SCENE FROM WONG KAR WAI'S "FALLEN ANGELS" (1995) FILM DIRECTOR WONG KAR WAI
2046
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In the year 2046 a vast
rail network spans the globe.
A mysterious train leaves
for 2046 every once in a while.
Every passenger going to
2046 has the same intention.
They want to recapture lost
memories.
Because nothing ever changes
in 2046.
Nobody really knows if
that's true.
Because nobody's ever come back.
Except me...
2046.
I once fell in love with someone
After a while, she wasn't there.
I went to 2046.
I thought she might be waiting
for me there,
but I couldn't find her,
I can't stop wondering if
she loved me or not,
but I never found out.
Maybe her answer was
like a secret...
that no one else would ever know...
All memories are traces of tears.
...I found out what had
happened the night before,
Lulu was stabbed by a
jealous boyfriend,
a drummer from the club.
She'd really liked him...
...and compared him with a
bird that could never land...
For all these years...
She has been looking
for her legless bird.
Most of her affairs ended badly,
but she didn't mind sad endings,
no matter what happened...
...At least she was
always the leading lady.
Bai Ling:I don't get it!
Where does all that fun get you?
If you find the right person...
...why waste time on the others?
Chow:If I find the right person!
A man Like me has nothing much
...except free time
That's why I need company
Bai Ling:So people are just time-fillers to you?
Chow:I wouldn't say that.
Other people can borrow my time too
Bai Ling:And this evening?
Are you borrowing me or am
I borrowing you?
Chow:No difference!
Maybe I borrowed you earlier...
...and now you're borrowing me.
So I began imagining myself as
a Japanese man...
...on a train for 2046 ...
...falling for an android with
delayed reaction.
Tak:If someone wants to Leave
how Long will it take?
Mr. Wang:No one can say.
Some people get away fairly easily...
Others find that...
...It takes them much longer.
It takes great strength,
and it can hurt terribly.
Tak: I forget how Long I've been
on this train
I start to feel very lonely.
Mr. Wang:It's rather boring at first,
but you slowly get used to it.
We have a range of cabin attendants,
they can satisfy your every need,
they will serve you devotedly,
like an intimate friend...
But you must never fall in
love with them.
Tak:Who'd ever fall for an android?
Mr. Wang:Who can say?
Events can creep up on you...
...without you even noticing
It happens all the time.
Paragraph 85 in the
Passengers' Guide...
...warns that Area 345 ...
...is especially cold
The train heating won't be
strong enough, so
passengers are advised to hug
each other to keep warm.
Since I'm the only passenger...
...I hug my android cabin attendant...
I wonder if it's her mechanism
or just my imagination,
but I sense some responsive
warmth in her artificial body.
Tak:
Do you know...
...what people did
in the old days...
...when they had secrets they
didn't want to share?
They'd climb a mountain...
Find a tree...
Carve a hole in it...
Whisper the secret into the hole...
And cover it up with mud
That way...
...nobody else would ever
learn the secret.
"Andriod makes a round opening with her thumb and curled index finger, motioning for Tak to press his mouth into the crease."
The Android:I'll be your tree!
Tell me. and nobody else
will ever know.
Tak:I always...
"the android moves the opening away...forcing Tak to reposition his mouth and start his statment over."
Tak:I always...
"again the android moves the opening...eluding Taks mouth.
Tak:I always...
"each time Tak tries to speak into the opening in the adroids fingers....she moves it away...away....and away."
Tak:Very funny! I always...
"the android just keeps moving her curled fingers away...bringing it closer and closer to her own mouth.
Tak:I always...
"the androind finally brings the opening right up to her lips....so that Tak is only able to speak against her kiss....they embrace passionately"
Tak:Whenever anyone asked
why I left ...
I always...
...I gave them some vague answer...
I once fell in Love with someone
I couldnt stop wondering
whether she loved me or not,
I found an android which
Looked just Like her,
I thought the android might
give me the answer.
Mr. Wang:Do you know the Buddhist canon?
'The Decays of Celestial Beings'?
The Decays of Celestial Beings...
It's all about the gods...
.. and how they go through
this process too.
Our cabin attendants are
superbly designed
But there's one problem.
When they've served on so
many Long journeys...
...fatigue begins to set in.
They might want to laugh...
...but the smile would be slow to come
They might want to cry...
...but the tear wouldnt
well up till next day!
This one is failing fast
I think you'd better give up
hours Later
I realized...
...the reason the android
didn't answer...
...had nothing to do with
her mechanism wearing out.
More likely
she already Loved someone else
Love is all a matter of timing,
It's no good meeting
the right person...
...too soon or too Late,
If I'd lived in another
time or place...
...my story might have had a
very different ending.
I would also like the story to
have a happy ending,
but I don't know how to write it.
Some years back I had a
happy ending in my grasp,
but I let it slip away.
He didn't turn back.......
It was as if he'd boarded
a very long train...
Heading for a drowsy future...
.. through the unfathomable night,
everyone who goes to 2046
has the same intention
They want to recapture Lost memories...
Because in 2046 ...
...nothing ever changes,
but nobody really knows
if that's true or not...
Because nobody has ever come back
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