Transcribed by Brad Cohen

[Eurail Coach car. Various people around car]

[Man and woman argue in German. Woman slaps man, grabs newspaper]

[Selene looks up from book, disturbed. Moves to another seat,

across from Jesse. They glance over at each other]

[German woman leaves car][Jesse and Selene look at each other,

smile. Selene looks away]

Jesse

Do you have any idea what they were arguing about?

Selene

[glances up at him, looks over]

Jesse

Do you - Do you speak English?

Selene

Yeah. No, I'm sorry, my German is not very good. Have you ever

heard that as couples get older, they lose their ability to hear

each other?

Jesse

No.

Selene

Well, supposedly, men lose the ability to hear higher-pitched

sounds, and women eventually lose hearing in the low end. I guess

they sort of nullify each other, or something.

Jesse

I guess. Nature's way of allowing couples to grow old together

without killing each other. [Selene smiles, small laugh, turns

away] What are you reading? [she shows him] Oh, yeah.

Selene

How bout you?

Jesse

Umm. [Looks down, then laughs as he shows her, and she smiles.

[Couple returns to car, still arguing, albeit a lot calmer]

Jesse

Look, I was thinking about going to the lounge car sometime soon.

Would you like to come with me?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Okay.

[They go to lounge car]

Scene 2

[Upon entering the dining/lounge car]

Jesse

So how do you speak such good English?

Selene

I went to school for a summer in Los Angeles. [points to table]

This fine here?

Jesse

Yeah, this is good. [They sit]

Selene

Then I spent some time in London. How do you speak such good

English?

Jesse

Me? I'm American.

Selene

You're American?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

Are you sure?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

[laughing] No, I'm joking. I knew you were American. And of

course, you don't speak any other language, right?

Jesse

Yeah, yeah, I get it. So I'm the crude, dumb, vulgar American who

has no culture, right? But, I tried. I took french for four years

in high school. When I first got to Paris, I stood in line at the

M‚tro station. I was practicing. 'Un billet, s'il vous plaŒt. Un

billet s'il vous plaŒt' y'know --

Selene

[interrupts him, corrects his pronunciation] un billet.

Jesse

'Un' [corrected]. Whatever. 'Un, Un.' [laughs] 'Un billet s'il

vous plaŒt, un billet s'il vous plaŒt,' y'know, and I get up

there, and, uh, I look at this woman, and my mind goes completely

blank. And I start saying, 'uh, listen, uh, I need a ticket to

get to... y'know so anyway. So, where are you headed?

Selene

Well, back to Paris. My classes start next week.

Jesse

Oh, you're still in school? Where do you go?

Selene

Yeah, La Sorbonne, you know?

Jesse

Well, sure. [pause] Hey, you coming from Budapest?

Selene

Yeah, I was visiting my grandmother.

Jesse

Oh. How's she?

Selene

[laughing] She's okay.

Jesse

She's alright?

Selene

She's fine, yeah. [pause] How bout you? Where are you going?

Jesse

Uh, I'm going to Vienna.

Selene

Vienna? What's there?

Jesse

Uh, I have no idea. I'm flying out of there tomorrow.

Selene

Ah ha. you on holiday?

Jesse

Uh, ye- [indecisive]. Uh, I don't really know what I'm on.

Selene

Okay.

Jesse

I've just been. I'm just traveling around, I've been riding the

trains the past two, three weeks.

Selene

You were visiting friends, or just on your own?

Jesse

Uh, yeah. Y'know I had a friend in Madrid, but, umm..

Selene

Madrid? That's nice.

Jesse

Yeah, I got one of those Eurail passes, is what I did.

Selene

That's great. So, has this trip, around Europe, been good for

you?

Jesse

Yeah, sure, yeah, it's been, umm... it sucked. Y'know...

Selene

What?

Jesse

No, uh, it's had its, umm. Well, I'll tell ya, y'know, sitting,

y'know, for weeks on end, looking out the window has actually

been kinda great.

Selene

What do you mean?

Jesse

Well, you know, for instance, you have ideas that you ordinarily

wouldn't have.

Selene

What kind of ideas?

Jesse

You want to hear one?

Selene

Yeah, tell me.

Jesse

Alright, uh, I had this idea, okay?

Selene

Um-hmm...

Jesse

For a television show. Some friends of mine are these cable

access producers, do you know what that is, cable access? [Selene

shakes her head] Umm, I dunno... Anybody can produce a show real

cheap, and they have to put it on. Right? And I have this idea

for this show that would last 24 hours a day for a year straight,

right? What you do, is you get 365 people from cities all over

the world, to do these 24 hour documents of real time, right,

capturing life as its lived. Um, you know, it would start with

uh, a guy waking up in the morning, and, uh, y'know, taking the

long shower, eating a little breakfast, making a little coffee,

you know, and, uh, reading the paper.

Selene

Wait, wait. All those mundane, boring things everybody has to do

everyday of their fucking life? (oh, whoops)

Jesse

I was going to say the poetry of day to day life, but,[Selene

starts laughing] you know, you say the way you say it, I'll say

it the way I say it...

Selene

[laughs] I like that.

Jesse

... No listen, think about it like this...

Selene

Who's gonna want to watch this?

Jesse

Well, alright, think about it like this. Why is it, that a dog,

y'know, sleeping in the sun, is so beautiful, y'know, it is, its

beautiful, y'know, but a guy, standing at a bank machine, trying

to take some money out, looks like a complete moron?

Selene

So, its like a National Geographic program, but on people?

Jesse

Yeah!

Selene

Hmm.

Jesse

What do you think?

Selene

Yeah, I can [laughs] I can [laughs] I can see it. Like twenty

four boring hours, sorry, and like a three minute sex scene,

where he falls asleep right after, no?

Jesse

Yeah, y'know I mean, and... I mean, that would be a great

episode.

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

People would talk about that episode. I mean, you and your

friends could do one in Paris, if you wanted to, I mean.

Selene

Oh, sure.

Jesse

I dunno, the key, the key.. the thing that kind of haunts me is

the distribution, y'know. I mean, getting these tapes from town

to town, city to city, so that the play is continuous, cause it

would have to play all the time, or else it just wouldn't work.

[Waiter approaches the table, hands them menus.]

Selene

Thank you.

Jesse

Thanks. [pause, while waiter walks away]. You know what? Not

service oriented. [music starts, camera begins to pan out] Its

just, I don't know, an observation about Europe.

[Scene fades out, fades back in]

Scene 3

[Still in the lounge car, some indeterminate amount of time

later].

Selene

You know my parents have never really spoken of the possibility

of my falling in love, or getting married, or having children.

Even as a little girl, they wanted me to think of a future

career, as a, you know, as a interior designer, or a lawyer, or

something like that. I'd say to my dad, 'I want to be a writer.'

and he'd say journalist. I'd say I wanted to have a refuge for

stray cats, and he'd say veterinarian. I'd say I wanted to be an

actress, and he'd say TV newscaster. It was this constant

conversion of my fanciful ambition into these practical, money-

making ventures.

Jesse

Hmm. I always had a pretty good bullshit detector when I was a

kid, y'know. I always knew when they were lying to me, y'know. By

the time I was in high school, I was dead set on listening to

what everybody thought I should be doing with my life, and just

kind of doing just the opposite.

Selene

Mm, hmm.

Jesse

No one was ever mean about it. Its just, I could never get very

excited about other people's ambitions for my life.

Selene

But you know what, if your parents never really fully contradict

you about anything, and like are basically nice, and

supportive...

Jesse

Right...

Selene

It makes it even harder to officially complain. Y'know, even when

they're wrong, its this, its this passive-aggressive shit, you

know what I mean, its... I hate it, I really hate it.

Jesse

Well, you know, despite all that kind of bullshit that comes

along with it, I remember childhood as this, you know, this

magical time. I do. I remember when, uh, my mother first told me

about death. My great-grandmother had just died, and my whole

family had just visited them in Florida. I was about 3, 3 and a

half years old. Anyway, I was in the backyard, playing, and my

sister had just taught me how to take the garden hose, and do it

in such a way that, uh, you could spray it into the sun, and you

could make a rainbow. And so I was doing that, and through the

mist I could see my grandmother. And she was just standing there,

smiling at me. And uh, then I held it there, for a long time, and

I looked at her. And then finally, I let go of the nozzle,

y'know, and then I dropped the hose, and she disappeared. And so

I went back inside, and I tell my parents, y'know. And they, uh,

sit me down give me big rap on how when people die you never see

them again, and how I'd imagined it. But, I knew what I'd seen.

And I was just glad that I saw that. I mean, I've never seen

anything like that since. But, I don't know. It just kind of let

me know how ambiguous everything was, y'know, even death.

Selene

You're really lucky you can have this attitude towards death. I

think I'm afraid of death 24 hours a day. I swear. I mean, that's

why I'm in a train right now. I could have flown to Paris, but

I'm too scared.

Jesse

Oh, come.

Selene

I can't help it. I can't help it. I know the statistics say na-

na-na, its safer, whatever [Jesse laughs]. When I'm in a plane, I

can see it. I can see the explosion, [Jesse gives explosion sound

effect]. I can see me falling through the clouds, and I'm so

scared of those few seconds of consciousness before you're gonna

die, you know, when you know for sure you're gonna die. I can't

stop thinking that way. Its exhausting.

Jesse

Yeah, I bet.

Selene

Really exhausting. [she looks out window, points, as train slows

down]. I think this is Vienna.

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

You get off here, no?

