"Red-light Poet" "DivX Subtitles by Obelix®" "There are words and words." "Water is "aqua" in Latin." "Water is also "flowing" and "rocking"  and "splashing"." "K-5..." "See You Later Alligator by Bill Hayley." "C-7..." "Bye Bye Love by the Everly Brothers." "Eddie Constantine doesn't drink water." "Eddie drinks whisky..." ""It's time for my medicine," he always says in the film." "Medicine means whisky, when Eddie says it." "You have to know that." "He'll be a singer when he grows up." "Just like Sam Cooke." "That's just undercoat." "A dream." "A love that is mutual  is just as dangerous as unrequited love." "Eddie Constantine uses other weird words." "He calls a beautiful woman "mon sucre"." "Ma petite soeur..." "Sometimes he says "une salade..."" "But when Eddie says that you shouldn't think of salad." "When Eddie says "une salade", that always means trouble." "A tot of Wild Turkey, and fast." "Hey, big boy..." "Will you say it, or shall I?" ""Okay, I'll say it."" "Okay, I'll say it." "You'll pay  then you'll leave  and I never want to see you here again." "If love is mutual  then we get cocooned." "If it's not  then we enter battle." "Thank you." "Cider..." " I still have some." "You don't have to drink it, you know." "So why should I take it?" "Some words sound as beautiful as music." "Even if you don't know them, you understand." "Just like a song in a foreign language." "You don't understand, but you feel what it's all about." "You have a lot to learn about running a bar." "Why should I?" "How will you ever run the bar?" "Me?" "!" "You'll find out  what a lovely job it is." "Room 9..." "Good luck, mate..." "Water!" " Okay..." "Stella, come on." "Goodnight, grandma." " Sleep well, Tarzan." "It's not like here..." "It never rains and everyone has a swimming pool." "Your mother too?" " You bet." "Jacob says..." " Huh!" "Jacob!" "You listen to Jacob?" "He buggers chickens..." "Your mother's beautiful..." "She's awfully famous in Hollywood." "People fight for her autograph." ""Ma petite soeur"..." " I'm not your sister!" "When's she coming back?" "It's difficult to say..." "You never know how long it takes shooting a film..." "And now the swan..." "Look who's here..." "Look at him." "It's no use..." "The seagull flies..." "It screeches too..." "It claws its way into the wind..." "And sometimes it's not white but red." "It claws red at the sky..." "I just called..." "The nurse says she's a lot better." "You want to play soccer on Nieuwmarkt?" "Go to the playground." "A hand, there in the water!" "A hand, a real one!" "All the children are in the playground." "It floated up and under the bridge..." "If you're bored, you might as well sort bottles." "Go with Dot to the brass band." "Maybe you can join in." "He has to register first." "I'll give you some money  and you can join up." " I get a suit like that?" "Never mind." "We don't want you anyway." "Red, redder, reddest..." "Redder than red, he claws past the sky." "Hey darling  can you run an errand for me?" "And a pack of condoms." "No, a big packet." "What's all this?" "IN..." "OUT" "Still doing nothing?" "Listen here..." "Look..." "Here I write the time they go in and the time they come out." "I can work out who's in shortest and longest." "One man came out after 23'47"!" "But he was on crutches." "At the end of the day, I can work out how many customers and how long they were inside and the average time." "Do they pay Ans by the minute?" " You go and sort bottles." "That was quick!" "Did you hear, boss?" "Bottles!" "In a minute." "Bottles... berries..." "High time for the medicine..." "Eddie gets violent!" "Adieu, Siem, it's all over!" "You win, Eddie." "Christ, shot in the belly..." "Constant!" "Dries... why does Siem mind  if Ans does it with men who don't pay." "Then she'd do it for fun." " And that's forbidden?" "But Ans doesn't want to." "Siem is the only man she loves." "That's true love." "True love." "And Siem doesn't mind her doing it with other men." "As long as they pay." "Siem is the kind of guy who'd marry a big woman  in case he became an invalid." "Then she could push his wheelchair." "Listen, Constant, I have a simple job." "Never up early, clean hands, suits to the cleaners..." "There's only one thing I have to do  and that's keep business and pleasure separate." "She loves me." "Amor vincit omnia..." "You were at grammar school, weren't you?" "Love conquerors everything..." "Where did you learn Latin?" "In jail." "You have time for the strangest things." "Ans doesn't mind?" "As much as I would mind cycling to work at 6:30 in the morning." "You have to rub it off well." "Not with big