"No" "That's it" "Gently" "We should head back inside Tom" "Get u warm" "There's a big storm coming" "He looks kind a of creepy doesn't he?" "all be right behind you, Tom." "E minor." "It's the right chord." "Hello?" "Miss Whitman, it's Dr Jansson" "I have bad news." "What's wrong with you Princess?" "Why would you not spin?" "We had to bring your father in again" "As we predicted, his episodes are becoming frequent" "This one looks quite serious" "I understand" "Mr. Whitman?" "Tom?" "I know you have to come a distance,  but... if we could discuss this in person..." "Yeah, i will be there as soon as i can" "Bye" "Can you hear me Mr Whitman?" "Matthew knew it was hopeless," "Nothing mater anymore" "Mr White's body was melting and even as Matthew watched" "The snowman could no longer speak." "The happy face Matthew had loved, now was nothing than slush" "Matthew stared up in to the sky, watching the winter's last snowflake floating down," "Some said it's touch held the power of magic But Matthew hat lost it's faith in stories." "When the snowflake finally touched Mr. White out stretched arm." "a coating of fresh frost spread outward from it and the puddle of water under the snowman, crackled as it turned to ice" "Matthew's heart filled with joy" "As he watched Mr. White come a life." "The story of winter's last snowflake had come true." "The magical winter." "Would never end." "Time to go too bed, Children." "you're that new boy?" "Tom?" "You made that snowman, in the backyard." "I'm Ann" "What's that?" "She's beautiful" "Can't you talk?" "i Can talk" "Are...... those your parents?" "That's my mom." "She got sick and....." "she's dead now" "My dad is a pilot" "Is he dead too?" "He's not dead." "My dad's Theodore Whitman, And he is a hero." "He saved all those passengers from a tornado." "But he crash landed" "When he is rescued, he'll come and gets me." "Nobody here has any parents." "Lights out!" "Good night, Tom." "Sleep tight, princess" "Aah....ow" "You'll meld for this." "uh m" "Well, well, well" "Look who is here!" "It's good to see an, old friend" "I was just standing there, in the backyard, minding my own business." "And i felt this... sting on my arm." "What?" "I think it was that little thing," "Tom, let's you and me, take a trip." "See where it goes next." "Who knows?" "maybe we'll bump in to someone You used to know" "Encounter thing you've only dreamed off." "I.... i'm dreaming" "That's why everything is so weird" "So come on" "It'll will be fun" "You'll will be safe, with me." "Listen buddy," "If you're too scared to come along i understand" "Maybe your not a chip of the old block Don't worry about it." "you can just go back to bed." "Or, you can come with me and have a adventure" "Feel so real." "He,he" "Ice and genuine oak" "Hang on, buddy" "Let's go!" "Now there's a sight for sore eyes" "What's that?" "It's nothing buddy, just a rotten pile of wood and steel" "Why don't we go take a look at it?" "ugh!" "Look, it's your father" "aren't you excited to see him?" "It's just a dream" "Ha, ha, This is as real as it gets for you, buddy." "This morning" "Your father has multi-infarct dementia" "It's a condition caused by ........ multiple strokes" "We spoken about this several times over the phone." "Yes, we have" "But given his current condition." "You wanna pull the plug?" "Well, it's not quite like that" "He's is not on life support," "Though his heart did stopped twice each time we brought him back, but.... to keep doing it...." "Where will I'll sign?" "You making the right decision" "It's best to let him go" "He's been living in a fantasy world, for the last couple of years" "He is regressed to childhood" "I just think it would be cruel to.." "I can reach you at your father's if.... ....we need to.." "Uh.. speak." "I don't expect you, flying back in this weather." "No" "Well, I'll leave you two alone." "Nothing has changed, has it?" "I'm not even a memory, am I?" "I'm just a blur, like always" "You know i waited so long for you to reach out." "This was a mistake......" "I've done enough for you." "Stop!" "You, he needs to turn back" "It's to late, i can't" "No, Help" "No.." "Hang on!" "No..." "Help" "No Ahh" "No..." "Aah" "What?" "This is...." "It's just