Emotion (1966) - full transcript
Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters her counterpart, Sari, and falls in love with...a vampire?
DEDICATED TO ROGER VADIM
AND HIS FILM BLOOD AND ROSES
FOR THE LOVE OF YOUTH
AND THE END OF YOUTH
THAT DRACULA WE ONCE SAW
" The loud noise
of the wild wind...
where are those who have died?
They've gone on a journey. "
- Jules Laforgue
AND MY TWO
BELOVED GIRLS...
Once upon a time
there was a little girl.
She grew up by the sea,
but she longed
for the big city.
A MYTHICAL AFTERNOON
HARBOR
SEA
FISH
SCENT
SUN
STEAM WHISTLE
SEA BREEZE
CHILDREN
HOPSCOTCH
SOUND
CRAB
JELLYFISH
TOBACCONIST
TILED ROOF
DRAGONFLY
ROLLING A HOOP
SPARKLING ALGAE
DAY
DAY
DAY
DAY
FAR AWAY
ONE FINE AFTERNOON
ON A HILL
TWO GIRLS MET
FOR THE FIRST TIME
ONE WAS NAMED EMI
THE OTHER WAS NAMED SARI
EMI AND SARI
A MYTHICAL AFTERNOON
In a mythical castle
in medieval Europe
there lived
a count and his wife.
They used a whip
of wolf's rawhide
to inflict pain
on each other's flesh...
the only way they could
be sure of one another's love.
1966.
Sari's parents have inherited the genes
for this abominable propensity.
That dark, fateful passion
has cast its shadow
over Sari's thin, watery blood.
SPRING
When spring came,
the girls entered
a world out of a fairy tale.
There was
a very strange park there
where adults
basked in the sun
with quiet smiles
on their faces.
The girls spent
an entire day there.
As they said farewell
to that day,
the girls began to lose
the wonderful ability
to believe in things
that don't exist in this world.
ONE FINE AFTERNOON
ON A HILL
That's the young man Sari loved.
But the young man
seemed to be
more attracted to Emi.
RAIN
SUMMER
WHERE DID EMI COME FROM?
FROM THE SEA
THE BRIGHT, DAZZLING SEA
Sari had a dream.
In her dream, the young man
she loved took on the form
of her father
and the man from the legend.
He was kind enough
to love Sari's blood.
THE END OF SUMMER
I KNOW THE SEA TOO
BUT MINE IS A DARK, DARK SEA
The dark passions
of Sari's mother
sprouted impure blossoms
in front of Emi's
pure, naked flesh.
Thus, this fateful couple's lives
became entangled
with that of a young girl.
The fires of destiny
were blazing.
"Love is a gentle wildflower...
a flower that won't wilt
in the heat of the summer sun.
A fevered passion
hidden in one's breast...
never to be
frosted over by doubt. "
O, my one and only love!
Sinking... my darling.
Sinking... my darling.
Sinking into the city streets.
The roar of the dark sea...
so far away,
yet I can still hear it.
The sound
of the sea's dark waves
sinking into the city streets.
"Striking the drum,
playing the flute,
on Sundays
the innocent child
plays on the tatami mat. "
- Chuya Nakahara
" You've taken
my heart captive...
and I have taken yours.
We have exchanged
heart for heart...
happiness for happiness.
I have returned your heart.
Now I possess nobody's heart.
I have returned your heart...
yet I have lost...
my own. "
- Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
I really feel my age.
Tell me,
where are you going?
I'm going on a trip.
I flow along with the wind...
a bird of passage
at the end of the road.
I tear up at the setting sun.
Who can know
my weeping heart?
Last night's dream
still saddens me today.
I'm like a lonely,
wandering meteor in the sky.
The scattered blossoms
of my heart
flutter down
to the green pond.
When will I return
to my distant home?
I'm a wanderer,
a vagabond without a home.
Glimmering
in the blue glass...
little sister
of my vanished heart.
LET'S HAVE
A SHOOT-OUT!
Brother!
Two people who can
never love each other...
why is a heart
that has loved so pitiful?
O brother! O sister!
O beautiful dream!
Summoned by God,
to heaven we go!
Blossoms fall, drenched in tears,
and wind blows beyond the rainbow.
Ah, spring, spring!
The romance of youth!
Shoot him!
Shoot the little boy in my heart!
You couldn't do it.
You wouldn't do it.
You just left by yourself.
I broke the law.
I don't need a gun.
It's a waste of breath
to say farewell.
Just say "so long."
El Dorado!
FAR AWAY
NOW THE STORY DESCENDS
INTO A RUINOUS ABYSS
WITH VIOLENT MUSIC
EEK!
An era passes,
and a new one begins.
A new era
is always encroached upon
by the legends of eras past.
TOO LATE!
The dandelions
aren't blooming today.
A MYTHICAL AFTERNOON
"People cannot...
remain in dreams forever. "
- Roger Vadim
MORNING COMES TO THE SEA
The days passed,
heartbreaking yet brilliant.
It was that time of year.
This is the story of the film
I wanted to make
and my young friends
who gathered to make it.
What's more,
it's a memento of their youth.
One day I saw Dracula.
Someday I'll make
a Dracula movie.
Well, it's already autumn.
What shall I do?
"Simone!
The leaves have fallen.
Let's go to the forest. "
How desolate,
the fallen leaves at night.
Blown to and fro
by the wind,
the leaves gently call out.
"Simone, do you like the sound
of footsteps on the fallen leaves?
Come.
One day, we too will be
poor fallen leaves.
Come.
Night is falling.
The wind pierces our bones.
Simone, do you like the sound
of footsteps on the fallen leaves?"