sweeps..." "Take it easy, for the best result." "It's shiny!" "Do you love Ans too?" " You sound like my probation officer." "Of course I love her." "Lovely, eh?" "I bought it yesterday." "How can you be sure?" "How do you know you love her, and she loves you?" "You just do." "You know grandma loves you, don't you?" "And your mother... she loves you too." "You have to shake it." "Two steaks  so no chops..." "Are you listening?" "And heart for the dog." "Chopped." "You wrote it down wrong." "Chopped is with a "C"." "He always knows better." "Make sure you bring the right things." "It's a past participle..." "Make sure I don't turn you into one." "Yes..." "No, Louis, I can't come." "I'm on bar duty." "I sacked her yesterday." "BARMAlD WANTED" "Do me a favour..." "put 100 on Speedy Simon." "Speedy Simon in the third race." "Eddie strikes again..." "Where's the boy gone?" "He's gone to that bloody bridge again." "He's not like the other kids." "It's just his age." "As long as he doesn't follow his mother." "Got you, Eddie." "What's wrong with the brass band, apart from their monkey suits?" "She'll stop my pocket money if I don't join." "Une salade!" "You know who that is?" "One of our greatest poets:" "Lichthart." "I read something by him in jail." "Not bad." "What were you inside for?" " L'amour..." "I sat there for 11 months because of a woman." "Dries said you set fire to a house in Apeldoorn." "It was Arnhem, that's where she lived." "She finished it and I wanted to see her." "I had to see her and  her father and brothers kicked me downstairs." "And then you..." "He often walks round here." " Here?" "Maybe he's thinking up a poem right now." "Here she comes." "Caught anything?" "A bream and nearly a huge pike..." "Where's that photo of your mother?" "Where is it?" "The photo of your mother?" "You don't dare show me?" "This is your mother?" "It's cut out of Panorama." "Give it back." "Hey, dozy." "You haven't even got any bait." "I know." "That's silly." "You're just as crazy as the rest of your family." "Where was she, your mother?" "Go on, say it!" "In Hollywood, California." " You're lying!" "Where?" " ln Hollywood!" "Go on, say it!" "I know." "I know anyway!" "Hollywood, California!" " She's in the mad house." "Why did Jacob hit you?" " I don't know." "You should have kneed him." " He's much stronger." "Go to the cellar, get a chair leg and hit him with that." "When you're running the bar, you can't let people hit you." "I don't want the bloody bar!" "I'll do something quite different." " What would that be, boss?" "I'm going..." "She had a bad night." "She kept everyone awake screaming." "We had to isolate her." "You should come back some other time." "Take her hand." "Come on in, boy." "You'll get soaking wet." "Constant..." "Come with me..." "Is it my fault?" "It's me, isn't it?" "Of course it isn't." "No one can do anything about it." "She is ill." "But she'll soon be better." "It's really for your birthday." "It's for your room." "Which room?" "Dries is going to renovate the attic and paint it." "I want blue walls, Dries!" "Forget it, they'll be white." " No, blue!" "Bright blue!" "Who do I have to see about the job?" " My grandma." "She'll be back from bingo any time." " Can I wait here?" "I come from Opwoud  a village near Hoorn..." "I was starting at a studio today  but the place has gone bankrupt." "So now I need anotherjob  and a room." "Is she leaving?" "No, she's filling in for an hour." "The other waitress was sacked." "Hand in the till." "I never worked behind a bar before." "Don't say that in a minute." " No?" "Look, I won that." "It'll be nice in your room." "I saw that sign in your window." "Have you worked in a bar before?" "Yes, in a manner of..." "Yes or no?" " Yes..." "Take off your coat." "Get out of here." "You need to put on some weight." "How old are you?" " 20." "That's too young for a place like this." "Sorry." "She can try, can't she?" "When can you start?" " Now..." "Very well." "Let's see for a few days." "I have to get used to this tap." "The latest film by Eddie Constantine is at the Rex." "She can really dance, can't she Dot?" "Shall we go on Sunday?" "It's called "Eddie Wins Out"." " Okay..." "Did you know that Muis sleeps in the room opposite me?" "You told me 100 times." "I thought you liked Eddie Constantine." "What was it called?" " Eddie Wins Out!" "Hello, I'm Muis." " Pleased to meet you." "Say hello to your Mum." "How long are you staying, Mum?" "Two days..." "I have to go back on Monday." "You like the colour?" "Lovely..." "The blue is very original." "Dot!" "Dot!" "My Mum!" "She's staying the night." "She's even