This Savage Art

LIPNICK

This is a wrestling picture; the audience wants to see action, drama, wrestling, and plenty of it. They don’t wanna see a guy wrestling with his soul -- well, all right, a little bit, for the critics -- but you make it the carrot that wags the dog. Too much of it and they head for exits and I don’t blame ‘em. There’s plenty of poetry right inside that ring, Fink. Look at “Hell Ten Feet Square.”

LOU

Blood, Sweat, and Canvas.

LIPNICK

Look at “Blood, Sweat, and Canvas.” These are big movies, Fink. About big men, in tights -- both physically and mentally. But especially physically.”