a muse.

- oh, well,
we must not be talking

about the same man then,

because the Cole l know
is kind and loyal

and community-minded.

You have to be able
to look deep into a man

to know the nature of his heart.

And to look deep, you-

you have to have love.

And you,
my precious nightingale,

if you are not open
to the possibility of love,

then you can never truly be
a poet of it.

- Woodstock specialty:
salted hot chocolate.

So how's your movie going?

- lt's still coming together.

- What's it about again?

- l'm not sure yet.

l'm kind of letting
the film come to me.

- Sounds avant-garde.

- Yeah, it probably is.

Avant-garde.

- Hey, there's a music festival
this weekend.

You should totally film it,

and l could help you out
if you wanted.

- What about your...boyfriend?

Will he be cool with it?

- Um, my boyfriend?

- Yeah, um, at the party,
I saw you with a guy.

- oh, you mean Pete.

God, no way.
We're-

We're totally just friends.

- Sweet!

l mean, yeah.

ln that case, l could-
l could definitely film it.

l could do some serious filming.

- Cool.

So what do you think?

- Pretty salty.

- Said the nun to the sailor.

- What I'm saying is,
it's good to keep the lights on,

especially if you're flying
a little high.

- Why the lights?

- Check for crabs, gonorrhea.

- Dude, ugh...

- Hey, VD is no laughing matter.

Let's see...

- Why do you have so much
men's clothing?

- I did wardrobe for
an improv group in the '80s.

Do you carry a condom?

- A condom?
Uh, no.

l don't need protection.

- Well, that's where
you're wrong.

- l mean, me and girls,
we just don't...

Like, girls and l,
we don't...

- oh, okay.

l thought you were
hot for Tara.

You need protection
for boys too.

- What?
Wha-no!

No, no, no, no.

l mean-l mean,
girls don't want to...

With me,
not that l don't want to...

With girls.

- oh, it's called "making love."

Call it by its name.

lt's a beautiful thing.

- Making love.
- That's right.

And you have your whole life
ahead of you

to find out about it.

You know you're gorgeous.

- l'm kind of a geek.

- oh, that's just
a state of mind.

You need transformation
and color.

Look at this.

Color is the key
to transformation.

Yeah.

- Fresh-squeezed lemonade, $2!

Fresh-squeezed lemonade!

- Veggie burritos!

Tofu dogs
and veggie burritos...

- lt's so hot outside.

- Cosmic forces
inside of you...

- Yeah, yeah, man.

- Mom, can l go take a walk?

- If you stay where
l can see you, you may.

- What?

- Hey.

l thought
you were leaving today.

- l was, but Zoe and Jake
wanted to stay.

- l'm glad you made it.

Are you enjoying the music?

- l'm tolerating it.

Well, that's a start.

l'll see you around?

- Sure.

- Yeah?
Good.

- "Zoe and Jake
wanted to stay"?

- oh.

- Hi!

- Hey.

- Why are you dressed
like that?

- My grandma said every peacock
has to flaunt its feathers.

- Ah.

My grandma hates the way
l dress.

She lives in ohio.

- That sucks.
- So...

Do you like birds?

- Yeah.

Yeah, they're all right.

- oh, come on,
don't act like that.

- Like what?

- Like l killed your puppy.

Thank you!

- Whoa!

- Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you!

Whoo!

oh, this is
so totally awesome!

Look at you!

All these beautiful people
in this-

in this beautiful place.

oh, my Lord.
- You're beautiful!

- So are you, baby.

So now to open our second set,

l want to introduce you

to one of the most favorite men
l ever knew:

Jude Fisher!

Whoo!

- Hey, Grace.
Mwah.

Hey, everybody!

How about this day?

All right, listen,
l met somebody the other day

who l think is, um,
exceedingly special,

and if you'd all indulge me,

l'd really like
to bring her up onstage

to help kick off
the first song.

Diane.

Come on up here.

All right, now,
Diane seems a wee bit shy,

so maybe we can show her
a little love

and give her a little support?

- Come on!
- Holy shit.

- Whoo!
Go, girl!

Whoo!

- There we go!

l'm gonna kill you.
- Hey.

l know you are.

- Whoo!

- Yeah!

