"A FILM B Y JEAN-LUC GODARD" "SLOW MOTION" "'Morning, sir." "May I remove the tray?" "Denise Rimbaud, please" "Is Denise there?" "Can you get me Studio 3 - that's the video studio?" "Yes, it's Paul." "I'll be there in an hour" " Signor Godard..." " Come on, get the suitcases" " Stop pestering me!" " The suitcases..." " The cases..." " I've had enough of you!" "M. Godard, did you tell the manager about... you know..." "You're a wonderful man" "I was drunk" "It's all right" "M. Godard..." "I'd like to tell you something" " What?" " I love you, sir" " You mean my soul?" " No, your body" " What?" " Your body, sir" " I'd like you to bugger me" " What?" "Bugger me." "I've been buggered by half the navy" "Nothing better than a nice little arsehole" "You kissed me, you bastard!" "I love you" "This is the Devil's city!" "1:" "SLOW MOTION" "0:" "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE" "What's that music I hear?" " What music?" " That music, you can hear it" "I don't know what music you mean" "They had a daughter who married a schoolteacher" "And their third son, who was called André, was a bit simple" "Yes, I remember" "Then he had a car crash when he was with Taugu's wife - that was quite a scandal" "Yes, he married one of the Bioux cousins" "An odd girl" "His parents were against it" "Then he left." "Do you know what's become of him?" "No, I heard nothing more" "I wonder what's become of him" "Didn't he go off to Risoux?" "As far as I know, he's still in France" " He is" " Thanks" "Have you seen M. Piaget this morning?" "Yes, he dropped by" "I was supposed to meet him here" "I think he went to take some photos" "Photos?" "Yes, of the football match" "Is it far?" "Not very." "Over there, behind the station" "Funny seeing you here, Denise" "1:" "THE IMAGINARY" "It's been ages" "Not that long, Michel." "Not really" "Is your project a novel?" "Not exactly" "But it could be" "Sort of..." "I'm only asking because of what you said in your letter" "You're working on a new serial - about how things really are" "Not just an imitation" "That's what I always wanted for my paper" "It wouldn't go down well around here" "Your hair is still lovely, like ebony" "You mock the heritage system, yet now you act just like your father" "That's true" "At first it felt very odd, taking over his business" "It was awful" "That's what the revolution is about" "It's all right now" "At least I have the countryside" "The landscape..." "Serene as a still-life" " You're going back?" " I must find a place to stay, first" "But I'll be back here on Monday" " Definitely" " Fine" "Call at the shop later, when I've spoken to Madeleine" "So that's the silo of grain for the cattle." "They're fed every morning" "I just get the grain" "And the rest is automatic" " And it goes straight into the barn?" " Yes" "You start it off with the green, then stop it with the red" " Can I make a phone call from here?" " Go ahead" "Let me show you something" "It's nice when they give you a good lick" "It's Denise" "Listen..." "Just listen, you sod" "You'll have to get Duras for me" "I'll give you the address" "Because I'll be late, that's why" "Paul, listen" "I won't say it again" "Yes, I took back your key..." "Because I'm finished, or rather I'm starting anew" "I've put an ad in for the flat" "Now you're telling me" "What's your name?" "I've put your case in your room." "First on the left, up the stairs" "I've dragged it out for two years." "You should congratulate me" "People always say... they say that..." "They say you need someone to lean on." "I wanted someone to lean with." "See?" "We've never been together, never leaned on each other" "We never leaned together" "Something seemed to stop us" "It's not a tragedy" "Well, yes, I talk like you now" "All right, then." "So what's the address?" "That doesn't mean we should stop" "Not knowing someone makes it more interesting" "Even passionate" "No, that's not passion" "All right, I'll go..." "I said I'll go" "And about the flat, I promise I'll do it" "Only not now, because of Cécile and my ex-wife" "I knew you'd say that" "Oh, damn it." "Talk it over with Yvette" "Yvette..." "It's Denise" "It's always the last time until the next" "All right, we'll see. 