"Okay, let's go for a take" "Get ready to carry her forward" "Okay?" "Is sound ready?" "Ready" "Camera ready?" "All set, director" "Then let's go for it" "Scene 3, Shot 1, Take 2" "Action!" "Excuse me..." "Sorry!" "I'm so sorry to be late, director" "Cut!" "I'll be ready in a moment, sorry" "Producer, deal with this" "Hey, untangle the wires for me!" "Sorry..." "Xiao Tang..." "Sorry I'm late, Miss Lieh" "I'm really sorry, I'll be ready in a moment" "Sorry!" "What's wrong with you?" "You're not our sound recordist any more" "Didn't I tell you last time?" "Kun's doing the job now Did you forget?" "Sorry..." "I forgot" "Excuse me..." "Excuse me" "Director, I'm really sorry" "Excuse me" "Miss Lieh, I'm sorry" "You really have to pull yourself together" "Wait..." "Don't worry, I'm not a cop" "The money we agreed on..." "And here's another 3,000" "Let's have some fun" "Let's be clear, I don't do kinky" "Relax, it's just a little game" "Don't be scared" "What's your name?" "Meng-Meng" "Meng-Meng" "You seem to be afraid of cops" "I'm not afraid, they just annoy me" "Annoy you?" "That's good" "That's very good" "Ever heard of role-playing therapy?" "What kind of play is that?" "Never mind" "Now you're a cop... and I'm you" "What?" "Now we're going to try some role-playing" "You play a cop and I play you" "What the hell?" "Are you a masochist?" "Has any cop treated you badly?" "No, no, but you must have been!" "Then what are you afraid of?" "I'm not afraid, I just I just don't do that stuff" "It's simple" "Just play the part of some bad cop you've met" "I don't know how" "It's very easy, actually" "Watch me..." "Now I'm you" "Fuck off..." "I'm not that stupid" "Don't do that, Mr Cop" "Oh!" "What's that hard thing?" "What hard thing?" "What?" "This one!" "You fucking cunt!" "I'll arrest you if you keep talking shit" "I'm so scared, Mr Cop" "Don't scare me like that" "I'm just a delicate girl" "Not tough like you men" "One look at us and you get a hard-on..." "And then you want it" "And when you finish, we have to pay you!" "You're sick!" "Well, blowhard, you got that right" "Fucking smartass, are you?" "Get down on your belly!" "On your belly!" "Don't you know a cop is a gangster with a badge!" "Get the idea now?" "Now give Mr Cop a good fuck!" "Oh, Mr Cop!" "Lift up your ass!" "You're so bad, Mr Gangster Cop" "Sluts are there to be fucked, aren't they?" "Mr Cop!" "You want to fuck me?" "Then I want to rape you!" "That hurts!" "Hello?" "Sorry, I can't come today" "It's okay, your work comes first" "Have you finished moving in?" "Need any help?" "It's done" "That was quick!" "Then how about a kiss?" "No" "I have to get something" "Your work comes first" "Then... bye-bye" "Didn't you say you were busy?" "I'm here, ain't I?" "The first three years with my husband we made love almost every day" "In different places" "At different times" "As soon as met we couldn't tear ourselves apart" "Wherever we found ourselves we had to do it right away" "Just like animals in heat" "But I was never ashamed" "I just thought no other couple in the world could match what we had" "Just as no-one could match us" "Each time we saw each other every cell in our bodies tingled longing for each other's cells" "As if they were crying out mouths wide open..." ""I want, I want, I want"" "That's very good" "So what's the problem?" "Now it's different, isn't it?" "You can't imagine your husband making love to another woman" "Learning that he's having an affair has totally destroyed you" "How did you know?" "The love that thrilled you fell apart" "Your trust in the man you trusted most fell apart" "It started a chain reaction" "Your belief system fell apart" "Your philosophy fell apart" "The meaning of life fell apart" "Your very self fell apart into pieces" "You panic" "But no matter how hard you try you can't put the pieces back together" "Every day you ask yourself..." ""What's going on?" "What's going on?"" ""How can this be happening?" "How can this be happening?"" "Every day you recall every last detail of your lovemaking" "Every position" "Every one of his caresses" "Every angle he twisted your body" "Every one of your cries of ecstasy" "All your orgasmic pleas to