you, being you" "Hi Tom." "It's been a while." "Do i know you?" "Huh, of course we've have known each other since we were kids." "You're crazy" "I was." "Fore a while" "Come here, let me patch you up" "You're wondering, Where you are!" "I'm in a dream, with a crazy women" "If i am, it doesn't reflect well on you" "In all sorts of ways actually, i used to be your voice of reason" "God knows, you needed one" "You were very good, in a lot of things but dealing with real world, wasn't one of them" "None of this makes any sense" "Aah, It should" "I'm just saying the thing you expect me to" "Buddy!" "He, where are you?" "Hey!" "I'm here" "Quite, he'll find you!" "Oh, leave it, it'll just remind you of..." "You're nuts, leave me alone" "Selfish and rude, Yeah, that's the Tom i know" "The snowman isn't the best tour guide, you know?" "He's not what he seems" "Don't let him steal the rest of you." "I can't see you, buddy!" "I...." "Give me a yell, loud as you can" "Mmm" "Wretched brat, you're hiding" "Not so nice now uh, is he?" "You" "Careful out here, Those tracks are unstable liable could collapse on us at any time." "Why....., why is this thing here?" "Huh!" ", Beats me" "Somebody thought it was a great idea to build it on this godforsaken place" "Hey, wait" "Do you know where the music is come from," "I've heard it before." "You've heard it." "Kid, we've all heard it" "All day, every day, same damn melody." "Over and over again" "Makes me sick" "Aah......, come on" "Dammit." "Why do I even bother?" "This thing can't be fixed" "What do you want to do, Gem?" "Gem?" "Just leave it, it's lifeless" "Yes, thank you." "Let it rot" "be careful!" "Song of myself?" "Worthless brat." "I let him out of my sight for a minute, and all this bullshit shows up" "U uh" "The little runt's more trouble than he's worth" "Ah, dammit." "Oh whoopsy, I missed a spot" "What are you doing?" "Nothing," "I was just looking for you.... ....and now, I found you" "Come here." "Let me take a look at you" "What?" ", what this?" "Just took a bit of a beating in the storm, is all" "Aah, don't worry about me" "Hey, what do you say we have some fun, huh?" "No, what's wrong with you?" "First, we fall." "Now this!" "This dream's stupid, I'm leaving" "Hey, hold up, pal" "Relax," "I got something for just the two of us" "Two tickets to the circus." "It'll be great, buddy" "It's right around the corner, let me show you" "No" "Leave me alone." "You're making this too weird" "Don't you walk away from me" "Get out of there" "Let's see what they got" "Go away u uh, It's okay, I'm not mad" "Come and share" "There's painting with me" "No" "No, what happened?" "What have you done?" "unveiling of me the magician that never fade" "This deep side coiled around my chest" "Hi, Tom ..... see tha...." "I'm glad you got away" "Aaat Major cau....." "What did you do with my Arabesque?" "You used to call it, your princess" "Wonder do" "True?" "Do i" "I love" "Could she really spin like you said?" "that's all there" "Or is that just another stupid lie?" "Sorry, another story" "A silver platter!" "Did you really think that fixing it would fix things with her?" "No." "You didn't really want to fix things, did you?" "I don't want that, it's broken" "What are you doing?" "It's mine." "I'll have what she's having" "Who are you?" "you used to play so beautiful, Tom" "You had a song for every little thing in your life" "It's a shame it had to end" "I understand" "You quit calling me Tom, you don't even know me" "It's you who no longer knows people, Tom." "And it's your own fault, for feeding him" "Don't let him take all of you" "Wait" "These doors of yours aren't going to keep your secrets safe from me" "Dad," "I had a bad dream" "What are you doing?" "Nothing" "I'm doing nothing at all." "It's bedtime, go back to sleep" "Dad.." "Is this about your mother again?" "The circus.." "..it's not until tomorrow" "Just go to bed" "Dad" "What?" "Are you scared?" "How can you be scared of it, if you've never even seen it?" "Huh?" "Huh?" "Look, it's just a bunch of clowns" "And trapeze artists, wearing tights" "That's all" "Alright?" "Buddy" "Back to bed now" "Thomas" "Yes, sir" "Nothing" "Bed" "Now" "No" "No" "A snow storm is still escalating and