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A brief scene in the script that is cut from the film is between brackets.
script:
INT. DIVE CLUB – NEW YORK – LATE DAY – 1984
Mandy's face, thoughtful.
MANDY
That was it. And I knew ... my time with Brian, for all practical purposes, was up.
[Two more drinks are set down by the Bartender.
I mean, we were still married – Thanks Ricky – But it was exceedingly clear I had no more part in his life.
She lifts her glass.
Cheers.
ARTHUR
Cheers.
They drink as the sounds of waves emerge in the distance.]
Look I’m sorry. I just wish I could help you more. You seem like a nice guy. I just–
The Bartender glances up. FAST ZOOM/BACK OUT to Mandy in foreground..
The Bartender has a slightly larger role in these scenes. Also cut from the film, but in the script, is a brief bit of dialogue between him and Arthur when Arthur first enters the bar, when the Bartender tells Arthur that they are not open yet. He relents when he hears that Arthur is supposed to meet Mandy. The impression of that and the very short shot of the Bartender glancing up here seems to suggested that the Bartender is protective of Mandy, like the Bartender in Citizen Kane. It makes more sense that he's just brought them drinks when it cuts to him, but his eavesdropping on their conversation has the effect of bringing her back to reality and she seems to then decide to tell Arthur that she doesn't have what she wants. However, there may also be the idea that the Bartender is gay, (he is wearing the gay clone mustache) and also wants to hear Mandy talk about a "gorgeous gorgeous" time before the repressive pre-1984 Reynolds Administration that they are now living under.
script:
INT. DIVE CLUB – NEW YORK – LATE DAY – 1984
Mandy's face, thoughtful.
That was it. And I knew ... my time with Brian, for all practical purposes, was up.
[Two more drinks are set down by the Bartender.
I mean, we were still married – Thanks Ricky – But it was exceedingly clear I had no more part in his life.
She lifts her glass.
Cheers.
Cheers.
They drink as the sounds of waves emerge in the distance.]
Look I’m sorry. I just wish I could help you more. You seem like a nice guy. I just–
The Bartender glances up. FAST ZOOM/BACK OUT to Mandy in foreground..
The Bartender has a slightly larger role in these scenes. Also cut from the film, but in the script, is a brief bit of dialogue between him and Arthur when Arthur first enters the bar, when the Bartender tells Arthur that they are not open yet. He relents when he hears that Arthur is supposed to meet Mandy. The impression of that and the very short shot of the Bartender glancing up here seems to suggested that the Bartender is protective of Mandy, like the Bartender in Citizen Kane. It makes more sense that he's just brought them drinks when it cuts to him, but his eavesdropping on their conversation has the effect of bringing her back to reality and she seems to then decide to tell Arthur that she doesn't have what she wants. However, there may also be the idea that the Bartender is gay, (he is wearing the gay clone mustache) and also wants to hear Mandy talk about a "gorgeous gorgeous" time before the repressive pre-1984 Reynolds Administration that they are now living under.
