"...or maybe the one before the last one..." "You asked me about Nesrin." "You wanted to know when we would get married" "Yet, I hadn't known her at all..." "Nesrin" "I heard the news." "Everywhere, I was looking for you..." "C'mon boys get ready we will be late" "OK mum, just a minute" "You've been working on it for hours long." "Forget it." "It is useless" "Be patient." "It will work." "Your aunt is waiting for us." "Dad, tonight on TV they will be showing a film by Mr. Ali" ""Forgotten Memories"..." "Good, we will be watching it." ""About a well-known actress who is suffering from a terminal illness and a doctor who was in love with her many years ago."" "Hello" "Are you one of them?" "Are you from the Ministery..." "an engineer or something?" "No" "Good." "You know, soon they will fuck up this place" "I thought, you were one of them because of that thing you carry" "I thought you were measuring around" "That one was Aleko's house" "He was a medicinal man" "He used to help everyone" "Turk or Greek without discriminating" "Yorgiadis' house..." "They were three brothers Socrates, Yannis, Podromos ...we used to call him Podos" "One of them had a grocer's shop the other one was a carpenter" "Podos was a bum but he was good at everything" "Do you think, The Ministery will know all these memories" "How many memories we have here" "They say they will build a teleferic up to the hill" "They will restore all of the houses to make them touristic residences" "Oh tourists... how will they know how many things ...have been lived here" "Then there was Stella..." "She was living in the house far away on the hillside" "Brown-haired, green eyes..." "she was like an angel." "We were all in love with her." "At nights, looking at her candle we would wonder and dream who the one lucky enough to spend the night with her could be..." "Then the light of her candle would fade...." "Stella" "Anyway..." "I have to go back." "What is your profession?" "I am a filmmaker." "Making carpets?" "No film, filmmaker." "I've seen you before..." "Where?" "At the grove, walking around in the cemetary." "Right, possible." "[Old man talking in Greek]" "Stella" "Her name was Stella" "She had brown hair and green eyes..." "She was like an angel..." "How was your house?" "Did you have pictures on your walls?" "What would you see when you looked thru your window?" "Look!" "They are new." "Are they beautiful?" "It's cold outside." "Yusuf" "They called you from Istanbul" "From Istanbul?" "Yes." "They said it was very important." "What is she saying?" "When he left... my loneliness..." "was so deep..." "I could drown in it." "Shall I try to make the same look?" "Yes indeed... it fits to your style." "Doesn't it?" "She acts ...always so shaky... and worried..." "Hello!" "Ali?" "Hey... where the hell are you?" "We are starting the production" "You have to come at once." "Everything is ready." "The script also passed the board of censors" "OK?" "Now I put Seyda on the phone" "Talk to him..." "Ali?" "My dearest one." "You can't imagine how much I missed you" "The script is wonderful." "I swear." "Worked out in every little detail." "I cancelled my other performances." "my night club arrangements" "I feel so relaxed now" "When will you come back?" "I don't know..." "Hasn't Yavuz talked about it... not much..." "Look, Yavuz is here too." "He also wants to talk to you ...kiss you darling..." "Hey mate!" "How are you?" "Haven't you got bored yet at those places?" "Ask him about the film theater" "Ah!" "Ali, we added a part to script to shoot at a picture theatre" "Could you look for a cinema theater in the town." "You will call us about it won't you?" "You... you feel allrigt?" "Ali... call us back hung up" "What does he say?" "We will find another director." "I guess there is a film theatre around here, do you know..." "It is here..." "The boss is inside please, come on in" "He is asking about the cinema..." "You are in it." "Why did you ask?" "Where you are standing now used to be the saloon, 200 seats." "Up there, the balcony." "Here, the stage." "And this, the screen." "What happened then?" "..." "Whatever happened to all of the other cinema theatres" "The law of supply and demand..." "Were you the owner of it?" "Once upon a time." "What will you do with a cinema theatre" "Everywhere is full of video players." "You can watch any video cassette whenever you want" "It is for shooting a film..." "We were going to shoot a film in a cinema theatre" "Really?" "Are you serious?" "Do they still shoot with celluloid films?" "Isn't that a thing of ancient times?" "What are you shooting?" "No, you'd better not tell me about it" "It is always the same old story" "Do you know what this is?" "An exposure meter." "A French made..." "Etoile" "Were you in the