Jesse

Yeah, what a drag. I wish I had met you earlier, you know, I

really like talking to you.

Selene

Yeah, me too. It was really nice to meet you. [train stops]

Scene 4

[in train, Selene sitting alone, Jesse comes up, with his bag, to

her]

Jesse

Alright, I have an admittedly insane idea, but if I don't ask you

this, its just, uh, you know, its gonna haunt me the rest of my

life.

Selene

What?

Jesse

Um.. [thinks]. I want to keep talking to you, y'know. I have no

idea what your situation is, but, uh, but I feel like we have

some kind of, uh, connection. Right?

Selene

Yeah, me too.

Jesse

Yeah, right, well, great. So listen, so here's the deal. This is

what we should do. You should get off the train with me here in

Vienna, and come check out the town.

Selene

What?

Jesse

Come on. It'll be fun. Come on.

Selene

What would we do?

Jesse

Umm, I don't know. All I know is I have to catch an Austrian

Airlines flight tomorrow morning at 9

30, and I don't really have enough money for a hotel, so I was

just going to walk around, and it would be a lot more fun if you

came with me. And if I turn out to be some kind of psycho, you

know, you just get on the next train.

[Selene smiles, still unsure]

Jesse

Alright, alright. Think of it like this. Um, uh, jump ahead, ten,

twenty years, okay, and you're married. Only your marriage

doesn't have that same energy that it used to have, y'know. You

start to blame your husband. You start to think about all those

guys you've met in your life, and what might have happened if

you'd picked up with one of them, right? [Selene starts laughing

a bit] Well, I'm one of those guys. That's me. y'know, so think

of this as time travel, from then, to now, uh, to find out what

you're missing out on. See, what this really could be is a

gigantic favour to both you and your future husband, to find out

that you're not missing out on anything. I'm just as big a loser

as he is, totally unmotivated, totally boring, and, uh, you made

the right choice, and you're really happy. [motions to towards

the door].

Selene

[thinks] Let me get my bag.

Jesse

Yeah.

[They leave train, go into train station]

Jesse

We should get a locker for all this stuff.

Selene

Okay.

[They walk towards the lockers]

Selene

What's your name?

Jesse

My name? Uh, It's Jesse. It's James, actually, but everybody

always calls me Jesse. [offers hand]

Selene

You mean, Jesse James? No.

Jesse

No, no. Just Jesse.

Selene

I'm Selene.[they shake hands]

Scene 5

[on bridge above train station]

Jesse

This is a nice bridge.

Selene

Yeah.

[they walk a few steps]

Selene

This is kind of weird.

Jesse

Yeah, this is kind of weird isn't it? I mean, I feel a little

awkward. Um... But its alright, right? Its okay.

Selene

Yeah, this is great, this is great. Let's go to some places. Look

at your book.

Jesse

Yeah, we're in Vienna, let's go to some places. Let's ask these

guys

[two men are looking over the bridge, at the water below.]

Jesse

Excuse me, excuse me, uh, spreken-ze English?

Fatman

Ja, of course.

Skinny

Couldn't you speak German for a change?

Jesse

What?

Skinny

No, it was a joke.

Jesse

Well, listen, we just got into Vienna today, and we're looking

for something fun to do.

Selene

Like museums, exhibitions, things...

Skinny

But museums are not that funny any more these days, uh...

Fatman

Uh, but they are closing right now. How long are you going to be

here?

Jesse

Just for tonight.

Skinny

Why did you come to Vienna? What, uh, what could you be

expecting?

Jesse

Uh

[perplexed]

Selene

We're on honeymoon.

Jesse

Yeah, she got pregnant, we had to get married, y'know.

Skinny

You know I don't believe you, you're a bad liar.

[Skinny and Fatman exchange 2-3 words each in German....]

Skinny

Ja.

Fatman

See here.

[pulls paper out of pocket]

Skinny

This is a play we're both in, and we would like to invite you.

Selene

You're actors?

Skinny

No, not professional actors, uh, part-time actors, for fun.

Fatman

It's a play about a cow, and an Indian searching for it. There

are also in it politicians, Mexicans...

Skinny

Russians, Communists,

Fatman

Russians.

Jesse

So, you have a real cow on stage.

Skinny

No, not a real cow. Its an actor in a cow costume.

Fatman

[Indicating Skinny] And he's the cow.

Skinny

Yes, I am the cow. And the cow is a bit weird.

Fatman

The cow has a disease.

Skinny

She's acting a bit strange, like a dog. If someone throws a

stick, she fetches it, and brings it back. And she can smoke,

with her hooves, and everything.

Selene

Great.

Fatman

And as you see, there is the address. Its in the Second district.

Skinny

Near the Prata. You know the Prata?

Selene

Oh, the big Ferris Wheel?

Skinny

By the wheel, yes.

Selene

Oh, we should go.

Skinny

Yes, the wheel, everybody knows the wheel.

Fatman

Perhaps you can go to the Prata before the play. It starts at 21

30.

Jesse

21

30?

Skinny

That's 9

30.

Selene

9

30.

Jesse

9

30? oh, right, right. Okay, great, well, what's the name of this

play?

Skinny

Uh...

Fatman

It translates as 'Bring me the horns ...

Skinny & Fatman

... of Wilmington's cow'

Skinny

Ja I'm Wilmington's cow.

Jesse

Alright

Selene

Great.

Jesse

We'll try to be there.

Skinny

You'll be there?

Jesse

We'll try.

Skinny

I'm the cow.

Jesse

You're the cow.

Skinny

Goodbye.

Scene 6

[on a tram, going through Vienna]

Jesse

Alright, I got an idea. Are you ready?

Selene

Okay.

Jesse

Alright, it's Q&A time. We've known each other a little while

now, we're stuck together, so we're going to ask each other a

few, uh, direct questions. Alright?

Selene

So, we ask each other questions.

Jesse

And you have to answer 100% honestly.

Selene

Of course.

Jesse

Okay, alright, first question.

Selene

You.

Jesse

[fakes a German accent]. Describe for me [back to regular] Yes,

I'm going to ask you. [German accent again] Describe for me your

first sexual feelings towards a person.

Selene

[laughs] My first sexual feelings, oh my G-d. Um, I know, I know.

Jean-Marc Floris. [laughs]

Jesse

Jean-Marc Floris?

Selene

I remember we were at this summer camp together. And he was a

swimmer.

Jesse

Um-Hmm...

Selene

Yeah, he had bleached out chlorine hair and green eyes. And to

improve his times, he'd shave the hair off his legs and arms.

Jesse

That's disgusting.

Selene

Oh, no. He was like this gorgeous dolphin. And my friend Emma had

a big, big crush on him. So one day I was cutting, y'know across

field, back to my room, and he came walking up beside me. You

know, and I told him, you know, you should date Emma, she has a

big crush on you. And he turned to me and said [making her voice

a bit lower] Well, that's too bad, 'cause I have a big crush on

you. [Jesse lets his jaw drop] Yeah, it really scared the hell

out of me, because I thought he was so fine. And then he

officially asked me out on a date, and y'know I pretended I

didn't like him. Y'know I was, I was so afraid of what I might

do, you know. Uh, well. So, y'know, I went to see him swim a few

times, at the swim competition. And he was so sexy, really, I

mean, really sexy. Y'know we kind of wrote these little

declarations of love to each other at the end of the summer, and

you know, promised we would keep writing forever, and I, y'know,

meet again very soon, and

Jesse

Did you?

Selene

Of course not.

Jesse

Well, then I think this is the opportune time to tell you that I

happen to be a fantastic swimmer.

Selene

Really?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

I'll make note of that.

Jesse

Okay. Uh..

Selene

So its my turn, no?

Jesse

Yes, yeah, it's your turn.

Selene

Uh, have you ever been in love?

Jesse

Yes. Next question. What was the fir--

Selene

Wait, wait.

Jesse

What?

Selene

Wait a minute.

Jesse

What?

Selene

So I can give one word answers?

Jesse

Sure, why not?

Selene

No, no. After I went into such private details about my first

sexual feelings.

Jesse

Yeah, I, I know, but, sexual feel... Those are two very different

questions. I mean, I could've answered the sexual feelings thing,

no problem, but y'know, love. Well, what if I asked you about

love?

Selene

I would have lied, but at least, you know, I would have made up a

great story.

Jesse

[while Selene is finishing her line, above] Yeah, well, you would

have lied. Great. I mean, love is a complex issue. Y'know, I

mean, its like, uh. I mean, yes, I had told somebody that I love

them before, and I had meant it. Was it totally a totally

unselfish, giving love? Was it a beautiful thing? Not really,

y'know. Its like love, I mean, uh, I don't know. Y'know?

Selene

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Jesse

But as far as sexual feelings go, I'll have you know it started

with an obsessive relationship with Miss July 1978. Do you know

Playboy magazine?

Selene

Oh, yeah, I've heard of it.

Jesse

Yeah? Do you know Crystal?

Selene

No.. [laughing]

Jesse

You don't know Crystal? Well, I knew Crystal. Well... [laughing]

Is it, um... my turn now. okay. Tell me something that really

pisses you off, really drives you crazy.

Selene

Pisses me off. My G-d. Everything pisses me off.

Jesse

Okay, okay, list a couple.

Selene

Uh, okay. I hate being told by a strange man, a strange man in

the street, y'know, like, to smile, like, to make them feel

better about their boring life, um, what else? I hate, I hate

that 300 kms from here there's a war going on, y'know, people are

dying, and nobody knows what to do about it, or they don't give a

shit, I don't know. I hate that the medias, you know, they are

trying to control our minds.

