Another Round (2020)

Magnus Millang: Nikolaj

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• Peter : Are we or are we not alcoholics?

  Nikolaj : We're not alcoholics. We decide when we want to drink. An alcoholic can't help himself.

• Nikolaj : A daily consumption of alcohol at a variable and individual level in order to achieve optimal professional and social performance and the ensuing collection of evidence of psychological and psycho-rhetorical effects.

• Nikolaj : What is psychology? Can anyone tell me what psychology is? Psychology is the scientific study of human psychological processes, which is what we'll work on the coming year. Why do we behave, experience and react as we do?

• Amalie : Nikolaj, what are you doing?

  Nikolaj : Checking to see if I can drive.

  Amalie : Drive? That's the baby monitor!

• Nikolaj : Peter, you love Klaus Heerfordt. He was a very gifted pianist. Put him on, would you?

  Peter : Sure.

  Nikolaj : He could only play at the exact point of being neither drunk nor sober. And he was absolutely brilliant. And you want to take this to the Tchaikovsky level.

• Martin : What are you having?

  Nikolaj : Sazerac. 5 cl bourbon, 1 cl absinthe. The jazz musicians in New Orleans created it to look like a watered-down cocktail. But it's pure alcohol. I mean, it's...

  Tommy : Why do you rotate the glass?

  Nikolaj : To coat it with absinthe. Then add this. And now for the magic touch. Hand me the orange. You cut off a slice. The peel contains a fragrant oil.

  Tommy : I don't need it.

  Nikolaj : Oh yes. Just rub it on the edge.

• Nikolaj : How the hell am I? I can't complain. I have a beautiful wife, I live by the sea, and she's loaded. We have three kids who sleep in our bed and pee on us every night. I never sleep anymore.

• Nikolaj : He thinks it's sensible to drink.

  Peter : When you drive?

  Nikolaj : All the time. He claims humans are born with a blood alcohol content that's 0.05% too low.

  Peter : Okay.

  Nikolaj : But it's interesting.

  Tommy : Just to be clear... So 0.05%... How much is 0.05%?

  Nikolaj : 1-2 glasses of wine, and you should maintain it at that level.

  Peter : So you should just keep drinking?

  Nikolaj : Yes. His claim is that when you have a 0.05% BAC you're more relaxed, and poised, and musical, and open. More courageous in general.

  Peter : I could use a little more self-confidence and spirit.

  Nikolaj : We all could.

• Nikolaj : Study of high alcohol intake aspiring to reach maximum level, with special focus on observation of emancipating psychological effects. The study is conducted in private to avoid negative interference from and with the surroundings.

• Peter : How are things at home? Has the dust settled?

  Nikolaj : I think so.

  Peter : Great.

  Nikolaj : It's like we have a new kind of connection.

  Peter : Really? Did the kids move out? Or are they sleeping through the night now?

  Nikolaj : Well, it helps that I've stopped wetting the bed.

  Martin : It's the little things that make all the difference.

  Nikolaj : Good tip. I think we're doing fine. Even Amalie has finally admitted that we've come a long way.

• Nikolaj : I spoke to a senior psychologist at a leading hospital about a chapter he entitled 'Harmful Consumption of Alcohol'. For a longer period of time.

  Peter : So you want us to stop?

  Nikolaj : No. I'd like for us to examine the entire spectrum of alcohol. I mean, if we're to do a report? Skårderud talks about ignition. After 7-10 units you either get tired and go home or you get a restless mouth: The more you get, the more you want. You want to drink anything all the time. I'd like for us to drink to the point of ignition... and beyond. I'm talking about the ultimate catharsis. Total oblivion.

  Martin : I think I'm getting off here, boys.