"." "[Classical music playing]" "[Speaking German]" "[Speaking German]" "[Door closes behind couple]" "Do you have any idea what they were arguing about?" "Do--Do you speak English?" "[Slight accent] yeah." "No, I'm sorry." "My German is not very good." "Have you ever heard that as couples get older," "They lose their ability to hear each other?" "No." "Well, supposedly, men lose their ability" "To hear higher-Pitched sounds," "And women eventually lose hearing in the low end." "I guess they sort of nullify each other or something." "I guess." "Nature's way of allowing couples to grow old together" "Without killing each other." "What are you reading?" "Oh, yeah." "How about you?" "Um... mmm." "[Chuckles]" "Hmm." "[Bickering in German]" "I was thinking about going to the lounge car sometime soon." "Would you like to come with me?" "Yeah." "Ok." "So how do you speak such good English?" "I went to school for a summer in Los Angeles." "Yeah?" "It's fine here?" "Yeah, this is good." "And I spent some time in London." "Ahh, well... how do you speak such good English?" "Me?" "I'm American." "You're American?" "Yeah." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "[Giggling] no, I'm joking." "I knew you were American." "And of course you don't speak any other language." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "I get it, I get it." "So I'm the crude, dumb, vulgar American" "Who doesn't speak any other language," "Who has no culture, right?" "But I tried." "I took french for 4 years in high school." "When I first got to Paris," "I stood in line at the metro station." "I was practicing." "Une billet, s'il vous plait?" "Une billet, s'il vous plait?" "Un billet." "Uh, whatever." "All right." "Un billet, s'il vous plait?" "Un billet, s'il vous plait?" "And I get up there," "And, uh, I look at this woman," "And my mind goes completely blank." "I start saying, "listen, I need a ticket to get to--"" "So anyway," "Um, so where are you headed?" "Well, back to Paris." "My classes start next week." "You're still in school?" "Where do you go?" "Yeah.La sorbonne, you know?" "Yeah, sure." "Are you coming from budapest?" "Yeah." "I was visiting my grandmother." "Oh." "How's she?" "[Giggles]" "She's ok." "She's all right?" "She's fine." "Yeah." "How about you?" "Where are you going?" "I'm going to Vienna." "Vienna." "What's there?" "I have no idea." "I'm flying out of there tomorrow." "You're on holiday?" "Uh... eh..." "I don't really know what I'm on." "Ok." "I'm just traveling around." "I've been riding the trains the past 2, 3 weeks." "Mm-Hmm." "You were visiting friends" "Or just on your own going around?" "Yeah." "I had a friend in Madrid, but, um..." "Madrid." "That's nice." "Yeah, I got one of those eurail passes." "That's great." "So has this trip around Europe" "Been good for you?" "Yeah." "Sure." "Yeah, it's been, uh-- It sucked, you know?" "What?" "No." "It--It hasn't-- It's--It's had its" "Well, I'll tell you." "You know, sitting for weeks on end," "Looking out the window" "Has actually been kinda great." "What do you mean?" "Well, uh... you know, for instance," "You have ideas that you ordinarily wouldn't have." "What kind of ideas?" "You want to hear one?" "Yeah, tell me." "All right." "I have this idea, ok?" "Mm-Hmm." "For a television show." "Some friends of mine are these cable-Access producers." "Do you know what that is?" "Cable-Access?" "I don't know," "Anybody can produce a show real cheap," "And they have to put it on, right?" "And I have this idea for this show that would" "That would last 24 hours a day for a year straight, right?" "What you do is you get 365 people" "From cities all over the world" "To do these 24-Hour documents of real time, right?" "Capturing life as it's lived." "You know, it would start with... a guy waking up in the morning," "And, you know, taking a long shower," "Eating a little breakfast," "Making a little coffee, you know," "And reading the paper..." "Wait." "All those mundane, boring things" "Everybody has to do every day of their fucking life?" "I was gonna say the poetry of day-To-Day life," "But you say it your way, I'll say it my way." "But, no, listen, think about it like this... who's gonna want to watch this?" "Well, all right." "Think about it like this." "Why is it that a dog sleeping in the sun" "Is so beautiful, you know?" "It is." "It's beautiful, you know?" "But a guy standing at a bank machine" "Trying to take some money out," "Looks like a complete moron?" "So it's like a national geographic program," "But on people?" "Yeah." "Hmm." "What do you think?" "Yeah, I can see it, like, 24 boring hours" "Sorry" "And, like, a 3-Minute sex scene" "Where he falls asleep after, no?" "Yeah, I mean, that would be a great episode." "People would talk about that episode." "[Laughing]" "You and your friends could do one in Paris" "If you wanted to." "Oh, sure." "The thing that haunts me is the distribution." "Getting these tapes from town to town, city to city," "So that it would play continuously," "'Cause it would have to play all the time" "Or else it just wouldn't work." "Thank you." "Thanks." "You know what?" "Not service-Oriented." "[Giggles]" "Just an observation about Europe." "My parents have never really spoken of the possibility" "Of my falling in love or getting married" "Or having children." "Even as a little girl," "They wanted me to think as a future career" "As a interior designer or a lawyer" "Or something like that." "I'd say to my dad, "I want to be a writer,"" "And he'd say journalist." "I'd say I wanted to have a refuge for stray cats," "And he'd say veterinarian." "I'd say I wanted to be an actress," "And he'd say, you know, tv newscaster." "It was this constant conversion" "Of my fanciful ambition" "Into these practical, moneymaking ventures." "Mmm." "I always had a pretty good bullshit detector" "When I was a kid, you know?" "I always knew when they were lying to me." "By the time I was in high school," "I was dead set on listening to what everybody thought" "I should be doing with my life" "And just kinda doing the opposite." "Yeah." "Nobody was ever mean about it." "It's just..." "I could never get very excited" "About other people's ambitions for my life." "Hmm." "But you know what?" "If your parents" "Never really contradict you about anything" "And are basically nice and supportive... right." "It makes it even harder to officially complain," "You know, even when they're wrong." "It's this passive- Aggressive shit," "You know what I mean?" "It's..." "I hate it." "[Chuckles]" "I really hate it." "Well, you know," "Despite all that kind of bullshit" "That comes along with it," "I remember childhood as this... you know, this magical time." "I do." "I remember when" "My mother first told me about death." "My great-Grandmother had just died," "And my whole family had just visited down in florida." "I was about 3, 3 1/2 years old." "Anyway, I was in the backyard playing," "And my sister had just taught me" "How to take the garden hose" "And do it in such a way" "That it sprayed into the sun," "And it would make a rainbow, right?" "And so I was doing that," "And through the mist I could see my grandmother." "And she was just standing there," "Smiling at me," "And I held it there for a long time." "And I looked at her." "Then finally I--I let go of the nozzle, you know?" "And then I dropped the hose," "And she disappeared." "And so I run back inside," "And I tell my parents, you know?" "And they sit me down" "And give me this big rap on how when people die," "You never see them again, and how I'd imagined it." "But I knew what I'd seen." "I was just glad that I saw it." "I've never seen anything like that since," "But..." "I don't know." "Well, it