"Susuri Sabaha" "Hi!" "It's me Kenji." "I'm not in right now so please leave a message and I'll call you back" "Kenji this is mom are you still sleeping?" "Hello mom?" "No I wasn't sleeping I was taking a shower" "Yeah, I'm fine How's dad?" "Did you send the money?" "Still?" "Please..." "I am going to get a job next month" "what?" "I can't be bothered" "okay, wait" "When is it?" "Tomorrow?" "What time?" "Eleven thirty" "Where?" "At JFK" "How long is he staying for?" "What?" "Gosh!" "Mom, he's not like my friend or anything" "He's your friend's son" "All right okay, anyway" "I'll take care of it" "I'll show him the statute of liberty but more importantly don't forget the money" "Alright, take care" " Hi" " Hi" "I'm waiting for my friend" "But I'll have an espresso now" " Do you know what time is it now?" " No, sorry" " Here you go" " Thanks, excuse me" "What happened to the clock?" "It was always there" "What was it you just ordered?" "Never mind" " It's decaf?" " Oh, is it?" "I'm sorry" "See today's my first day here but you can really tell?" "Wow that's amazing" "I mean I can tell the difference between diet coke and regular" "But decaf from caffeinated" " It's just from drinking a lot of coffee" " I drink a lot of coffee too" "But I actually they say you Japanese are much smarter than us" "Thank you" "Hey, you okay?" "Sorry your watch" " I wanted to know the time" " Are you okay?" "Do you need an ambulance?" "Or menu?" "No" " A double espresso would be fine" " All right" "Do you want my espresso?" " Oh thank you" "It's decaf actually but you want?" "Thanks, I need some strong coffee now" "I just had a strange deja vu" "Oh yeah?" "I had a very strange dream this morning too" "Really?" "What kind of a dream?" "It was..." "I forgot" " Are you French?" " No" " Swedish?" " No" "You are definitely European what other countries I'm missing?" "Dutch?" " Danish?" " I'm from Germany" "Oh, what a great country" "You know what, it's too bad that you didn't make it to the finals in the World Cup" "I think you should've played against Brazil" "Because it was a really good team" "Germany always had best players like Beckenbauer Schumacher, Rummenigge" "But the greatest of all was Gerd Muller" " No?" " I don't watch soccer games" "This is mine" "And this is yours" "This is her first day" "Wait!" "Hey!" "Wait!" "Who are you?" " Thank you" " No, Thank you" "What?" "He said he didn't blow up the world trade center" "Just kidding" " He said he stopped you for no reason" " No reason?" "No, I saw him in my dream I saw you too" " Who are you?" " I?" "I am..." "But?" " He also wants to thank you" " Thank me?" "For what?" "He's been running all his life he must've been tired" " We must go" " Wait wait wait" "I don't get it okay?" " How do you want me to disappear?" " What?" "Never mind I'll see you" "Leaving already?" "Can I see you again?" "I mean maybe we can go to a movie" "I'm leaving tomorrow" " And I live in Paris" " Whoa Paris" " What about tonight?" " Tonight?" "If you don't have any plans I'm sure you do, but" "I won't talk about soccer anymore I promise 6 o'clock over here at the cafe" "You don't have to show up if you're busy but I'm gonna be here anyway" "But um..." "I have to find out what my friend is up to" "You can bring your friend if you want 7 or 8?" "Six" " But I can't promise" " Yeah sure" "Au revoir" " You are late" " I'm not, I was here earlier" "Excuse me can you tell him that I was here earlier?" "See, I told you" "Actually I thought you left without paying" " Oh I'm sorry" " No it's okay she took care of it" "Who?" "The girl, you know the one who's like..." " You want anything else?" " No" " Wow she likes me?" " She like you, what do you mean she likes you?" "She asked what you want she likes me, she touched me see?" "Not her, I'm talking about someone else" "Now this one's caffeinated it's not decaffeinated" "Anyway sorry I don't wanna be late again" "My mother she call us when I'm gonna go out the door you know" "She wanna talk about my cousin wedding you know," "The party they're gonna have after the wedding the food my aunt's gonna make and the people who gonna come..." "You know how mama is I'm not gonna hang up, you know?" "It's alright, actually I was going to thank you for being late" "Or otherwise I couldn't have the chance to talk to the girl" "Did you see her?" "She just left" "She was beautiful, I have never seen such a beautiful woman" "I mean for a German woman actually I thought she was French" "But no wonder, she lives in Paris" "Another tourist girl eh?" "What was your first line?" "First line?" "What you say to her?" "Hey baby?" "Oh I said..." " You mind if I tell you?" " Yes, um no um, sure" "Are you okay?" "That was your first line" "Why you say that?" "Why she look awful or something?" "No no no no