'Bye for now" "Something in the body and in the mind arches its back against routine and void" "Life..." "A quicker gesture" "An arm" "An arm moving up and down - off beat" "A slower step forward" "A gust of air" "A startled gasp" "A wrong move" "All these lame." "Last-ditch attempts to fill the void of a regular job" " But things still happen..." " All right, we'll replace it" " Minute as they are" " But I want to know where I am" " And time still exists..." " Maurice's leaving." "You take his place ...oddly stretched out" "This awkwardness" " This aimless movement" " Then you'll learn to use the printer" " When does the paper come out?" " This sudden acceleration" "This hesitation of the hand" " Every Thursday" " This grimace" "This discord is life's struggle to hang on" "That thing which in each man silently screams:" ""I am not a machine! "" "Why is he leaving?" "It's a long story" "You'd better ask him" "They didn't get on" " Is that Madeleine?" " Yes" "Why did you keep this photo of me?" " It doesn't look like me any more" " Call it madness" "Come here" "What I meant before by a novel is what made me so passionate about your letter" "That's not passion" "By describing the secondary events you shed light on the main issues" "The secondary role is the main one" "How much will I get?" "300 to start with" "If it works out, we'll talk again" " What about Paul?" " It's over" "But no one seems to notice" "Not even me" "Choose!" " Choose" " No, I won't" " Choose!" " No" " Georgiana..." " You have to choose" "You choose, Georgiana" "I won't choose" "I won't choose" "I won't choose" "I won't choose" "About twenty seconds" " Is Cécile there?" " Yes, over there" "Stop spitting on your hands!" "2." "FEAR" " You make them sweat here" " Yes, a little" "Marie-Claude, hit a bit harder!" " Heard the latest about Castro?" " No" "He claims the Americans work better than his own Cubans" "Oh, well..." "Truth will out, you know" " Do you have children?" " Yes, a daughter" "How old?" " Twelve, like Cécile" " No, Cécile is eleven" " Has she already got tits?" " Yes, like Cécile" "Don't you ever feel like touching her up, or buggering her?" "No" "I think it's unfair that a mother can touch her children, boy or girl more easily than the father" "Come on, hurry up" "Why didn't Mummy come to fetch me?" "The bitch wouldn't give me the Peugeot" "And I have to take this one to the garage." "Come on then" "And I must see someone at the TV studios" "Where's my present?" "MARGUERITE DURAS Look." "See the end of the world." "She says" "She says:" "See the end of the world" "All the time" "Every second" "Everywhere" "It's spreading far beyond" "That's better." "She says" "It's so difficult" "So terribly hard" "Terribly..." "We have to go, Jeanine" "All right, let's stop" " No problem" " That's better" " Do thank Denise for me" " I will, 'bye" "Since M. Godard happens to be here with us, it would be nice if..." " Would you say a few words?" " No, thanks" "And I know Duras won't come up" " You mean Duras is here?" "Where?" " Next door." "I came to get her" "Call her then!" "Marguerite!" "Well, let's see now" "Is she there?" "Yes, there she is" "She's immobile" "Didn't Denise warn you this might happen?" "No, she didn't" "Well then, I will say a few words" "Let me see your notes, please" "Thanks" "Well, here goes" ""I make films to keep myself busy" ""lf I had the strength, I'd do nothing" ""It's because I can't bear doing nothing that I make films" ""For no other reason" ""That's the most honest thing I can say about my work"" "That goes for me too" "As for Duras..." "Whenever you see a passing lorry think of it as the passing word of a woman" "But couldn't she just come up here to say that she won't come?" "Writing is almost like disappearing" "It's being behind something" "But certain physical signs made me aware that there was something dubious about it" "Something almost immoral" "I felt physically sick." "Speaking about it afterwards" "The silence surrounding a text - the reading of a text." "That is..." "It's the spoken word which creates it" "If women have their place - and I'm not sure such a place exists..." "I think a woman's place is full of childhood" "At least." "More so than a man's place" "Men are more childish than women but they have less childhood" " You'll help me?" " I will" "Will you love me for long?" "Longer than you think" " Where is Duras then?" " She isn't here" "Where is she?" "Where is she?" "I took her straight to the airport." "She left at five o'clock" "I don't believe it!" "She wanted to leave earlier." "Isn't that right, Cécile?" "I don't know" "But what shall I tell the programme controller?" "The truth" " What truth?" " That you're leaving" "Whose show is it?" "Mine