just kinda let me know" "How ambiguous everything was." "You know, even death." "You're really lucky you have this attitude toward death." "I think I'm afraid of death 24 hours a day." "I swear." "That's why I'm in a train right now." "I could have flown to Paris," "But I'm too scared." "Oh, come on." "I can't help it." "I know the statistics say nah-Nah-Nah," "It's safer, whatever." "When I'm in a plane, I can see it." "I can see the explosion." "I can see me falling through the clouds." "And I'm so scared" "Of those few seconds of consciousness" "Before you're gonna die," "When you know for sure you're gonna die." "I can't stop thinking that way." "It's--It's exhausting." "Yeah, I bet." "Really exhausting." "I think this is Vienna." "Yeah." "You get off here, no?" "Yeah." "What a drag." "I wish I had met you earlier, you know?" "I really like talking to you." "Yeah, me, too." "It was really nice talking to you." "[Brakes screech]" "I have an admittedly insane idea," "But if I don't ask you this," "It's just gonna haunt me the rest of my life." "What?" "Um..." "I want to keep talking to you, you know?" "I have no idea what your situation is," "But, uh, but I feel" "Like we have some kind of a connection, right?" "Yeah, me, too." "Yeah, right." "Well, great." "So listen, here's the deal." "This is what we should do." "You should get off the train with me here in Vienna" "And come check out the town." "What?" "Come on." "It'll be fun." "What would we do?" "I don't know." "All I know is I have to catch an austrian airlines flight" "Tomorrow morning at 9:30." "And I don't really have enough money for a hotel," "So I was just gonna walk around," "And it'd be a lot more fun if you came with me." "And if I turn out to be some kind of psycho," "You just get on the next train." "[Giggles]" "All right, all right." "Think of it like this." "Um... jump ahead 10, 20 years, ok?" "And you're married." "Only your marriage doesn't have that same energy" "That it used to have, you know?" "You start to blame your husband." "You think about all those guys you've met in your life" "And what might've happened" "If you picked up with one of them, right?" "Well, I'm one of those guys." "That's me." "So think of this as time travel" "From then to now" "To find out what you're missing out on." "See, what this really could be is a gigantic favor" "To both you and your future husband" "To find out that you're not missing out on anything." "I'm just as big a loser as he is," "Totally unmotivated, totally boring," "And you made the right choice, and you're really happy." "Well... let me get my bag." "Yeah." "[Chuckles]" "We should get a locker for all this stuff." "Ok." "What's your name?" "My name?" "Uh, it's jesse." "It's james, actually," "But everybody always calls me jesse." "You mean jesse james?" "No." "Just jesse." "I'm celine." "This is a nice bridge." "Yeah." "Ahem." "This is kind of weird." "Yeah, it's kinda weird, isn't it?" "I feel a little awkward." "But it's all right, right?" "This is great." "It's ok?" "Yeah." "Let's go to some places." "Look at your book." "We're in Vienna." "Let's go to some places." "Let's ask these guys." "Excuse me." "Sprechen sie English?" "Ja.Of course." "Yeah?" "Uh, good." "Do you speak German for a change?" "What?" "No, it was a joke." "Well, listen, we just got into Vienna today," "And we're looking for something fun to do." "Like museums, exhibition things." "But museums are not that funny anymore these days." "And they are closing right now." "How long are you going to be here?" "Just for tonight." "Why did you come to Vienna?" "What could you be expecting?" "Um... we're on honeymoon." "Yeah." "She got pregnant, we had to get married." "No, I don't believe you." "You're a bad liar." "Um... [men speaking German]" "This is" "This is a play we both are in," "And we would like to invite you." "You're actors?" "No, not professional actors." "Part-Time actors for fun." "It's a play about a cow" "And an Indian searching for it." "There are also politicians." "Mexicans, Russians." "Washington." "Communists." "So you have a real cow onstage?" "No, it's an actor in a cow costume." "And he's the cow." "Yes, I am the cow," "And the cow's a bit weird." "The cow has a disease." "She's acting a bit strange, like a dog." "If someone throws a stick," "She fetches it and brings it back." "And she can smoke with her hooves." "Great." "And, as you see, there's the address." "It's in the second district." "Near the park." "You know?" "Oh, the big ferris wheel." "With the wheel." "Yes." "Oh, we should go." "Perhaps you can go to the park before the play." "It starts at 21:30." "Jesse: 21:30?" "That's 9:30." "Oh." "Oh, right." "Ok, great." "Well, what's the name of this play?" "It translates as... bring me the horns of wilmington's cow." "I'm wilmington's cow." "All right." "We'll try to be there." "Will you be there?" "Yeah." "We'll try." "I'm the cow." "Good-Bye." "[Church bell ringing]" "All right, I got an idea." "Are you ready?" "It's q  a time." "We've known each other a little while now," "We're stuck together," "So we're gonna ask each other" "A few direct questions." "So we ask each other questions?" "Yeah." "And you have to answer 100% honestly." "Of course." "Ok." "All right, first question." "You?" "[German accent] yes, I'm going to ask you." "Describe for me your first sexual feelings" "Towards a person." "[Giggles]" "My first sexual feelings." "Oh, my god." "Um..." "I'm know." "I know." "Jean marc fleuris." "Jean marc fleuris?" "And we were at this summer camp together," "And he was a swimmer." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "He had bleached-Out chlorine hair" "And green eyes." "And to improve his times," "He'd shave the hair off his legs and arms." "Disgusting." "Oh, no." "He was like this gorgeous dolphin." "And my friend emma had a big, big crush on him." "So one day I was cutting across the field" "Back to my room," "And he came walking up beside me." "And I told him, "you should date emma" "Because she has a big crush on you."" "And he turned to me and said," ""That's too bad, because I have a big crush on you."" "So--Yeah." "It really scared the hell out of me," "Because I thought he was so fine." "And then he officially asked me out on a date," "And I pretended I didn't like him." "I was so afraid of, you know," "What I might do, you know?" "Well... so I went to see him swim a few times" "At the swim competition," "And he was so sexy." "Really." "I mean really sexy." "We kind of wrote these little declarations of love" "To each other at the end of the summer" "And, you know," "Promised we would keep writing forever" "And, like, you know, meet again very soon." "Did you?" "Of course not." "Well, then I think this is the opportune time" "To tell you I happen to be a fantastic swimmer." "[Gasps] really?" "Yeah." "I'll make note of that." "Ok." "So it's my turn?" "No?" "Yes." "Yes, your turn." "Um... have you ever been in love?" "Yes." "Next question." "What was" "Wait, wait." "Wait a minute." "So we can give one-Word answers?" "Sure." "Why not?" "No, no." "After I went through such private details" "About my first sexual feelings." "But those are 2 very different questions." "I could've answered the sexual thing, no problem." "But what if I asked you about love?" "[Giggles]" "I would have lied, but at least" "Yeah." "All right." "You would've lied." "But I would have made up a great story." "Love is a complex issue, you know?" "I mean, it's like..." "I mean, yes," "I have told somebody that I loved them before," "And I admit it." "But was it totally unselfish, giving love?" "Was it a beautiful thing?" "Not really." "You know, it's like love..." "I mean, I--I don't know." "You know?