stop" "And then the painful thoughts kick in" "How can he do the same things with another woman?" "You imagine your husband going to her" "And right after she opens the door how he pulls up her skirt pulls down her panties tells her to lift up her ass" "All the things he liked to do to you" "You imagine them fucking in the open, in tall grass" "On the staircase of some building" "In your husband's car randomly parked somewhere in Taipei" "Or maybe your husband's driving and she's going up and down on his crotch" "You imagine her groaning, panting, begging" "You imagine him saying to her..." ""I love fucking you"" ""I want to fuck you to death"" "All of those words which you thought he could only say to you" "It's just as if the two of them are giving their selves to each other" "Falling asleep in each other's arms" "All of this keeps playing in your mind" "It's freaking you out" "You're almost going insane" "Day after day after day after day" "Every day you cry so hard you can't sleep" "And in the morning you wake up in complete shock" "You sit up from a sleeping position..." "Your mouth is dry..." "You're desperately searching..." "But you don't know what you're looking for" "Still, you understand very clearly that you're gone" "You no longer exist" "You don't have the slightest sense of being alive" "You panic... panic..." "Panic" "Without knowing it, you're in tears" "You can't stop crying" "You just can't stop" "What should I do?" ""Gensheng Road, Taidong City"" "Is this for the previous tenant?" "Miss Tseng?" "She lives in 402" "No, I've just moved in there" "She was there before me" "Number 538, Apartment 402" "Let me check" "Oh, you're Miss Wu..." "Wu Ruoyun" "She's already moved out" "But she keeps getting letters" "Can I leave them here with you?" "Then she can pick them up when she comes back" "I can't do anything about that" "Well then..." "Sorry" "Never mind" "Sorry, sorry..." ""Miss Tseng Yazhu"" "This is the fourth one already" "There's no sender's address" "The stamps caught my eye" "They're all mailed from the East coast" "All from different places" "Hello?" "In a meeting" "It wasn't planned..." "A foreign client just flew in" "I'm can't do dinner" "How about a drink?" "How about a drink and a movie?" "There are people here" "I love you" "I love you" "I love you" "I don't know yet" "I'll be through here soon, okay?" "It's a foreign client" "I'll finish here soon, okay?" "Fine, let's talk when I'm back" "Here's another brand" "See if this is what you want" "This ones" "It plays cassette tapes?" "Yes, yes, if it's a tape, it will play it" "But I don't recommend it" "Seriously" "Everyone uses MP3 now" "This kind of thing is obsolete" "Ruoyun..." "Aren't you an Aquarius?" "I found this site on the web" "It says if I'm a Cancer and you're an Aquarius then the two of us are a perfect match!" "It couldn't be better!" "100%!" "Yazhu..." "Do you remember this place?" "We once sat here together recording the sound of the sea" "I remember you said that you liked that I looked so serious while I was working" "You liked to stand beside me, holding your breath imagining all the awesome sounds I was capturing with my boom mike" "You liked my sensitivity to sound and my dedication" "It was right here that we made the wish together" "To travel around the country recording sounds from every corner of Taiwan" "And it was you who came up with the title for all these sounds" "It was..." ""The Sounds of Formosa"" "What's inside it?" "An audio tape" "Thank you" "Where're you from?" "I'm from Taipei" "What's your name?" "Do you have a girlfriend?" "Will you introduce me to one?" "No!" "What's your name?" "Me?" "My name's Xiao Tang" "Any pretty teachers in your school?" "Yes!" "What's your name?" "Me?" "My name's Xiao Tang" "Any pretty teachers in your school?" "Yes!" "Miss Lily Chen!" "How many characters in her name?" "Three!" ""BETELNUTS"" "Hi, what would you like?" "A beer" "Beer?" "NT$50" "Thanks" ""This is a love connection"" ""Between you and me"" ""When the phone rings..."" ""...it's time for love to whisper"" ""Nobody but us can have it"" ""Not even for a fleeting moment"" ""Because for us..."" ""...there's never enough