or yours?" "Answer, you son of a bitch!" " Listen, Denise" " Will you answer, damn you?" " Hey, gently" " No, never gently." "Never again" " Will you answer?" " Yes." "It's your show" " So who are you to decide for me?" " I don't know" "Answer me!" "Go on, answer!" "But it didn't change a thing." "You can do whatever you decide, whatever I say" "Don't you tell me it doesn't change a thing." "I can think for myself!" "Why do you always have to think for me?" "If I leave TV, it'll be my doing!" "And you won't take its place!" "I'm not your audience, like your stupid daughter" "And now I'm stuck with the early billing." "All because of you!" " Because of your idiot father" " Oh, go to hell!" "Longer than you think!" ""During the last 200 years, blackbirds left the forests and became city birds" ""First in England in the 18th century..." ""Then in Paris and in the Ruhr" ""During the 19th century, they invaded all the cities in Europe" ""They settled in Vienna and Prague around 1900" ""Then they went east, taking over Budapest, Belgrade and Istanbul"" " What did they do then?" " That's another paragraph" "Let me see" ""For the planet Earth..." ""... the blackbird's invasion of man's world is far more significant..." ""... than the conquest of South America or the return of the Jews to Palestine" ""The modification of relations between species, fish, birds, men, plants..." ""... is a modification of a higher order..." ""... than the changes in relations between groups of the same species" ""Bohemia may have been occupied by the Celts and the Slavs..." ""... and Bessarabia conquered by the Russians or the Rumanians" ""The earth couldn't care less" ""But a blackbird betraying nature to follow man in his artificial universe..." ""... that's what changes the organization of the planet"" "I'm supposed to draw a conclusion" " After "planet"?" " Yes" " Do you have an idea?" " No" " How about you, Paulette?" " No" "I don't feel like having ideas nowadays" "Everyone's scared of thinking" ""The last two centuries of history..." ""... as the blackbird invasion of man's cities... "" "I've got to make a call" "We don't have much to say to each other even once a month" "That's true" "Can I have my cheque, please?" "Here" "And my present?" "You too?" "How old are you, Cécile?" " Answer me when I ask you" " You're a bloody bore, Daddy" "Why won't the little bitch answer?" " What's wrong with you, Paul?" " Nothing" "I know what it is" "All I did was to ask how old she was" "He wants to get his own back because his girl-friend clouted him" "Denise again" "That's still going on?" "I thought it had been over since the summer" "Still staying in your plush hotel?" "I'm undecided." "I want to leave" "But I think she only wants me to keep the flat for her in case she decides to come back" "Where's she going?" "I don't know" "Further and further away" "At least she's got the guts to walk out" " She's still searching" " So am I" "Not really" "Not really, Paul" "Let me tell you:" "She'll leave alone and sad, just as I did" "Because I didn't really want to leave" "What about the present?" "Here" "Take yours off and put this on" "You're a shit, Paul" "Why?" "Because I want to see her tits?" "You're either a bastard or sexually bent!" "Not bent - finished" "Ask Cécile what "finished" means." "She's good at maths" "'Bye for now - until next month" "Thanks for waiting" "I'll have a sandwich, please" "I can't drive you home." "No car" "Don't worry about me" "Have you really put an ad in for the flat?" "That's bloody unfair" "Give me time, won't you?" "I'm also getting sick of living in the city" "I used to believe you but not any more" "I get fed up even with a small town like Nyons" "I wanted you to take the flat" "You said you needed peace and quiet - you had new projects" " I still have." "Nothing's changed" " No..." "Only if I stayed as well" "You want a guardian angel" "And I've had enough of being one" "Neither angel nor beast, nor god nor master" "Buying a bike and going to the mountains won't change your life" "It's none of your business now" "Yes, but I have eyes and I see what's what" "You wanted to combine love with work with a shared activity, not only at night" "Nights should grow out of days, you said" "It's not me." "It's how people are" "We both agreed that love couldn't survive without a bit of work" "Just bursts of passion, nothing that lasts" "It's too hard when it lasts" "I want to do things, not define them - I leave the definitions