Actor: Ethan Hawke
Actress: Julie Delpy
Director: Richard Linklater
1. Met on the train
(a middle-aged couple quarreling in German, their voices getting louder and louder, sitting across the aisle The female protagonist couldn't read the book, frowned, took the bag and left, came to the opposite side of the actor's aisle, glanced at the actor, and sat down to read the book. The actor wanted to strike up a conversation, but did not have the courage to hesitate there. At this moment in time The middle-aged couple walked through the aisle, and the hero and the heroine looked up at the couple at the same time. After the middle-aged couple passed, they met. The hero finally accosted.)
Male: What are they arguing? Can you speak English?
Female: I can speak. Sorry, I can't speak German (can't understand what they are arguing).
Have you ever heard of such a saying that when a couple reaches a certain age, they lose the ability to listen to each other.
Male: No,
female: It is said that men will lose the ability to listen to high-pitched highs, and women will lose the ability to listen to low-pitched sounds. At this time, they will not be able to understand each other at all.
Male: I think God is not letting the husband and wife grow old together, not letting them kill each other.
What are you reading
(The woman shows him the cover of the book) Oh
woman: How about you?
(The man hesitates to show her the cover of the book) Hmm
(the middle-aged couple came back from the aisle again and are still arguing)
Man: I want to go to the dining car. Would you like to go with me?
Female: Okay.
Male: Great
(on the train aisle).
Male: How do you speak so well in English?
Woman: I attended a summer school in Los Angeles.
Sit here, OK?
Male: Good
female: I have also lived in London.
Male: Oh,
female: (very solemnly) So, why do you speak English so well?
Man: Me? I'm American.
Woman: Are you American?
Male: Yes
female: Are you sure?
Male: Yes
female: (laughs) I was joking. I know you are American. And I also know that you don’t speak other languages, right?
Man: Oh, oh, I understand, I understand. I am a savage, stupid, and vulgar American. I don’t speak other languages and don’t have my own culture. But I tried (learn other languages). I learned French in high school. When I went to Paris for the first time, I had been practicing (speaking French to buy tickets) while queuing at the subway entrance, but when it was my turn, I looked at the woman with a blank mind. I said "I'll buy one" (English), so...
Where are you going?
Woman: I'm back to Paris. I will start school next week.
Man: Are you still in school? which school?
Woman: Sorbonne University, you know?
Male: Of course. Are you coming from Budapest?
Woman: Yes, I'm going to see my grandmother.
Man: Oh, how is she?
Woman: She is fine.
Male: Very good?
Woman: Yes, very good.
(Tempting) What about you? where you go?
Man: I'm going to Vienna.
Woman: Vienna? What are you going to do?
Male: (Very embarrassing) I don't know. I will fly away from there tomorrow.
Woman: Are you on vacation?
Man: I don’t know what I’m doing, do you understand? I just have fun and take the train for two or three weeks.
Woman: Are you visiting friends or playing alone?
Male: I have a friend in Madrid, but...
Female: Madrid, it's beautiful.
Man: I bought a rail pass for Europe, and this is what I did.
Woman: Very good. Was it a pleasure to travel around Europe this time?
Man: Oh, indeed, it is..., it is terrible.
Female: What?
Man: It... (Change the topic) Let me tell you, it’s a wonderful thing to sit on the train for a few weeks and look out the window.
Female: What do you mean?
Male: Oh, you know, for example, you will have ideas you don't usually have.
Woman: What kind of thoughts?
Man: Do you want to hear one?
Female: Let’s talk about it.
Male: Good.
I have an idea about a TV show. Some of my friends do cable TV programs. Do you know cable TV? Everyone can make programs that are really cheap and that others are willing to pay to watch. My idea is to make a 24-hour non-stop program, which will be broadcast continuously for one year. What you have to do is to find 365 people in different cities around the world to do this live 24-hour show. Capture those real lives. You know, when the show started, a guy woke up in the morning, took a long bath, had breakfast, made some coffee, and read the newspaper.
Woman: Wait a minute. Do you want to take pictures of those plain and boring things that everyone has to do every day?
Male: I would say that this is a poetic daily life. You have what you say, and I have what I say.
Woman: Think about it, who will watch it?
Male: Think about it this way, why is it beautiful for a dog to sleep in the sun? Yes, this scene is beautiful. But a guy who withdraws money from a cash machine looks like a fool?
Woman: It's like "National Geographic", but it's about people.
Male: Yes. what do you think?