no..." "She fainted" "And he ran over to her and held her in his arms it was quite something" "So I said to myself this guy just won the lotto but unfortunately it was downhill from there" "He offered his decaf but she wanted something caffeinated" "Then it took him four countries to guess where she was from" "And when he found out she was German," "He started talking about soccer which of course she wasn't interested" "Snob" "And then suddenly he jumped up and ran outside" "And she had to pay for his drink" "And I'm seeing her tonight" " No, that's impossible" " We are having dinner together" "I'm impressed" "From what I saw here it was a pretty lousy pickup" "Maybe she changed her mind" "But then a woman's mind is mobile as a car" "Come to think of it they call a car 'une voiture' in French" "But other cultures have spoken of the unpredictability of the woman" "And I didn't dare to write a song about it" "La do les mobile do da do da do da um ba um ba be le" "You know Pavarotti sings it" "You are Italian aren't you" "You are Japanese and the woman's..." "I have an interesting story for you guys" "A Japanese friend of mine his father was on business" "In small town in Milano of course you know Milano is in Italy" "What am I talking about you are Italian you know that" " Milano" " Yeah" "You don't mind me telling you this story I'm not boring you am I?" "May I?" "So anyway" "This Japanese fellow goes into a local bar by himself to have a drink" "Now not only is this tiny man the only oriental..." "Excuse me the Asian person in the bar but also..." "The very first since the bar opened back in the days of Mussolini" "Bartender wouldn't serve him one man stood up for him, a German businessman who also had come into the bar for a drink by himself" "Finally the bartender gave in" "And these two were having a drink together talking and they discovered that both their fathers had fought in the war so as they were reminiscing about the good old days the German raises glass to propose a toast and guess what he said?" "Next time, without Italians" "It's a 35" "They're yours?" "Are you a film maker?" "Could see..." "May I?" "Wait a minute" "I see Sean Connery here and Ursula Andress" "Look at her body now she is a woman" "Whatever happened to her?" "What do you think became of her?" "Nobody know Nobody know this" "Maybe now she drive in a convertible Mercedes with a jigallo" "Maybe now she nun she live in Himalayas nobody know" "That's why I'm going to make a documentary called" "Whatever happened to all the Bond girls" "Hey what is that book you are reading?" "Balzac" "I used to know a boy in school they throw him out of school because he copied Balzac" "I don't think nobody read this" "What's it about?" "Young man, ambitious lives in the provinces and goes to Paris tring to make it there but why do you ask me what it's about in amidst of reading it you are right it's just like watching movie" "while you are watching it you cannot tell it" "It's just like life itself" "You can't know about it until it you've lived it all" "Just like heaven, you don't know if you like until you have one" " That's irrelevant" " What does heaven have to do with Balzac" " Balzac is French you know?" " Oh yeah" "That's irrelevant" "Hey what's wrong?" "You no like?" "General Cho's chicken is the best" "Kenji!" "Munch" "I had a very strange dream this morning" "Really?" "A woman was chasing a guy in Baghdad" "Sounds fun" "But I saw them again I mean in real life" "These are people I have never met before" "Don't you normally dream about people you know?" "Or people you gonna meet in the future" "What time is it now?" "I don't know, two, two- thirty why you gotta go?" "No not really I'm just wondering" "So whaddaya want to do?" "If you want, we gonna look at some gallery" "That's cheap we look at the arts we look at the chicks" "I know one gallery in Green street they got a hot chicks over there" " I forget the name of the gallery" " Is this good?" "Good, it's Lubich, Lubich is the god" "You can borrow if you want but don't forget to return tomorrow?" "Thank you" "And good luck tonight" "Hey I got something for you I got Italian condoms very nice very thin" "I think they gonna be too big for you you know Japanese what they say" "Oh, no" " Excuse me" " Hold on" "Thank you" "What can I do for you?" "Do you remember the girl I was talking to this afternoon?" "No" "What do you mean you don't know?" "She fainted, payed my check and she was German" "Oh you have me confused with my sister" "I wasn't working this afternoon" "Okay, well" "Was there a girl about this height with long hair and I think she came at six maybe she was with a guy but" "No, there was a man and a woman here a few minutes ago they just left they were looking for somebody" " Any messages?" " No" "All