time"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" "Hey!" "Who are you?" "Are you a 'betelnut beauty'?" "Yes, I am" "If you're the beauty then I'll be the betelnut" ""This is a love connection"" ""Between you and me"" ""When the phone rings..."" ""...it's time for love to whisper"" ""Nobody but us can have it"" ""Not even for a fleeting moment"" ""Because for us..."" ""...there's never enough time"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" "Who the hell are you?" "I'm a betelnut" "Morning!" "Going out?" "That long, furry thing you're carrying..." "What is it?" "It's for recording sound" "Do you know any special sounds around here?" "Special sounds?" "Anything striking" "I want to record them" "Special sounds..." "I know..." "Take the road behind the hotel" "After a kilometer or so you come to a wood" "There's some interesting sounds there" "What kind of sounds?" "You might not find them interesting" "It depends" "I think they are" "That's okay, go on" "There's lots of squirrels there" "In the afternoon you can hear them courting" ""Gagaga!"" "Very noisy, but funny to hear!" "Really" "Go take a look" "Okay" "Should I go to the Karaoke with him tonight?" "With who?" "The guy I was just talking about!" "The funny guy who sang with me yesterday" "Will you come too?" "Sure" "We can all go together" "Good" "We can scam him for some cash" "Are you sure?" "He's a tourist" "Why not?" "Tourists are asking to be scammed!" "Anyhow..." "Forget about going to Karaoke" "Go straight to his room" "We'll need a signal" "Something to tell us when to burst in ...a signal" "Go straight to his room" "Forget about going to Karaoke" "Go straight to his room" "Just meet up with him in his room?" "Ma'am..." "Young man" "Excuse me..." "Did you get that sound?" "Which sound?" "The sound of the squirrels courting" "Oh..." "Yes, I did" "Great!" "Thanks" "Ma'am, I'm looking for the guest in Room 252" "One moment, let me see..." "He's still out" "Really?" "Thank you" "You're welcome" "Hello..." "He's not here" "I'll play you that "Gagaga" sound right away" "Good" "Wait a minute..." "Hey..." "Have you heard the sound of squirrels courting?" "What's it like?" "Listen carefully..." ""Gagaga"" ""Gagaga"" "That's right!" "You learn fast..." "No..." "Now you're a squirrel" "To get me undressed, you have to woo me loudly!" "Wow!" "Of all the people I've met you're the most talented" "Make it loud!" ""Gagaga"" "Louder" ""Gagaga!"" "Still louder" ""Gagaga!"" "What the fuck are you two doing?" "You are so screwed!" "You cheat on me?" "I should use you like a whore!" "Having fun with my wife?" "You're in big fucking trouble!" "Who are you?" "I'm your fucking father!" "Ladies and gentlemen..." "I know what you're up to" "But don't go on with this" "How much should we take him for?" "Half a million" "Too little... a million" "I think one and a half million" "Half a million each" "Ah Bin..." "When we burst in you take the pictures" "Okay?" "Yeah" "Got a camera?" "My cellphone will do" "How is this possible?" "What's going on?" "Hurry, grab the stuff, run!" "Quick!" "Hey!" "Are you alright?" "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "I saved your ass!" "What do you do for a living?" "You don't have to get back to work?" "If I tell you, you won't believe me" "I deal drugs" "Never..." "The drugs I deal, you can't see" "They anesthetize people's minds" "Sounds complicated" "What the hell does that mean?" "You are seriously weird" "Whatever sound you want I can make it for you" ""La la la"" ""Hotline you and me"" ""Of all the people I've met..."" ""...you're the most talented"" ""Hey!"" ""I came to save your ass!"" "Xiao Tang!" "We'll launch a big media campaign" "In magazines newspapers, on buses, on the internet..." "All at the same time!" "I must also thank you for the successful press conference" "The clients are very satisfied" "You're our man for the next press release" "I'll treat you to dinner sometime" "French, Indian... whatever you like" "Anything you want" "Of course, there's plenty of time..." "Don't think that sending her those tapes will make her come back to you" "Just regard this trip as a ceremony of self-redemption" "Don't expect too