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floweranzaDialogue for BEFORE SUNSET/SUNRISE, (c) Richard Linklater & written for a Creative Writing class.
Not finished.
EXTERIOR: OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY GALLERY - MIDDAY
They lean against the wall of the Galleria Dell'Accademia building, close to each other. Pedestrians can be seen crossing in and out of the scene in front of them as they talk.
JESSE
You know, I think one of my friends talked about this place once. And I nodded my head because, you know, I'd never thought I'd ever go to Vienna. But maybe that's why I came.
CELINE
I think - well, that might be true. I've heard about it so much that when I think of Venice I think, ah, Galleria Dell'Accademia, something like that. My grandmother is a big fan of Veronese and she really loves him. She really does. She has reproductions of his work all over the walls.
JESSE
What makes her like him? edit
CELINE
Veronese?
JESSE
Yeah.
CELINE
It was something about the fact that his paintings tried to make this link between humanity and faith - well, my grandmother, she's not very religious, but she's a wonderful person, she's always liked the arts.
(she lowers her voice a small bit, intentionally increasing her accent to create an exaggerated enthusiasm)
"Celine! There is a -- damn, what's the word? -- paradigm to all things in this world! And art lets you escape it!" That's what she always says.
JESSE
Paradigm... (pause) A set? A pattern?
CELINE
Something like that.
JESSE
I dunno if I agree with that. I mean, yeah, history repeats itself over and over, and all people are kind of the same on the basic level, but can we really say like, 'Shit! I better give up now because things are going to be the same forevermore!' I mean, can we say stuff like that? That seems so, uh, stagnant and finite. I had this friend who -- hey, don't laugh at me, it's that same friend as before! -- anyway, he was this really gung-ho art student, right? I mean, he was really into it. Dreamt of being this great animator or something since he was a kid. So he studied and graduated, and then he got this amazing job at an animation company, and that was when he told me that he didn't really enjoy drawing crap anymore.
CELINE
Oh... why did he say that?
JESSE
Suddenly found himself bogged down by all these responsibilities. Like, he turned in a work and be told things like, 'You can't do that, it goes outside the specs!' or, 'That line is way off!' or whatever those guys say. This sounds so melodramatic, but he kinda killed his own art, you know? So I don't necessarily think that all things follow this determined pattern and I don't think that art is this sole escape to it, either. I mean, if there is a pattern, art's going to be part of it just like everything else. And if there isn't a pattern - Well! I can't even draw stick figures without messing up. Can't really say anything about it.
CELINE
Not finished.
EXTERIOR: OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY GALLERY - MIDDAY
They lean against the wall of the Galleria Dell'Accademia building, close to each other. Pedestrians can be seen crossing in and out of the scene in front of them as they talk.
JESSE
You know, I think one of my friends talked about this place once. And I nodded my head because, you know, I'd never thought I'd ever go to Vienna. But maybe that's why I came.
CELINE
I think - well, that might be true. I've heard about it so much that when I think of Venice I think, ah, Galleria Dell'Accademia, something like that. My grandmother is a big fan of Veronese and she really loves him. She really does. She has reproductions of his work all over the walls.
JESSE
What makes her like him? edit
CELINE
Veronese?
JESSE
Yeah.
CELINE
It was something about the fact that his paintings tried to make this link between humanity and faith - well, my grandmother, she's not very religious, but she's a wonderful person, she's always liked the arts.
(she lowers her voice a small bit, intentionally increasing her accent to create an exaggerated enthusiasm)
"Celine! There is a -- damn, what's the word? -- paradigm to all things in this world! And art lets you escape it!" That's what she always says.
JESSE
Paradigm... (pause) A set? A pattern?
CELINE
Something like that.
JESSE
I dunno if I agree with that. I mean, yeah, history repeats itself over and over, and all people are kind of the same on the basic level, but can we really say like, 'Shit! I better give up now because things are going to be the same forevermore!' I mean, can we say stuff like that? That seems so, uh, stagnant and finite. I had this friend who -- hey, don't laugh at me, it's that same friend as before! -- anyway, he was this really gung-ho art student, right? I mean, he was really into it. Dreamt of being this great animator or something since he was a kid. So he studied and graduated, and then he got this amazing job at an animation company, and that was when he told me that he didn't really enjoy drawing crap anymore.
CELINE
Oh... why did he say that?
JESSE
Suddenly found himself bogged down by all these responsibilities. Like, he turned in a work and be told things like, 'You can't do that, it goes outside the specs!' or, 'That line is way off!' or whatever those guys say. This sounds so melodramatic, but he kinda killed his own art, you know? So I don't necessarily think that all things follow this determined pattern and I don't think that art is this sole escape to it, either. I mean, if there is a pattern, art's going to be part of it just like everything else. And if there isn't a pattern - Well! I can't even draw stick figures without messing up. Can't really say anything about it.
CELINE