- oh!

- Hey!
- [whistles]

- Hey.

- Whoo!

Whoo!

- Let's hear it for Diane!

- Whoo!

- You okay?

- Um, my mom just made out
with a stranger in public,

and she's not even
divorced yet.

Sorry.

- What are you apologizing for?

- l don't know.

l should be too modern
or whatever

to care about something as banal
as divorce is,

but l feel really bad
about it,

and she doesn't
acknowledge it.

She just expects me
to hop on board,

and that really pisses me off.

- lt can't be easy for her.

- l know this is gonna sound
immature,

but it'd be really helpful

if you didn't take her side
right now.

God.
l so don't want to be here.

- Mom!

- oh, honey.

- Have you seen Zoe and Jake?

- oh, they're young.
They're fine.

There he is.
There's Jake.

We'll-we'll look around
for Zoe.

- No, l'm not leaving here
without her.

- oh, honey, honey, honey.

Go home, run a salt bath,
light some candles.

Lavender has a calming effect.

- l don't want to be calm!

- of course you do!

- Yeah?

- Uh, Jake's in his room,
and Zoe called and said

she'll be home
a little bit later.

- They hate me.

- lt's difficult for kids to-

to accept that
their parents are human.

Prone to imperfections
like everyone else.

You were miraculous today,
by the way.

- You should see this place
in the fall.

- "The wild gander leads
his flock through the..."

both: "Cool night.

Ya-honk!"

- l can't believe
you have Whitman memorized.

- Why is that?

- Well, you don't really seem
like the poetic type.

You're kind of a snob,
you know that?

No, not really.

But...
oh, yeah, l guess so.

Sorry.

- Well, Whitman happens to be
my favorite.

- I love the part
when the child asks what a-

a blade of grass is.

- And he calls it the
beautiful uncut hair of graves.

- You're a surprising
human being, you know that?

- You're kind of
surprising yourself.

- Zoe.

What happened today was-

- Yeah, l don't want to talk
about it.

- l know-l just want you
to know that it wasn't-

- But that you're still married.
Yeah.

- Your dad asked me
for the divorce,

not the other way around.

- Can you blame him?

Hello.

oh, my God!

l, um...

l am so sorry.

- Perhaps you haven't seen
a penis before after all.

Would you give us
just a minute?

- Zoe, this is Jazz.

Hi.

- Hey.

- There's a beer up at the house
if you want to grab one.

- Sounds good.

- Come here.
l want to show you something.

lt's okay.
Relax.

l've been working on this
for months.

lt keeps evading me.

See, l started off,
and l wanted to create a heart,

but I couldn't get
the two sides to balance.

So l cut the clay in half,
and l made that,

that teardrop.

But l couldn't figure out
what to do

with the other half
of the clay.

Then your mother showed up
with your brother and you,

and l realized
the other half of the heart

was supposed to be
the wing of a bird,

open for flight.

See, sometimes...

Sometimes in art,
like in life,

you have to accept the fact
that your-

things aren't going right,

and you don't quite know
where you're going,

and you have to accept that

because that's when
transformation can happen.

You know, l heard what you said
to your mother last night.

- ooh.

Well, l-l was upset.

- Yeah.

You were also cruel,

but you will transform that
as well.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- Beautiful home.

- Thank you very much.

- Wow.

- My workshop.

- Do people actually sit
in those?

- They do.

You want to try it?

No.

- oh, come on.

Where's your spirit
of adventure?

- I think
l exhausted it yesterday.

- oh, here l was hoping
you were just getting started.

- I don't know
what l'm doing here.

l don't even know you.

- What do you want to know?

ow.

oh!

- Just a little bit.

Perfect.
- okay.

- Don't look directly
into the lens, just...

Right.
- Look at you.

- Ready.
Look at me.

- At you?
- Look at me.

- okay.
Good?

- When did you decide
to become a butcher?

- l worked on
my father's farm as a kid,

and he taught me the basics,

and Mr. Fleisher gave me the job
in high school,

and l came back to work for him
after college.

- Why did you come back?

- Well, my dad,
he lost his farm.

- Market's getting harder
for the family farm.

- lt wasn't that.

He, uh-he was a good
businessman, yeah.