prettier than on the photo." "When did she come to live here?" "Last year." "That's a nice song." "It's the Twist." "The what?" " The dance." "You never heard of the Twist?" " No." "Pretend to put a cigarette out with your foot  and dry your back with a towel." "Constant, I didn't know you could twist so well." "Better than Chubby Checker!" "I taught my mother too." "She is nice, isn't she?" "Mum?" "Mum!" "Mum, don't!" "Stop it!" "Constant..." "Well?" "No good, eh?" "What's the time?" "You are 2 minutes and 21 seconds late." "Come on..." "Thanks for your poem. lt's lovely." "It's not finished yet." "It can get even better." "Where is Siem?" "There he is." "Can you do an errand for me?" "Goodness, beautiful  but I hear Lichthart's voice and not yours." "It's lacking that." "You think it's useless?" "Tell me." " No." "No way!" "What I mean is..." "How should I say?" "You shouldn't look at those poems by Lichthart." "Try and evoke your own mood." "One does it by listening to music  another needs candlelight  another needs a drink..." "Some have to suffer." " Suffer?" "Yes... pain..." "Canaries sing best in a cage." "The Yanks wanna saddle you up." "Did you write a poem for Muis?" "Pass me my bra." "I've known lots of men, but no one has written me a poem." "I asked Siem, but he says he can't." "It isn't easy." "Will you write me a poem?" "You need the right mood." "A poem, just for me." ""Between bars her tongue twists..."" " Go on, go on." ""... without eyes..."" ""... softer than a tear..."" ""... under the sign of Cancer..."" ""... with red claws of dawn..."" "Come on, or we'll be too late for visiting." "I'm not going." "Why not?" "I don't know. I'm going to the cinema." "Very well." "Grandma..." "Coming for a walk?" "Sometimes I miss this." "It's lovely outdoors." "You feel this every day in Opwoud." "Is it better there?" "Not better, it's different." "As a child, I knew I'd live in town one day even before I'd been there." "Everyone told me not to:" "parents, friends, neighbours." "But you went anyway." " Just to see what it's like." "To see what they were so scared of." "This week I dreamt I was walking through the orchard with my father  the reeds by the dike were yellow." "It was autumn." "I used to go out with my father on the tractor." "We drove through the orchard together." "My father is a trumpeter." "He lives in America." "He played in the Casa Blanca for a few weeks." "That's when my mother met him." "And then?" "And then he was gone." "In April it rains blossom in the orchard." "Just like confetti." "You should come too." " That would be nice." "Come here, Constant." "This is for you!" "National Poetry Contest." "Poets, great and small, take note..." "SEND IN YOUR POEMS FOR THE CONTEST!" "THE BEST WILL BE PUBLISHED" "CLOSING 14 AUGUST" "Look at this." "Hey, Dot!" "We slept in the grass." "A lovely spot." "You should go too." " Why?" "Why should I go there?" "Okay, Dot." "I'm going down to see who's in the bar." "You won't see anyone." "I wouldn't even know how to get to that spot." "Muis..." "Bonsoir mon sucre!" "Constant!" "He comes from Australia, his father has more than..." "INSPIRATION:" "MUSIC, CANDLES, DRINK." "PAIN" "Everything okay?" "Well..." "Constant!" "Oh Muis, tomorrow I ride to you with intoxicating flowers." "What happened?" "Are you all right boy?" ""Couldn't be better," said Icarus and he crashed." "All these candles!" "You know I won't have that!" "Thank you very much!" "He nearly burnt the house down." "What happened?" "You drove him mad with rubbish about poets and inspi..." "Inspiration..." " Shut up!" "It's all over, Siem." "This boy is going astray." "He can't cope." "It's driving him mad." "There's been a fire." "You don't want that, do you?" "Or do you?" " No." "It's all over." "I don't want to hear another word about poets." "Agreed?" "I had to play the triangle first." " I'm not a child!" "And I am?" "You don't write poems anymore?" " They were terrible." "They just brought this from hospital." "Your mother..." "She wanted to, but she couldn't." "She just couldn't." "You understand?" "Grandma..." "You only have to read it once." "I just want to know what you think." "Whether it's good enough for the contest." "Christ!" "I promised your grandma." "You know that." "Calm down, okay?" "Are you still awake?" "It's already 12:30." "I don't feel sleepy." "Are you all right?" "Really?" "What d'you think of Eddie Constantine, Muis?" "He's got a moth-eaten face." "If they beat him he laughs." "The harder they hit him, the more he laughs." "That drives them mad, get it?" "I got you a present." "You want it now?" "Come