right, I'm busy" " Sit down" " Thanks" "Sorry, I'm late" "Isn't that the guy who helped us out today?" " His girlfriend's pretty" " She's not his girlfriend" "How do you know?" "Just look at them, do they look like two people who had sex to you?" "I mean note the tension" "They are two perfect strangers who want something from each other" "All right, time to go we gotta pick up three guys on Mons street" "Yeah, but what about them?" "I thought" "I know you like her but you're not gonna get to see her again until she's old, ugly, fat and wrinkled and has hairs coming out of her chin" "As for him..." "You can't win me" " Is it my turn?" " Your turn" "What are you gonna do?" "I'll do this" "That's pretty good" "So, you're that good huh?" "Let me see what you've got" "Who are you?" "I am the 'goddess of death' Don't you know me?" "You are good at Chinese where did you learn it?" "I take all kinds of people" "Do you speak Mandarin too?" "Of course, I use it more than Cantonese" "Why don't you have dinner with us It's my birthday" "Well happy birthday to you" "But aren't you forgetting who I am?" "Let's play chess" "You seem awfully good at it If you win, you can take us all" " But if not..." " You've seen too many movies" "Be careful I'm the champion from Chongsan" "Oh, yes!" "I don't know this" "You're cheating us!" "Don't worry" "I'm not here to take you away just now" "But considering your profession I guess I'll be seeing you soon" "By the way" "Nice work" "thanks" "no" " You never smoke?" " Well it's not good for health" "Yeah why not?" "Sorry" "You remind me of someone I met in Paris" "Paris must be beautiful" "In fact, I thought it was him when I first saw you this afternoon" "Really?" "I just arrived in Paris and" "He was visiting from New York for a couple of weeks" " Did you meet him again?" " No" "But we wrote each other a couple of times" "He wrote such lovely letters, and..." "Are you from Berlin?" " Hamburg" " No" " Frankfurt" " No" "Dusseldorf" "Dortmund?" " Cologne" " No" "Studgarte?" " Munich?" " No" "Or..." "East Germany?" "No, I'm from Nuremburg" "You know pretty much about Germany" "Oh a little bit" "My knowledge about Germany is not just limited to soccer" "Well anyway" "You're a girl from Nuremburg and I'm a boy from Tokyo" "And we're meeting in New York I like that" "Hey" "You're Fabrizio's friend Right?" " What was your name?" " Kenji" "And you?" "Capri, like cigarette" "This is Timmy Timmy this is Kenji" "Kenji is a friend of a good friend of mine" "And um, and you're friend is?" "I'm Paula" "Oh, like Paula Abdul!" "No, like Paula Negri" "Well I'm Capri and this is Timmy" "Timmy is an IB, Investment Banker" "How are you?" "So, how is Fabrizio?" "Oh he is fine" "I haven't spoken to him for ages I have to give him a call" "You're a photographer right?" "No" "No no I'm sorry you're writer?" "No" "No?" "No wait a second" " Nothing" " You mean..." "Absolutely nothing" "Oh well, that's nice" "Well it's nice, it's not bad" "But you're Japanese though I mean don't the oriental people always work hard?" "Um not everybody" "See we have an emperor and he's not doing much either" "You have an emperor like in England?" "So tell me more about your country It's so fascinating" " You okay honey?" " Me?" "Something bothering you?" "You know why I like young people?" "'Cause they're young?" "Because it's such a challenge" "They have such a strong will to resist me" "Some of them even pretend I don't exist for them" "So I wait patiently for time to pass" "Usually they give in and embrace me" "So it's like a war they're playing or something" "Exactly" "So I feel heartbroken taking away the young ones" "I mean they make such beautiful plans for their lives you know?" "They're always asking me" "Who gets to decide who stays longer and who has to go?" "It's not my business" "Touchingly" "Not the heartless bitch I thought you were" "This is where I'm staying" "So..." "What time is your flight tomorrow?" "At noon" "What time is it now?" "Ah, I forgot you don't have a watch" "But I have a watch" "You wanna come up for a minute?" "We didn't finish our drinks" "Oh him?" "Don't worry He's sound asleep" " Chardonnay?" " Yeah, thank you" " Voila" " Thank you" "Sorry" "I was thinking about that man at the bar" "Oh yeah what was it all about?" "Did he do something obnoxious to you?" "No, nothing" "He just reminded me of someone I had an affair with" "Oh, was he a jerk?" "He killed himself" "Oh, I'm sorry" "You don't have to say you're sorry" "It's not your fault" "I can smell her now" "Who?" "Death" "I saw her today, really funny" "Seeing you enter her life on the same day" "What's that?" "A stone that will protect you from her" " This is for you" " Oh, thank you" " But what about you?" " I don't need it" "But if I do..." "you can