Chapter 4 of 10 · 2'12"
People from different places say they were always happy together. "When we got together, it was like a fraternity of directors." One line adds that getting into the Movie Brats was the first time the speaker felt like an insider, and a car phone stunt that now looks silly felt like a miracle then.
Finally Inside with the Movie Brats
That Silly Miracle Car Phone
Someone lists George, Francis, Marty, and Steven, then says they came from different places and were happy together, like a fraternity of directors. Getting into the Movie Brats was the first time someone felt like an insider. Footage then shows Amy Irving, a couple who split and got back together, Steven called a nerd, and a car phone that seemed like a miracle but now seems silly.
The grouping is the point. They came from different places, but "needless to say, we were always very happy to be together," and "When we got together, it was like a fraternity of directors." The wording is a comparison, not the name of a formal club. The insider line is sharper: "it was the first time I felt like an insider," after getting into the Movie Brats, "as somebody once called us." The nickname came from outside. Belonging arrived only once he was in. Later a couple meets, splits, and gets back together; Amy is then half dressed, sewing Steven's pants. Steven is called a nerd, not into sports, drugs, or rock 'n' roll, while his talk about film is "infectious." The car phone bit works the same way. They call a girl up, she says fine, and then they are parked right outside her house. "It may seem extremely silly now, but in those days it was like a miracle."
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“When I got into the group of the Movie Brats, as somebody once called us, I never-- it was the first time I felt like an insider.”
The broken sentence still lands on the first time he feels inside.
Informal
“He used to love to talk about film, and it was infectious, his enthusiasm.”
Love of film is not private here; it jumps to whoever is listening.
Informal
Up next · 05estrangementThe scene: Fifteen Years of EstrangementThe same line says it was "the first time I felt like an insider." "As somebody once called us" puts the nickname on somebody else.
No. After "That's how we first met" and "they started to go out together," the following line is "They were together and then they were apart, and then they got back together again."
"Steven had the first car phone." He and the speaker "call up a girl" and she says "Fine." Then they are "parked right outside her house." The speaker adds, "it may seem extremely silly now, but in those days it was like a miracle."
One speaker says "Steven was a nerd," then "A loveable nerd, but he was a nerd." He "was not into sports or drugs or rock 'n' roll," but he "used to love to talk about film," and "it was infectious, his enthusiasm."