on." "Thanks, Muis!" "It's for your new school..." "and your poems." "Use them a lot, and you'll think of me." "They're nice." "This is good." "I'll take them with me, unless you want them." "Take them?" "Where to?" "I wanted to tell you." "I'm leaving." "Soon..." "Back to Opwoud?" " For two weeks  and then I'm going to Australia." "Dave wrote to me  and he sent me a ticket." "He wants me to come." "I'll gamble on it." "There are pieces of wilderness as big as Holland  where no one lives at all." "Just a few kangaroos." "Christ, all the way to Australia!" " If I don't like it, I'll come back." "But it's so far away." " What's the difference?" "Ten miles, or 10,000..." "I'm scared stiff!" "But you don't have to go." " Yes I do." "Because I'm scared of it." "I have to go." "Otherwise I'd feel like a coward." "You have to try new things in life." "New things..." "I'm going." "I'll miss you, Constant." "Are they biting?" " Yes, great." "You read it?" "We have a deal, remember?" "A man, a man... a word, a word." "Cowards talk good." "What?" " Eddie says cowards talk good." "There's nothing wrong with my ears." "Maybe you should put something else on the hook." "Not bread, maggots." "I've got a better idea." "Do you want to hear?" " I can't wait." "I'd send in that poem, if I were you." " You did read it!" "It's superb!" "But I won't say a word..." "Okay?" "Hey, I'm first..." "Boys come first, after the adults." "Grandness has no size." "A ship on the river looks immense  but tiny at sea." "Thank you." "Another taxi driver killed." "Since when do you read the paper?" " Soccer results..." "That's Monday." "Today's Friday." "Coming?" "Yes, I'm coming." "Dot is waiting for you." "POETRY CONTEST SUCCESSFUL" "Go on!" "Hey, boss!" "Come here." "Come on, or we'll be late." "I'm really going." ""Poetry contest successful." ""Of the 449 submissions, the jury led by the poet Lichthart..." ""...chose the best five poems." "The poets are Mrs Meesters..." ""..." "Constant Wegman from Amsterdam!" ""Next week the five selected poems will be printed..." ""... on the same day as the radio broadcast." ""The winner will be announced during the broadcast."" "Superb!" "Now you have to practice every minute." "To the tops of my plus  or the nights of my minus  we travel on together..." "I recognise you in the gesture  in the flash of frightened eyes  your reflection ripples on the water..." ""We're two lonely cowboys!"" "... beyond the stars and close to the tops of my plus  or the nights of my minus  we travel on together..." "I'm not exaggerating if I say we have a very surprising poet for you." "His name is Constant Wegman and he's only 14." "That's right..." "He comes from the capital." "Where do you live?" "On the Zeedijk" " I see." "Pick up the phone." "What did you say?" "Put the radio on!" "Thanks!" "Hurry up!" "Now we shall start." "The poem is entitled "Under the Bridge"." "Beyond the stars or close  we travel on together  to the tops of my plus  or the nights of my minus..." "What's going on here?" "We travel on together." "I recognise you in the gesture  in the flash of shy eyes  your reflection ripples on the water..." "We travel on together." "The jury..." "Now we'll announce the winner." "It's been a neck and neck race, listeners." "But the jury has reached a unanimous decision." "The winner of the National Poetry Contest is  Mrs Meesters, the teacher from..." "It was fixed." "It must be have been fixed!" "I bet the teacher is a member of this club!" "Maybe she was better." "See that?" "Filthy rat!" "Hey, Lichthart!" "Filthy rat!" "Look at that!" "Christ!" "How can that be?" "THE FIVE SELECTED POEMS" "There it is: the new Shakespeare." "I haven't spoken my mind to him yet." "Is he here yet?" "I hope they didn't read it in the paper." "Your grandma only reads the racing page  and about murders." "Don't say a word." "Not a word." "Hello, Constant." "Well done!" "What did we agree?" "I warned you!" "Eddie strikes back..." "There's something about you..." "New shoes?" "There nice shoes." " No, I already had them." "Congratulations." "Thank you." "You're not wearing your glasses!" " I don't have glasses, idiot!" "Aren't you going?" "No, I think I'll stop." "And all those wonderful days out to Arnhem and Meppel?" "And the uniform!" "You're wearing lipstick!" "Really?" "!" "Lovely weather..." "Weather for doing nice things..." "going somewhere." "Lovely weather..." "Don't think Eddie Constantine would stand in the rain." ""Merde," he'd say." ""Standing there with my nice suit and my gun in my armpit..."" ""... dancing in the rain..."" ""Une salade," he'd say." "DivX Subtitles by Obelix®"