James begins to contact Tiffany outside of rehearsal. Emails her articles, clips, music, advice, misspellings. Gives her personalized assignments: Wong Kar-wai, Samira Makhmalbaf, Rungano Nyoni, Károly Makk, Bernardo Bertolucci, Denis Villeneuve, Jean-Luc Godard, Chetan Anand, Viêt Linh. He gives her his log-in information for streaming services and reimburses her for video rentals. An eager student, she watches every film he recommends with a speeding pulse and a surging body temperature.
