Plot SynopsisOvertureOpening Introductory Prologue:In the opening, producer-director Cecil B.DeMille directly addressed the film audience (after emerging from behind an ornate gold and gray theatrical stage curtain), and called his introduction "an unusual procedure speaking to you before the picture begins.The dreamy, old-time scene of the splendid, bygone era has nothing to do, it only seems, with the drama to follow, until Charlie Oakley""s crimes are later revealed.Peter begged his friend to promise to remain quiet: "You can""t tell anybody about this.You gotta keep it a secret."While having dinner at a Thai restaurant with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), Peter was reluctant to talk about why he was so distant and distracted, although he admitted: "I""m just stressed.Lydecker: It""s lavish, but I call it home.The acerbic critic/writer is naked - reclining in his bath water at one end of his gigantic marble bathtub.I think you""re right.It is pretty bad.As a matter of fact, it""s one of the frowziest looking joints I""ve ever seen....Where did you get your wallpaper? You""re letting his place run down, and what""s the result? You""re not getting he class of people that you used to.