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I know what you mean." "But as far as sexual feelings go," "I'll have you know it started" "With an obsessive relationship" "With miss July 1978." "Do you know playboy magazine?" "Oh, yeah." "I've heard of it." "Do you know crystal?" "No." "No?" "Well, I knew crystal." "It's my turn now." "Tell me something that really pisses you off." "Really drives you crazy." "Pisses me off." "Everything." "Well, list a couple." "Um...wait." "I know." "I hate being told by strange men" "A strange man in the street" "Yeah?" "Like, to smile" "To make them feel better about their boring life." "What else?" "I hate..." "I hate that 300 kilometers from here," "There's a war going on." "People are dying," "And nobody knows what to do about it," "Or they don't give a shit." "I don't know." "I hate that the medias," "You know, they're trying to control our minds." "The media." "Yeah, the media." "You know, it's very subtle," "But it's a new form of fascism, really." "Um..." "I hate..." "I hate when I'm in foreign countries," "Especially in america-- They're the worst" "Each time I wear black or, like, lose my temper" "Or say anything about anything, you know," "They always go, "it's so french." "It's so cute."" "Blecch." "I hate that." "I can't stand it, really." "Mmm." "Is that all?" "Well, there's a lot of things, but... so it's my turn." "Ok." "You're gonna answer." "Yes, I'll answer." "What's a problem for you?" "You, probably." "What?" "No." "All right, I had a thought the other day" "That was kind of a-- Qualifies as a problem." "What is it?" "Well, it was a thought I had on the train," "So, well, ok." "All right." "Do you believe in reincarnation?" "Yeah." "Yeah, it's interesting." "All right." "Well, a lot of people" "Talk about past lives and things like that." "If they don't believe it in some specific way," "You know, people have some kind of notion" "Of an eternal soul, right?" "Yeah." "Ok, well, this is my thought-- 50,000 years ago," "There weren't even a million people on the planet." "10,000 years ago," "There's like 2 million people on the planet." "Now there's between 5 and 6 billion people" "On the planet, right?" "If we all have our own individual, unique soul," "Where do they all come from?" "You know, are modern souls" "Only a fraction of the original souls?" "'Cause if they are," "That represents a 5,000-To-1 split of each soul" "In just the last 50,000 years," "Which is like a blip in the earth's time." "So at best," "We're like these tiny fractions of people." "I mean, is that why we're so scattered?" "Is that why we're all so specialized?" "Wait a minute." "I'm not sure--I don't agree" "Yeah, I know, I know." "It's a totally scary thought." "It... which is kind of why it makes sense." "Yeah." "I agree with you." "Yeah?" "Let's get off this damn train." "[Rock and roll music coming from building]" "?" "%% Walking through my life ?" "%% Walking through the sights %%" "%% Walking through my illusion %%" "This place is pretty neat, huh?" "Yeah." "There's even a listening booth over there." "Have you ever heard of this singer?" "I think she's American." "A friend of mine told me about her." "Do you want to go see if that listening booth still works?" "Yeah." "Ok." "%% She gave me a look %%" "%% A smile %%" "[Acoustic guitar playing]" "%% There's a wind that blows in %%" "%% From the north %%" "%% And it says that loving %%" "%% Takes this course %%" "%% Come here %%" "%% Come here %%" "%% No, I'm not %%" "%% Impossible %%" "%% To touch %%" "%% I have never wanted you %%" "%% So much %%" "%% Come here %%" "%% Come here %%" "%% And ever and ever %%" "%% Lay down by your side %%" "%% Baby, let's forget about %%" "%% This pride %%" "%% Come here %%" "%% Come here %%" "Look at this." "This is beautiful." "Quick." "It's leaving." "%% Well, I'm in no hurry %%" "%% You don't have to run away %%" "%% This time %%" "%% I know that you're timid %%" "%% But it's gonna be all right %%" "%% This time %%" "Oh, look, there's a rabbit." "Yeah." "Oh." "Hey there, rabbit." "[Laughs]" "It's so cute." "I visited this as a young teenager." "I think it left a bigger impression on me" "Than any of the museums we went to." "Oh, yeah?" "It's tiny." "I know." "This little old man talked to us." "He was the groundskeeper." "He explained that most of the people buried here," "They'd washed up on the bank of the danube." "How old are these?" "Around the beginning of the century or so." "It's called "cemetery of the no name"" "Because they often didn't know who these people were" "Maybe a first name, that's all." "Why were all the bodies washing up?" "I think some were from accidents on boats and things like that," "But most were suicides that jumped in the river." "I always liked the idea" "Of all those unknown people lost in the world." "When I was a little girl, I always thought" "That if none of your family or friends" "Knew you were dead," "Then it's like not really being dead." "People can invent the best and the worst for you." "Ah, here she is, I think." "Yeah, this is the one I remember the most." "She was only 13 when she died." "That meant something to me, you know?" "I was that age when I first saw this." "Hmm." "Now I'm 10 years older, and she's still 13, I guess." "That's funny." "Celine: that's the danube over there." "Jesse: that's a river, right?" "[Laughs] yeah." "This is...gorgeous." "Yeah." "This is beautiful." "And we got, uh... we got a sunset here." "Yeah." "We got the ferris wheel." "Seems like, um... this would be a... what?" "Uh... you know." "Are you trying to say you want to kiss me?" "Yeah?" "[Dance music playing]" "[Bell rings]" "[The benny hill show theme song playing]" "[Bell rings]" "[Man speaking German]" "What?" "But you know what?" "I don't think it really matters" "What generation you're born into." "Look at my parents." "They were these angry young may '68 people" "Revolting against everything" "You know, the government," "Their conservative catholic backgrounds." "I was born not long after," "And then my father became this successful architect," "And we began to travel all around the world" "While he built bridges and towers and stuff." "I mean, I really can't complain about anything." "They love me more than anything in the world," "And I've been raised with all the freedom they fought for," "And yet for me now, it's another type of fight." "We still have to deal with the same old shit," "But we can't really know" "Who or, you know, what the enemy is." "I don't know if there really is an enemy." "I mean, everybody's parents fuck 'em up." "Rich kids' parents gave them too much," "Poor kids', not enough." "Too much attention, not enough attention." "They either left them" "Or stuck around and taught them the wrong things." "I mean, my parents are just these 2 people" "Who didn't like each other very much" "Who decided to get married and have a kid," "And they try their best to be nice to me." "Did your parents divorce?" "Yeah." "Finally." "They should've done it a lot sooner," "But they stuck together for a while" "For the well-Being of my sister and I," "Thank you very much." "I remember my mother once... she told me right in front of my father" "They were having this big fight" "That he didn't really want to have me," "You know, that he was really pissed off" "When he found out she was pregnant with me" "You know, that I was this big mistake." "And I think that really shaped the way I think." "I always saw the world as this place" "Where I really wasn't meant to be." "That's so sad." "No." "I mean..." "I eventually kind of took pride in it," "My life is my own doing or something" "Like I was crashing a big party." "[Laughs]" "That's a way to see