Shortcomings

Movie theater manager Ben Tagawa tells filmmaker Ramon, "Insane." (0:03)

Ben tells his lover Miko Higashi, "... it’s depressing to see a room full of people lose their minds..."
”That would be even more depressing.” (0:05)

Ben tells his college student friend Alice Lee, "The entire theater was going insane..."
Waitress Nina, referring to her hair: ”... I thought it would be a good idea to get drunk and cut it myself..”
Alice: ”We could get drunk first.”
Alice tells Ben, ”Because of your inherent bad personality.” (0:06)

Concession stand clerk Lamont asks his coworker Gene, "Did you hear the theory that Snowpiercer’s a sequel to Willy Wonka?"
Gene: ”It was crazy.” (0:08)

Gene tells Lamont, "Nothing beats the new Spider-Man..." (0:10)

Ben tells newly hired ticket teller Autumn, "It’s just... answering questions from confused old people."
Autumn: ”My therapist says I have exhibitionistic tendencies.” (0:10)

Ben tells Miko, "... if you were stranded on a desert island, you wouldn’t sit around dreaming about Sam and Sun, right?"
Miko: ”It’s like you’re obsessed with the typical western media ideal...”
Ben: ”Maybe I have been brainwashed by some insidious media conspiracy...”
”It’s not like I’m cheating on you.”
”You are the crazy one...”
”... you end up acting crazy over nothing.”
Miko: ”... I’m not acting crazy...” (0:16)

Miko tells Ben, "... Don’t worry about it." (0:18)

Ben tells Alice, referring to Mikio, "But then I’m the one... extinguishing her dream." (0:21)

By telephone, Alice asks Ben, "You standing on a chair with a noose around your neck?" (0:23)

Autumn announces, "This next piece is entitled “Asylum”." (0:24)

Ben tells Alice, "I don’t understand why that’s so confusing for you."
Restaurant owner Ji-Hun: ”I’m more into the content of one’s character.” (0:26)

Ben ask Autumn, "How about urine sane?"
Autumn: ”I’m just really skittish around germs and... bacteria.” (0:29)

By telephone, Ben tells Alice, "God, I’m an idiot." (0:31)

Autumn tells Ben, "... I’m really trying to be more mindful." (0:32)

Ben watches Ohayo. He texts Miko: "Watching Ohayo again." (0:33)

Alice asks Ben, "Can you just be a normal person... without obsessing over who you’re hooking up with?" (0:34)

By telephone, Alice tells Ben,"Sorry, I’m just in a shitty mood." (0:43)

Ben tells Alice, "I can tell you’re just drunk." (0:45)

One movie character tells another, "... I thought you were crazy..." (0:47)

Ben tells his graduate student friend Sasha, "Hey, maybe quit smoking too." (0:50)

Alice tells Ben, referring to her professor friend Meredith Ames, "It’s like living with Mary Poppins." (0:56)

Alice tells Ben, "I’d give anything to have a rich, alcoholic dad..."
”No, idiot.” (1:03)

Meredith asks Ben, "If you’re implying an undercurrent of what, fetishism, pedophilia, then what’s the flip side to that line of thinking?”
”Is your attraction to white women sublimated form of assimilation?..."
”... based on your own wounded ego.”
Ben: ”I mean, his fetish...” (1:07)

Miko: "... Ben, are you crazy?"
Miko’s clothing designer friend Leon Alexander tells Ben, ”That’s just instinct...”
Ben: ”... that’s your... wet dream, isn’t it?” (1:09)

Ben tells Miko, referring to Leon, "... he is so clearly an Asian fetishist."
Miko: ”... I also think you have problems with anger, depression, your weird self-hatred issues...”
Ben: ”You know, you could benefit from just a little self-hatred.”
Ben: ”... you’re not at all self-centered...”
”Are you done... rationalizing?” (1:13)