Jesse

The media?

Selene

Yeah, the media. You know its very subtle, but you know, its a

new form of fascism. [Jesse takes that in]. Um, I hate, I hate

when I am in foreign countries, especially in America, they are

the worst. Each time I wear black, or like, lose my temper, or

say anything about anything, they always go 'oh, its so french,

its so cute.' [she mimics a puke] I hate that I can't stand that,

really.

Jesse

Is that all?

Selene

Well, there's a lot of things, really. So its my turn.

Jesse

Okay.

Selene

You're going to answer

Jesse

Yes, I'll answer.

Selene

Ah, what's a problem for you?

Jesse

You, probably.

Selene

What?

Jesse

Um, No, Alright, I had a thought the other day that was kind of,

a, qualifies as a problem.

Selene

What is it?

Jesse

Well, it was a thought I had on the train, so.... Um... okay,

alright. Um, Do you believe in reincarnation?

Selene

Yeah, yeah, its interesting.

Jesse

Most people, you know, a lot of people talk about the past lives,

and things like that, you know, and even if they don't believe in

it in some specific way, you know, people have some kind of

notion of an eternal soul, right.

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Okay. Well, this is my thought. 50,000 years ago, there are not

even a million people on the planet. 10,000 years ago, there's

like 2,000,000 people on the planet. Now, there's between 5 and 6

billion people on the planet, right? Now, if we all have our own,

like, individual, unique soul, right, where do they all come

from? Are modern souls only a fraction of the original souls?

Because if they are, that represents a 5,000-to-1 split of each

soul in just the last 50,000 years, which is like a blip in the

earth's time. You know, so, at best, we're like these tiny

fractions of people, you know, walking... I mean, is that why

we're all so scattered? Y'know, Is that why we're all so

specialized?

Selene

Wait a minute, I'm not sure I .. I don't....

Jesse

Hang on, I know, I know, its a totally scattered thought, which

is kind of why it makes sense.

Selene

Yeah...[unsure, but laughing] I agree with you.

Jesse

Let's get off this damn tram.

[the two exit the tram].

Scene 7

[in a record store, named "Alt & Neu", they are both looking

through records, not CDs.]

Jesse

[walks up to Selene.] This place is pretty neat.

Selene

Yeah, there's even a listening booth over there. [finds an album,

and shows it to Jesse.] Have you ever heard of this singer? [He

shakes his head]. I think she's American. A friend of mine told

me about her.

Jesse

[pointing to booth] Do you want to go see if that listening booth

still works?

Selene

Yeah, okay.

[They go into listening booth, and put record on]

SONG LYRICS

(#1) There's a wind that blows in from the north,

And it says that loving takes its course.

Come here. Come here.

No I'm not impossible to touch,

I have never wanted you so much.

Come here. Come here.

Have I never lay down by your side?

Baby, let's forget about this pride.

Come here. Come here. (#2)

[musical interlude] (#3)

Well, I'm in no hurry.

You don't have to run away this time.

I know that you're jimmied,

but it's gonna be all right this time.

[song fades] (#4).

[Note

The following happens during the song. Start points of each key

section are marked by *# as in (#1) below is exactly at the point

(#1) above]

[(#1) The two start the record, and sit close in the booth. Each

looks at the other for a period of time, looking away when the

other begins to look at them, again].

[(#2) They are walking along, outside the shop, admiring the

architecture]

Jesse

Look at this. This is beautiful.

[They spot a tram, and run to it]

Selene

Quickly. Its leaving. [indicating the tram]

[(#3) They stand on the tram, passing small talk, then when the

tram stops, they exit, and go into a park (#4)]

Scene 8

[in park]

Selene

Oh, look, there's a rabbit.

Jesse

Yeah. Hey there, rabbit.

Selene

He's so cute. [sees a cemetery] I visited this as a young

teenager. I think it left a bigger impression on me at that time

than any of the museums we went to. [they go into the cemetery,

and walk through].

Jesse

Yeah? Its tiny.

Selene

I know. There was this little old man that talked to us. He was

the grounds keeper. He explained that most of the people are

buried here that washed up on the bank of the Danube.

Jesse

How old are these?

Selene

Around the beginning of the century or so. It's called the

cemetery of the no-name because the often didn't know who these

people were. Maybe a first name, that's all.

Jesse

Why were all the bodies washing up?

Selene

I think some were from accidents, on boats and things like that,

but most of them were suicides that jumped in the river. I always

liked the idea of all those unknown people lost in the world.

When I was a little girl, I thought that if none of your family

or friends knew you were dead, then its like not really being

dead. People can invent the best and the worst for you. [She sees

a gravestone, and indicates it]. Ah, here she is, I think. Yeah,

this is, this is the one I remember the most. [Name on gravestone

is Elizabeth]. She was only 13 when she died. That meant

something to me, you know, I was around that age when I first saw

this. Hmm. Now, I'm 10 years older, and she's still, 13, I guess.

That's funny. [they leave the cemetery].

Scene 9

[in car on Ferris wheel. Probably the Prata, mentioned earlier,

towards nightfall].

Selene

That's the Danube over there.

Jesse

That's the river, right?

Selene

[laughs] Yeah.

[Walking around in the Prata car, admiring the scenery, below]

Jesse

This is gorgeous.

Selene

Yeah, its very beautiful.

Jesse

We got, uh, we got a sunset here.

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

We got the Ferris wheel. It seems like, um, this would be a...

Selene

What?

Jesse

[sighs] Uh, you know, uh.

Selene

[putting her arms around him] Are you trying to say you want to

kiss me?

Jesse

[Nods head. Mouths, emphatically 'yes']

Selene

[Also nods, and whispers] Yes. [they kiss, then stop and look at

each other for a moment. Then, they kiss again.]

Scene 10

[Still in amusement park, walking around, after dark. They get to

a Strong-Man machine. Jesse puts in a coin, and a song starts.

They dance a bit, until Jesse suddenly stops and elbows the

machine hard. His ranking is 70, and is told to him in German.

They continue walking...]

Selene

But you know what?

Jesse

What?

Selene

I don't think it really matters what generation you are born

into. Look at my parents. They were these angry, young, May '68

people, revolting against everything. You know, the government,

their conservative catholic backgrounds, I mean. I was born not

long after, and then my father went on to become this successful

architect, and they began to travel all around the world, where

he built bridges, and towers, and stuff. I mean, I really can't

complain about anything. You know, they love me more than

anything in the world, and I have been raised with all the

freedom they had fought for. And yet for me now, its another type

of fight. We still have to deal with the same old shit, but we

can't really know who, or y'know, what the enemy is.

Jesse

I don't really know if there is an enemy. You know, I mean,

everybody's parents fuck them up. You know, rich kids' parents

gave them too much, poor kids' not enough. Too much attention,

not enough attention. They either left them, or y'know, they

stuck around and taught 'em the wrong things. Y'know. I mean, my

parents are just these two people who didn't like each other very

much, who, uh, decided to get married and have a kid, and they

try their best to be nice to me.

Selene

Did your parents divorce?

Jesse

Yeah. `Finally. They should have done it a lot sooner, but they

stuck together for a while for the well-being of my sister and

[starts with prim Boston type accent] I, thank you very much.

[back to normal voice] I remember my mother once. She told me,

right in front of my father, they were having this big fight,

that he didn't really want to have me, y'know, that he was really

pissed off when he found out that she was pregnant with me,

y'know, that I was this big mistake. And I think that really

shaped the way I think. I always saw the world as this place

where I really wasn't meant to be.

Selene

That's so sad.

Jesse

No, I mean, I eventually kind of took pride in it. Y'know, like

my life was my own doing, or something. Y'know, like I was

crashing 'The Big Party.'

Selene

That's a way to see it. Y'know, my parents, they're still

married, and I guess they're very happy, but I just think its an

healthy process to rebel against everything that came before.

Jesse

Yeah. Yeah.

Selene

You know, I've been wondering lately. Do you know anyone who's in

a happy relationship?

Jesse

Uh, yeah, sure. Y'know, I know happy couples. But I think they

lie to each other.

Selene

Hmf. Yeah. People can lead their life as I lie. My grandmother,

she was married to this man, and I always thought she had a very

simple, uncomplicated love life. But she just confessed to me

that she spent her whole life dreaming about another man she was

always in love with. She just accepted her fate. It's so sad. And

in the same time, I love the idea that she had all those emotions

and feelings I never thought she would have had.

Jesse

I guarantee you, it was better that way. If she'd ever got to

know him, y'know, I'm sure he would have disappointed her

eventually.

Selene

How do you know? You don't know them.

Jesse

Yeah, I know, I know. It's just, people have these romantic

projections they put on everything. Y'know. that's not based on

any kind of reality.

Selene

Romantic projections?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

Oh, Mr. Romantic, up there in the Ferris Wheel ['cutsie voice']

Oh, kiss me, the sunset, oh, its so beautiful.

Jesse

Oh, alright, alright, alright. Tell me about your grandmother.

What were you saying about her?

Selene

No, uh --

[they approach a carousel, and Jesse gets on, Selene stays off]

Scene 11

[Sitting at a cafe. A pair of monks walk by, apparently in

prayer].

Jesse

Hey... check these guys out. 'Hey Hans, I have a confession to

make. I'm not wearing any underwear underneath this thing.' 'Oh

really?' 'Does that frighten you?' [Pause, then Jesse and Selene

turn to face one another] Can I tell you a secret?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Come here [brings mouth closer to her ear.]