it." "You know, my parents, they're still married," "And I guess they're very happy," "But I just think it's an healthy process" "To rebel against everything that came before." "Yeah." "Yeah." "[Couple speaking German]" "You know, I've been wondering lately" "Do you know anyone who's in a happy relationship?" "Yeah, sure," "You know, I know happy couples," "But I think they lie to each other." "[Laughs] yeah." "People can live their whole life as a lie." "My grandmother, she was married to this man," "And I always thought she had" "A very simple, uncomplicated love life," "But she just confessed to me" "That she spent her whole life dreaming about another man" "She was always in love with." "She just accepted her fate." "It's so sad." "And in the same time, I love the idea" "That she had all those emotions and feelings" "I never thought she would have had." "I guarantee you it was better that way." "If she had ever got to know him," "He would've disappointed her eventually." "How do you know?" "You don't know them." "Yeah, I know, I know." "It's just people have these romantic projections" "They put on everything," "That's not based on any kind of reality." "Romantic projections?" "Yeah." "Oh." "Mr. Romantic up there in the ferris wheel" ""Oh, kiss me." "The sunset" "Oh, it's so beautiful."" "All right, all right," "Tell me about your grandmother." "No, I... hey." "Jesse: hey, check these guys out." ""Hey, hans, I have a confession to make." "I'm not wearing any underwear underneath this thing."" ""Oh, really?"" ""Does that frighten you?"" "Can I tell you a secret?" "Yeah." "Come here." "What?" "Come here." "[Laughter]" "Look at this palm reader." "She's interesting-Looking, no?" "Jesse: yeah." "Uh-Oh." "Uh-Oh." "What?" "I just made eye contact." "She's not coming over here." "Yeah, she is." "Oh, shit." "[Laughs]" "Oh, no." "Oh, my god." "You want your palm read?" "No." "No." "You sure?" "I'm sure." "Hello." "Here she is." "[Speaking German]" "Uh... francais, English?" "Want your palm read?" "Yeah." "How much is it?" "For you, 50." "Ok?" "Ok." "Oh." "So... you have been on a journey," "And you are a stranger to this place." "You are... an adventurer," "A seeker." "An adventurer in your mind." "You are interested in the power of the woman," "In a woman's deep strength" "And creativity." "You're becoming this woman." "You need to resign yourself" "To the awkwardness of life." "Only if you find peace within yourself" "Will you find true connection" "With others." "That is a stranger to you?" "I guess so." "Oh, you'll be all right." "He's learning." "Ok." "Money." "You are both stars." "Don't forget it." "And the stars exploded" "Billions of years ago" "To form everything that is this world." "Everything we know is stardust," "So don't forget you are stardust." "Ha ha!" "I mean, that's very nice and all," "I mean, that, you know, we're all stardust," "And you're becoming this great woman," "But I hope you don't take that any more seriously" "Than some horoscope in a daily syndicated newspaper." "What are you talking about?" "She knew I'm on vacation and we didn't know each other" "And that I was going to become this great woman." "But, I mean, what was that "I am learning" horoscope?" "That's way condescending, you know?" "I mean, she wasn't even doing me." "I mean, if opportunists like that" "Ever had to tell the real truth," "It would put their asses out of business." "Just once, I'd love to see some little old lady" "Save up all her money, you know," "To go to the fortune-Teller." "And she'd get there all excited about hearing her future," "And the woman would say," "[Imitates woman] "uh-Huh." ""Tomorrow and all your remaining days" ""Will be exactly like today" ""A tedious collection of hours." ""And you will have no new passions" ""And no new thoughts and no new travels." "And when you die, you'll be completely forgotten."" "You know?" ""50 shillings, please." You know?" "That I'd like to see." "It's so funny how she almost didn't notice you." "It's weird." "I wonder why." "She was really wise and intense, no?" "Yeah." "I really love what she said." "Yeah, of course you do." "You pay your money, you get to hear something" "That makes you feel good about yourself." "If you want, maybe there's a seedy section of Vienna" "Where we can go buy a hit of crack." "Would you like that?" "Yeah?" "You're so... [razzes]" "Stardust." "Stardust." "Hey." "I mean... ow!" "[Speaking french]" "Oh, there's an exhibition." "Yep." "I guess we'll miss it." "It doesn't start until next week." "Yeah, I think so." "I actually saw this one a few years ago in a museum." "I stared and stared at it" "Must've been 45 minutes." "I love it." "[Speaking french]" "Ah, it's great." "I love the way the people seem to be" "Dissolving into the background." "Look at this one." "It's like the environments," "You know, are stronger than the people." "His human figures are always so transitory." "It's funny." "Transitory?" "Transitory." "Hmm." "[Bell tolling]" "You think this is open?" "I don't know." "Let's try it." "[Honks horn]" "I was in an old church like this" "With my grandmother a few days ago in budapest." "Even though I reject most of the religious thing," "I can't help but feeling for all those people" "That come here lost or in pain, guilt," "Looking for some kind of answers." "It fascinates me how a single place" "Can join so much pain and happiness" "For so many generations." "Are you close with your grandmother?" "Yeah." "I think it's because I always have" "This strange feeling I'm this very old woman" "Laying down about to die" "You know, that my life is just... memories or something." "That's so wild." "I mean..." "I always think that I'm still this 13-Year-Old boy" "That just doesn't really know how to be an adult" "Pretending to live my life," "Taking notes for when I'll really have to do it." "Kind of like a dress rehearsal for a junior high play." "Hmm." "That's funny." "Then up there in the ferris wheel" "Was, like, this very old woman" "Kissing this very young boy, right?" "Mm-Hmm." "Do you know anything about the quakers" "The quaker religion?" "No, not much." "No." "Well, I went to this quaker wedding once," "And it was fantastic." "What they do is, the couple comes in," "And they kneel down in front of the whole congregation," "And they just stare at each other." "And nobody says a word" "Unless they feel that god moves them to speak" "Or say something." "And then after an hour or so of just... staring at each other," "They're married." "That's beautiful." "I like that." "This is a horrible story." "What?" "It's not the appropriate place to tell it, but... well, I was driving around with this buddy of mine," "And he's a big atheist, you know?" "And we came to a stop next to this homeless guy." "And my buddy takes out a $100 bill." "He leans out of the window, and he says," ""Do you believe in god?"" "And the guy looks at my friend," "And he looks at the money." "He says, "yes, I do."" "My friend says, "wrong answer,"" "And he drove away." "That's mean, no?" "Yeah, yeah." "Ow." "Would you be in Paris by now" "If you hadn't gotten off the train with me?" "No, not yet." "What would you be doing?" "I'd probably be hanging around the airport" "Reading old magazines," "Crying in my coffee because you didn't come with me." "Oh." "Oh." "Actually, I think I'd probably have gotten off the train" "In salzburg with someone else." "Oh, yeah?" "Oh, I see," "So I'm just a dumb American" "Momentarily decorating your blank canvas, huh?" "I'm having a great time." "Really?" "Yeah." "Me, too." "I'm so glad, because no one knows I'm here," "And I don't know anyone that knows you" "That would tell me all the bad things you've done." "Uh-Huh?" "Yeah." "I'll