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The heat wave in Manhattan
was finally broken. Toby would survive this. In a hundred different
ways, he already had. He would start looking for
a new apartment tomorrow. One where everything worked. He looked out the window
and he saw his reflection, but then he also
saw beyond himself. He saw the people in
the windows in the city all living their own
separate, distinct lives. "God," he thought, "You
could die of the loneliness. "But you could
die of hope, too." The way it blinded you a little. The way it lead
you to try again, despite what you knew. Time would move forward, but tonight, briefly, he had logged some optimism
into his block universe. It would stay there forever
was finally broken. Toby would survive this. In a hundred different
ways, he already had. He would start looking for
a new apartment tomorrow. One where everything worked. He looked out the window
and he saw his reflection, but then he also
saw beyond himself. He saw the people in
the windows in the city all living their own
separate, distinct lives. "God," he thought, "You
could die of the loneliness. "But you could
die of hope, too." The way it blinded you a little. The way it lead
you to try again, despite what you knew. Time would move forward, but tonight, briefly, he had logged some optimism
into his block universe. It would stay there forever
Full Transcript
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The heat wave in Manhattan
was finally broken.
00:00:04.295 --> 00:00:05.795
Toby would survive this.
00:00:06.422 --> 00:00:09.422
In a hundred different
ways, he already had.
00:00:10.677 --> 00:00:12.887
He would start looking for
a new apartment tomorrow.
00:00:13.555 --> 00:00:14.885
One where everything worked.
00:00:17.183 --> 00:00:19.643
He looked out the window
and he saw his reflection,
00:00:20.052 --> 00:00:22.015
but then he also
saw beyond himself.
00:00:22.814 --> 00:00:24.814
He saw the people in
the windows in the city
00:00:25.358 --> 00:00:28.001
all living their own
separate, distinct lives.
00:00:29.445 --> 00:00:32.615
"God," he thought, "You
could die of the loneliness.
00:00:33.241 --> 00:00:35.331
"But you could
die of hope, too."
00:00:36.998 --> 00:00:37.417
The way it blinded you a little.
00:00:38.413 --> 00:00:39.873
The way it lead
you to try again,
00:00:40.623 --> 00:00:41.703
despite what you knew.
00:00:43.376 --> 00:00:44.546
Time would move forward,
00:00:45.295 --> 00:00:47.335
but tonight, briefly,
00:00:47.063 --> 00:00:51.001
he had logged some optimism
into his block universe.
00:00:52.343 --> 00:00:53.503
It would stay there forever.
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Movie Summary
Toby Fleishman knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost 15 years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some residual bitterness, and the occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting negotiations.
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