Selene

What? [She brings her head a bit closer.]

Jesse

Come here [closer, then he turns, and kisses her on the lips.

[they pause, and hear some laughter, they look over at it. There

is a gypsy, reading somebody's palm.]

Selene

Look at this palm-reader. She's interesting-looking, no?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

Uh-oh, uh-oh.

Jesse

What, what?

Selene

I just made eye contact.

Jesse

She's not coming over here.

Selene

Yes, she is.

Jesse

Oh, shit. Oh, no.

Selene

Oh my G-d. You want your palm read?

Jesse

No, no.

Selene

No? Are you sure?

Jesse

I'm sure.

Selene

Okay.

Jesse

Hello [mocking]

Selene

Here she is.

Gypsy

[in German] Would you like your hand read?

Selene

Uh, fran‡ais, English?

Gypsy

[Takes Selene's hand, and touches it. ] Vant your palm read?

Selene

Yeah. How much is it.

Gypsy

For you, fifties. Okay?

Selene

Okay.

Gypsy

Oh, so, you have been on a journey, and you are stranger to this

place. You, an adventure, you seek. An adventure in your mind.

You are interested in the power of the woman, in a woman's deep

strength, and creativity? You are becoming this woman. You need

to resign yourself to the awkwardness of life. Only if you find

peace within yourself, will you find true connection with others.

[indicates, with her head, Jesse] That is a stranger to you?

Selene

I guess so.

Gypsy

[Takes Jesse's hand] Oh, you will be alright. He's learning. Okay

[claps hands]. Money. [proffers hand, awaiting payment]

[Selene pays her, and Gypsy begins to walk away. With the money

in her hands, Gypsy turns back to Jesse and Selene]

Gypsy

You are both stars, don't forget. And the stars exploded billions

of years ago, to form everything that is this world. Everything

we know, is stardust. So don't forget, you are stardust.

Jesse

[looks away with cynical expression] I mean, that's very nice and

all, I mean, that, y'know, we're all stardust, and you're

becoming this great woman, I mean, but I hope you don't take that

any more seriously than some horoscope in a daily syndicated

newspaper.

Selene

You, what are you talking about? I mean, she knew I was on

vacation, and that we didn't know each other, and that [laughs]I

was going to become this great woman.

Jesse

Aw c'mon. But what was that 'I am learning' bullshit? I mean,

that's WAY condescending. Y'know. I mean, she wasn't even doing

me. I mean, if opportunists like that, ever had to tell the real

truth, it would put their asses out of business. Y'know. I mean,

just once, I'd love to see, some little old lady, save up all her

money, y'know, to go to the fortune teller, and she'd get there,

all excited about hearing her future, and the woman would say

[taking Selene's hand, mimicking a fortune teller, including the

voice] UmHmm. Tomorrow, and all your remaining days will be

exactly like today--A tedious collection of hours. And you will

have no new passions, and no new thoughts, and no new travels,

and when you die, you'll be completely forgotten. 50 shillings,

please. Y'know, that, I'd like to see.

Selene

Its so funny how she almost didn't notice you, y'know. It's

weird. I wonder why. She was, she was really wise, and intense,

no? I really loved what she said, you know?

Jesse

Yeah, of course you do, y'know. You pay your money, you get to

hear something that makes you feel good about yourself. If you

want, maybe there's a seedy section of Vienna, we can go buy a

hit of crack, y'know. Would you like that? Yeah?

Selene

You're so [makes gesture to give impressive of wacko]

Jesse

Stardust, Stardust.

Scene 12

[Walking along the streets of Vienna]

[Jesse walks a bit behind Selene, and moves so that she trips

over her foot]

Selene

Ow! Ridicule! [french for 'ridiculous'] [Sees poster] Ah, there's

an exhibition. Yeah, I guess we'll miss it. Doesn't start until

next week.

Jesse

Yeah, I think so.

Selene

[indicates art shown in poster. Poster is of exhibition of art

work by Seurat.] I actually saw this one a few years ago in a

museum. I stared, and stared at it. Must have been 45 minutes. I

love it. La voie fer‚e. Ah. [points to another work on poster] I

love the way the people seem to be dissolving into the

background. [Indicates another] Look at this one. Its like the

environments, y'know, are stronger than the people. His human

figures are always so transitory. Its funny. Transitory?

Jesse

Yeah. Transitory.

Scene 13

[Selene and Jesse approach a Viennese cathedral]

Jesse

Think this is open?

Selene

I don't know, let's try it.

[They enter, and Selene slowly walks down the aisle.]

Selene

[almost whispering] I was in an old church like this with my

grandmother a few days ago in Budapest. Even though I reject most

of the religious things, I can't help but feeling for all those

people that come here lost or in pain, guilt, looking for some

kind of answers. It fascinates me how a single place can join so

much pain and happiness for so many generations

Jesse

You close with your grandmother?

Selene

Yeah. I think its because I always... I always have this strange

feeling that I am this very old woman laying down about to die.

You know, that my life is just her memories, or something.

Jesse

That's so wild. I mean, I always think that I'm still this 13

year old boy, y'know who just doesn't really know how to be an

adult, pretending to live my life, taking notes for when I'll

really have to do it. Kind of like I'm in a dress rehearsal for a

Junior High play.

Selene

That's funny. Then, up there in the Ferris wheel, it was like

this very old woman kissing this very young boy, right?

Jesse

Hmm. Do you know anything about the Quakers, the Quaker religion?

Selene

No, not much, no.

Jesse

Well, I went to this Quaker wedding once, and it was fantastic.

What they do is the couple comes in and they kneel down in front

of the whole congregation, and they just stare at each other, and

nobody says a word unless they feel that G-d moves them to speak,

or say something. And then after an hour or so, of just, uh,

staring at each other, they're married.

Selene

That's beautiful. I like that.

[the two stare at each other for a few moments. Selene turns

away, and a few moments later, so does Jesse.]

Jesse

This is a horrible story.

Selene

What?

Jesse

Its not the appropriate place to tell it, but...

Selene

What?

Jesse

Well, I was driving around with this buddy of mine, he was a big

atheist, and we came to a stop, next to this homeless guy. And my

buddy takes out a 100 dollar bill, and leans out the window, and

he says, 'do you believe in G-d?' And the guy looks at, uh, he

looks at my friend, and he looks at the money, he says, uh, 'Yes,

I do.' My friend says, 'Wrong answer.' [motions as if putting

money back in pocket], and we drove away.

Selene

That's mean, no?

Jesse

Yeah, uh, its, uh [they stop and look at one another]

Scene 14

[Jesse and Selene, walking beside the Danube]

[Jesse takes a bite at Selene's hand]

Selene

Ow!

Jesse

Would you be in Paris by now, if uh, you hadn't gotten off the

train with me?

Selene

[thinks] No not yet. What would you be doing?

Jesse

I'd probably be hanging around the airport, reading old

magazines, crying in my coffee [mimics sad voice] cause you

didn't come with me. [he kisses her hand a few times]

Selene

Awwww. Actually, I think I'd probably have gotten off the train

in Salsburg with someone else.

Jesse

Oh, yeah? Oh, I see. So, I'm just that dumb American momentarily

decorating your bland canvass.

Selene

I'm having a great time.

Jesse

Yeah?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Me too.

Selene

I'm so glad because no one knows I'm here, and I don't know

anyone that knows you that would tell me all those bad things

you've done.

Jesse

MmHmm?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

I'll tell you some.

Selene

Yeah, I'm sure.

Jesse

MmHmm.

Selene

You know, you hear so much shit about people. I always feel like

the general of an army when I start dating a guy, y'know,

plotting my strategy and manoeuverings, knowing his weak points,

what would hurt him, seduce him. It's horrible. [they walk a bit]

If we were around each other all the time, what do you think

would be the first thing about me that would drive you mad?

Jesse

No, uh, no, no, I'm not gonna answer this question, no.

Selene

Why?

Jesse

I just, I dated this girl once who, who used to always ask me

that question, 'What about me bugs you?' y'know. And so finally I

said, well, y'know, I, uh, just don't think you handle criticism

too well. She flew into a rage, and broke up with me, alright.

That's a true story. All she ever really wanted to do was to have

an excuse to tell me what she thought was wrong with me, y'know.

Is that what you want?

Selene

What?

Jesse

Something about me bugs you?

Selene

No.

Jesse

It's alright. Tell me. What is it? What about me bugs you?

Selene

Nothing, nothing at all.

Jesse

Well, if it had to be something, what would it be?

Selene

If it had to be something, if I had to think about it, I... I

kind of didn't really like this reaction back at the palm reader.

You were like this rooster prick.

Jesse

Rooster prick?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

I was a rooster prick?

Selene

You were like a little boy whining because all the attention

wasn't focused on him.

Jesse

Alright, listen, this woman robs you blind, okay?

Selene

You were like a little boy walking by an ice cream store, crying

because his mother wouldn't buy him a milkshake or something.

[a voice comes from behind]

Jesse

I don't care what this woman has to say about anything.

Poet

Hello? [something in German]

Selene

What?

Poet

[Repeats phrase in German]

Selene

Oh, I understand a little bit, but he doesn't, I'm sorry.

Poet

Okay, uh, so, um, may I ask you a question?

Selene

Yeah.