tell you some." "Yeah, I'm sure." "You know, you hear so much shit about people." "I always feel like the general of an army" "When I start dating a guy" "Plotting my strategy and maneuverings," "Knowing his weak points, what would hurt him, seduce him." "It's horrible." "If we were around each other all the time," "What do you think would be the first thing about me" "That would drive you mad?" "No, I'm not going to answer this question." "I--I just--I dated this girl once" "Who used to always ask me that." ""What about me bugs you?"" "And so finally, I said, "well, you know," "I don't think you handle criticism too well."" "She flew into a rage and broke up with me." "That's a true story." "All she ever really wanted to do" "Was to have an excuse to tell me" "What she thought was wrong with me." "Is that what you want?" "What?" "Something about me bugs you?" "No." "What is it about me that bugs you?" "Nothing at all." "If it had to be something, what would it be?" "If it had to be something, if I had to think about it," "I--I kind of didn't really like" "This reaction back at the palm reader." "You were, like, this rooster prick." "Rooster prick?" "Yeah." "You were like a little boy" "Whining because all the attention wasn't on you." "Listen." "This woman robs you blind, ok?" "You were like a little boy walking by an ice cream store" "Crying because his mother wouldn't buy him" "A milkshake or something." "I don't care what this charlatan has to say." "[Speaking German]" "What?" "[Speaking German]" "Oh." "I understand a little bit," "But he doesn't at all." "I'm sorry." "Ok." "May I ask you a question?" "Yeah." "So, I would like to make a deal with you." "I mean, instead of just asking you for money," "I will ask you for a word." "You give me a word, I take the word," "And then I will write a poem with the word inside." "And if you like it-- I mean, if you like my poem," "If you feel it adds something to your life in any way," "Then you can pay me whatever you feel like." "I'll write in English, of course." "Ok." "All right." "Great." "So... pick a word." "Oh." "Um... a word." "Milkshake." "Milkshake?" "Oh, good." "Yeah." "I was going to say rooster prick, but great." "Milkshake." "Milkshake?" "Ok." "Milkshake." "All right, so... we'll... jesse:" "I've got to say," "I like this viennese variation of a bum." "I like what he said about adding" "Something to your life, no?" "Mmm, yeah." "So... were we having our first fight back there?" "No." "Yeah." "I think so." "I think we were." "Well, even if we were a little bit, you know," "Why does everyone think conflict is so bad?" "There's a lot of good things coming out of conflict." "Yeah." "Yeah, I guess so." "I don't know." "I always think if I could just accept the fact" "That my life was supposed to be difficult" "You know, that's what's to be expected... then I might not get so pissed off about it" "And I'd just be glad when something nice happened." "Maybe that's why I'm still in school, you know?" "It's easier to have something to fight against." "Well, we've all had such competitiveness ingrained in us." "You know, I can be doing almost nothing fake." "I can be throwing some darts or shooting some pool," "Then all of the sudden, I feel it come over me." "I have got to win." "Is that why you tried to get me off the train?" "Competitiveness?" "What do you mean?" "Ok." "Look at the poem." "Oh, all right." "Will you read it to us?" "Sure, ok." ""Daydream delusion," ""Limousine eyelash" "Oh, baby, with your pretty face..."" ""Drop a tear in my wine glass." ""Look at those big eyes." ""See what you mean to me." ""Sweet cakes and milkshakes..." ""I am a delusion angel." ""I'm a fantasy parade." ""I want you to know what I think" ""Don't want you to guess anymore." ""You have no idea where I came from." ""We have no idea where we're going," ""Lodged in life" ""Like branches in the river" ""Flowing downstream, caught in the current." ""I'll carry you." ""You'll carry me." "That's how it could be."" ""Don't you know me?" "Don't you know me by now?"" "Great." "Thanks." "Thanks, man." "Uh... here you go." "Thanks." "All right." "Here." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Good luck, man." "Bye." "Both: bye." "That was wonderful." "Yeah, yeah." "What?" "He probably didn't just write that." "He wrote it, but he just plugs that word in." "You know, whatever-- Milkshake." "What do you mean?" "Nothing." "I loved it." "It was great." "Jesse: you know what drives me crazy?" "These people talking about how great technology is" "And how it saves all this time." "But what good is saved time" "If nobody uses it," "If it just turns into more busy work?" "Right?" "You never hear somebody say," ""Well, with the time I've saved" ""By using my word processor," "I'm gonna go to a zen monastery and hang out."" "Time is abstract anyways." "Were you looking at this girl?" "What?" "Nothing." "You want to go in here?" "What?" "You want to go in here?" "Yeah." "It's a club, no?" "Yeah." "Want to go?" "Yeah." "Hello." "[Doorman speaks German] 2 shillings." "2 shillings." "Each." "I got it." "Here you go." "I'll buy you a beer." "Thank you." "%% Show me something %%" "%% I'll remember %%" "%% Involve me %%" "%% I'll understand %%" "%% Involve me %%" "%% I'll understand %%" "%% Feel my life %%" "%% Pumping through me %%" "%% Feel my life %%" "%% Pumping through me %%" "%% Feel my life %%" "%% Pumping through me %%" "%% Feel my life %%" "%% Pumping through me %%" "[Speaking German]" "You gonna buy me a beer?" "Yeah." "Yeah, right." "You think old milwaukees are expensive here?" "Merde!" "Well, um... we haven't talked about this yet," "But are you dating anyone?" "You got a boyfriend waiting on you back in Paris" "Or anything like that?" "No, not right now." "Not right--But you did?" "[Sighs]" "We broke up about 6 months ago." "6 months ago?" "Yeah." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm not that sorry, but tell me about it." "Oh, no, no way, I can't." "It's really, really boring." "Come on, tell me." "Ok." "I was really disappointed." "I thought this one would last for a while." "I mean, he was very stupid," "Ugly, bad in bed, alcoholic." "You know." "A real prizewinner." "Yeah." "I was kind of giving him a favor," "But he left me, saying I loved him too much," "And, you know, I was blocking his artistic expressions," "Or some shit like that." "But anyway, I was traumatized and became" "And became totally obsessed with him." "And so I went to see this shrink," "And it came up I had written this little stupid story" "About this woman trying to kill her boyfriend" "And how she was going to do it." "All the intricate details of how to do it" "And not get caught." "She was gonna kill her boyfriend?" "Yeah." "Yeah, she was." "It's nothing I would do," "But it was just some writing, you know?" "No, I understand." "But anyway, this stupid shrink" "Believed everything I was telling her," "And it was my first time seeing her." "She said she had to call the police." "She had to call the police?" "She was totally convinced I was really gonna do it," "Even though I'd explained to her" "It was just some writing and stuff." "She'd say, looking deep into my eyes," ""The way you said it," "I know you are going to do it."" "She was totally out of her mind." "It was my first and last session." "So what happened then?" "Mmm." "I totally got over him, you know?" "But now I'm obsessed he's gonna die from an accident 1,000 kilometers away." "Oh, you mean" "I'm gonna be the one accused." "When did you become obsessed with pinball?" "You don't really like that much?" "I don't know." "So how about you?" "What?" "Are you with anyone?" "It's funny how we managed to avoid this