Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
Betty Schneider: Anne Goupil
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Quotes
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Anne Goupil : [reading aloud from Shakespeare's The Tempest] Full fathom five thy father lies / Of his bones are coral made / Those are pearls that were his eyes / Nothing of him that doth fade / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange
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Jean-Marc : It's got nothing on Shakespeare.
Anne Goupil : Oh, we'll talk about Shakespeare after my exams.
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Anne Goupil : Am I going mad or is it the world?
Pierre Goupil : Both, kid. Both.
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Jean-Marc : Do you know 'Pericles'?
Anne Goupil : Yes.
Jean-Marc : What do you think?
Anne Goupil : It's very good.
Jean-Marc : Really?
Anne Goupil : Yes.
Jean-Marc : Some good scenes, but it's hit-and-miss. It's wasn't Shakespeare's work. Anyway it'll be a flop.
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Pierre Goupil : They have their ideas, I have mine.
Anne Goupil : And I'm the girl with no opinions.
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Ida : Philip will be there.
Pierre Goupil : Philip's coming?
Ida : He's been staying at Bernard's.
Anne Goupil : Who is Philip?
Pierre Goupil : Kaufman.
Ida : Philip Kaufman!
Pierre Goupil : Famous journalist, Pulitzer Prize. Written a couple of novels. Thrown out of the U.S. You've heard of McCarthy?
Anne Goupil : Isn't he dead?
Pierre Goupil : Maybe, but I wasn't invited to the funeral.
Anne Goupil : Always the skeptic.
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Jean-Marc : When shall we meet?
Anne Goupil : One fine day.
Jean-Marc : Like today.
Anne Goupil : Tomorrow or next year.
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Anne Goupil : You're wrong.
Philip Kaufman : No, it figures. I'm right, as usual.
Anne Goupil : If you insist.
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Anne Goupil : Why have you talked to me?
Philip Kaufman : Why? Never seek to know why. Beware of Terry. Beware of me. Forget all I've said, if you can. If not, forgive me.
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Philip Kaufman : Don't try to understand. Some secrets few men can bear. Juan couldn't. I fear Gérard can't. Gérard's threatened. He doesn't know it, but I don't give him two months.
Anne Goupil : That's not true.
Philip Kaufman : All right, it's not true then.
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Philip Kaufman : I want to tell you that the world isn't what it seems. No, listen to me. Some people have guessed what I'm going to say, but I *know* it. It's the whole world that's threatened yet doesn't know it. It's all nothing but appearances. Those we think powerful are puppets. The real masters rule in secret.
Anne Goupil : Who are they?
Philip Kaufman : They have no names. I speak in riddles, but some things can only be told in riddles.
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Anne Goupil : Why don't you do something?
Philip Kaufman : Damocles' friend warned him of the sword, but his reaction made it fall.
Anne Goupil : Another riddle?
Philip Kaufman : Yes.
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Philip Kaufman : You've made the rounds.
Anne Goupil : What do you mean?
Philip Kaufman : Don't act surprised. I don't believe in coincidences.
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Philip Kaufman : What do you talk about?
Anne Goupil : About everything and nothing. We don't always agree, but that's natural.
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Anne Goupil : What if I told you you were in danger?
Gerard Lenz : In danger?
Anne Goupil : ...Because of Terry.
Gerard Lenz : It's jealousy. Hear that, Terry?
Terry Yordan : Yes.
Gerard Lenz : Doesn't it make you laugh?
Terry Yordan : No, I may be a dangerous girl.
Gerard Lenz : I always liked femme fatales.
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Gerard Lenz : Do you know 'Pericles'?
Anne Goupil : Yes.
Gerard Lenz : What do you think?
Anne Goupil : Is this a test?
Gerard Lenz : No, I'd like your opinion.
Anne Goupil : Okay. It's rather disconnected.
Gerard Lenz : Right. And?
Anne Goupil : But that doesn't matter.
Gerard Lenz : Why not?
Anne Goupil : Because it's on another level. Is that the right answer?
Gerard Lenz : A plus.
[Anne laughs]
Gerard Lenz : Everyone says I'm crazy, even Terry, but the reason I want to stage it is because it's "unplayable." But I don't care. It's shreds and patches, yet it hangs together overall. Pericles may traverse kingdoms, the heroes are dispersed, yet they can't escape. They're all reunited in Act V. I want to show that. Do you think I'm crazy?
Anne Goupil : No. Not at all.
Gerard Lenz : Thanks. But we must try to make people understand it. It shows a chaotic but not absurd world, rather like our own, flying off in all directions, but with a purpose. Only we don't know what. Am I boring you?
Anne Goupil : No. I agree. The world is less absurd than it seems.
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Laurence : You're wasting your time with Terry. She'll never tell you anything.
Anne Goupil : I know.
Laurence : Terry acts mysterious. That's how she keeps Gérard.
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De Georges : How's Gérard getting along?
Anne Goupil : Not too well.
De Georges : I admire the naïveté and enthusiasm of youth. Perhaps it will all work out.
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Philip Kaufman : There's only one solution: don't think. I cling to people I meet: you, anyone. I look at them: they exist. They're still alive and free, their feet on the ground. If they can see me too, it means I'm still here, that they think of me as one of them.
Anne Goupil : That's egotistical.
Philip Kaufman : Perhaps. I don't give a damn.
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Connaissance de Juan au café : Was this Juan talented?
Anne Goupil : So they say.
Connaissance de Juan au café : He didn't look it. More like the cursed type. the kind who use their genius to get by. His job lay in sitting for hours without saying a word. He'd watch passersby, especially girls. If he didn't like someone, he'd hit him. Once he got two weeks for hitting a man he said was a fascist spy.
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Pierre Goupil : What were you doing around here?
Anne Goupil : Out for a walk?
Pierre Goupil : With that floozy? Give me her address.
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Anne Goupil : I can't wait. I give up.
Tania Fedin : Patience is difficult. Yes, child, waiting is difficult.
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Gerard Lenz : Do you love me?
Anne Goupil : Goethe said: "If I love you, is that your affair?"
Gerard Lenz : To hell with Goethe. Answer me.
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Anne Goupil : Why have you given up?
Gerard Lenz : I'd had enough. Once you start making concessions, you can't stop.
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Anne Goupil : He left. Perhaps I was wrong. It was my pride. His too. I'm no saint.
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Gerard Lenz : "I have no alternative but to cast myself into the sea."
Anne Goupil : Moliere, 'George Dandin', Act 3, Scene...
Gerard Lenz : Scene 15.
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[last lines]
Anne Goupil : What will you do now?
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : Continue. We must. Stage 'Pericles.' Are you with us?
Anne Goupil : What for?
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : Is this wind westerly?
