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Transcript from The Death ofIvan Ilyich

Alfred Molina: During court sessions he sometimes became distracted, wondering whether he should have straight or curved cornices for the draperies. He was so preoccupied with these matters that he often did some of the work himself—rearranged the furniture, rehung the draperies. Once, when he mounted a stepladder to show a perplexed upholsterer how he wanted the draperies hung, he missed a step and fell, but being a strong and agile man, he held on to the ladder and merely banged his side against the knob of the window frame. The bruise hurt for a while, but the pain soon disappeared.