FedEx it to me" "Thank you very much" " Why?" " We can't" " But I thought that we want..." " We just can't" " Is that because of him?" " Maybe" " Then come to my place" " No I can't" "But, did I do something wrong?" "This is my address and telephone number in Paris" "Will you write to me?" "Okay, then" "Give me yours and I'll write first" "Will you answer my letter though?" "It's time to go" "Come visit me in Paris" "Hey hey" "Hey it's that guy" "But he's alone now" "Wasn't he with that pretty girl?" "Do not be afraid Mr. Kenji" "Mother!" "Mother!" "Kenji, what's wrong?" "Sit down" "Thank you for coming here" "You must be tired from your journey" "Not at all ma'am, I've already recovered thanks to your hospitality" "You must be thirsty so I'll bring out some tea" "Thank you" "Thank you" "I hear that you have an entertainer named Bora in this town?" "Her reputation is all over the country" "I knew you'd wanna listen" "She's outside should I call her now?" "Yes, Madame" "Bora Sang" "Death is coming my way" "Now Death will be my life" "So how can I tell life from death?" "Bora Sang" "Kenji Sang, bye" "Um..." "I got you a present" " here" " Oh no, I couldn't take that" "Wait a minute Mother, what are you doing?" "You know who she is?" "You... will never see me again!" "Get lost!" "He's so impertinent..." "please forgive him" "It is all my fault" "But he's a good boy Please look after him" "Stop it!" " No" " Yes" "So this is it" "You know you're finally for me, huh?" "You know who I am?" "You're not afraid of me?" "Can you... come back a little later?" "I need some more sleep" "I won't run away I promise, Okay?" "Or you can sleep later?" "No, because I didn't sleep much and I just had a nightmare" "Or maybe I just Can I take a shower?" "Do you want some coffee?" " You know how to make coffee?" " Sure" "I mean some die while making coffee" "Do you use a plunger or an auto drip?" "Plunger, of course" " Be careful" " Thank you" "Don't burn your tongue" "By the way, you ran out of milk" "Shit!" "My last coffee without milk" "How convenient I don't have to buy any more milk" "But just a drop milk now would be perfect" "Or you can buy milk later" "What do you mean later?" "I thought everything was free in heaven" "That is..." "It's not your last coffee as longer as you drink another in the next 12 hrs" "In that case you'll have to buy some milk" "But it might be a waste of money because won't be able to finish it" "I mean you'll be gone and the milk will get all curdled in your fridge" "Unless you drink the whole carton today but I don't think you wanna do that do you?" "I mean, people drink milk to be healthy" "Are you saying that you're not taking me away now?" "No" "Then why are you here?" "I came here" "To tell you that I gotta pick you up tonight" " Tonight?" " 9pm, sharp" "Why are you telling me this?" "Because I felt like it" "Because I had to I owed you something" "That boy you helped us catch" "Without you, we'd still be chasing him" "No, no I didn't help you I'm not a murderer" "No I didn't say you're a murderer I just said that you helped us" "No, it's not what I did" "I just wanted to talk to the guy because he was in my dream the night before that's all" "I'm not accusing you of anything I'm thanking you" "Yesterday you said that I was also in your dream" "Twice" "I don't know why but you were wearing a Kimono" "It was beautiful" "What color was it?" "I couldn't tell because it was in black and white so..." "Do you always appear in people's dreams before you take them away" "I don't know, see I don't remember being in anybody's dream" "I don't even know how to dream because I never sleep" "You're never tired?" "No I wish I were though" "I wish I could dream like you guys" "Go to bed..." "Make love..." "Why am I dying?" "Why?" "Always why, why why?" "Why do people die?" "Okay then how am I going to die?" " Does it matter?" " Why are you taking me now?" "I mean, did I do anything wrong?" "No, right?" " So, I guess you don't like me?" " Well, who does?" "Oh, that hurts Here I am, trying to be good to you" "Oh yeah if you wanna do me good why don't you let me live longer?" "I've been a good guy right?" "Listen handsome, I wish I didn't have to come for you now but that's how it goes" "Good guys don't live forever" "I've gotta take everyone sooner or later" "What?" "What is it?" "No I just gave something to my friend and..." "Is there any chance..." "Don't even think of trying to escape me that is a game you'll never win" "So just enjoy while you can" "I didn't have to do this I mean I could have just come tonight to pick you up 9 pm" "And you would've been sorry for yourself because you wouldn't have been able to finish it" "By telling you now, it's as though "ve given you 12 free hours" "So go out and live a little" "Do whatever