The French Dispatch (2021)

Bob Balaban: Uncle Nick

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• Julian Cadazio : We're done with flowers and fruit bowls. We're finished with beaches and seascapes. We're getting out of armor, rugs, and tapestries, too. I found something new.

  [reveals Moses Rosenthaler's painting "Simone, Naked. Cell Block J. Hobby Room."] 

  Uncle Nick : Modern art?

  Julian Cadazio : Modern art. Our specialty, starting now.

  Uncle Joe : I don't get it.

  Julian Cadazio : Of course you don't.

  Uncle Joe : Am I too old?

  Julian Cadazio : Of course you are.

  Uncle Nick : Why is this good?

  Julian Cadazio : It isn't good. Wrong idea.

  Uncle Joe : That's no answer.

  Julian Cadazio : My point. You see the girl in it?

  Uncle Nick , Uncle Joe : No.

  Julian Cadazio : Trust me, she's there.

• Julian Cadazio : "Simone, Naked. Cell Block J. Hobby Room." is probably a masterpiece worth a significant, even exorbitant, sum of money. But not yet.

  Uncle Nick : The desire must be created.