to you" "I learned to feed animals today" "There was a calf with a hole in its back." "Whatever he ate poured out of it" "With me, it's people" "What do you mean?" "They have a hole in the mouth and the words just pour out" "Where were you phoning from?" "From my mother's" "I told you I had to take Cécile out." "It's her birthday" "What did you give her?" "Nothing" " I'm paying for her football training" "She's like you." "She says she wants to play football, but it's just talk" "What does it have to do with me?" "You and your bike" "You think it's action, but it's only talk, in fact" " May I read?" " "What's going to happen to me?" " "Will I go to Heaven? "" " Words express anxiety kept by memory" ""Please tell me, Father"" ""I like you, my son", says the priest." ""But I can't tell you just like that" ""Come back on Saturday"" "The bloke can hardly wait." "Come Saturday, he rushes back: "Well, Father? "" "The priest says: "I have two pieces of news for you" ""One good and one bad" ""The good one is that it's all fixed up about Heaven." "You'll get there"" "The man's delighted." ""But what about the bad news? "" ""The bad news is that you're going there on Wednesday"" "It happens, you know" "What's that music?" " I'm going" " I'm coming with you" "No." "Ring me on Saturday" " I'm coming with you" " No!" "I've had enough - oh, shit!" " Feel like a film?" " Sound!" "There's no sound - no sound!" "It's outrageous!" "They've cut out the sound." "It's ridiculous!" "Did you hear me, Miss?" "There's no sound!" " Where's the projectionist?" " There isn't one" " You're joking!" " There hasn't been one for years!" "What do you mean?" "What do you take me for?" "That's not funny" "This is outrageous!" "Want to see a film?" "Not really" "Are we going to see a film or not?" "All right" "I took off my pants so you can touch me in the dark" " Will there be a newsreel?" " Probably" "Then leave your pants on" " What's wrong?" " I just feel like watching a film" "There are hundreds of men walking down the street who'd love to screw me!" "Go ahead, then" "I'm going home" "You make me sick" "I'm trying to create a meaningful relationship between us, don't you see?" "You can't create something with a hammer" "So, are we going to see a film or not?" "All right" "Don't work so hard - don't pretend" "She had shut her eyes." "It was going to be a long one." "But never mind" "She could use the time to organize her day" "First she'll tidy up her room - impeccably" "Bed-linen." "Papers - even the mirrors and the silver" "Then she'll replace the curtain cords." "Clean the windows too" "Then all the rest - so the commune will see that they were dependent on her" "She must call the plumber" "He must come today." "Or nobody will know what to do 3." "TRADE" "And one might risk a painful death" "Is that all right?" "That's fine" "Did you sleep well?" "Not really, too many dreams" "Oh well, dreams are always terrible" "Even in a dream, one keeps looking for solutions" " See you some day - 'Bye" "Bitch" "Scum!" "Trade-unionist!" "You think you can be independent?" "Yes" "No one is independent" " Repeat after me!" " No one's independent" "Not the whore, nor the typist" " Repeat!" " Not the whore nor the typist" "Not the housewife nor the duchess nor the servant" "Not the servant, nor the housewife" "Not the tennis champion" "Not the schoolgirl" "Not the schoolgirl" "Not the farmer" " Not the farmer" " That's enough" "Only the banks are independent" "But banks are killers" "Come on then" "Don't be scared" "This is only a first warning" "We're not killers" "We don't want all your money." "Only half" "Got it?" "Understood?" "She didn't see me." "Is she coming up?" "Yes, don't worry" "Are you a friend of Isabelle?" "I don't think Isabelle has friends" "What do you do?" "I'm a journalist and an illustrator." "I'm working on a comic strip" "What the hell are you doing here?" "Héléne!" "It's not my turn to wash up" "Yes, all right" "So why did you come?" "I wanted to ask you something" "I must make a phone call first" "She's such a pain, your sister" "That's what I'm working on right now" "Stücky Agency?" "I'm calling about the ad for the four-roomed flat" "Oh well..." "Well, too bad." "Thanks anyway." "Goodbye" "What's that music?" "All right, so what do you want?" "I need some money" "How much?" "I don't know... twenty or thirty thousand" "What for?" "Are you mad?" "We built a boat, me and some friends" "We wanted to sail to the Antilles" "But we didn't