- Then what was it?

- Well, he refused
to plant GMos.

Right, they're genetically
modified organisms or seeds,

and the farm next to him,
well, they did,

and basically, their seeds
blew over into his crop.

So next thing you know,

he's sinking thousands
of dollars into litigation

because these men-
these corporations,

they own the rights
to these seeds;

they're taking him to court.

l mean, it makes no sense.

You wouldn't believe
the shit they pulled.

Anyway, now l just want to be
a part of a business

that saves farms like his.

- That's quite
a lengthy response.

lt's gonna take some-
some editing.

Um, l'm gonna play something
for you,

and l'd like you to respond.

Why did you get so mad
at coIe the butcher?

- The answer's in the question.

- What does that mean?

- lt means, he butchers animals
for a Iiving.

So I have no patience
for people

who have no compassion for
anything outside of themselves.

- Do you have a response?

- You still feel that way?

All right, well,
l'm gonna get back to work.

- l'm sorry, okay?

- You had no right.

- l didn't think
he'd react that way.

l just thought that the conflict
would be interesting.

- You know what, Jake?

Conflict isn't interesting.

But you had no right
to use that for your video.

- Film.

- No, video.

Real filmmakers
don't need cheap stunts

to make good films.

- Zoe, l messed up, okay?

People mess up.

You mess up.

Remember that time
your Barbies tried my soldiers

for crimes against humanity,

and then you had them
all decapitated?

- This is different, Jake.

This involves real people.

- Hey, you thirsty?

- Yes.

- I don't understand
your relationship with her.

- Who?
Your mom?

- Yes, my mom.

- Well,
Grace is a little intense,

but her heart's
in the right place, you know?

You're not around.

Neither are the kids.
She's alone.

- Thank you.

- She's got no other family.

- Yeah, what about
her minions of lovers?

- Ah, l think they just
distract her from the fact

that she feels very much
like she's by herself.

- You think that's my fault?

- No, l don't.

l think it runs much deeper

than her relationship
with any one person.

- My mom gave me this.

lt was my grandmother's.

Go. Good.

- Well, l never thought
l'd see the day

when you're doing farmwork.

- This isn't a farm.
lt's your weird backyard.

Uh, oh, God.

That's disgusting.

- Why?
lt's-it's chicken poop.

lt makes the best fertilizer.

And...

Speaking of fertilization,
guess what tonight is.

Full moon!
- oh, no, no.

- Zoe's really excited
about it.

- No, absolutely not, no.

- oh, it is a sacred ritual.

- No, she has to take
Jake on his date with Tara.

She has to chaperone him.
Uh-uh.

- Diana, honey.

Don't be a cock-block, okay?

He creates enough obstacles
on his own.

- Mom, could you please not say
"cock-block"?

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna.

Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na,
Luna-na-na.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna.

Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na,
Luna.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna.

- You're missing all the fun.

- l know what l'm missing.

- Luminous beauty guides us.

You pull the tides and
sing lullabies to the fields.

oh, incandescent orb
of loveliness!

You are woman!

- Look, l'm sorry
for what l said last night.

- You're not still mad at me?

- No, you're, um...

Are a bird now or a wing.

l don't really know
what that means,

but l think
it has something to do

with you making a new life

and me getting over it.

Well, you coming?

- No.

- lt would mean a lot to Grace.

- When I-
when l met the Dalai Lama...

Gorgeous man, by the way.

- Uh-huh.

- He told me the artist
must look with the heart.

- Ahh.

- Ah, Diana,
your sisters welcome you.

- Hi!
- Welcome!

Join us!

- Who wants to play a game?

- Huh?
- Always.

- Truth or lies.

Here are the rules.

Someone tells a story,

and then everyone says if
they think it's true or false.

- And if you're wrong?

- Then you take
a shot of tequila.

- Ah!

- And the winner gets
her stomach pumped?

- You do what feels right
for you.

- Don't be a lightweight.

- Like, people in general
are too hard on each other.

Everyone's trying their best,
you know?

There's enough violence
in this world

without us fighting
all the time.

And that's-
- Cut.

This lighting just really
isn't working for me.

- We can stop.
It's fine.

- These damn
technical malfunctions.