subject" "For so long, isn't it?" "Yeah, but now you have to tell me." "Well, I kind of see love as this escape for 2 people" "Who don't know how to be alone." "Or, uh, you know, it's funny." "People always talk about" "How love is this totally unselfish, giving thing," "But if you think about it, there's nothing more selfish." "Yeah, I know." "So, who just broke up with you?" "What?" "[Machine blips]" "You sound like you've just been hurt or something." "Oh, no, do I?" "Yeah." "All right, um..." "big confession." "I should have told you this earlier, but..." "I didn't come to Europe just to hang out" "And read hemingway in Paris." "I saved up my money all spring to fly to Madrid" "And spend the summer with my girlfriend," "Who has been on this" "Your girlfriend?" "My ex-Girlfriend who has been on" "This asinine art history program for the last year." "Anyway, I got here, right?" "And we're reunited at long last," "And we went out to dinner our first night" "With 6 of her friends." "Pedro, antonio, gonzalo, maria," "Susie from home, you know?" "She pretty much managed to avoid being alone with me" "For the first couple of days we were there," "And I stuck around for a while" "Just to let it really sink in that she wished I hadn't come." "So I bought the cheapest flight out of Europe" "This one leaving out of Vienna tomorrow" "But it didn't leave for a couple weeks," "So I bought this eurail pass." "You know... you know what's the worst thing" "About somebody breaking up with you?" "Yeah?" "It's when you remember how little you thought" "About the people you broke up with," "And you realize that" "That is how little they're thinking about you." "You'd like to think you're both in all this pain," "But really they're just, "hey, I'm glad you're gone."" "I know." "You should look at bright colors." "What?" "That's what the shrink told me." "I was paying her 900 francs an hour" "To hear that I was an homicidal maniac," "But I could shift my obsession" "If I would concentrate on bright colors." "Yeah?" "Did it work?" "Well... didn't help your pinball." "Yeah, well, you know," "I haven't killed anyone lately." "Not lately?" "Well, that's good." "You're cured, then." "There's these breeds of monkeys, right?" "And all they do is have sex," "Like, all the time, you know?" "And they turn out to be the least violent," "The most peaceful, the most happy," "You know, so maybe fooling around is not so bad." "Are you talking about monkeys?" "Yes, I'm talking about monkeys." "I thought so, yeah." "You know, I never heard this one," "But it reminds me of this perfect male argument" "To justify them fooling around." "No, women monkeys are fooling around, too." "Everybody's fooling around." "[Imitates monkey]" "You--That's cute." "I have this awful paranoid thought" "That feminism was mostly invented by men" "So they could fool around a little more." "You know, "woman, free your mind," ""Free your body, sleep with me." ""We're all happy and free" "As long as I can fuck as much as I can."" "All right, all right." "But maybe there's some biological things" "At work here." "If you had an island, right?" "And there were 99 women on the island" "And only one man," "In a year, you'd have the possibility of 99 babies." "But if you had an island with 99 men and only one woman," "In a year, you have the possibility of one baby." "So... you know what?" "What?" "On this island, you know," "I think there will only be maybe 43 men left" "Because they would have killed each other" "Trying to fuck this poor woman." "And on the other island," "There would be 99 women, 99 babies," "And no more man." "Because they would have all gotten together" "And eaten him alive." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "See, I think there's something to that." "I think on some level," "Women don't mind the idea of destroying a man." "I was once walking down the street" "With my ex-Girlfriend," "And we just walked by these 4 thuggy-Looking guys" "Next to a camaro," "And one of them, sure enough, says, "hey, baby, nice ass."" "So I'm like, all right, hey, no big deal." "I'm not gonna get uptight about this." "Yeah, plus there were 4 of them." "Yeah, exactly." "There's 4 of them," "But she turns around and says, "fuck you, dickheads,"" "And I'm like, "ok, wait a minute here."" "They're not gonna come over here and kick her ass." "So who just got pushed to the front line on that one?" "You see what I'm saying?" "Women say they hate it" "If you're all territorial and protective." "But if it suits them, then they'll tell you" "You're being unmanly or wimpy." "You know what?" "I don't think woman really wants to destroy man," "And even if they want to, they don't succeed." "I'm sure men are capable of destroying women" "Much more than women-- It's depressing." "You know what?" "What?" "You want to stop talking about this?" "Yeah." "I hate it." "Man, woman." "There's no end to this." "It's like, you know.... it's like a skipping record, you know?" "Every couple's been having this conversation forever." "And nobody came up with an answer." "I saw a documentary." "It's a birth dance." "Birth dance?" "Yeah." "[Applause]" "Should I give her some money?" "Yeah." "Everything that's interesting costs a little bit of money." "Hello." "So, a birth dance, huh?" "Looked a little bit like a mating dance to me." "No, but really," "Women used it when giving birth." "In some part of the world they still do it." "Yeah?" "Yeah, the woman in labor enters a tent," "And the women of her tribe surround her and dance," "And they encourage the woman to dance with them" "So as to make the birth less painful." "And when the baby is born," "They all dance in celebration." "Wow." "I don't think my mom would have gone for that." "I like the idea of dancing" "As a common function in life," "Something everybody participates in." "I know." "I heard about this old guy" "Who was watching some young people dance," "And he said, "how beautiful." ""They're trying to shake off their genitals" "And become angels."" "I like that." "All right." "One question, back there." "When the women are dancing" "And being all spiritual and stuff," "Where are the men?" "Are we out food-Gathering?" "Are we not invited?" "You all don't need us?" "What?" "Men are lucky we don't bite off their head after mating." "Certain insects do that, you know, like spiders." "We at least let you live." "What are you complaining about?" "See, you're officially kidding," "But there's something to that." "You keep bringing stuff like that up." "Really." "What?" "No, no, no." "Wait a minute." "Talking seriously here." "I always feel this pressure" "Of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood" "And not making it look like" "My whole life is revolving around some guy," "But loving someone and being loved means so much to me." "I always make fun of it and stuff," "But isn't everything we're doing in life" "A way to be loved a little more?" "Yeah." "I don't know." "Sometimes I dream about" "Being a good father and a good husband," "And sometimes that feels really close," "But then other times it seems silly," "Like it would ruin my whole life." "It's not just a fear of commitment" "Or that I'm incapable of caring or loving," "Because I can." "It's just that... if I'm totally honest with myself," "I think I'd rather die" "Knowing I was really good at something," "That I had excelled in some way," "Than that I'd just been in a nice, caring relationship." "Yeah." "But..." "I had worked for this older man," "And once he told me that he had spent all of his life" "Thinking about his career and his work," "And he was 52, and it suddenly struck him" "That he had never really given anything of himself." "His life was for no