INT. ACE'S TANGIERS PENTHOUSE

ACE and GINGER are alone in the living room. The apartment
looks out on the glittering neon signs of the Strip.

                      ACE (V.O.)
          Within no time, everything was set
          in place. We got rid of the freelance
          scamsters. The per was way up.  The
          gods were happy, or as happy as the
          gods can ever be.  And I, I decided
          to complicate my life. For a guy who
          likes sure things, I was about to
          bet the rest of my life on a real
          longshot.

                      ACE
          We're not getting any younger. Don't
          you think it's time? Aren't you
          gettin' tired of all this shit?
          Bangin' around, hustlin' around?

                      GINGER
          What, are you trying to handicap me?

                      ACE
          I'm gonna do you one better. I'm
          trying to marry you. You want to
          marry me?
               (GINGER looks doubtful.)
          I'm serious. I mean, I - I want to
          settle down. I want a family.

                      GINGER
               (Sighs, laughing)
          You got the wrong girl, Sam.

                      ACE
          I know I'd be a good father. I know
          you'd be a good mother.

                      GINGER
          You don't know me. What, you've known
          me, two, three months. What do you
          know?

                      ACE
          I'm forty-three years old. I don't
          want to wait. I know you well enough
          to know that I really love you very
          much.  And I can't think of anybody
          better to be with. And I don't feel
          like waiting anymore.

                      GINGER
          You know a lot of happily married
          people, Sam? 'Cause I don't.

                      ACE
          Yeah, I know all that.

                      GINGER
          I care about you, a - But I just
          don't have those kind of feelings
          for you. I'm sorry. I'm not in love
          with you.

                      ACE
               (Brushing cigarette
               ash off his dressing
               gown)
          I - I - I...

                      GINGER
          Understand?
               (Pause)
          I'm sorry.

                      ACE
          No, I - I... mean...  that can grow
          as I - as long as there's a mutual
          respect... that kind of thing can
          grow. I'm realistic. I can accept
          that. But, you know, what is...
          What is love anyway?  It's a... it's
          a mutual respect. It's - it's a
          devotion. It's a... it's a caring
          from one person to another. And if
          we could set up some kind of
          foundation...  based on that mutual
          respect...  I feel that eventually
          you would care enough about me...
          that I could live with that.

Comments so far:

1. by laprofe on gennaio 15th, 2011 at 10:23

   Casino?
   La cosa che ricordo meglio del film, oltre alla colonna sonora, sono i continui cambi cambi di look di Sharon Stone, le sue pettinature e i suoi vestiti. E quanto era bella.

2. by K a on gennaio 16th, 2011 at 00:08

   Ace avrebbe dovuto contattare Robin Norwood.
   Quasi quasi preferisco i dialoghi di “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”, ma sarà perchè il mio inglese è pessimo…

3. by Mr. Tambourine on gennaio 17th, 2011 at 00:58

   Casino?
   Non ricordavo.

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