That spectacle is quickly followed by another, hilarious sequence, as we follow a hungover Jack – the morning after – on the set of his latest movie, a historical epic in which he is a medieval knight. With hundreds of extras in the empty landscape, there are horses, misfiring stunt n the silent-movie set. A gossip columnist, Elinor St John (Jean Smart, as wonderfully droll as ever), observes the silliness, and sighs to her assistant, "I knew Proust, you know". By the end of the day, Jack is almost too drunk to stand, but then all he really has to do is be a handsome profile.