the temperature is falling fast" "Our friends in the weather department are forecasting record-breaking cold today" "So it's a good idea to stay indoors, especially for the elderly" "The authorities are warning of possible blackouts, so take extra care" "Maybe get yourself some batteries, candles and keep an eye on for your elders" "Hello" "Mmm, well, well, well, look at you!" "You're beautiful" "Ann.." "of course." "How did you get in here?" "It's a magic trick" "I can't reveal the secret But it involved a brick" "Well, it's nice to see you" "What happened to 'You Destroyed My Life You Old Bitch'?" "Nobody destroyed my life." "You people just did what you wanted" "Everyone for themselves, right?" "It's unfair" "Wasn't like that" "Really?" "what was it like?" "Because the band, and the tours, and the money, and all that stupid crap" "That seemed a lot more important to my dad.." "..than anything that had to do with me, or my mom" "And even when he was home, he was never here." "He was always lost inside his own mind." "Anyway, I don't care" "You may have unresolved issues with Tom." "I don't" "Oooh, yeah." "I can see that" "Well, it's not like I've ever been a part of his life, so" "You were always the most important part of his life" "Yeah, that's better" "Aah" "I don't know why he had to put the bad ones up too" "He just could never let go" "Who" "How cute" "You used to be a happy kid" "Used to be." "All thanks to him" "All he ever wanted was to forget everything" "And move on with you" "Of course, it didn't work out" "You know, Ann, was a long time ago" "You really should just let it go" "When you get old enough, you don't fear death anymore" "You wait for it." "And after a while, you hope for it.." "..even if you don't admit it." "Do you know what?" "Because losing your mind before you go is worse than dying" "You hope your, will check out before your brain turns to some mush" "Yeah well, you still seem pretty sharp" "I'm talking about your father" "He's in a dark place right now" "Doesn't, bother you, not knowing how he remembers you?" "No." "I think it bothers you more" "If he remembers me at all, it's as something that was broken and then put back together" "And he was never really good at fixing things" "He did the best he could" "I'm tired" "You ought be more careful, buddy" "Else you're going to turn this into a nightmare" "No, you're hurting me" "You know I would never do that" "I want what's best for you" "Stop" "Oh, now this is the real deal" "Hey, buddy, what are you doing over there?" "Come here, they're starting" "Ha,ha,ha" "Sorry, now I get it." "You're part of the act" "Oh, I got to see this." "Daddy" "Ladies and gentlemen" "Be heartlessly welcome, to Cirque the Morgue" "And what a show we have for you tonight" "Madam" "Mr. Thomas Whitman" "A composer and a poet" "A bad, bad father" "With a bad, bad memory" "No, please, don't" "No" "Don't" "Oh, look, this one's about your wife" "Just about nothing left of her, I see" "Hardly, worth the effort" "Memories, it's not like you have any real use for them" "We all lose parts of ourselves, bit by bit by bit" "What?" "What the hell!" "that's not how it turns out" "Stop, that's all wrong, total." "Change it" "You're wrecking it!" "You, Whoa" "Thomas" "Yes, sir" "Nothing" "Bed, now" "God dammit" "How many digits do these things usually have?" "I don't know" "Just don't try to break it." "It won't work" "Mm" "We need to get this stupid thing open" "Why, Ann?" "Cause when Tom locks something away, it's important" "He didn't have any money." "You guys pissed all of it away" "A little bitter, are we?" "About having to pay for his care, actually, yes, I am" "You did a good thing" "You let him stay here, at home, with his memories" "Not so bad for somebody who doesn't care about her father" "What were my options?" "It was either that, or have every goddamn family friend drown me in guilt" "Nonsense" "This family has pretty well out of friends for at least a decade, sweetheart" "I wonder why, what with Tom being so famous for caring about people" "Uh" "I keep telling you" "He cared" "Another magic trick" "He picks something that he knew he would never forget" "What a cliché" "What's in there?" ""But all I am is