Scary thing is, this Dmitri reminds me of a friend (platonic) that I had for several years, curiously enough also a screenwriter/director out in CA, and his dating style was, no joke, just like this.
Sadly, on one hand he was a brilliant, funny man , but his Jeckyll & Hyde personality made it an absolute nightmare aftr a while. Seriously deep psychological fissures, very sad. The meta talk in this call is fascinating, he's just telegraphing his own issues onto the girl while maintaining an air of, "I'm okay, perfectly -- but you're the one that needs saving." Sad guy.
True. All his talk about whether or not Olga had an abusive childhood, or if Olga has passive-aggressive personality issues, etc. is just a 'code name' and/or a cry for help that HE is actually the one who has those issues to deal with. Very needy guy.