you've always wanted to do because it's not gonna come back" "See you tonight" "Hello Mom, this is me, Kenji" "You don't have to send any money I'm okay" "I got a job" "I'll tell you what it's about later" "I'll go to the airport for my friend, myself" "I called because I just wanted to listen to your voice" "It's not funny" "Alright..." "I have to go to work now" "Bye bye no you hang up first, bye" "Airport please" "Which one?" "JFK I guess" "Lucky guess" "Okay are you coming, are you going?" "Departure, arrival or what?" "Do you know which airline flies to Paris?" "Come on now lots of airlines that fly to Paris" "Tower, Delta, Continental if you're like me..." "Pakistan Airways..." "and of course, Air France" "Oh, Air France please" "Hi" "Hello, may I help you?" "What is the gate number for the noon flight to Paris?" "I'm sorry we don't have a noon flight but we have a regular flight at 6, 7, and 9, 10 And we have the Concord which departs at 1:30pm" "Do you know which airline has a noon flight?" "Um, sorry I don't have that information here sir" "But you can check the departure monitor" "What about the Concord?" "Is it expensive?" "It is" "What time is it going to arrive in Paris?" "It will arrive at Charles DeGaulles at 11:15pm" " Local time?" " Yes" "Would you still like to know the airfare?" "No thanks" "How much do you have?" "I only got a 20 with me now do you wanna share a cab?" "You're going to Manhattan, aren't you?" "Then help me with the bag" "You're an actor, aren't you" "Me?" "Yes, you were in the  weren't you?" "No, that wasn't me" "You Chinese people all look alike to me" " Um I'm Japanese" " Whatever" "So you saw that movie?" "But don't you think that you're a little young for that?" "Why?" "Because I'm not supposed to know about those thing?" "But I do" "I actually know much more than girls of my age ever get to learn" "For instance, do you believe sex is everything there is?" "I do, people pretend it's only a part of life the careers, sex, money, religion traveling, ethnic food adopting a child from Korea as if they're all meaningful" "It's just a pretext" "All that really matters is sex" "I'm glad I know all this I don't wanna be disillusioned later" "Can you imagine what'll happen to me when I'm a sexually competent woman?" "Probably every man I meet will try to sleep with me" "Some of them will, some of them won't" "Some of them I'll just have to reject what a life to live" "Now I must say goodbye to you" " No it's okay" " Thanks a lot for the ride" " This is for you" " Oh thank you" "Bye" "I love..." "Paris" "Hey you" "Come here" "Come over here, sit down come on I'll give you a reading" "Come on, come on, come to me come on sit down I give you a reading" "So what do want?" "You want Tarot Cards or palm reading?" "I just wanna know how long I will live 20 dollars" "Thank you Give me your hand" "To the palm" "Oh, definitely you'll live at least 50 years" "I see three children 7 grand children and a lot of money coming to you..." " That's it" " Excuse me?" "Give me my money back" " What, is there a problem or something?" " Didn't you hear me?" "That was bullshit okay?" "I want the money back now" "Your twenty and go Goodbye" "You want a reading?" "10 Dollars" "I just wanna know how long I will live" "Here" "What?" "Am I already dying?" "I cannot take your money" "So it's true I'm dying tonight right?" "Please tell me more when is it gonna happen?" " What is gonna happen, how will I die?" " There is nothing I can help you" " Okay I'm sorry I must go" " Is there any way I can change it?" " I'm so sorry, I cannot help you" " Tell me some more!" "Please don't go!" "Eh Kenji, what's up?" "Do you have time now?" "There's something I have to tell you" "What is it?" "Not here, can you?" "Okay okay, not now, how about in an hour or something" "I'm gonna take a break then" "Okay no, actually an hour and a half, at the cafe" "Hey, Kenji" " Are you alright?" " Sure" "No, no, you don't look so good something got inside of you" "Um, I'll tell you at the cafe okay?" " Ciao" " Okay, ciao ciao" "I see you everyday" "So how'd it go with that German girl last night?" "Oh well, we had great sex yesterday and this morning" "Yeah, that's great that's great" "Aren't the German girls the easiest?" "Yeah those Europeans..." "certainly know what they want" "You know what I think?" "I think we should send all these uptight" "Puritan Americans girls overseas and educate them that's what I think" "Listen, why don't you read your book if that's what you're here for" "Finish it while you can Life is short" "Wow..." "So Mr. Filthy make nasty" "But I respect your honesty" "Can I be honest with you?" "This book" "I'm not really reading this book" "I haven't read a page of the first of this book but do you know what's funny this is