much" "Don't think you know everything just because you're a shrink" "You have a cellphone?" "Can I borrow it?" "Hello?" "Hello" "It's me" "Ah Tsai?" "Where are you?" "I'm in Taidong" "What the hell are you doing there?" "That's typical, you're so irresponsible" "You take off without a word" "Many people are worrying about you!" "You know that?" "You just think about yourself" "So self-centered!" "Who is it?" "It's me" "Can I come in?" "It's very late" "I'd like to sleep here tonight" "Is that okay?" "No, not really" "I saw him" "Your boyfriend?" "We're not even divorced yet" "Ah Tsai..." "Do you think the Milky Way has a sound?" "I've never heard that idea before" "That's because you've never listened" "Really?" "No, it doesn't" "There's no sound there" "You have to be in tune with it" "You know?" "Silly..." "October 14th, 2006" "Changbing..." "The sound of a windbreak forest" "October 24th, 2006" "Changbing..." "The sound of a windbreak forest" "I've found it" "October 16th, 2006" "Chenggong..." "The sound of a fish auction" "October 26th, 2006" "Chenggong..." "Site of the fish auction" "I've found it" "Madam" "Hey" "Sorry to bother you" "Please listen to this sound" "Listen to what?" "It's a tape" "Have a listen to see if you know where it is" "They're aboriginal people" "They sound like old folk and children" "There are so many windbreak forests" "They sound all the same" "But I have been to Changbing" "I think it's the same sound" "Miss Why are you listening to that?" "For no reason really" "I just want to go to the place where that sound comes from To feel it" "Miss, why do you want to feel it?" "Just to feel it" "What's the point of that?" "It's too vague" "It's impossible to find a place just its sound" "Madam" "This envelope..." "Is it yours?" "Yes, it's ours" "Then do you remember a sound recordist staying here before?" "A sound recordist?" "Was he holding something very big like a big microphone." "Very furry at the front" "I guess so" "He said he came to record the the sounds of Taiwan" "What kind of person was he?" "He was very nice." "Pleasant talking, nice attitude" "What did he look like?" "Look like..." "He was gentle looking, thin very handsome, easy going" "Are you his ..." "Why are you asking so many questions?" "We are friends" "Really?" "If you are his friend how come you don't know what he looks like?" "Well..." "Excuse me" "I'd been with Yazhu for five years" "From the time I graduated right through my military service until I became a sound recordist" "I thought we were meant for each other" "When I was with her I felt peaceful and happy" "I thought she felt the same way" "Maybe she did, once" "I really loved her very much" "And I really needed her too" "There were many things that I understood only after we broke up" "Actually she broke up with me" "That night, as usual I called her before going to sleep" "We both had jobs by then" "So we didn't meet so often" "We were chatting away when she suddenly said..." ""Don't you think we both need a change?"" "I thought she was kidding" "So I tried to laugh it off" "But she went on..." ""I want to break up with you"" ""I'm serious"" "Yazhu really wanted to stop seeing me" "She wasn't joking" "I'd always thought our world was stable" "With her I could take all the pressures" "Difficulties..." "Setbacks..." "Depressions" "Even pains" "Because I knew with her understanding just her being there she'd support me" "She'd believe in me" "She'd give me strength" "And that would be enough" "Since the break-up, my life has been a mess" "Why can't I remember all the details?" "I'm thinking of the months before I couldn't accept that we'd seen our last movie together" "That we'd slept in each other's arms for the last time" "That we'd had a meal together for the last time" "There were so many things we hadn't yet done together" "We hadn't been abroad together" "We hadn't seen snow together" "We hadn't made" ""Sounds of Formosa" together" "Now you are Yazhu" "I am you" "I expected to feel sad after the break-up" "I'd be heart-broken" "But I thought after the pain life would go on" "My life would still move forward" "I've realized only slowly that since you left me I don't know