have enough money" "We still need sails" "So we tried to rob a jeweller's shop but it was a total flop" "They're all in jail." "I have to help them" "Is it still Jacques?" "No, it's some others you don't know" "Thirty thousand francs?" "Twenty thousand would be all right" "I haven't got it" "Anyway, I'm leaving." "It's too tough here" "Where are you going?" "The country..." "I don't know yet" "Anyway, I don't have it." "Give me a cigarette" "I'm not asking you for it" "What then?" "I don't get it" "I wanted to ask you about going on the game like you..." "Just for a week or two" "That's all" "Two times seven, times four, divided by two..." "Two weeks won't be enough" "You'd need a month, not a week or two" "If need be" "But do you realise what you'll have to do?" "Yes" " How big are your tits?" " So-so" "Show me" "Do you have a thick bush?" "So-so" "You know what you'll have to do?" "Suck cocks" "Done it before?" "With Jacques, but not really" "Do you have to swallow the sperm or just pretend?" "Better to swallow it" "How does it taste?" "Here, see for yourself" "Have you ever licked a bloke's arse?" "No" "Well, you may have to" "But don't say yes to everything" "What they want is to humiliate you" "You said divided by two." "Why?" "Half for me" " I see" " Yes" "It's a deal" "Let's talk in my room." "I have to make a phone call" "Why don't you like my sister?" "And you?" "Are you happy?" "No, I have problems" "But nothing really serious" "Nothing you could write a novel about" "I heard some chap say that happiness can't make a subject for a novel" "Well, then I'm happy" "And how are Mum and Dad?" "They've moved again." "They're back in Grenoble" "Back in Grenoble?" "They've got guts, those two" "Can't you wait till I've gone to do that?" "No, not at that price" "You shouldn't have sold Rocheteau and Barberis" "No, I'm not worried" "The Ajax chaps will be here soon." "They're ready to sign" "I don't know... 45 minutes" "Well, find a way" " Claudia sent me" " Right, put your things over there" " You know the price?" " It's fine with me" "Is that all right?" " Yes, thanks" " Thank you, sir" " Will you excuse me?" " Go ahead" "Hello?" "Yes, it's M. Person speaking" "Take off your shoes" "Just a minute" "Come here" "Take off your trousers" "No, my wife was just asking me something" "Well, yes, women!" "No, I said 160" "That's right, 160" "What?" "130?" "Definitely not" "Come closer" " Lean against the window" " Yes" " Yes, sir" " Yes, sir" "What?" "120?" "No, 145" "We drove to the beach that day" "Yes, sir" " A weekday." "Wonderfully deserted" " No, 140" "At the end of spring" "The beachcombers were asleep in their rags..." " On the grass." "By the beach" " No, 138" "Others were sitting on the stone benches." "Sharing a pathetic bottle" "The gulls wheeled madly above." "Mindlessly" "Old ladies of seventy or more sat on the benches... 125?" "...and spoke of selling the inheritance left ages ago by their husbands..." " I have expenses too!" " And stupidly managed" "No, I can't go any lower than 120, believe me" "In short." "There was peace in the air" "And we walked a bit." "Then lay on the grass in silence" "It simply felt good." "Being together" "I bought sandwiches." "Crisps and some beer" "And we ate on the sand" "No, not 120." "No, that's impossible" "I have my overheads" "You too?" "I don't doubt it" "Then I held Cass and we slept for an hour or so" "It was even better than making love" "Floating in sleep without the tension of desire" "We drove back and I cooked dinner" "Then I asked Cass if she'd like to live with me" "She paused." "Then looked at me and said no" "A hundred" "That's how it goes" "Well, think it over" "Yes, ask for M. Person 20-15-51, room 510" "Ye gods, she's showing her arse to the whole town" " Enjoying the view?" " Shut up" "Sorry, sir" "That'll do, you can get dressed" " Your name is really M. Person?" " Yes, why?" "I don't know." "It's rather an unusual name" "Isn't it normal for a person to be called Person?" "Look, I burned myself" "P as in Person" "Are you a passionate sports fan?" "I wouldn't call that a passion" " What do I do now?" " Let me think" "All right, let's see" "You'll really do anything?" " Yes, as long as it doesn't hurt" " I'd never do that" " What's your name?" " Isabelle" "Isabelle, go out into the corridor" "Then come back in thirty seconds, all right?" "You're our daughter" "You're back from England" "We're in town." "You come and see us at the hotel" "Then you