funny" "It doesn't make any difference" "Everyday people see me carrying this book" "Whether or not I read it the appearance will be the same" "'Ah..." "Balzac'" "And if I decide two weeks from now not to carry the book" "Everyone will assume that I've finished it" "And someone might think to ask 'what did you think of the book?" "'" "All I have to say is" "I liked it, or I didn't like it" "Truth not that important" "It's what one believes" "Ahh... another target" "Very difficult one" "Ain't life full of mystery?" "Surprise" "How in the wide world of sports are we supposed to be expected to believe" "That this young, beautiful, lovely can be with this old crusty piece of a fart" "I mean, is it because he has a lot of money" "Or maybe, maybe he has a huge dick" "Maybe she got a wrinkle fetish" "Well one thing about it we do find solace in the fact that" "Maybe being an old man isn't such a bad thing after all" "Do you have a cigarette?" "Shame on you" "Excuse me?" "Aren't you ashamed of seducing such a young woman?" "Behave like an old man" " Do I look like an old man?" " Of course you don't think you're still a teenager do you?" "Oh no, not for some time" "So find someone your age" "Young man" "I know all this seems a little absurd to you when I was your age I felt the same way" "But when you're a little older you'll understand" "I'm glad I won't have to" "You should let her go she doesn't belong to you" "That young lady is to meet guys of her age" "You wanna meet her, right?" "No, not me, I'm dying tonight" " Excuse me?" " Don't worry, I'm not committing suicide" "I just found out that I'm going to die tonight" "Ah, very interesting Anouk, Anouk" " What's your name?" " Kenji" "Ah, Japanese" "Well I'm John, this is Anouk" "This is Kenji Anouk is Korean" " I was" " Yes but she was raised in Paris" "This young man tells me he's gonna die tonight" "Really?" "How're you gonna die?" "Um, she didn't tell me that part, so..." " She?" " Death" "Well she showed up this morning and told me that I'm going to die tonight" "So she hopes I can do whatever I want" "Isn't that nice?" "Well aren't you gonna fight her?" "What for?" "I'm not a fool Would you?" "Well I don't know" "I haven't met her yet" "So, what are your plans?" "Um..." "Oh, what time is it now?" "Three o'clock" "You don't have a watch?" "Yep, well actually I was going to buy one a month ago couldn't make up my mind analog, digital..." "Don't you have someone to share this with?" "Don't you have a girlfriend?" "Yeah she left for Paris this morning and" "If I had known earlier I think I would have followed her" "I've never been there and I thought Paris would be a great place to die" "Because Marlene Dietrich died there and so did Jim Morrison" "But the problem was the flight was at 6 and it takes 6 hours to get there then I thought about the Concord I could be there in three hours but" "It's six hours ahead in Paris and when she said nine, I wasn't sure" "If she meant eastern time or the local time wherever I would be" "I didn't want to take the risk besides I didn't have my passport with me and..." "Well well" "It's your party" "I'd like you to come to my place tonight" "Anouk and I are hosting a small dinner party and" "We'd would like you to be there We'll give you the address" "And I think it should be fun if you have nothing better to do" "There'll be girls there your age" "Well thank you for your invitation but... what's the use?" "You say you're gonna die, tonight?" "Don't you think you should live life..." "to the last minute?" "Last second?" "We'd really like you to come" "If you don't we're gonna be very sad" "Anouk" "Ah so you see her?" " Her name is Anouk" " You talk to her?" "While I'm coming too late what's your secret on women?" "Ah so what are you gonna talk to me about?" "Oh yeah, I don't have much time" "I want you to mail this for me and the address is inside" "And I don't have the envelope or the stamp but please" "Is this why you gotta see me?" "Who is this the German chick you met last night?" "I can't explain now" "I don't want you to know..." "It's funny" "I can talk to stranger anything but you..." "You can read it if you want but not now" " Okay man, what is it?" " Not now, please" "Okay, I gotta go back to work now" "You wanna go out later, maybe I'll go to Spanish Body tonight" " Sure" " Okay I'll call you" "Okay, ciao" "Wait wait wait" "I'm glad I met you" "You're very weird today" " Ciao" " Ciao" "Oh my, oh my, oh my God that's your friend man..." "Oh Jesus it's terrible did you see him?" "Let's see... is it suicidal?" "Let's see his hands..." "Leave him alone!" "Hey, what's that?" " Rubber, don't you know?" " I don't need it" " You do, okay?" " No I don't" "You know well you know what, I do" "Okay, forget the fuck let's just talk, okay?" " Shit