Poet

So, I would like to make a deal with you. I mean, instead of just

asking you for money, I will ask you for a word. Yeah, You give

me a word, I take the word, and then, and then I will write a

poem, with the word inside. And if you like it, I mean, if you

like my poem, and you feel it adds something to your life in any

way, then you can pay me whatever you feel like. I will write in

English, of course.

Selene

Okay.

Jesse

Great, alright.

Poet

So? Pick a word.

[Jesse and Selene look at each other]

Jesse

Ummm...

Selene

A word, uh... milkshake.

Jesse

Milkshake? oh, good. Yeah, was gonna say rooster prick, but

great. [turns to poet] Milkshake.

Poet

Milkshake? Okay, milkshake.

Jesse

Yeah, right, so we'll...

Selene

Good.

[poet begins to write]

Jesse

[quietly] What can I say? I like this Viennese variation of a

bum.

Selene

I like what he said about adding something to your life, no?

Jesse

Yeah. So, uh, were we having our first fight back there?

Selene

No...

Jesse

Yeah, I think so, I think we were.

Selene

Well, even if we were a little bit, y'know. Why does everyone

think conflict is so bad. There's a lot of good things coming out

of conflict.

Jesse

Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. I don't know, y'know, I always think that

if I could just accept the fact that my life was supposed to be

difficult, y'know that's what's to be expected, then, I might not

get so pissed off about it, and I'd just be glad when something

nice happens.

Selene

Maybe that's why I'm still in school, y'know. Its easier to have

something to fight against.

Jesse

Yeah, well, we've all had such competitiveness engrained in us...

[Poet finishes, and rips sheet from book]

Jesse

...You know, I could be doing the most nothing thing, y'know, I

could be, uh, throwing some darts, or shooting some pool, and all

of a sudden, I feel it come over me, 'I have got to win'

Selene

Is that why you tried to get me off the train? Competitiveness?

[Poet approaches them]

Jesse

What do you mean?

Poet

Okay. [hands the sheet to them] Look at the poem.

Jesse

[takes poem] Oh, alright. [Opens it up]

Selene

[takes poem from Jesse, offers it back to Poet] Will you read it

to us?

Poet

[Takes poem] Sure, okay. [Reads it]

Daydream delusion.

Limousine Eyelash

Oh, baby with your pretty face

Drop a tear in my wineglass

Look at those big eyes

See what you mean to me

Sweet cakes and milkshakes [laughs]

I am a delusioned angel

I am a fantasy parade.

I want you to know what I think.

Don't want you to guess anymore.

You have no idea where I came from.

We have no idea where we're going.

Launched in life.

Like branches in the river.

Flowing downstream.

Caught in the current.

I'll carry you. You'll carry me.

That's how it could be.

Don't you know me [poet hands poem back]

Don't you know me by now.

Selene

[taking poem] Great. Thanks.

Jesse

Thanks, man [they both reach for coinage to give to the Poet] Uh,

Here you go, uh.

Poet

Thanks, thank you.

Selene

Here, thank you.

Poet

Thank you.

Jesse

Yeah, good luck, man.

Poet

Bye.

Jesse/Selene

Bye.

[Selene and Jesse walk away]

Selene

That's wonderful, no?

Jesse

Yeah, yeah.

Selene

What?

Jesse

You know he probably didn't just write that. I mean, you know he

wrote it, but he probably just plugs that word in, y'know,

whatever 'milkshake'...

Selene

What do you mean?

Jesse

Nothing, I love it, it was great.

Scene 15

[Walking through a square in Vienna]

Jesse

You know what drives me crazy?

Selene

What?

Jesse

Its all these people talking about how great technology is, and

how it saves all this time. But, what good is saved time, if

nobody uses it? If it just turns into more busy work.

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Right, I mean, you never hear somebody say, "Well, y'know, with,

uh, the time I've saved by using my word processor, I'm gonna go

to a Zen monastery and hang out." I mean, you never hear that.

Selene

Time is so abstract anyway. Were you looking at this girl?

Jesse

What? What?

Selene

Nothing.

Jesse

Do you want to go in here? [indicating a bar/club]

Selene

What?

Jesse

Do you want to go in here?

Selene

Yeah. Its a club, no?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

Wanna go?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

[to doorman] Allo.

Doorman

[German equivalent of]50 shillings.

Selene

[to Jesse]50 shillings.

Jesse

[begins taking out money]50 shillings.

Selene

Each.

Jesse

I got a hundred. Here, I got it.

Selene

I'll buy you a beer. [to doorman] Thank you.

[They enter the club. Live German alternative music is playing by

a single musician with an acoustic guitar. He finally stops, and

says something to the audience.]

Jesse

You gonna buy me a beer?

Selene

Alright.

Jesse

You think Ole Milwaukee's a little expensive here?

Scene 16

[still in club. Playing pinball. Selene is playing, and she loses

her ball. Both are drinking beer.]

Selene

[hitting the machine] Merde!

Jesse

[taking over, and starting playing] Well, um, we haven't talked

about this yet, but, are you dating anyone? You got a boyfriend

waiting on you back in Paris, or anything like that?

Selene

No, not right now.

Jesse

not right -- but you did! [he loses ball, she takes over]

Selene

We broke up about six months ago.

Jesse

Six months ago.

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

I'm sorry. I mean, I'm not that sorry. But, uh, tell me about it.

Selene

Ah, no. No, no way, I can't. Its really, really boring.

Jesse

C'mon, tell me about it.

Selene

Okay. I was really disappointed. I thought this one would last

for a while. I mean he was very stupid, ugly, bad in bed,

alcoholic, y'know

Jesse

Real prize-winner.

Selene

Yeah. [laughs] I was kind of giving him a favour, but he left me,

saying I loved him too much, and, y'know, I was blocking his

artistic expression, or some shit like that, y'know. But anyway,

I was traumatized, and became [she loses ball. She shrugs, they

switch] and became totally obsessed with him. And so I went to

see this shrink, y'know, and it came out that I had written this

little stupid story about this woman, trying to kill her

boyfriend, and how she was gonna do it, y'know, with all the

intricate details, of, y'know, how to do it, and not get caught,

and

Jesse

She was gonna kill her boyfriend? [loses ball. Switch]

Selene

Yeah. Yeah, she was. I mean, its nothing I would do, but it was

just some writing, y'know.

Jesse

Alright, no, no, I understand.

Selene

But anyway, this stupid shrink believed everything I was telling

her, and it was my first time seeing her. She said she had to

call the police.

Jesse

She had to call the police?

Selene

[loses ball. Switch] Yeah. She was, merde! she was totally

convinced I was really gonna do it. y'know, even though I'd

explained to her it was just some writing, y'know. She said,

looking deep into my eyes, "The way you said it, I know you are

going to do it, the way you said it." She was totally out of her

mind. It was my first and last session.

Jesse

Yeah, so what happened then?

Selene

I totally got over him, you know. But now I'm obsessed that he's

gonna die from an accident, or, you know, 1000 kms away, I'm

gonna be the one accused. Why do you become obsessed with people

you don't really like that much, you know, I mean.

Jesse

I don't know.

Selene

So, how about you?

Jesse

What?

Selene

Are you with anyone?

Jesse

Umm, its funny how we managed to avoid this subject for so long,

isn't it?

Selene

Yeah, but now you have to tell me.

Jesse

Well, I kind of see this all (****) as this, uh, escape for two

people who don't know how to be alone, y'know, or, uh. I mean,

y'know its funny. People always talk about how love is this

totally unselfish, giving thing, but if you think about it,

y'know, there's nothing more selfish.

Selene

Yeah, I know. So, she just broke up with you?

Jesse

What? [loses ball, switch]

Selene

You sound like you've just been hurt, or something.

Jesse

No.... do I?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Alright. Um, Big confession, y'know. I should have told you the

earlier, or something, but, y'know... I didn't just come to

Europe just to hang out, and read Hemingway in Paris, and shit

like that, y'know. I saved up my money all spring to, uh, fly to

Madrid, and spend the summer with my girlfriend, who has been on

this --

Selene

Your girlfriend? [she loses ball. They switch]

Jesse

My EX-girlfriend, who has been on this asinine art history

program for the last year. Anyway, I got here, right, and now

we're re-united, at long last, and we went out to dinner, our

first night, ah, with six of her friends. Pedro, Antonio,

Gonzalo, Maria, Suzie, from home, y'know. She pretty much managed

to avoid being alone with me for the first couple of days we were

there, and I stuck around for a while, just to kind of let it

really sink in that she wished I hadn't come. So I bought the

cheapest flight out of Europe, this one leaving out of Vienna

tomorrow, but it didn't leave for a couple of weeks. So, I bought

this Eurail pass, y'know. Y'know--y'know what's the worst thing

about somebody breaking up with you? Its when you remember how

little you thought about the people you broke up with, and you

realize that that is how little they're thinking about you,

y'know. [loses ball]. Y'know, you'd like to think that you're

both in all this pain, but really, they're just, Hey, I'm glad

you're gone. [They switch]

Selene

I know. You should look at bright colours.

Jesse

What?

Selene

That's what the shrink told me, y'know. I was paying her 900

francs an hour, to hear that I was a homicidal maniac, and that I

could eliminate (****) my obsession if I would concentrate on

bright colours.

Jesse

Yeah, well did it work?

Selene

Well, [loses ball, switch]

Jesse

Didn't help your pinball, did it?

Selene

No. Yeah, well, you know. I haven't... I haven't killed anyone

lately.

Jesse

Not lately? Well, that's good, you're cured, then.