smoke and mirrors"" "It's about him" "There's a shock" ""Miracles come in small packages"" ""It takes so little to turn a child into the most fortunate being in the world"" "Uh" "No, stop" "Leave me, Let me hate you" "Wait, who are you?" "Please, Wait!" "So, satisfied now, are we?" "Yes." "Because this..,this is what I grew up with," "Scattered pages, songs, words of wisdom fairy tales all around me" "You see that thing?" "His precious arabesque?" "His princess." "He said the dancer inside would spin, if I managed to play the chords right when I was learning the piano" "Look, Gem.." "No" "His idea of raising me was to feed me these endless pipe dreams and weird monologues" "Because everything was a performance to him" "And he did the same thing to my mom." "Strung her along" "Kept making and breaking promises." "And she always believed him" "Always." "And he always disappointed her" "Because you, you came first" "And then, she ended up dead because of you" "I hope it was worth it" "Oh, shit!" "Bonjour, mon general" "This," "This.. this is how small I was in his magical, musical world" "Do you know, he'd written songs for everyone around him?" "Maybe even for this little bastard here" "But never, never for my mom, or me" "Un, deux, trois, quatre" "Bonjour, mon general." "You were fortunate to find your way" "What's happening?" "Where am I?" "Why the battlefield, Sir" "You've fought in this room for many years" "I'm ashamed that I wounded you so grievously, and for nothing" "I don't know what you mean" "Please, Sir, don't spare my feelings It was a mighty blow I struck" "I can only beg for your forgiveness" "I stepped on you" "I ambushed you" "But, Sir, my motives were pure" "It was a brave attempt to stop you from going with the accursed snowman" "That evil pig" "It's the memories, Sir" "He takes them." "Takes you further in the darkness" "But why?" "You got old" "Still, you've got the best of him, at least for now" "The best memories hurt him" "You've chased the very best one" "That girl" "Yes, your daughter" "Ha, ha, ha" " What a girl what a memory." "Ah~ c'est magnifique" "You remember best through the things you both shared as children" "Like myself or the pretty mademoiselle.." "..within the glass bubble" "Hm, yes, you loved us well, and so did your daughter" "I don't remember her" "Ah, well" "There's nothing to be done then." "C'est la vie" "This is as far as we go" "No" "Sir" "I need your help" "I need to remember her" "I need to find her" "Comrad" "En avant, marche" "You still have memories that were precious to you" "You hid them, we know where, it's not too far" "I don't think I have many left" "Oh, no" "I don't even know who am I anymore" "We all take wounds, Sir" "Oh, I'm sorry about that" "Don't be, Sir." "I'm a mere soldier, just a casualty of war" "You could have disposed of us, instead, you hand us on, and you told your daughter how important we were" "Hourra!" "Hourra!" "We have to hurry, Sir" "The night your mother had the accident, if Tom had gotten home earlier, things might have been different" "He was with you, Ann" "It's not what you think uh" "Back then, my life was out of control" "I'm so crazy, with the band, with everything" "Got too much for me." "I took some pills, but I didn't take enough," "Because I woke up And then, when I did, Tom was there." "I didn't plan it that way" "I don't want to hear this" "He stayed with me, but he would not look at me, not after what I had done" "I bet that little stunt really screwed with your precious band" "No, no." "Yeah, it was the end of the band" "True, but no." "You see, what I'd done was.." "Ah~, I don't know, too personal for him" "You don't know?" "Know what?" "Oh, Gem, honey" "You don't know that Tom's father killed himself?" "Yeah, Theodore Whitman shot himself in the head" "And Tom watched it happen" "What I did, was hard on him And that night, your mother had the accident" "That's what broke up the band" "He didn't care, but he knew he was going to lose you as well" "Why are you telling me this?" "Because I don't think you know your father at all" "He worshiped Theodore in spite of his dark moods" "From what Tom told me, he could be really mean" "So, when Tom felt himself going down the same