I just wasted my condom" " Don't worry I'll pay you" "Who the hell do you think you are?" "Richard Gere?" " I'll pay you by the minute" " Do you think I'm a fucking taxi?" "Well you buy a fuck from me not time" "Hey I'll pay you" "I'm available" "Thanks but..." "You can talk to me if you want" "Okay" "So how much do you want for 10 minutes?" "You're kind of cute you can just talk to me" " What's your name?" " Lulu" "Kenji, what's up?" "How's business?" "Oh slow, I'm kind of depressed I'm on my period" "I broke up with my boyfriend 2 weeks ago" "And his best friend raped me 2 days ago" "And my landlord's trying to kick me out" "Oh I miss my boyfriend" " And you, how's everything for you?" " Not bad" "Oh, let me ask you something" "What would you do if you find out you're dying tonight?" "It's a weird question" "You're not some of psychopath, are you?" "No no I'm not I'm just asking" "I'd take a nap" "And go out and embrace a stranger at the last minute" " That's all?" " What more could you possibly want?" "I know what you're thinking" "But that's what makes men different from women" "I'm glad I'm not a man anymore though I still love them" "You know what I like about them?" "It's what they have right there" "I guess you don't like them you just like yours right?" "That's selfish but it's okay it's a deceptive thing for me" "I can't imagine life without one" "So you still have it?" "Oh God no dead like a dinosaur" "You can touch it if you want to" "Joyce, Proust" "Balzac" "I've never read any of them and I won't be able to" "Thank you" "It's quite a coincidence that we meet again" "What are you talking about?" "Well at the gallery..." "don't you remember?" "Oh that's right you were at the gallery No wonder you look familiar" "You mean..." "You don't remember what happened?" "No, what happened?" "Well, you and I..." "Never mind" "Ah, so you did come after all" "Jean, this is Kenji the young man I told you about" "Hello" " You..." " Yes?" "What are you doing here?" "What kind of a trick Is it now?" "Excuse me?" " Jean is Anouk's brother" " No" "Yes, of course not biological" "My parents adopted her when she was just a baby" "You see they were a sort of Maoist in the 60s, and after May '68" "They felt so defeated and disillusioned that they wanted to adopt a child..." " Non, qu'est- ce que tu veux?" " Mais, alors c'est vrai" "Comme toi" "Thank you" "Anyway you have no idea how ignorant they were" "Anouk here is from South Korea" "A capitalist country where American imperialism blossomed" " You're from Japan, yes?" " Yes" "Interesting" "Okay come over here I want to talk to you" "So tell me" "How is it that America dropped its A- bombs 50 years ago but now, every Japanese kid is crazy about America" "Well 50 years can be long enough" "Oh, I heard that you only have 5 hours to live or something" " Three" " It's not very long" "Wait, I have a very good idea don't move" "What did you do with the rest of the afternoon?" "Well nothing much" "Are they your paintings Mr. Sage?" " And you do know who I was" " Not really" "But you're famous?" "Well, my paintings sell, that's all" "Come here I wanna show you something" "I don't know what to say" "Can someone like something without understanding it?" "I mean can I only like the appearance?" "Well sometimes the appearance is everything there is" "You mean the meaning is all subjective?" "Appearances could be subjective" "I'm gonna call this 'Portrait of a young man with 3 hours to live'" "Don't mind him he often does those things" " Is he also an artist?" " In a broader sense, yes" "This is our flag I mean the Japanese flag" "It's not a flag it's a painting" "Painting" " Do you have a name for it?" " 1953" "I don't get it 1953..." "the year cinemascope was invented" "The year I went crazy for Marilyn Monroe" "The Korean War ended the year I went abroad for the first time" "So you went to the war?" "No the war was already over they sent us to Okinawa" "Okinawa" "Interesting place it was Japanese and it wasn't" "Then they decided to send us to Tokyo" "We were very excited when we got there with these festivities going on" "Cherry blossoms all over the place most beautiful I've ever seen" "You know my father used to tell me the stories how he got the chocolates and bubblegum from the American soldiers" "The kids, I love them" "Well I was kid, 18 years old full of dreams and ideals" "So I joined the Navy I wanted to see the world" "The World" "And you know we Americans..." "See the world usually through wars" "Either we've already destroyed them or they've been destroyed by our enemies" "Well now maybe it's inevitable" "And now..." "I'm an old man living in Soho, New York" "An old man who can't be tolerated by a younger man" "I don't know" "I don't know how I allow this..." "Change, this drastic