one and nothing." "He was almost crying saying that." "You know, I believe if there's any kind of god," "It wouldn't be in any of us." "Not you or me," "But just this little space in between." "If there's any kind of magic in this world," "It must be in the attempt" "Of understanding someone sharing something." "I know." "It's almost impossible to succeed," "But who cares, really?" "The answer must be in the attempt." "[People speaking German]" "I really think this is a civilization in decline." "Look at the service." "The service?" "Where is the waitress?" "In new york, this person would be out of a job." "[Speaking German]" "Celine: ok." "Now I'm gonna call my best friend in Paris," "Who I'm supposed to have lunch with in 8 hours." "Ok?" "Ok." "Ring, ring." "Ring, ring." "Ring, ring." "Pick up." "What?" "Pick up the phone." "Hello." "Allo." "C'est celine." "Ah." "Comment ca va?" "Ca va bien, et toi?" "[Speaks french]" "You know, I've been working on my English recently." "You want to talk in English just for laughs?" "Yeah, ok." "That's a good idea." "I don't think I'm going to be able" "To make it for lunch today." "I'm sorry." "I met a guy on the train," "And I got off in Vienna." "We're still there." "Are you crazy?" "Probably." "He's austrian?" "He's from there?" "No, no, no, no." "He's passing through." "He's American." "He's going back home tomorrow morning." "Why'd you get off the train with him?" "Well, he convinced me." "I was ready to get off the train with him" "After talking to him a short while." "He was so sweet." "I couldn't help it." "We were in the lunch car," "And he began to talk about him as a little boy" "Seeing his great- Grandmother's ghost." "I think that's when I fell for him." "Just the idea of this little boy" "With all those beautiful dreams." "He trapped me." "Mm-Hmm." "And he's so cute." "He has beautiful blue eyes," "Nice pink lips," "Greasy hair." "[Laughs] I love it." "He's kind of tall and a little clumsy." "I like to feel his eyes on me when I look away." "He kind of kisses like an adolescent." "It's so cute." "What?" "Yeah, we kissed." "It was so adorable." "As the night went on," "I began to like him more and more." "But I'm afraid he's scared of me." "I told him the story about the woman" "That kills her ex-Boyfriend and stuff." "He must be scared to death." "He must be thinking" "I'm this manipulative, mean woman." "I just hope he doesn't feel that way about me," "Because you know I'm the most harmless person." "The only person I could really hurt is myself." "I don't think he's scared of you." "I think he's crazy about you." "Really?" "I've known you a long time, and I got a good feeling." "You gonna see him again?" "We haven't talked about that yet." "Ok, it's your turn." "You call your friend, ok?" "All right, all right." "Um, uh... ring, ring, ring." "I usually get this guy's answering machine." "Brrrring." "Hi, dude." "What's up?" "Hey, frank, how you been?" "Glad you're home." "Cool." "Yeah, so how was Madrid?" "Madrid sucked." "Lisa and I had our long overdue meltdown." "Oh, too bad." "I told you, no?" "Yeah." "The long-Distance thing just never works." "I was only in Madrid for a couple days." "I got a cheaper flight out of Vienna, but, uh... you know, it really wasn't that much cheaper." "I just..." "I couldn't go home right away." "I didn't want to see anybody I knew." "I just wanted to be a ghost, completely anonymous." "So, are you ok now?" "Yeah, no, no, yeah, I'm great, I'm great." "That's the thing." "I'm rapturous." "And I'll tell you why." "I met somebody on my last night in Europe." "Can you believe that?" "That's incredible." "I know, I know." "You know how they say" "We're all each other's demons and angels?" "Well, she was literally a botticelli angel," "Just telling me that everything was gonna be ok." "How did you meet?" "On the train." "Hmm." "She was sitting next to this very weird couple" "That started fighting, so she had to move." "She sat right across the aisle from me." "So we started to talk," "And she didn't like me much at first." "She's super smart," "Very passionate," "And beautiful." "And I was so unsure of myself." "I thought everything I said sounded so stupid." "Oh, man, I wouldn't worry about that." "No?" "No." "I'm sure she was not judging you." "And by the way, she sat next to you, no?" "I'm sure she did it on purpose." "Yeah." "Oh, yeah?" "Us men are so stupid." "We don't understand anything about women." "Mm-Mmm." "They act kind of strange," "The little I know of them." "Don't they?" "Yeah." "I feel like this is some dream world we're in." "Yeah, it's so weird." "It's like our time together is just ours," "Its our own creation." "It must be like I'm in your dream" "And you're in mine or something." "Mm-Hmm, and what's so cool is that this whole evening," "All our time together" "Shouldn't officially be happening." "Yeah, I know." "Maybe that's why this feels so otherworldly." "But then the morning comes" "And we turn into pumpkins, right?" "Aw..." "I know." "But at this time I think you're supposed to produce" "The glass slipper and see if it fits." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "It'll fit." "Jesse: this friend of mine had a kid," "And it was a home birth," "So he was there helping out and everything," "But he said at that profound moment of birth," "He was watching his child experiencing life" "For the first time," "Trying to take its first breath." "All he could think about" "Was that he was looking at something" "That was gonna die someday." "He just couldn't get it out of his head." "And I think that's so true." "Everything is so finite." "But don't you think that's what makes our time" "And specific moments so important?" "Yeah, I know." "It's the same for us tonight, though." "After tomorrow morning," "We're probably never gonna see each other again." "You don't think we'll ever see each other again?" "What do you think?" "Well... um... gosh, I don't know." "I mean, I hadn't planned another trip" "Me, too." "I live in Paris, you live in the u.S." "I totally understand." "Right." "I'd hate to make you fly." "I'm not so scared of flying." "I mean, I could." "Well, if you were gonna come to the u.S.," "Or, I mean, if I" "You know, I could come back here." "I mean--What?" "Now let's just be rational adults about this." "We... maybe we should try something different." "It's not so bad if tonight is our only night, right?" "People always exchange phone numbers, addresses." "They end up writing once," "Calling each other once or twice." "Right." "Fizzles out." "I don't want that." "I hate that." "I hate that, too." "Yeah." "Why do you think everybody thinks" "Relationships are supposed to last forever anyway?" "Yeah, why?" "It's stupid." "But you think tonight's it, huh?" "I mean, that tonight's our only night?" "It's the only way, no?" "Well, all right." "Let's do it." "No delusions, no projections." "We'll just make tonight great." "[Playing blue danube waltz]" "Ok, let's do that." "Ok." "We should do some kind of handshake." "Give me your hand." "All right." "To our one and only night together" "And the hours that remain." "What?" "It's just... it's depressing, no?" "Now the only thing we're going to think of" "Is when we're going to have to say good-Bye tomorrow." "We could say good-Bye now." "Then we wouldn't have to worry about it." "Yeah." "Now?" "Say good-Bye." "Bye." "Good-Bye." "Au revoir." "Later." "Later, yes." "%% I want you, baby %%" "%% Your loving's like a trapeze %%" "%% Trapeze %%" "All right, so here's the plan, right?" "You're gonna grab the glasses," "And I'm gonna get the wine." "Red wine." "Red wine, right." "Think you can do that?" "No problem." "%% Falling, falling, falling %%" "%% Trapeze... %%" "Wish me luck." "Good luck." "Hello." "Hello." "Uh... do you speak English?" "Mm, a bit." "Yeah, a bit?" "Yeah." "Well, all right." "I'm having kind of an odd situation," "Which is that, uh, this is" "You see that girl over there?" "Yeah." "Well, this is our only night together." "Um, and she... all right, here's the problem." "The problem is that she wants a bottle of red wine," "And I don't have any money." "You see?" "But what I was thinkin'" "Was that you might want to... give me the address of this bar" "No, I know" "And I would promise to send you the money," "And you'd be making our night complete." "You would send me the money?" "Yes." "Your hand?" "Ok." "For the greatest night in your life." "Thank you very much." "So often in my life," "I've met nice people and shared beautiful moments," "Like traveling or staying up all night" "And watching the sunrise." "And I knew those were special moments." "But something was always wrong." "I wished I'd been with someone else." "I knew that what I was feeling" "Exactly what was so important to me" "That he didn't understand." "But I'm happy to be with you." "You couldn't possibly know why a night like this" "Is so important to my life right now," "But it is." "This is a great morning." "It is a great morning." "Do you think we'll have others like this?" "What?" "What about a rational, adult decision?" "Oh, yeah." "Yeah." "I know what you mean about wishing" "That somebody wasn't there, though." "Hmm?" "It's just usually," "It's myself that I wish I could get away from." "Seriously, think about this." "I have never been anywhere that I haven't been." "Hmm?" "I've never had a kiss" "When I wasn't one of the kissers." "You know?" "I've never gone to the movies" "When I wasn't there in the audience." "I've never been out bowling if I wasn't there," "You know, making some stupid joke." "I think that's why so many people hate themselves." "It's just that they are sick to death" "Of being around themselves." "Let's say you and I were together all the time." "You'd start to hate a lot of my mannerisms" "And the way-- The way every time" "That we would have people over," "I'd be insecure and get a little too drunk." "Or the way I tell the same stupid," "Pseudo-Intellectual story" "Again and again." "Hmm?" "You see, I've heard all those stories," "So of course I'm sick of myself." "But... being with you... it's made me feel like I was somebody else." "The only other way to lose yourself like that" "Is, you know, dancing... or alcohol or..." "Drugs." "Stuff like that." "Fucking." "Fucking." "Yeah." "Yeah." "That's one way." "Do you know what I want?" "What?" "To be kissed." "Well, I can do that." "Wait." "I have to say something stupid." "All right." "It's very stupid." "Ok." "I don't think we should sleep together." "I mean, I want to," "But since we're never gonna see each other again," "It'll make me feel bad." "I won't know who else you're with." "I'll miss you." "I know." "It's not very adult." "Maybe it's a female thing." "I can't help it." "Let's see each other again." "No, I don't want you to break our vow" "Just so you can get laid." "I don't want to just get laid." "I want to, um, I mean..." "I mean, I think we should." "We'll be done in the morning, right?" "I think we should." "No, then it's like some male fantasy." "Meet a french girl on the train, fuck her," "Then never see her again." "This great story to tell." "I don't want this great thing to just have been for that." "Ok." "Ok?" "We don't have to have sex." "It's not a big deal." "Ok." "You don't want to see me again?" "[Laughs]" "No, of course I do." "Listen, if somebody gave me the choice right now" "Or to never see you again or to marry you..." "I would marry you." "Maybe that's a lot of romantic bullshit," "But people have gotten married for a lot less." "Actually..." "I think I had decided I wanted to sleep with you" "When we got off the train." "But now that we've talked so much," "I don't know anymore." "Oh, god." "[Laughing]" "Why do we make everything so complicated?" "I don't know." "What do you think's the first thing" "You're gonna do when you get back to Paris?" "Call my parents." "Yeah?" "What about you?" "I don't know." "I'll probably go pick up my dog," "Stay with a friend of mine." "You have a dog?" "Yeah." "I love dogs." "You do?" "Yeah." "Oh, shit." "What?" "Oh, I don't know." "We're back in real time." "I know." "I hate that." "[Harpsichord playing]" "What is that?" "Sounds like a harpsichord." "Check that out." "Somebody's playing it." "Shh." "That's cool." "Can you dance to the harpsichord?" "Yes, of course." "Oh, wow." "What?" "Let me take your picture" "So I never forget you" "Or, uh... or all this." "Ok, me, too." "The years shall run like rabbits." "What?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "I have this... recording of dylan thomas" "Reading a w.H. Auden poem." "He's got a great voice." "He just... it's like... what?" "[Imitating dylan thomas] all the clocks in the city" "Began to whir and chime." "Oh, let not time deceive you." "You cannot conquer time." "In headaches and in worry," "Vaguely life leaks away," "And time will have his fancy" "Tomorrow or today." "Something like that." "[Chuckles]" "That's good." "When you talked earlier about after a few years," "How a couple would begin to hate each other" "By anticipating their reactions" "Or getting tired of their mannerisms..." "I think it would be the opposite for me." "I think I can really fall in love" "When I know everything about someone." "The way he's gonna part his hair," "Which shirt he's gonna wear that day," "Knowing the exact story he'd tell in a given situation." "I'm sure that's when I'd know I'm really in love." "Hmm." "Hey, guess what." "What?" "We didn't go to those guys' play." "Play?" "Yeah." "The cow?" "Yeah." "Yeah, we didn't." "Oh, no, we missed it." "You know what bus you're taking to the airport, right?" "Yeah, yeah, no problem." "I should get on this one." "Right here?" "You want to get in there?" "Yeah." "Um... ok." "I guess this is it now." "Yeah." "I really..." "I..." "I mean...you know." "Yeah, I know it." "I..." "I...yeah." "Have a great life." "Have fun with everything you're gonna do." "Good luck with school and all that." "Ok." "Boy, I hate this." "Me, too." "The train is about to leave." "Yeah." "Listen, you know all this bullshit" "About not seeing each other again?" "I don't want to do that." "I don't want to do that, either." "I was waiting for you to say... why didn't you say something?" "I was afraid maybe you didn't want to see me." "Well, listen, what do you want to do?" "Maybe we should meet here in 5 years or something." "All right, 5 years?" "That's a long time." "It's awful." "It's like a sociological experiment." "How about one year?" "One year, all right." "How about 6 months?" "6 months?" "Yeah." "It's gonna be freezing." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Who cares?" "We come here, we go somewhere else." "Ok, ok." "6 months from now or last night?" "Actually, last night." "6 months from last night which was june 16th," "So track 9, 6 months from now at 6:00 at night." "December." "December, yeah." "It's a train ride for you," "But I got to fly all the way, but I'm gonna be here." "Ok, me, too." "All right." "And we're not gonna call, write, or" "No." "It's depressing." "Yeah, ok." "All right." "All right, your train's gonna leave." "Say good-Bye." "Bye." "Good-Bye." "Au revoir." "Later." "[Whistle blows]" "." "." "Kathy mccarty: %% hold me like a mother would %%" "%% Like I've always known somebody should, yeah %%" "%% Although tomorrow %%" "?" "%% It don't look that good ?" 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