20th Century Women evaluation action
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Dorothea: That was my husband's Ford Galaxy. We drove Jamie home from the hospital in that car.
Jamie: My mom was forty when she had me. Everyone told her she was too old to be a mother.
Dorothea: I put my hand through the little window, and he'd squeeze my finger, and I'd tell him life was very big... and unknown.
Jamie: And she told me that there were animals, and sky, and cities...
Dorothea: ...music, movies. He'd fall in love, have his own children, have passions, have meaning, have his mom and dad.
Jamie: When they got divorced, my father moved back east and left the car with us. He calls on birthdays and Christmas. Last time I felt close to him was on my birthday in 1974. He bought me mirrored sunglasses. I saw the president fall down the stairs and I threw up on the carpet.
Dorothea: Since then it's just been us.
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Dorothea: Actually, it was, it was built in 1905, and the same family had it forever, but they lost all their money during the war, and then there was a fire and... You should've been here for that. Anyway, so, it was just a mess. They let it fall apart. Then a bohemian inherited it in the '60s, then a bunch of free spirits moved in, and they lost it to the bank.