Your mum and I, we're going to separate. I've got you Tuesday, Wednesday and every other Thursday.
Walt And what about the cat?
Shit! The cat!
We didn't discuss the cat.
3rd most-quoted character in The Squid and the Whale (2005): in 5 of its 20 quotes
Scenes with Walt
5 scenes Walt Walt It's Welles' masterpiece, really. Many people think it's Citizen Kane, but Magnificent Ambersons, if it hadn't been ruined by the studio, would've been his crowning achievement. As it is, it's still brilliant. It's the old story, genius not being recognized by the industry.
Lance
It sounds great. Who's in it?
Walt Orson Welles? I don't know, I haven't seen it yet. I've seen stills.
Sophie
[about The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka]
Yeah. I mean, it's gross when he turns into the bug, but I love how matter of fact everything is.
Walt Yeah, it's very Kafkaesque.
Sophie
[She looks at him oddly and laughs]
'Cause it's written by Franz Kafka.
Walt Right. I mean, clearly.
Walt I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
No, it's ok. It's just a bloody nose.
School Therapist
I wonder how you're feeling right now.
Walt I don't know.
School Therapist
Why don't you tell me about something less uncomfortable, like a nice memory, maybe?
Walt Isn't that kind of a stock question for a shrink?
School Therapist
Yes. That's more or less how this works.
Walt I can't think of anything right now
School Therapist
Just think. Come one. Just something. Meet me halfway here.
Walt Um, alright, let's see. Okay, um, when I was around six my mom and I, she and I ducked out of Julie Glynn's birthday party to watch Robin Hood together on our TV.
School Therapist
That sounds like a nice memory.
Walt I liked Errol Flynn.
School Therapist
Errol Flynn. That's all?
Walt And... I was glad she let me leave the party early to watch the movie. She and I loved that movie. It's like... It's like we were pals then. You know, we'd do things together. We'd look at the knight armor at the Met, the scary fish at the natural history museum. I was always afraid of the squid and the whale fighting. I could only look at it with my hands in front of my face. When we'd get home, after my bath, she'd go through all the different things we saw that day at the museum and... And we'd get to the Squid and the Whale and she'd describe it for me which was, maybe, still scary but it was less scary. Anyway, it was fun, it was fun to hear about it.
School Therapist
Did your dad live at home back then?
Walt Yeah, why?
School Therapist
You didn't mention him. Where was he during all of this?
Walt He was... I don't know, exactly. He was... He was downstairs, maybe. He didn't ever come to the museum. This was before my brother was born. This was before... It was earlier.
