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Long Weekend is essentially a rewrite of Billy Wilders 1960 workplace romance and Best Picture winnerThe Apartment.
The film makes Joan think about her amiable exploitation at Rogers hands.
That poor girl, she says of Shirley MacLaines Fran Kubelik, handed around like a tray of canapes.
Theres a second metalayer to that last remark.
Joans reply to Rogers pan?
It didnt seem that extreme to me.
This leads to a suicide attempt.
Bud, Frans unrequited suitor, rescues her by walking the floor with her until the sun comes up.
This is, of course, more or less the situation that has ensnared Joan and Roger.
Joan understands this but hasnt made peace with it.
Roger is killing their love on the installment plan, through inaction.
She sees Sheldrake in him, and it gnaws at her.
Petes scenes with Peggy echoThe Apartmentas well.
But he inflicts himself on Peggy like a Sheldrake-in-training.
Pete tells her hes married now.
Its light, its fun, Don says, at once impressed and troubled.
It doesnt cloud the mind with, I dunno .
The president is a product, Pete says.
Turn it off, Don snaps.
Looking at Don, he adds: Sorry, maybeyourefrom there.
Excerpted with permission fromMad Men Carouselby Matt Zoller Seitz.