business?" "..." "I was the Cameraman." "Here, you could go up to the balcony" "It could hold 150 people." "For 20 years long I've run this theatre" "Too many exciting memories..." "This my exposure meter." "And this is the spot light we were using in those days..." "Kramer" "A huge one." "Three of us could hardly carry it." "Mostly we were using it at night shootings" "When the lights were turned on nobody could look at them" "The camera itself, a Devry, is heavy as hell" "Some scenes would be hard for us to prepare, but we shot some really good scenes" "We were good at toning the colors" "You would use this to look at the lights for balancing exposure" "When I think about the past..." "Those stars, vamps, and all that..." "But I always tried to be good at what I did." "To do my job well, without getting involved in all that..." "I resisted, when I realized I could no longer do what I wanted." "Was it because of the cinema industry..." "or lack of material... whatever." "When I understood there was no point in resisting anymore, I quit, in '65." "I am from here actually my father used to run this cinema" "Then I took over." "When one runs a cinema theater, he becomes more aware of these things... all the dead ends... impossibilities..." "When you look at the audiences..." "They always have one thing in common, no matter what:" "Emotion." "If you can catch that..." "But you have to be sincere..." "I still shoot here, in this place you see before yourself..." "I line up all those stools and couches" "I fix the lights, prepare the mise-en-scene give names to the couches" "That couch over there, that one is Greta Garbo" "Sometimes I sit on her lap" "Let's drink to cinema" "What a loudmouth I am..." "So, is that thing shooting me right now?" "I'll be damned..." "Have you ever solved anything by running away from it" "Couldn't you ever resist for a while" "Always living in anxiety during demonstrations last night thousands of people clashed with the police forces." "More than 80 were injured..." "Have I got drunk..." "You are not alone" "Now you now it" "Now it is time for you to face the reality" "No not yet" "You have to feel and seize every moment" "All of your feelings..." "your memories and you know that." "I wish I could overcome the fear that surrounds me" "You can only settle down if you come face to face with yourself" "I know" "You are tired" "Close your eyes" "Don't think of anything anymore" "Are you allright?" "I got worried when I saw your car the battery has run out last night I got drunk quite normal come with us we are going down to the village" "There will be a wedding feast tommorrow" "They are going to the bride's house to arrange it" "It is a custom around here" "It starts at the groom's house first next day they it continues at the bride's house" "How long does it last?" "As long as they can" "You already know the bride's brother" "Who?" "little herdsmen at the hill" "Yusuf?" "His elder sister is getting married" "Is Yusuf one of your students?" "Of course" "He is very smart" "He writes beautiful essays" "He is very good at portraying things" "I didn't know that he was attending the school" "I always see him at the meadow" "His father had passed away" "His family lives in poverty" "He has to take care of the herd" "So we manage somehow at school..." "I see" "I'll be late." "Thanks for the tea." "You're welcome" ""Good" said the snake, "why are you here"..." ""I have a trouble with a flower"" ""Oh" said the snake and then there was a silence." "...Little Prince continued" ""Where are all those people"..." ""I feel a bit lonly in this desert"..." "One can feel lonely among people as well" "Have you also read it?" "Yes." "When I was about your age." "But..." "You haven't forgot it" "If something deeply impresses you, you can't forget it despite the passing years" "I heard that you were good at writing essays" "Mr. Aziz said that?" "Yes..." "He spoke highly of you." "He always brings me books to read." "...periodicals too." "He gave me this book "Little Prince" also." "What subjects do you write about?" "in my compositions?" "Yes" "My home, my village, here this grassy area" "You mean the things you know well" "How can I describe the things I don't know at all." "I want to be a teacher when I grow up" "I will visit foreign countries I will travel all around the world" "You will miss this places then" "I will be a grown up then" "Shall we read together.." "Little Prince looked at the snake for a while "You are a strange animal" he said" ""you are thick as a finger"..." "You can also feel the loneliness when you are with the people" "I am leaving now how come we have become like this..." "I don't understand why it happened like this one way or another..." "now we are at it.." "the most painful thing