Woman: Oh, I might say it was boring for 24 hours. I'm sorry. After three minutes of sex, I immediately fell asleep. (The heroine's view of daily life is also not poetic)
Male: Yes, that would be a great plot. People will talk about this episode. You and your friends can play the part in Paris if you want.
Woman: Oh.
Male: I don't know. The key is that what bothers me is the distribution of the program. How to distribute the videos obtained from one place to another can make the program continue. Because it must be broadcast all the time, otherwise it will not be live broadcast 24 hours a day.
Male: Thank you (accepting the waiter's menu)
Female: Thank you (accepting the waiter's menu)
Male: Do you know what this is called? This is called non-oriented service. It is only my observation of Europe (probably that the waiter did not introduce the menu).
Female: My parents never talked about the possibility of me being in love, getting married, or having children. Even when I was a little girl, they asked me to think about my future career, you know, like interior design, lawyers and the like. I said to my dad "I want to be a writer" and he said "news reporter". I said I wanted to find a shelter for stray cats, and he said "veterinarian". I said I want to be an actor, he said "TV news anchor". Constantly turning my fantasy-loving ambitions into actual earning careers. (Parent-oriented control)
Male: I was able to discern lies when I was young. When my parents lied to me, I could always see through it right away. In high school, I always heard people say what they will do in the future, but they didn't actually do it. No one cares about this. I have never been indifferent to the ambitions of those around me.
Woman: Do you understand? If your parents never completely oppose you in anything, and behave friendly and supportively, it will be difficult for you to complain publicly, even if they are wrong. These bullshits are negative violations. do you understand me? I hate it, I really hate it. (Against the gentle orientation of parents)
Man: Oh, you know, besides these nonsense, there is another..., I remember the miraculous moments when I was a child. I remember the first time my mother told me about death. My grandmother died, and our family went to Florida to visit them. I am about three to three and a half years old. Anyway, I still play in the backyard. My sister just taught me to use a garden watering pipe. I was playing with a watering pipe, and the water sprayed towards the sun, and a rainbow appeared. At this time, I saw my grandmother through the mist. She sat there, smiling at me. I took the water pipe and looked at it for a long time. I looked at her, and finally I let go of the nozzle, you know, and then I put down the hose and she disappeared. I ran back and told my parents that they let me sit down and told me a lot of truth about what you can't see when people die, and what is my imagination. But I know I did see it. I am so glad I saw a scene I had never seen before. But I don't know whether these events make me feel that everything is ambiguous, even death. (Parents’ denial of children’s feelings)
Female: You are lucky to have such an attitude towards death. I feel that I am afraid of death 24 hours a day. I swear, I mean, this is exactly why I am on this train. If it were not for fear of death, I would have flown to Paris now.
Man: Oh, go on.
Woman: I can't restrain myself. I know that statistically speaking, it is safe to fly. However, when I was on the plane, I could see the plane exploding, and I could see me falling into the clouds. I am too afraid of the consciousness a few seconds before death, you know you are going to die. I can't refrain from thinking about it, it's exhausting.
Male: Yes, indeed,
female: Real exhaustion.
I think this is Vienna.
Man: Oh.
Woman: Are you getting off here?
Man: Oh, really bad luck. It would be nice if I met you earlier, I really like chatting with you.
Woman: Oh, me too. You are so good.
(Passenger gets off the car, the male protagonist returns to the carriage and walks towards the female protagonist)
Male: I have an idea that I feel very crazy, but if I don't tell you, I will regret it for a lifetime.
Female: What?
Male: I want to continue chatting with you. I don't know how your situation is, but I think we have some similarities, don't you? .
Woman: Oh, me too.
Male: Okay, very good.
This is a suggestion. Get off the bus in Vienna and take a look at the city.
Female: (surprised) What?
Man: Come on, it will be fun.
Come on.
Female: (Laughs and asks) What do we do?
Male: I don't know. All I know is that I will leave by plane at 9:30 tomorrow. I have no money to stay in a hotel, so I am going to shop around. If you walk with me, it will be very interesting. If I am a psychopath, you can just take the off-duty train and leave.
OK, OK, think about it this way. After jumping to ten to twenty years, okay? You are married, but your marriage no longer has the original passion. You start to blame your husband. You think of all the lads you met in your life. You think if you chose one of them, what would you do now? I am one of these lads. I am here. Think of it this way, you travel through time from then back to the present to see what you have lost. When you find that you haven't lost anything, it will be a great comfort to you and your husband. I am a loser like him. Not motivated and boring. You have made the right choice and you are happy.
Woman: Let me take off the bag.
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