Scene 17

[walking outside in Vienna]

Jesse

I mean, there's these breeds of monkeys, right, and all they do

is have sex, like, all the time, y'know. And, uh, they turn out

to be, like, the least violent, the most peaceful, the most

happy, y'know, so I mean, maybe fooling around is not so bad.

Selene

Are you talking about monkeys?

Jesse

Yes. I'm talking about monkeys.

Selene

Ah, I thought so, yeah.

Jesse

Why?

Selene

You know, I never heard this one, but it reminds me of, like,

this perfect, y'know, male argument to justify them fooling

around.

Jesse

No, no, no. Woman monkeys are fooling around, too. Everybody's

fooling around.

Selene

Yeah, that's cute. [they laugh] You know, I have this awful

paranoid thought, that feminism was mostly invented by men, so

they could, like, fool around a little more. You know, women,

free your minds, free your bodies, sleep with me. We're all happy

and free as long as I can fuck as much as I want.

Jesse

Alright, alright, alright. But maybe, maybe there's some

biological things at work here. I mean, if you had an island,

right, and there were 99 women on the island, and only one man,

in a year, you'd have the possibility of 99 babies. But if you

have an island with 99 men, and only one woman, in a year, you'd

have the possibility of only one baby. So...

Selene

So. You know what?

Jesse

What?

Selene

On this island, y'know, I think that there will only be, like,

maybe 43 men left. Because they would kill each other, trying to

fuck this poor woman, you know what I mean? And on the other

island, there would be 99 women, 99 babies, and no more man,

because they would have all gotten together, and eaten him alive.

Jesse

Oh yeah?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Yeah? Yeah? See... see, I think there's something to that. I

think on some level, women don't mind the idea of destroying a

man, y'know. Like, I was once walking down the street with my ex-

girlfriend, y'know, right, and we just walked by these, like,

real four, kind of thuggy looking guys, next to a Camaro, y'know,

and one of 'em, sure enough, says, 'Hey baby, nice ass.' Y'know,

I mean. So, I'm like, alright, Hey, no big deal, I'm not gonna

get uptight about this, right?

Selene

Yeah, plus, there were four of them, right?

Jesse

Yeah, exactly, there's four of them, right, but she turns around

and she says [Jesse turns back, and flips the bird to the air

behind him] Fuck you, dickheads, and I'm like, Okay, wait a

minute, here, right. They're not gonna come over here and kick

her ass, y'know what I mean. So who just got pushed to the front

line on that one? You see what I'm saying? I mean, women say they

hate it if your all territorial and protective, but if it suits

them, then they'll tell you you're being all unmanly, or wimpy,

or, uh.

Selene

You know what? I don't think women really want to destroy men,

and if, even if they want to, they don't.. they don't succeed.

You know what I mean? I'm sure even, y'know, men are destroying

women, or are able... capable of destroying women, much more than

women... Well, anyway, its depressing, I mean y'know what?

Jesse

What? You want to stop talking about this?

Selene

Yeah. I really hate it. You know Men-Women you know, its, its...

there's no end to this, like, y'know...

Jesse

Its like a skipping record, y'know

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Every couple's been having this conversation forever.

Selene

Any nobody's come up with anything.

Scene 18

[Still on streets of Vienna. Belly dancer is dancing to drum

beat, on the side of the street.]

[Jesse and Selene approach, then Selene pulls Jesse closer to

watch]

Selene

I saw a documentary on that. It's a birth dance.

Jesse

A birth dance.

Selene

Yeah.

[they stop and watch for a little while, until its over. They

clap]

Jesse

Should I give her some money?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Everything that's interesting costs a little bit of money. I'm

telling you.

[He puts some coinage in the pot, and they begin to walk away.]]

Jesse

So, birth dance, huh? Looked a little bit like a mating dance to

me.

Selene

No, but really. Women used this when giving birth. In some parts

of the world, they still do it.

Jesse

Yeah?

Selene

Yeah. The woman in labour enters a tent, and the women of her

tribe surround her, and dance, and they encourage the birthing

woman to dance with them as... so as to make the birth less

painful.

Jesse

Yeah...

Selene

When the baby is born, they all dance in celebration.

Jesse

Wow. I don't think my mom would've gone for that.

Selene

I like the idea of dancing as a common function in life,

something everybody participates in.

Jesse

Yeah, I know. I heard about this old guy, who was watching some

young people dance. And he said, how beautiful. They're trying to

shake off their genitals, and become angels.

Selene

I like that [smiles]

Jesse

Alright. One question, though, back there. When the women are

dancing, and being all spiritual, and stuff, right? Where are the

men? Are we out food-gathering? Are we not invited? Y'all don't

need us? What?

Selene

Men are lucky we don't bite off their head after mating. Certain

insects do that, you know, like spiders, and stuff.

Jesse

MmHmm.

Selene

We, at least, let you live. What are you complaining about?

Jesse

Yes. See, you're officially kidding, but there's something to

that, you know. You keep bringing stuff like that up.

Selene

What?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

No, no, no, wait a minute. Talking seriously here. I mean, .. I,

I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent

icon of womanhood, and without making... making it look my... my

whole life is revolving around some guy. But Loving someone, and

being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and

stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a

little more?

Jesse

Hmmm. Yeah, I don't know [they sit on a pile of skids in an alley

they are walking through]. Sometimes I dream about being a good

father and a good husband, and sometimes that feels really close.

Selene

Hmm.

Jesse

But then, other times, it seems silly. Like, it would, uh, ruin

my whole life. And its not just a, uh, a fear of commitment, or

that I'm incapable of caring, or loving, because I can. It's just

that if I'm totally honest with myself, I think I'd rather die

knowing that I was really good at something, that I had excelled

in some way, y'know, then that I had just been in a nice, caring

relationship.

Selene

Yeah, but I had worked for this older man, and once he told me

that he had spent all of his life thinking about his career and

his work, and... he was 52 and it suddenly struck him that he had

never really given anything of himself. His life was for no one,

and nothing. He was almost crying saying that. Y'know, I believe

if there's any kind of G-d, it wouldn't be in any of us. Not you,

or me... but just this little space in between. If there's any

kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of

understanding someone, sharing something [sigh]. I know, its

almost impossible to succeed, but... who cares, really? The

answer must be in the attempt.

[They both stare for a while, and then half-sigh, half-laugh].

Scene 19

[in a cafe. Fairly busy, many people]

[Scene

MaŒOtre d' arranging roses in a vase.]

[Scene

Group of 3 men and 3 women, having a political/philosophical type

discussion in German]

[Scene

Two men, playing cards, talking about work, or friends -- common,

heartfelt discussion]

[Scene

Two older men, both with beards. One is speaking very slowly,

deliberately, in German. The other is simply listening.]

[Scene

Woman sitting alone, reading a book, a finished coffee by her

side.]

[Scene

A man and woman, obviously having been together for a long time.

He is fidgety, she is playing with her pie with a fork, bored.]

Man

I really think this is a civilization in decline. Look at the

service. I mean, where is the waitress? In New York, this person

would be out of a job. [looks around for the waitress].

[Scene

Two men and a woman, all roughly middle-aged, talking, joking, in

reasonably good spirits.]

[Scene

Selene and Jesse sitting at a table, with platters from coffee on

the table in front of them, finished.]

Selene

Okay, now I'm going to call my best friend in Paris, who I'm

supposed to have lunch with in 8 hours. Okay?

Jesse

[Nods] okay.

Selene

[with her hands mimicking a telephone, lifting it off the base,

and putting it to her ear.] Dring-Dring. Dring-Dring. Dring-

Dring. Pick up!

Jesse

What?

Selene

Pick up the phone.

Jesse

[also mimics a phone with his hand, puts it up to his ear] Oh,

hello?

Selene

Allo?

Jesse

MmHmm.

Selene

Vanie? Ici Lina.

Jesse

Ahh...

Selene

Comment ‡a-va?

Jesse

[wide open eyes, then recognition] Ah, bien, et toi?

Selene

Vanie, ma vacation est incroyable!

Jesse

Ahhh... y' - a- I- y'know, I've been working on my English,

recently, w- y'want to talk in English?

Selene

Yeah, okay, that's a good idea. Ummm... I don't think I'm gonna

be able to make it for lunch today, I'm sorry. I... I met a guy

on the train, and I got off with him in Vienna. We're still

there.

Jesse

Are you crazy? [playing the role]

Selene

Probably.

Jesse

We.. wa.. he's Austrian, he's from there?

Selene

N-n-n-n-no. He's passing through here too. He's American. He's

going back home tomorrow morning.

Jesse

[mocking a shocked expression] Why'd you get off the train with

him?

Selene

Well... he convinced me. Well, actually I was [smiles] I was

ready to get off the train with him after talking to him a short

while. He was so sweet, I couldn't help it. [softly] We were in

the lounge car, and he began to talk about him, as a little boy,

seeing his great-grandmother's ghost. I think that's when I fell

for him. Just the idea of this little boy with all those

beautiful dreams. [emphatically] He trapped me.

Jesse

MmHmm [emphatically].

Selene

And he's so cute! He has beautiful blue eyes, [he closes his

eyes] nice big lips, [back-pouts his mouth], greasy hair, [she

laughs] I love it. He's kind of tall, and a little clumsy.

[softly] I like to feel his eyes on me when I look away.

[smiling] He kind of kisses like an adolescent, its so cute.

Jesse

What?