say:" ""Hello, Daddy"" "Then kiss your Mummy" " Mummy?" " Yes, your Mummy" "All right, get out of here!" "Hurry up!" "Whatever you say" " Isabelle?" " Yes" "Remember me?" " Not really" " Marie-Luce" "Oh yes, hello" " We were at primary school together" " Yes, I remember" " What are you up to?" " I'm waiting for a friend" "And what do you do?" " Not much" " No?" "But are you working?" "Not much at present" " Listen, would you like a job?" " Yes" "I might have something." "I deal with people who are looking for people" " I'm interested" " You are?" "Thanks." "Will you be free in in fifteen minutes?" "No, I'll be tied up for an hour or so" "Well, in an hour then." "Number 15, Rue du Nord" "All right?" " OK, then" " Number 15, North Road" " Thanks - 'Bye" "Oh look!" "It's Isabelle!" " What a surprise!" " Hello, Mummy" "Hasn't she grown?" "Look, she's got tits now" "Show Mummy your tits" "And what an arse she's got." "Show that too" "Now you show your arse to your daughter" "It's bigger than yours" "Now, Mummy, show your bush to your daughter" "There!" "Look at our daughter's lovely bush" "A pretty little red bush..." "Like the colour of autumn" "Go on, Isabelle, ask Mummy to kiss your pussy" "Mummy, kiss my pussy" "Go on" "Right, that'll do" "Are you happy?" "Is that what you wanted?" "No, I wanted something else" "You always mess things up" " You're pathetic" " That's not true" "This way" "Here he is" "Hello" " She tells me you like adventure" " Not terribly" " You'll have to travel" " Where?" "Could we talk it over tonight?" "I'm working tonight" "You don't have to worry" "Once a month you'll get a ticket by post." "You go and you come back" "Where will I go?" "It depends." "Caracas, Beirut, New York, Paris even" " And what do I do?" " Nothing." "Just travel" "Go to a hotel, stay a couple of days and come back" "I must do something" "Your friend is thick." "We've told you, you do nothing" "And you'll get 5,000 dollars when you leave and 5,000 dollars when you get back" "When would I start?" "The 10th or 15th" " Hello, Claudia sent me" " Put your coat there" "Sit down" "Jerk me a little" "What's she like?" "She's nice" "How's her arse?" " Do I undress?" " Just do as you're told" "Take your trousers off" " I have to use the phone first" " Panties too" "Don't move" "Till tomorrow" " So what's her arse like?" " Nothing special" " Take your trousers off, too" " Yes, boss" "Hello, I'd like to call Montreal, Canada, please" "Area code 74" "879... 43-49..." "Room 522, thank you" "Ask her her name" "What's your name?" "Marilyn" "Does she want a slap?" "Nicole" " Nicole what?" " Weber" "Your tits aren't so great" "Say it" "What?" "Say that your tits aren't great" "My tits aren't great" "Louder" "My tits aren't great" "Good" "Well, to work, mile." "Weber" "Come here" "Kneel down" "Get to work" "Get under the desk" "What do I do?" "Suck his cock." "You have to spell it out to them nowadays!" "Get the other one" "Yes, boss" "You can do better, you fat slob" "Lick my thighs" "Gently" "That's it" " Suck my balls" " Here." "For example..." "You can ask Louis who his heroes are" " Who are your heroes." "Louis?" " My thighs again" "Let's see..." "Al Capone." "Guevara." "Malcolm X" " Gandhi." "Robinson" " Keep going!" "Mamma Barker." "Castro" "Van Gogh." "Sartre." "Bob Dylan" "You see he identifies with all the losers" "He's been conned by all that spiritual bullshit" " That's how we screw them!" " Come here, you" "It's all tricks." "There are no heroes!" "There are no winners." "It's all bullshit." "No saints." "No geniuses" "Only dirty tricks and fairy-tales make the game go" "Closer, don't be frightened" " Was it you who wanted to use the phone?" " Yes" "Go ahead" " Do you want to piss as well?" " Not right now" "Go on, ring." "Dial 0 first" " Stick it up her arse, Thierry!" " Which one, boss?" "The one under the table" "And you, each time he shoves it in, you suck" "All right?" "Nice and steady" "I'm sorry to call so late." "I'm ringing about the ad" " Haven't you finished yet?" " About the flat..." "Fine, till Saturday then." "Goodbye" "Everyone tries to hang on..." "And to strike lucky." "All the rest is just shit" "All right." "I'm with you about the losers" "But Castro looked extremely fat in his last photo" "What is it?" "He survives because the US and Russia keep him in the middle" "But if he really stuck his foot in." "What could he do then?" "He wouldn't have enough to pay for a cheap whore in Cairo" ""Go to hell." "The two of