- We can try it another time.

- okay.
So you want me to leave?

- Why would l want you
to leave?

- So...

What do you want to do?

- l was all prepared
to be interviewed.

So l guess you're gonna have
to figure something out...

or we could listen to music.

- Sweet, yeah.

Let's put on some tunes.

- Yeah.

- There I was,
naked as a jaybird,

just a wreath of flowers
in my hair.

l walk in.

l say, "Excuse me.

l didn't know
this was the men's room."

- True.
- True.

- False!
False!

- No, it's true.

- Lie.
- What?

- oh, l'm right then.

- l was not wearing
any flowers.

- Then take a little shot.

- We haven't heard from Diana.

- oh, yeah.

- No.
- oh, come on.

- No, no, no, no, no.

l don't think l'd be very good
at this game.

- oh, come on!
Everybody plays.

- Uh, okay.

l was-l was, ah-

accidentally,
when l was in college,

l found myself at a gay bar,

and l danced with a woman.

- oh!
True.

- And...
- True?

- False.

- okay, there was no dancing...

And l've never been
to a gay bar.

- oh, what have we here?

- That's for me.

- No masculine energies allowed.

This is the night of the moon.

- So is this what happens
when guys aren't around?

- l thought you were mad at me.

- Well, after l got done
crying my eyes out,

l guess you're all right.

- Come on.

- What does her voice
sound like to you?

- l don't know.
Like she's singing?

- No, l mean,
what does it sound like?

- Like icicles.
Like-

- Yes, yes, like crushed flowers
or like hard candy.

- Like old sweaters.

- Yeah.

- or...

- I had a threesome
with Leonard Cohen.

- Duh.
- Who didn't?

- True.
- Duh.

- Yeah, it's true.

- He's such a sexy beast.
- Easy!

- l have another one.

- No!
No!

No, you're cut off, Grace.

Mother.

Really, no, l can't...

Honestly, l can't, but-
Mmm.

oh, my gosh.

We're out of tequila.

- l'll go get a new bottle.

- oh, thanks, Mom.

No.

- Yes, l will be right back.
- okay.

- l really am sorry
for earlier.

- Don't even think about it.

- Wouldn't you rather
smoke a joint?

You know, it's less likely
to kill you.

- Yeah, l don't smoke...

That, l mean.

- [laughs]
lmpossible.

- No joke.

- Wait, isn't it, like,
required

to be a citizen
of Woodstock?

- Yeah.

That's why l can't vote
in local elections.

- No, seriously.

Why cigarettes
but not pot?

- l like reality...

As it is.

- okay, so l've got one.

- oh, no.
- Wait, no, l do.

l have one.
- Shh.

- No, I do.
l do, okay.

Three days ago,

l swam with a man
who was naked in a lake.

- Lie!
- False.

- No, it's true.
It's true.

l slept with him today.

- Who was it?

- oh, my God.

- Jude Fisher.

- That is so beautiful

and open-minded.

Two women sharing love
with the same man.

- What do you-
what do you mean "share"?

What does she mean,
"sharing love"?

Shit!

- lt-it's still moving.
We should-

- l'll handle it.

- No way.

Cole...
- She's suffering.

- We can take him to a vet.
You don't need-

- Just close your eyes
and turn your head.

Zoe, just do it.
- Cole! Cole!

- My lips are getting chapped.

- ls it my stubble?

- l don't think so.

- Tara, honey,
it's almost midnight.

Does your friend
need a ride home?

- Why didn't you tell me?

Are you still sleeping
with my mother?

- No.

Diane,
it was a long time ago.

l was a mess.

She had just lost her mother.

- oh, so you rescued her.

You're a hero.

- You don't have to go.

You're-you're overreacting.

- l'm overreacting?

You set me up
with a guy you slept with.

- He's perfect for you.

- You slept with him!

- Why does the past
mean so much to you?

- This coming from a woman
who still thinks it's 1969.

Zoe, Jake!
We're leaving!

- Your grandmother
had just died.

Reed left me.

l mean, it was only
a few months.

- l'm gonna be sick.

- oh, don't be so melodramatic.

- Mom,
l can't even look at him.

- God, l didn't think it was-

- That's right.
You didn't think.

