A NINE-TO-FIVE MAN

THE TEXT
A NINE-TO-FIVE MAN
But now Cave has tamed his creative
The name 'Samuel Stoat' is visible on
impulse; he has disciplined it for many
the screen. 'Stoat: Flies? Don't worry
reasons. When he starts writing, he feels
about flies. You kill one, Charlie, and a
very disconnected from everything, lost
dozen more turn up for the funeral.'
in his own world, and it can sometimes
Samuel Stoat is one of the film's main
take hours for him to reconnect. So
characters: a filthy, big-nosed, long-
these days he is very organised; he has
haired, bad-complexioned man with a
become nine-to-five man.
beautiful voice - based, as Cave tells me,
It was here, in his office, from nine to
on Tony Cohen, the Bad Seeds' wild and
five, that he wrote his new album, No
wildly talented engineer.
More Shall We Part. 'I'd gone through a
Cave has always hated interviews,
bit of a slump after The Boatman's Call. I
although recently he has become much
wasn't blocked but I felt a bit disgusted
more adept at them. 'In fact, I only talk
with the whole thing and I didn't really
in quotation marks now. It's the other
feel like writing. A couple of years later, I
sort of talking I can't do.'
wanted to write again and I needed a
place to concentrate in, so I got an
VOCABULARY
office. And it has just grown into a place
tame -- zkrotit
discipline sb -- ukáznit, vycvičit
an organized person -- člověk, který má ve
věcech pořádek
a nine-to-five person -- člověk, který pracuje
každý den pravidelně ve stejnou dobu
I went through a bit of a slump -- došlo u mě
trochu k takovému úpadku
a place of retreat -- útočiště; místo kam se
uchyluju abych byl sám
camp-bed -- lehátko, polní lůžko
antique desk -- starožitný stůl
Evian -- značka minerální vody
piles of books -- hromady knih
peer at st -- zblízka zírat na
he is keen to -- celý se třepe aby už mohl
the task in hand -- úkol na kterém se aktuálně
dělá (rozdělaný)
a film script -- filmový scénář
a dozen -- tucet; v češtině "desítka"
turn up -- objevit se, přijít, dostavit se
complexion -- pleť
adept at st -- zběhlý v
quotation marks -- uvozovky
of retreat.
The office is a large, cold room,
dominated by a camp-bed thoughtfully
placed there by his wife, Susie, and a
100-year-old Steinway piano which was
a wedding present from her parents.
There is an antique desk covered in
bottles of Evian, ashtrays, piles of books
and an iMac, at which Cave is peering,
keen to get back to the task in hand,
which is writing a film script for his
friend, John Hillcoat. It is set in the
outback.
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LET THERE BE LIGHT - 3 - A NINE-TO-FIVE MAN