how to go on living without you" "You have to be strong" "You know?" "Silly..." "I'm also on my own" "I have to take care of myself too" "If you truly love me you have to remember what I told you" "Be good" "Don't make me worry" "Don't make me sad" "You got that?" "I will" "I'll be good" "I'll be good" ""Girl, your boyfriends..."" ""...are all leading lights"" ""Ugly guys like us..."" ""...don't deserve your love"" ""There's no place for me in your dreams"" ""It drives me to drink every day!"" ""My dearest girl..."" ""...goodbye from the bottom of my heart"" ""How can I forget you?"" ""Grandpa, Grandma..."" ""What am I to do?"" ""How will I ever forget her?"" "Miss!" "Sing with us!" "I can't sing" "It doesn't matter" "Just let it out" ""If you don't believe..."" ""..." "God knows"" ""Believe it or not..."" "What's your name?" "Ruoyun" ""Ruoyun, Ruoyun..."" ""There's no true love"" "Open your mind!" "Okay" "Just sing along, alright?" "Then, when I sing you follow" "Okay" "Go for it" "Ruoyun!" "Ruoyun!" "Now you can sing!" "Take care!" "Goodbye!" "Goodbye!" "Take care!" "Goodbye!" "Hey..." "What about you?" "What happened between you and your wife?" "And what's that wedding invitation in your hand all about?" "The girl I liked in college got married here" "So you came for a wedding in Taidong" "Hey..." "This was three years ago" "I didn't go to her wedding three years ago" "So you're three years late" "The wedding's probably over by now" "It was only after she got married that I started to miss her" "I've been wondering whether or not she's been happy since then" "I haven't seen her in ten years" "Surely it hasn't taken you ten years to find out she's your real soulmate?" "Very possibly" "But she's already married" "So even you shrinks have shitty storylines!" "Shitty storylines indeed" "Gensheng Road... 577" "What number is it?" "We're there" "How can that be?" "Where's 591?" "Sir..." "Excuse me" "Where's 591, Gensheng Road?" "591?" "You're in 589 here but that's 595 over there" "Why is there no 591?" "Well..." "Some houses were demolished a while back" "It's an alley now" "So you might not find it" "Oh, I see" "So there's no longer a 591" "That's right" "Do you know of a woman who got married there three years ago?" "Was there?" "In her thirties 160 cm tall" "Good-looking" "Light-skinned and thin" "I really don't know" "No-one comes to mind" "You're sure it was in Taidong?" "You go ahead" "Then take care of yourself" "Bye bye" "I want to talk to you so much" "So why couldn't I do it?" "Why can't you care more about me?" "Why don't you ever know what I need?" "I'm so tired" "Do you know..." "However much physical contact we have it doesn't fill the emptiness in my heart" "We never really get to where" "I want to go" "Now I'm sitting by the sea" "Recording the words I want to say to you" "But you won't hear them" "November 2nd, 2006" "Do you know where I am?" "Do you know where I am?" "Please choose which service you require" "Please choose the amount of cash" "Your transaction is in progress, please wait" "Please take your card" "Your receipt is being printed, please wait" "Please take your receipt" "Your account is now overdrawn" "Thank you using this service" "Please come again" "Please insert your card later" ""Southern Most Point"" "Yazhu..." "Listen..." "This is the sound of the southernmost point" "There's still a lot I'd like to say to you" "But..." "I think..." "I will end the recording of "Sounds of Formosa" here" "It takes the most distant course" "To come nearest to yourself" "And the training is at its most intricate" "When it leads to the utter simplicity of a tune." "We have to knock at every alien door" "To finally come to our own" "To find ourselves" "It takes the most distant course" "To come nearest to yourself," "Come, come, come..." "It takes the most distant course" "To arrive at the place where one started" "It is the final climb" "To arrive at absolute pastoral beauty" "We have to go through each illusory dream" "To finally come to our own door," "To our own field" "It takes the most distant course" "To come nearest to yourself." "It takes the most distant course" "To arrive at the place one misses most."