change, I mean me 40 years ago and me today?" "How is it possible?" "I mean there's a there's a gap" "That I have to fill" "In order to understand" "Maybe you can help me Kenji" "Well you don't look like a man who's dying soon" "You look more like a murderer here" "Just kidding you look perfectly normal" " Is that bad?" " No, that's the point, see" "The picture is chilling because you look normal" "And it confirms my belief that death is casual" "Hey!" "I got an even better idea" "I'm gonna take more and I'm gonna call him" "'An evening spent with a young man who would die 3 hours later'" "And it's gonna be sensational and I'm sure we can sell it worldwide" "That is, as long as John here will let us use his connections" "Do you have a 35mm camera?" " No, what for?" " Well how can I do art with Polaroid?" "Follow me" "It's a Japanese passion" "Well of course we're out of film so I'm going to the store to buy more" "Don't you leave yet" "We're going to make a masterpiece today" "Don't disappear like a ghost" " I envy you" " Me?" "Mr. Sage let me ask you a question?" "What is there to learn from life?" "You see, I haven't got much time for myself to experience everything" "I want to know so could you tell me?" "Could you tell me what you have learned?" "You're asking the impossible" "But Mr. Sage, you're an artist, you're an intellectual and you're an old man" "Aren't you supposed to know more than the average person?" "Just one thing, one thing" "What is the most important thing that I should know before I die?" "And I can say that I have in my life" "Can't tell you that Kenji and I'm ashamed" "Because I know you want me to tell you something, I don't know" "May I have sex with your girlfriend?" "What?" "May I have sex, may I sleep with your girlfriend?" " Is this a joke?" " No" "I just want to make love before I'm dead and I like her" "Well you can't ask me such a thing" "Why not?" "Because this is my woman" "Yeah I know, that's why I'm asking for permission" "It's not like she's some sort of book you ask to borrow!" "So she only belongs to you?" "That's not what I meant" "Why can't you say that's what you meant?" "I'll say it for you" "She doesn't belong to you but you hope she does" "We all don't belong to anyone we belong to ourselves" "We can do whatever we want to do" "We don't need your permission right?" "Let's not pretend" "She fucked guys before she met you" "And she will fuck guys after you she's fucking guys behind you right now" "Why not in front of you?" "What's the point pretending that's different" "Mr. Sage, if you want you can fuck me" "Why not?" "Let's all get fucked!" "I think you'd better leave" "Yeah sure, this is your place a wonderful house" "And I should be grateful shouldn't I?" "But I'm acting like an asshole I know that" "What do you want from me though" "Why did you invite me here" "Why did you invite a guy who says he's going to die?" "And you?" "Why do you pretend that you don't remember me?" "Didn't we kiss?" "Didn't we enjoy it?" "Why do you deny it?" " What's he talking about - yeah Mr. Sage, sorry, know you don't like the truth but" "I saw Anouk at the gallery this morning before I met you" "And we kissed in front of your big paintings" "Is it true?" " No" " Don't deny it?" " I want you to tell me the truth Anouk" " Oh yeah" "Was I just dreaming things?" "I don't know what he's talking about I never met him before" "You said you remember me at..." "See, just like this..." "Salaud" "Both of you what do you think I am?" "Get off me?" "Enough!" "Enough!" "I'm sorry I'm sorry okay?" "Please forgive me" "I'm not myself as you can see" "Please" "All I want is one hug" "One hug, that's all, please" " Let me have you!" " No!" "What have you done?" "Who is it there?" "You, Kenji?" "Kenji?" "Is it you?" "Kenji!" "You're crazy!" "Yoichiro!" "What are you doing here?" "What do you mean?" "You should have come looking for me I was out looking for you" "What happened?" "Why are you holding a knife?" "What's wrong?" "Paula didn't leave yet She's still here" "What are you talking about?" "Go to the hospital Where's the hospital?" "How do we call an ambulance?" "I don't know New York" "Really where are you going?" "Let's go You're mother sent me here" "She told me I can stay at your place" "I have an important business to take care of" "Call me tomorrow at home" "Don't forget, okay?" "Call me" "So beautiful isn't?" "I'm a sucker for French songs I can't help myself you know when I..." "When I went to pick up Jacque Brille" "I had to ask for his autograph" "Why did you do that?" "Can we go now?" "No" "We still have 5 more minutes" "You're not afraid?" "I'm gone" "Here" "I think you have a message" "Do you wanna listen to it?" " You're crying" " I never cry" "No, will do I have..." "No, should have regret you?"