path, he pushed you away" "I know, he pushed very hard" "We have arrived, Sir" "I remember.." "..yes, I locked them away, they're here" "May I say, Sir, it has been a pleasure to serve you, and yours" "Halt!" ""Miracles come in small packages, it takes so little to turn a child into" "Into the most fortunate being in the world" ""It wasn't much of a circus." "It was cheap, shabby and rundown." "And she was enchanted by everything she saw," "Laughing and squeezing my hand" "The first time I felt like a father, watching her smile." "Why couldn't he just told me this?" "He did tell you, in his way." "The only way he knew" "Oh man, I was always hoping there might be something that would make it all worthwhile" "Not this nonsense" "Oh my God" "These aren't just scattered thoughts or feelings, look" "Mon dieu, a l'attaque" "Some of this is complete, but the rest.." "..his words stop or just trail off" "Gaps, spaces.." ""She's a true reflection of her mother, my broken missing love" "So small but as wise and as beautiful as she was" "I am proud with love" "Now I push her away" "She must not share my darkness" "I hope she'll understand one day." "So this is where you stashed all the good stuff, huh?" "What?" "this?" "I just took a bit of a beating, is all" "You should see your little friends" "I know what you've been up to.." "Congratulations" "What did we learn, huh?" "Your daddy had his fill of you, took his own life" "The songbird tried the same trick" "Then there's your little girl, she hates you" "Nothing left if you ask me.." "It seems like you don't have much left either" "I've got one thing.." "..magic" "Light brings darkness, what sweet irony" "It's your world, your rules" "Now I wonder who dreamed that up" "And, here it comes" "It's like watching your greatest fear come alive" "Ann, Ann" "Look" "That's your dad for you" "Yeah, but just look at it." "I mean, he did all this by hand" "There are spaces, things he didn't finish" "He started writing things down," "When he realized that he was losing his mind" "So where is the last page?" "What was it?" "All these fragments, memories, it's his li.." "Oh, great" "Hold on, I'll check if it's a fuse" "Yep, it's the power." "Of course, the phone's dead" "I'm going over there" "Oh, Goddammit, I can't call a cab" "Hey, I got a car" "Really, let's go" "Sorry, old man" "Your daughter is not picking up her phone" "Must be the storm" "Ah..... ah, No" "Not yet, I'm not finished" "It's nearly over now" "What are you gonna do, outmaneuver me?" "You're on a track, you idiot" "I know what's down there, and you're not going to like it" "I won't let you do this" "You won't get that lucky again" "E minor" "I was right, she did spin" "You hurry right in, I'll park the car" "Go, I'll be right with you" "Got you now." "I'm all the future you'll ever have, buddy" "No!" "You won't take my life from me again" "But I am gonna make what's left of it, a living hell" "But why?" "Like you don't know, all your music, all your hopes they're just ruins and blank canvas now" "I'm all that you can bring to mind." "You tell me why" "I can't help it" "You always knew I was poison, you could have chosen her if you'd cut me down to size" "But you built me stronger every year" "I had to" "..I never wanted to lose the memory of you" "I've wiped you clean of useless dreams and memories, you weak little brat" "Dad, please" "I'll drag you down with me, you always knew I would" "Dad, no" "I have to let you go" "Daddy" "Daddy" "Thanks for the ride" "Please sleep tight, Princess" "I'm here" "I'm so sorry" "Daddy" "He, what you wanted?" "Fran...." "What?" "Francine!" "I'll hope to hear the chords played again one day" "Without them I'm lost in this nothingness" "Wandering after far off music, through a desert of ashes" "If a tune had a colour, it would be a mixture of pink and red" "Constantly afraid of it fading away" "Terrified of the silence that may come" "My final memories are pulling me, towards the end of a black alley" "There 's a door in the darkness" "I struggle, to find my way through the dooru" "I can hear it clearly now" "The most beautiful melody ever created by man" "I enter the room.." "..and there, forever remains.." "that change from G, to E minor"