you! "" ""I like whom I like"." "Said Louis" "All right" "What do you want me to do?" " Do you have any lipstick?" " Yes" "Thierry, go and get it" "I've got it here" "Now, you, Nicole..." "Lie on your back" "You, Thierry" "Put your thing in her mouth" " What's your name?" " Isabelle" "You come and stand here, Isabelle" "That's fine." "Stop" " Come closer" " Do I lick her arse?" " Did I tell you to?" " Sorry, boss" "What were women in the Middle Ages?" "I don't know" " And you?" " I don't know" "And you?" "And you?" "Witches" "And what else?" "Snares of the devil, embers of hell" "Where did the bitch get that from?" "Where did you get it?" " I heard it on the radio" " Good" "You put the lipstick on me only when he licks your arse" "And you, Thierry..." "You lick her arse only when the other one sucks you" "And you..." "You suck whenever I touch your tits with my foot" "Let's try it" "The picture's all right, now let's do the sound" "When I touch your tits with my shoe..." "You say "Ouch", then suck him" "Go" "You, Thierry..." "When she sucks you say "Ah"" "Then lick her arse" "Let's go" "And you..." "When he licks your arse, you say "Hey! "" "Like when you're goosed on the Métro" "Go to it, Thierry" "Then you put some lipstick on me..." "Just once" "And if I smile, then you kiss me" "Let's go" "I was looking at that ivory face" "And I saw in it an expression of sombre pride" "Savage power" "Abject terror" "And despair as well immense despair..." "Incurable" " I'm going to the bakery" " All right" "I'll see the flat and meet you in an hour" ""A Hundred Do-It-Yourself Ideas"" "I've an idea" " You've an idea?" " That's right" "What are you doing?" " What are you doing here?" " I rang about the flat" "Oh, yes" "What's going on?" "We can't seem able to touch each other without bruising" "You're crazy" "She look like she's in pain!" "She's got a hard head." "She's a banker's daughter" "I'll leave you to it" "4." "MUSIC" "I always feel too much I've got to let it out somewhere" "Me too" "And the one who loves you gets it" "Of course, he's right at hand" "No thanks" "Will you go on with the same work here?" "For a while." "I'll see." "I've been offered another job" ""Don't forget that a carrot trembles before the knife..." ""... that lettuce screams when it's torn and cabbage weeps when boiled"" "Angelo Napoli, 15th October, 1979" "What's that?" "An ex-boy-friend of mine, an Italian." "He wrote it" "Was it very painful leaving - what's his name" " Paul?" "Yes" "I wanted him to keep the flat on" "Actually, no." "It would have annoyed me" " He's still there" " No" "Yes." "I saw him yesterday" "He said he'd wait there for two days, until you came to talk to him" " He wanted you to tell me that" " Well, I did" "Is that what your project is - a book?" "No, but it might be part of it" ""You always get somewhere." "I thought I'd never get to be 32"" " You're 32?" " Yes" "And this?" ""Crystal and smoke, the two faces of death"" "It's from an English novel." "I can't remember the title, but it impressed me" "No regrets then, I keep everything?" "Yes." "Send me the phone bill when it arrives" "I'm really grateful." "It's a great help" " It's a greater help to me" " No, me" " 'Bye then" " Goodbye" "Are you happy?" "Yes" "You were very good" " Did you turn the radio on?" " Yes" "It interests you?" "Yes, I'm interested in physics" "And in the physical too" " Would you mind if I turned it off?" " No" "I wanted to say..." "It's true" "But it's not tragic" " Is that you in the photo over there?" " Yes" "And the other?" "It was here before, but I kept it because I like cola" "Let me speak to Yvette, the video studio" "I've been wandering about for two days" "Yes, because of Denise" "I'm a bit depressed" "It's all right now" "Did you finish it?" "Put that here" "What day is it?" "Wednesday?" "Will you be staying or going, M. Godard?" "Well... can I stay another six months?" " That's absolutely fine" " Thank you" "This is a brand-new car." "What have you done with the rear view mirror?" " Where are you going?" " Shopping for Cécile" "Sorry about Thursday evening" "Can't we see each other more often?" "Once a week?" "Well?" "I'll think about it" "'Bye then" " I think I know him!" " Forget it." "We're getting out of here" "Wait" "Rather stupidly, I started thinking" "I'm not dying" "My life hasn't flashed before my eyes" "I'm not dying..." "Since I don't feel a thing" "What are you looking at?" "It's nothing to do with us" "Let's go, Cécile"