is to know that our love hasn't died yet you don't share anything with me anymore" "You didn't give me the chance ...to understand... to know just a look, a glance, to know that you care a humanly warmth would be enough for me." "You are always looking at the walls" "Is it so hard for you to communicate with me?" "I've always been asking to myself was it me who was so far away from his world my job as a civil servant being so far from your job yet I tried so hard with all my heart to understand you" "...why you shut yourself away from me or else, are you ashamed of me" "...anyway it is too late now" "...the funny thing is..." "I even don't know if you want me to leave or not." "...imaginary pictures..." "I hear voices..." "I don't remember their faces ...their names" "For how long, have I been here I don't know for certain" "When I think about it..." "I feel the emptiness growing bigger and bigger" "Mr. Ali" "This is for you" "Thanks" "They want you to join the wedding feast" "I don't have a proper suit for the wedding" "Wouldn't it be impolite if I came like this." "No, why." "How beautiful, it plays..." "Do you like music?" "Do you always listen to it?" "Yes I do." "It keeps me company." "Like books." "Do you want to eat with me?" "I have to go" "I've already eaten" "Won't you come to wedding?" "You won't feel hurt if I don't come... will you?" "No I won't." "Then give them my thanks and best wishes" "Not yet..." "Is it possible to live at the edge of the life ...this journey how long it will go on?" "How long you've been waiting over there?" "For a long time ...waiting as required" "Your earring, it is so beautiful." "I've been wearing it all the time" "You start forgetting" "Are you finishing it?" "I don't know" "I think you are near the end" "It is too silent tonight." "It hung heavy on my hands" "No music?" "It is hard to find, at this late hour" "Certainly... there must be some..." "It plays tango" "Your hands are warm" "You can not go back any more" "You know that, don't you..." "Don't go yet" "Sleep now" "Don't go yet" "It is tango" "Ali..." "Ali..." "What are you doing over there you little jester" "Look, your brother woke up c'mon, come to home" "hurry, come home..." "For how long have I been here as if everything has been suspended..." "You are walking too slowly adjust your footsteps with Ms. Seyda, synchronize with her." "I agree, I am late" "The bitch is doing it on purpose to make a fool of him." "Please Ms. Seyda lets try again." "Come" "Now watch me carefully." "Come" "One more step... you see?" "Allright" "C'mon." "To the starting point." "We are shooting now." "camera..., rolling..." "I hurried when I heard about your return." "Welcome back" "I am glad to see you." "Can we go now" "Yes of course" "Stop" "No, you still walk too slowly" "I've never been here" "You must have missed it before" "We left everything as they are." "It seems so" "You say, he hasn't been around for a long time" "We don't know exactly..." "The last time we saw him, we were having our wedding feast." "I'll pick up his things." "Maybe we will find something." "I hear voices..." "I don't remember their faces ...their names" "For how long, have I been here I don't know for certain" "When I think about it..." "I feel the emptiness growing bigger and bigger ...as if time has stopped..." "it covers my existence ...and I get used to it..." "Are you allright?" "Is it about Ali?" "Yes" "No news about him, right?" "none" "It had nothing to do with you so stop blaming yourself about it." "He made his own choice" "You couldn't help it" "I know" "What I think about is my own choice." "It doesn't matter..." "it shouldn't be a problem" "Concentrate on our job" "You are a good script-writer Yavuz." "This must be your aim from now on." "For us it is not important anymore, to make choices..." "It is all hopeless for us..." "... you mean." "Not at all... if you want to be successful you have to play the game by the rules." "I'd better go now, or else they will think we are having an affair." "...at nights even when all sins are stalking around aren't you ashamed of showing your dreadful face and in daytime, where can you find a deep and dark cave to hide your brutal face" "O betrayal!" "... hide yourself behind smiling faces and sweet words ...otherwise even the deepest pit of hell couldn't hide yourself from your own eyes" "Hello" "You are the friend of Mr. Ali, aren't you?" "Yes" "We've came here together" "He gave it to me." "Where did he walk around, do you know?" "He used to go towards the sea." "Sometimes he used to read books with me most of all, he was spending his time on his writings" "Was he writing something?" "I was hearing the clicks of his typewriter" "Clicks of the typewriter?" "The Nigh Journey" "NIGHT JOURNEY"