FAREWELL
- Remy de Gourmont
DRACULA
YOUTH
QUOTATIONS ABOUT DRACULA
FROM A REPORT BY EIJI YAMANA
AND HIS FILM BLOOD AND ROSES
FOR THE LOVE OF YOUTH
AND THE END OF YOUTH
THAT DRACULA WE ONCE SAW
" The loud noise
of the wild wind...
where are those who have died?
They've gone on a journey. "
- Jules Laforgue
AND MY TWO
BELOVED GIRLS...
Once upon a time
there was a little girl.
She grew up by the sea,
but she longed
for the big city.
A MYTHICAL AFTERNOON
HARBOR
SEA
FISH
SCENT
SUN
STEAM WHISTLE
SEA BREEZE
CHILDREN
HOPSCOTCH
SOUND
CRAB
JELLYFISH
TOBACCONIST
TILED ROOF
DRAGONFLY
ROLLING A HOOP
SPARKLING ALGAE
DAY
DAY
DAY
DAY
FAR AWAY
ONE FINE AFTERNOON
ON A HILL
TWO GIRLS MET
FOR THE FIRST TIME
ONE WAS NAMED EMI
THE OTHER WAS NAMED SARI
EMI AND SARI
A MYTHICAL AFTERNOON
In a mythical castle
in medieval Europe
there lived
a count and his wife.
They used a whip
of wolf's rawhide
to inflict pain
on each other's flesh...
the only way they could
be sure of one another's love.
1966.
Sari's parents have inherited the genes
for this abominable propensity.
That dark, fateful passion
has cast its shadow
over Sari's thin, watery blood.
SPRING
When spring came,
the girls entered
a world out of a fairy tale.
There was
a very strange park there
where adults
basked in the sun
with quiet smiles
on their faces.
The girls spent
an entire day there.
As they said farewell
to that day,
the girls began to lose
the wonderful ability
to believe in things
that don't exist in this world.
ONE FINE AFTERNOON
ON A HILL
That's the young man Sari loved.
But the young man
seemed to be
more attracted to Emi.
RAIN
SUMMER
WHERE DID EMI COME FROM?
FROM THE SEA
THE BRIGHT, DAZZLING SEA
Sari had a dream.
In her dream, the young man
she loved took on the form
of her father
and the man from the legend.
He was kind enough
to love Sari's blood.
THE END OF SUMMER
I KNOW THE SEA TOO
BUT MINE IS A DARK, DARK SEA
The dark passions
of Sari's mother
sprouted impure blossoms
in front of Emi's
pure, naked flesh.
Thus, this fateful couple's lives
became entangled
with that of a young girl.
The fires of destiny
were blazing.
"Love is a gentle wildflower...
a flower that won't wilt
in the heat of the summer sun.
A fevered passion
hidden in one's breast...
never to be
frosted over by doubt. "
O, my one and only love!
Sinking... my darling.
Sinking... my darling.
Sinking into the city streets.
The roar of the dark sea...
so far away,
yet I can still hear it.
The sound
of the sea's dark waves
sinking into the city streets.
"Striking the drum,
playing the flute,
on Sundays
the innocent child
plays on the tatami mat. "
- Chuya Nakahara
" You've taken
my heart captive...
and I have taken yours.
We have exchanged
heart for heart...
happiness for happiness.
I have returned your heart.
Now I possess nobody's heart.
I have returned your heart...
yet I have lost...
my own. "
- Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
I really feel my age.
Tell me,
where are you going?
I'm going on a trip.
I flow along with the wind...
a bird of passage
at the end of the road.
I tear up at the setting sun.
Who can know
my weeping heart?
Last night's dream
still saddens me today.
I'm like a lonely,
wandering meteor in the sky.
The scattered blossoms
of my heart
flutter down
to the green pond.
When will I return
to my distant home?
I'm a wanderer,
a vagabond without a home.
Glimmering
in the blue glass...
little sister
of my vanished heart.
LET'S HAVE
A SHOOT-OUT!
Brother!
Two people who can
never love each other...
why is a heart
that has loved so pitiful?
O brother! O sister!
O beautiful dream!
Summoned by God,
to heaven we go!
Blossoms fall, drenched in tears,
and wind blows beyond the rainbow.
Ah, spring, spring!
The romance of youth!
Shoot him!
Shoot the little boy in my heart!
You couldn't do it.
You wouldn't do it.
You just left by yourself.
I broke the law.
I don't need a gun.
It's a waste of breath
to say farewell.
Just say "so long."
El Dorado!
FAR AWAY
NOW THE STORY DESCENDS
INTO A RUINOUS ABYSS
WITH VIOLENT MUSIC
EEK!
An era passes,
and a new one begins.
A new era
is always encroached upon
by the legends of eras past.
TOO LATE!
The dandelions
aren't blooming today.
A MYTHICAL AFTERNOON
"People cannot...
remain in dreams forever. "
- Roger Vadim
MORNING COMES TO THE SEA
The days passed,
heartbreaking yet brilliant.
It was that time of year.
This is the story of the film
I wanted to make
and my young friends
who gathered to make it.
What's more,
it's a memento of their youth.
One day I saw Dracula.
Someday I'll make
a Dracula movie.
Well, it's already autumn.
What shall I do?
"Simone!
The leaves have fallen.
Let's go to the forest. "
How desolate,
the fallen leaves at night.
Blown to and fro
by the wind,
the leaves gently call out.
"Simone, do you like the sound
of footsteps on the fallen leaves?
Come.
One day, we too will be
poor fallen leaves.
Come.
Night is falling.
The wind pierces our bones.
Simone, do you like the sound
of footsteps on the fallen leaves?"
FAREWELL
- Remy de Gourmont
DRACULA
YOUTH
QUOTATIONS ABOUT DRACULA
FROM A REPORT BY EIJI YAMANA