Selene

Yeah, we kissed. It was so adorable. As the night went on, I

began to like him more and more. But I'm afraid he's scared of

me. Y'know, I told him the story about the woman that kills her

ex-boyfriend, and stuff. He must be scared to death. [Jesse

begins to shake his head, slowly] He must be thinking I'm this

manipulative, mean woman. I just hope he doesn't feel that way

about me, because you know me, I'm the most harmless person. The

only person I could really hurt is myself.

Jesse

I don't think he's scared of you. I think he's crazy about you.

Selene

Really?

Jesse

I mean, I've known you a long time, and I got a good feeling. You

gonna see him again?

Selene

We haven't talked about that yet. [pause -- hangs up 'phone']

Okay its your turn. You call your friend.

Jesse

Uh...

Selene

Okay?

Jesse

[Hangs up phone, too] Alright, alright. Umm... [thinks] Uh,

[picks up 'phone', puts to ear.] Bring-Bring-Bring. Uh, I usually

get this guys answering machine. Brawwwwwwng.

Selene

[picks up 'phone', mimics American accent] Hi dude, what's up?

Jesse

Uhhhh... Hey Frank, how you been? Glad you're home.

Selene

Cool. Yeah. So, how was Madrid?

Jesse

Uh, Madrid... sucked! Y'know, Lisa and I had our long-overdue

meltdown.

Selene

Oh. Too bad. I told you, no?

Jesse

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The long-distance thing just never works. I was

only in Madrid for a couple of days. I got a cheaper flight, out

of Vienna... but, uh, y'know, it really wasn't that much cheaper.

I just, uh... I couldn't go home right away. I didn't want to see

anybody I knew, I just wanted to be a ghost. Completely

anonymous.

Selene

So are you okay, now?

Jesse

Yeah. Yeah, no, no, yeah, I'm great, I'm great! That's the thing,

I'm... I'm rapturous. And I'll tell you why. I met somebody. On

my last night in Europe, can you believe that?

Selene

Ah, That's incredible.

Jesse

I know, I know. And you know how they say we're all each others'

demons and angels? Well, she was literally a Botaccelli angel.

Just telling me that everything was gonna be okay.

Selene

How did you meet?

Jesse

On the train. Yeah, she was sitting next to this very weird

couple who started fighting so she had to move. She sat right

across the aisle from me. So, we started to talk, and, uh, she

didn't like me much at first. She's super smart, very passionate,

um... and beautiful. And I was so unsure of myself. I thought

everything I said sounded so stupid.

Selene

Oh, man, I wouldn't worry about that.

Jesse

No...

Selene

No, I'm sure she was not judging you. No... And by the way, she

sat next to you, no? I'm sure she did it on purpose.

Jesse

Oh, Yeah?

Selene

Yeah. Us men are so stupid. We don't understand anything about

women.

Jesse

MmMmm [ie, no]

Selene

They act kind of strange. The little I know of them. Don't they?

Jesse

Yeah.

Scene 20

[on a balcony, overlooking a lower part of the city. Jesse is

sitting on the stone rail, Selene is leaning against it]

Jesse

I feel like this is, uh, some dream world we're in, y'know.

Selene

Yeah, it's so weird. Its like our time together is just ours. Its

our own creation. It must be like I'm in your dream, and you in

mine, or something.

Jesse

And what's so cool is that this whole evening, all our time

together, shouldn't officially be happening.

Selene

Yeah, I know. Maybe that's why this feels so otherworldly. But

then the morning comes, and we turn into pumpkins, right?

Jesse

Ahhh...

Selene

Yeah, I know. [pause] But at this time, I think you're supposed

to produce the glass slipper, and see if it fits.

Jesse

Yeah?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

It'll fit.

[He leans over. They kiss, then stare out at the city]

Scene 21

[On an anchored ship-turned-restaurant, sitting at an elegant

table, with a floating candle.]

Jesse

This friend of mine had a kid, and it was a home birth, so he was

there helping out and everything. And he said at that profound

moment of birth, uh, he was watching this child, experiencing

life for the first time, I mean, trying to take its first

breath... all he could think about was that he was looking at

something that was gonna die someday. He just couldn't get it out

of his head. And I think that's so true, I mean, all-- everything

is so finite. I mean, but, but don't you think that that's what,

um, makes our time, at specific moments, so important?

Selene

Yeah, I know. It's the same for us, tonight, though. After

tomorrow morning, we're probably never going to see each other

again, right?

Jesse

You don't think we'll ever see each other again?

Selene

What do you think?

Jesse

Well, um, gosh, I don't know. uh, I mean, I hadn't planned

another trip to...

Selene

Oh, Me too, y'know. I live in Paris, you live in the US. I

totally understand that...

Jesse

I mean, I'd hate to make you fly. You know, you hate to fly,

right?

Selene

I'm not so scared of flying. I mean I could...

Jesse

I mean, if you were gonna come to the US, or if, y'know, I mean,

if I, or y'know, I mean, I could come back here, I mean... What?

Selene

Now let's just be rational adults about this. We, maybe we should

try something different. I mean, its no so bad if tonight is our

only night, right? People always exchange phone numbers,

addresses, they end up writing once, calling each other once or

twice...

Jesse

Right. Fizzles out. Yeah, I mean, I don't want that. I hate that.

Selene

I hate that too, y'know.

Jesse

Why do you think everybody thinks relationships are supposed to

last forever?

Selene

Yeah, why. It's stupid.

Jesse

So, you think tonight's it, huh? I mean, that, tonight's our only

night.

Selene

Its the only way, no?

Jesse

Well, alright. Let's do it. No delusions, no projections. We'll

just make tonight great.

Selene

Okay, let's do that.

Jesse

Okay.

[He points to a pair of musicians, playing on the boat, then

looks back at her]

Jesse

We should do some kind of handshake, you know. Give me your hand.

[they clasp each other's hands, so that all four are clasped

together] Alright. To our one and only night together, and the

hours that remain. [He kisses her hand, and she looks sad] What?

Selene

Its just... its depressing, no? That the... the only thing we're

gonna think of is when we're gonna have to say goodbye tomorrow.

Jesse

Well, we could say goodbye now. Then we wouldn't have to worry

about it in the morning.

Selene

Now?

Jesse

Yeah. Say goodbye.

Selene

Bye.

Jesse

Goodbye.

Selene

[softly] you have a... [with more emphasis] Au revoir.

Jesse

later.

Selene

Later, yeah.

[they stop and stare at each other for a while]

Scene 22

[walking down some stairs into a bar]

Jesse

Alright, so here's the plan, right. You're gonna grab the

glasses, and I'm gonna get the wine.

Selene

Red wine.

Jesse

Red wine. right.

Selene

You think you can do that?

Jesse

Nooooo problem.

[they get into the bar, Selene goes over to a table, and Jesse

goes up to the bar]

Jesse

[whispers] wish me luck.

Selene

[whispers] okay good luck.

Jesse

[to bartender]Hello.

Bartender

Hello.

Jesse

[as Selene goes over to a table and opens her purse] Uh... Do you

speak English?

Bartender

Euh, a bit.

Jesse

Yeah, a bit? Well, alright. I'm having kind of an odd situation

here, which is that... Uh, this is... you see that girl over

there? [Indicates Selene as she is putting glasses in purse, she

stops, and smiles.]

Bartender

Yeah...

Jesse

Yeah, well, this is our only night together. Um, And she, ahh,

ALright. Here's the problem. The problem is that she wants a

bottle of red wine, and I don't have any money. [Jesse and the

bartender start laughing]. I was thinking that you might want to,

um, give me the address of this bar [bartender backs away] No, I

know...and I would promise to send you the money, and you would

make our night complete.

Bartender

You would send me the money?

Jesse

Yes.

Bartender

[looks over at Selene, then back at Jesse. Offers hand] Your

hand? [They shake] Okay. [leaves]

[Selene steals 2nd glass, Jesse gives her an A-ok gesture]

Bartender

[returns with bottle, looks at it, and gives it to Jesse] For the

greatest night in your life. [laugh]

Jesse

Thank you very much. [walks away]

Scene 23

[in park, lying down, in the dark, drinking wine]

Selene

So often in my life I've been with people, and shared beautiful

moments like travelling, or staying up all night and watching the

sunrise, and I knew those were special moments. But something was

always wrong. I wished I'd been with someone else. [They both

laugh] I knew that what I was feeling, exactly what was so

important to me, they didn't understand. But I'm happy to be with

you. You couldn't possibly know why a night like this is so

important to my life right now, but it is. This is a great

morning.

Jesse

It is a great morning. Do you think we'd have others like this.

[Selene smiles] What?

Selene

What about our rational, adult decision?

Jesse

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I know what you mean about wishing somebody

wasn't there, though. Its just usually its myself that I wish I

could get away from. Seriously, think about this. I have never

been anywhere that I haven't been. I've never had a kiss when I

wasn't one of the kissers. Y'know, I've never, um, gone to the

movies, when I wasn't there in the audience. I've never been out

bowling, if I wasn't there, y'know making some stupid joke. I

think that's why so many people hate themselves. Seriously, its

just they are sick to death of being around themselves. Lets say

that you and I were together all the time, then you'd start to

hate a lot of my mannerisms. The way, uh, the way every time we

would have people over, uh, I'd be insecure, and I'd get a little

too drunk. Or, uh, the way I'd tell the same stupid pseudo-

intellectual story again, and again. Y'see, I've heard all those

stories. So of course I'm sick of myself. But being with you, uh,

its made me feel like I'm somebody else. Y'know the only other

way to lose yourself like that is, um, y'know, dancing, or

alcohol, or drugs, and stuff like that.