You never think.
You don't think.

You didn't think
about what's appropriate

to expose my children to

or what's appropriate behavior
at your own daughter's wedding.

- Well, hey, hey, hey!

You had your alcohol.

Why shouldn't l have my grass?

- You sold pot to my friends
at my reception, Mother.

- Well, some people like
a safer form of inebriation,

and you had me arrested
for it.

- Well, somebody
had to draw boundaries.

God knows you never did.

- You-you didn't draw
boundaries.

You had me cut out
of your life.

And for what?

Because l was selling grass
to your wedding guests?

- No, for all of it.
For all of it.

For all the nights
l sat upstairs in my room

listening to you laugh in bed

with men
who weren't my father!

- What was l supposed to be?
A nun?

- And, Mom,
l can't even count the times

you didn't pick me up
from school

because you were so
self-absorbed with your art.

You'd think after 20 years,
some things would have changed,

but...
[scoffs]

Let's go.

Jake, get in.

- Do you have any, uh...

Do you have any letters
for Hudson?

- There you go.
- Thanks.

Hello, ladies.

- What's with the monkey suit?

- lt's my trademark.

- A trademark for what?

- lt's gonna be what l wear

to all the film awards
l'm gonna win,

starting with this year's
New York Youth Film Festival.

- You got into a festival?
- Yep.

- You made a movie?

- No, l made a film.

- Well, what's-what's it about?

- Zoe, that's the wrong question
to be asking.

What is any film really about?

- Tara's mom said
she could come to-

- You're still dating?
- Yeah!

She has a weakness
for artist types.

- You're not exactly Picasso.

- No, you're right.
I'm more like...

- Don't even say Herzog.

- Werner Herzog.

- Who?
- lt doesn't matter.

- Diane Hudson.

Mom?

Where are you?

- Try and be careful
next time.

Nobody's gonna believe

that an ounce and a half
is for personal use.

- Yeah.
- okay?

- Thanks.
- Don't.

- What, l can't thank you
for helping me out?

- You are unbelievable.

You said you weren't
dealing anymore.

- l told you
what you needed to hear.

- oh, so now you're playing
the protective parent?

lnteresting.

- You made your case, counselor.

l know l made mistakes
as a mother.

l-l don't have any defense.

- Hmm.

- Maybe l would have been
a terrible grandmother too.

Would have sure been nice,
though, to find out.

- oh, please.

- Maybe 20 years of banishment
is enough.

l mean, isn't there a-
what do you call it?

Statue of limitations?

You're a mother now.

What crime could you commit

that would be worthy
of the punishment

of not seeing Jake and Zoe
for 20 years?

- l want to know how she managed
to get two phone calls.

- She's a resourceful woman.
l'll give her that.

- l wanted to apologize
for what happened.

- oh, God, please don't.
Please.

I should have
just left her there.

l promised myself
l would never enable her again.

And here I am-
l'm bailing her out ofjail,

and l end up feeling
like the bad guy.

l mean, what l should have said
to her was absolutely-

- You spend more energy fighting
than anyone I've ever known.

- What?

- You fight all the time.

l mean, you said it yourself.

A good lawyer has
to keep her fists up.

- Great, thanks.

- This is exactly what l mean,
Diane.

You're so busy fighting
everyone

that you don't realize
most of the time,

they're-they're not
fighting you back.

You're boxing shadows,

and the people
that love you the most,

they can't get near you.

- That is not true.

- Let me ask you something.

Have you ever considered
letting it go?

- Letting what go?

Hmm?

- The fight.

- oh, you want me
to just let go

of 40 years
of irresponsibility,

embarrassment, and her
total refusal to grow up?

- Yes, exactly.

- Like a balloon
that'll just float away.

- lt's not a balloon, Diane.

lt's a sandbag
you've got to drop

for the balloon
to get off the ground.

- That was Denise McDonough.

Wow.
What a great effort, huh?

A wonderful combination
of live action

and digital animation.

Thanks so much, Denise.

- Hello, Grace.

Very nice to see you.

- And it's a first effort by...

- Always such dignity
and restraint.

- Mr. Jake Hudson.

- WeII, my dad,
he Iost his farm.

He refused to plant GMOs.

Right, they're genetically
modified organisms.

- VioIence is
the antithesis of freedom.

You're still killing
a helpless animal.

- First of all,
I don't actually kill the cows.

- Oh, that's right.
You merely dismember them.

- Have you seen a cow?

l'm sure l'd lose
in hand-to-hand combat.

- Jake, if you don't
shut off that camera,

I'm gonna beat you with it-
now!

- Do you feel responsible
for their failed marriage?

Are you gonna have
daddy issues now?

- Spielberg, knock it off!

- Peace!

Now!

- "lt is without name.

"lt is a word unsaid.

"It is not in any dictionary,

"utterance,

symbol."

- lt's not like
we're at war with each other.

I mean, there's enough violence
in this world

without us fighting
all the time.

That's violence too,
even if it Iooks different.

- What are you doing
with that camera, anyway?

- I'm making a documentary.
- About?

- well, what is any film
really about, you know?

Uh, but mostly about love.

- "l know that the hand of God
is the promise of my own,

"and l know that
the spirit of God

"is the brother of my own

"and that aII the men ever born
are aIso my brothers

"and the women
my sisters and lovers

and that a keeIson
of the creation is Iove."

"It may be
if l had known them,

"l wouId have Ioved them.

"It may be you are
from oId peopIe

"or from offspring

"taken soon
out of their mothers' laps.

And here you are,
the mothers' laps."

- Are you making a movie?

- "lt is not chaos or death."

Why humans?

"It is form, union, plan.

"lt is eternaI Iife.

It is happiness."

- Ahh!

Whoo!

Good, good.

- Great job, Jake.
- Thanks.

- You are
a very talented filmmaker.

Keep up the good work.

- Grandma.
- Totally inspired.

Look at this.

- Wasn't it beautiful?

- oh.
- Very poetic.

l had no idea your vacation
was so eventful.

- Well, l got to go.

l can't leave the chickens
alone too long.

lnspired.

- Bye, Grandma.
- See you next weekend.

- All right.
- Good job, kiddo.

- Thanks for coming, Dad.

- l got you a little present.

- ls this a joke?

- Yeah, kind of.

- Funny.

You know, not to be rude,
but why are you here?

- Well, l'm not gonna miss
my big screen debut.

l mean, that'd be silly.

- Do you, uh, think
l'm violent with you?

Closed off?
Defensive?

- Sometimes.

- But you're here.

- Yeah, l am.

l am here.

- And l judge you
for what you do.

- That's not my problem.

- lt kind of is.

- No, no, actually, it's-
that's your problem.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- Have you talked to Cole?

- Um, well,
l always had this idea

of the kind of guy
l wanted to be with,

and he'd be educated
and cultured.

A vegetarian.

- Basically,
a boy version of you.

Yeah, l-l guess so.

And, you know, l do wish

Cole didn't dismember animals
for a living.

- l know.

- But I also understand
that he does it in a way

that to him seems ethical.

- You gonna tell him that?

- Meyer says he got it
for $5.21 a pound.

- Sir, prices vary
week to week.

l'm sorry.
- All l want is a fair shake.

- Hey.

Please say something.

- The client doesn't stipulate
additional employee rights.

lf we go to trial,
we lose.

l'll be there in 30 minutes.

- Hey, Jake's not helping.

- l'm documenting this
for our ancestors.

- You mean descendants.

- Get over here
and carry a box.

- You wouldn't do this
to Werner Herzog.

- oh, wait a minute.

Not in my house.

- All right,
we'll stick him next to

The cannabis Grows BibIe.

Maybe he'll learn something.

- Mom, l'm starving.

- oh, l made some brownies.

- Don't even think about it.

- Say hi to little Yellow.

- The men are doing
all the heavy lifting.

Seems a little sexist to me.

How about you, Zoe?

- It's not about
equal division of labor.

lt's about
an equitable and efficient

allocation of resources.

- Right on!

Good.

- She does have a soft spot
for musicians.

Something like that, yeah.

- Could l interest you
in some veal?

- l swear that thing's
like your third arm.

- Not that l don't want to...

With girls.

- I guess you're gonna
have to figure something out.

- Don't be a lightweight.

- No, merely an optimist.