Selene

Fucking?

Jesse

Fuh... Fucking? Yeah, that's one way, yeah. [swallows breath,

turns away]

Selene

[Turning towards Jesse] Do you know what I want?

Jesse

What?

Selene

To be kissed.

Jesse

Well, I can do that. [they kiss, he starts to go down her neck.]

Selene

Wait! [she stops him, and sits up] I have to say something

stupid.

Jesse

Alright.

Selene

Its very stupid.

Jesse

Okay.

Selene

I don't think we should sleep together. I mean, I want to, but

since we're never gonna see each other again... it'll make me

feel bad. I won't know who else you're with. I'll miss you. [she

lies down beside him] I know. It's not very adult. Maybe its a

female thing, I can't help it.

Jesse

Let's see each other again.

Selene

No, I don't want you to break our vow, just os you can get laid.

[they laugh]

Jesse

I don't want to just get laid. I want to um, I mean, I mean, I

think we should. I mean, we'll be done in the morning, right? I

think we should.

Selene

No, then its like some male fantasy. Meet a french girl on a

train, fuck her, and never see her again. That would be this

great story to tell, I don't want to be a great story. I dont

want this great evening to just have been for that.

Jesse

Alright. Alright, alright, alright. Okay.

Selene

Okay?

Jesse

Okay. We don't have to have sex. It's not a big deal.

Selene

Okay. [long pause] You don't want to see me again?

Jesse

[laughs] No, of course I do. Listen, if somebody gave me the

choice right now, of to never see you again or to marry you,

alright, I would marry you, alright. And maybe that's a lot of

romantic bullshit, but people have gotten married for a lot less.

Selene

Actually, I think I had decided I wanted to sleep with you when

we got off the train. But now that we've talked so much, I don't

know anymore.

[Jesse sighs of frustration. Selene laughs, then leans over to

kiss him.]

Selene

Why do I make everything so complicated?

Jesse

I don't know.

[They kiss again]

Scene 24

[In park... sun is up, birds are chirping. Scene cuts to city,

where Jesse and Selene are walking along a street. Harpsicord

music plays in the background.]

Jesse

What do you think's the first thing you're gonna do when you get

back to Paris?

Selene

Call my parents.

Jesse

Yeah?

Selene

What about you?

Jesse

I don't know... I'll probably go pick up my dog. He's staying

with a friend of mine.

Selene

You have a dog?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

I love dogs.

Jesse

You do?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Oh shit.

Selene

What?

Jesse

Oh, I don't know. We're back in real time.

Selene

I know. I hate that.

Jesse

What is that? [notices sound, and walks towards it]

Selene

Sounds like a harpsicord.

Jesse

Check that out [looks into basement window, where there is a man

playing a harpsicord] [whispers] Cool.

[Jesse pulls Selene to the side of the window]

Jesse

We'll dance to the harpsicord.

Selene

Of course. [they dance a bit]

Jesse

[looking at her. He stops her dancing] Oh, wow.

Selene

What?

Jesse

Uh.... I'm gonna take your picture. [puts her at arms length, and

stares] So I never forget you or, uh, or all this.

Selene

Okay. Me too.

[She stops and stares at him too. He leans over and they kiss.

Eventually, they stop, and walk away holding hands.]

Scene 25

[Camera shows various views of the landmarks of Vienna, stopping

at a statue in a square, upon which Jesse sits while Selene lies

with her head on his lap]

Jesse

[in a sort-of Bostonian accent, again] And the years shall run

like rabbits

Selene

[opens her eyes and looks up at him] What?

Jesse

[shakes his head] Nothing. Nothing. I have this, uh, recording of

Dylan Thomas, reading a W.H.Auden poem. He's got a great voice.

You just... It's like, uh...

Selene

What, what?

Jesse

[starts with accent again]

All the clocks in the city

Began to whir, and chime.

Oh, let not time deceive you,

You can not conquer time.

In headaches and in worry,

Vaguely life leaks away.

And time will have its fancy,

Tomorrow, or today.

[back to regular voice] Hm. Something like that.

Selene

Its good. [pause] When you talked earlier about after a few

years, how a couple begin to hate each other, by anticipating

their reactions, or getting tired of their mannerisms. I think it

would be the opposite for me. I think I could really fall in love

when I know everything about someone. The way he's gonna part his

hair. Which shirt he's gonna wear that day. Knowing the exact

story he'd tell in a given situation. I'm sure that's when I'd

know I'm really in love. [they stop and stare for a while.]

Jesse

Hey guess what?

Selene

What?

Jesse

We didn't go to those guys' play.

Selene

Play?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

The cow?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

[laughs] Yeah, we didn't. Oh no, we missed it. [sigh]

Scene 26

[in train station. Jesse and Selene walk side by side, together

holding her bag between them. Voice over loudspeaker makes

inaudible announcement]

Selene

Okay, you know what bus you're taking to the airport?

Jesse

Yeah, yeah. No problem.

Selene

I should get on this one [pointing to a coach. They stop]

Jesse

Right here? You want to get on there?

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Alright. Um...

Selene

Okay. I guess this is it, no? [they hold hands]

Jesse

[breathing heavy, like after workout or from anxiety] Yeah. Um, I

really, [a couple of deep breaths] I, uh, I... I mean, you know

what I mean.

Selene

Yeah, I know what -- I, uh. Yeha, My... Have a great life. Have

fun with everything you're gonna do. Work hard...

Jesse

Yeah. Good luck in school, and all that.

Selene

Okay.

Jesse

I hate this.

Selene

Me too. My train is about to leave.

Jesse

Yeah.

[they kiss, hug. They stop, and from this point on their voices

are rushed]

Jesse

Listen. Listen. You know all this bullshit we're talking about,

about not seeing each other again? I don't want to do that.

Selene

I don't want to do that either.

Jesse

You don't either?

Selene

I was waiting for you to say something.

Jesse

Well, why didn't you say something?

Selene

I was afraid maybe you didn't want to see me.

Jesse

Alright, alright, well look. Listen, listen. What-d... what-d...

What do you want to do?

Selene

Maybe... maybe we should meet here, in five years or something.

Jesse

Alright, alright. Five years. Five years? That's a long time.

Selene

Yes. Its awful. Its like a sociological experiment. How about one

year?

Jesse

One year. Alright, alright.

Selene

One year.

Jesse

How about six months?

Selene

Six months?

Jesse

Yeah.

Selene

Its gonna be freezing. [she starts laughing]

Jesse

Yeah? [He starts laughing]

Selene

Yeah.

Jesse

Who cares? We come here, we go somewhere else.

Selene

Okay. Okay. Uh, six months from now, or last night?

Jesse

Um... Last night. Six months from last night, which was, uh, uh,

June 16th. So uh, Track Nine, six months from now, at six o'clock

at night.

Selene

Dece-- December.

Jesse

December, yeah, right. Now listen, its a train ride for you, but

I got to fly all the way over here and shit like that, alright,

but I'm going to be here.

Selene

Okay, me too.

Jesse

Alright.

Selene

And we're not gonna call or write or...

Jesse

Na...

Selene

Na.

Jesse

Its depressing.

Selene

Yeah, okay.

Jesse

Alright. [they kiss] Alright, your train's gonna leave. Say

goodbye.

Selene

Bye.

Jesse

Goodbye.

Selene

Au revoir.

Jesse

Later.

[They kiss again, and he helps her onto the train. The whistle

blows, and the train leaves]

[Scene

Selene walking to booth. Sits down in seat, looks out window]

[Scene

Jesse, going down escalator.]

[Scene

Train, pulling away from under bridge from Scene 5, no one is on

bridge.]

[Scene

Boat, from scene 21. Distant view. The boat is empty.]

[Scene

The table they sat at on boat in Scene 21-- empty]

[Scene

Balcony overlooking lower city, from scene 20. Empty]

[Scene

Pile of skids in alley, from late in Scene 18 - No one is

around.]

[Scene

The Cemetary from Scene 8. Not a living soul.]

[Scene

The marker from the grave of Elizabeth, from Scene 8. Nothing has

changed.]

[Scene

The Prata, unmoving, with nobody around.]

[Scene

The square through which the monks walked in Scene 11. An elder

gentleman walks through, oblivious to what's around him]

[Scene

Beside the Danube, where Selene and Jesse met the Poet, from

Scene 14. Void of people. A train passes over a bridge in the

distance]

[Scene

The park, especially reminiscient of Scene 23. A bottle seems to

be lying on the ground. An old lady slowly walks through the

park]

[Scene

Jesse, in a bus, looking out a window. Turns back to the front of

the bus, and makes a gesture to the effect of 'woo!' Looks around

the bus, puts his head back, closes his eyes, and smiles]

[Scene

Selene, in train, looking out window, thinking. Eventually, she,

too, smiles, remembering something, then lies her head against

the wall, and closes her eyes, as if to sleep.]

THE END

CAST

Jesse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ethan Hawke

Selene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie Delpy

Wife on Train. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrea Eckert

Husband on Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hanno P"schul

Guys on Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karl Bruckschwaiger

Tex Rubinwitz

Palm Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erni Mangold

Street Poet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Domenik Castell

Bartender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Haymond Maria Buttenger

Guitarist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harald Waiglein

Belly Dancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bilge Jeschim

Drummer for Belly Dancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kurti

Musicians on Boat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barbara Kleibel

Wolfgang Staribacher

Poem

"Delusion Angel" By David Jewell

Poem

"As I walked out one Evening" By W. H. Auden

Music