A Man is Dead (2024)

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(man laughs)

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Look at this here.

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What, do you wanna sh**t me?

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You're not gonna sh**t me.

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(laughs) sh**t me.

C'mon.

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sh**t me.

Right here.

Right here.

Not here. Right here.

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(laughs) sh**t me.

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This is some really good naan bread.

You like naan bread?

(man crunching)

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Do you want to see the

property I bought, baby?

I think I'm going to

build an ice cream store.

I love me some delicious ice cream.

Maybe some funnel cakes as well.

What do you think, baby?

Oh, I love me some ice

cream and funnel cakes.

I really want your ice cream.

Let's leave and head back to your place.

You don't have to tell me twice, baby.

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Hi.

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All right. Don't do this.

I have a family here.

It's a good chicken curry,

though, don't you think so?

If you're gonna need,

what is it that you really need?

And you're gonna need me, all right?

You're gonna need me.

The right amount of butter and turmeric

could make a k*lling.

(soft music)

There's another Indian

place around here, close by.

Maybe we'll try it tonight.

So what are your plans for this decking?

(man crunching)

We don't have to do this, okay?

We don't have to do this.

Just lower the g*n and we'll

just settle this, all right?

(light music)

The Indians sure make good wine.

Look, no need to do this.

(man groans)

This soy is perfect. Not dry at all.

So, you know, about your life.

Remember, there are two or

three things that you want

to say to yourself.

And regrets too. Right?

You know...

I mean, everyone that

wants have regrets, you know,

but they want something.

So, so for every regret,

there's something else else

that you want, right?

(shots firing)

Right. Maybe for one regret.

Let's say like, okay, I never

want, I never went to Paris.

I never wanted to go to the (indistinct).

So that's, that's one regret, right?

So I hear they have

good plans for you here.

Does it make you excited?

There's gotta be something

I can get you to talk.

Do you like food?

Do you like music?

Do you like art?

And you trade it for

what you did in the past

for something new, right?

You know?

I have about eight more

films before the year ends

and it's gonna be great having

you run everything here.

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[Camera Person] Not yet. Yeah.

Come closer. More.

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Jones, why are you still

looking out the window?

I'm going to retire to my office.

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I remember. I remember.

Yes, I'm sure I remember.

I'm positive. I do remember, yes.

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How did you like my poetry?

I worked hard on it.

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Take care of it.

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And you are my best fan, my biggest fan.

That is why you are the only ones

that we have on the contract.

It's been a good contract,

hasn't it, my dear?

It's brought a lot of nice things

for you over the years, hasn't it?

It sure has.

And we value your generosity,

but the times are changing.

Hmm?

We heard something.

Yeah, you know, a little birdie.

And what did this little birdie say?

We know that the

various people are setting us

up for a fall.

We're only just here to protect you

because if you go, we have nothing.

I'm the star here.

Do you understand that?

(man sighs)

I'm the star.

- Yeah.

So we think that you might

throw some more beans our way

and pretend that little

birdie never ever spoke to us.

What exactly do you mean by beans?

You know, you get somebody three beans

and they can double

it, they could triple it,

could quadruple.

Depends how productive you can be.

(man sighs)

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Like has there been one

museum you wanted (indistinct)?

Was there one museum that

you always wanted to gone to?

Like, let's say like the Louvre.

You know the Louvre?

It's in Paris, right? Paris, France.

You know?

The Mona Lisa's there

and you know they have

two Mona Lisas, by the way.

There's one there and

somebody, and he made like two

or three duplicates at that time.

So, you know.

Or let's say like the Taj

Mahal, you know the Taj Mahal

in India, right?

It's in Mumbai.

I mean, do you like naan bread

or curry or you know, naan bread

and you know, matar (indistinct) matar.

Look, I promise I won't let you down.

Have I ever?

(man sighs)

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You know, I've always been here for the art

and the glamour and the love.

(man sighs)

So what is it then?

You know, we are in very crazy times now,

with ghosts and strange operations.

Yes, I know that.

But I'm here, and I've always been here.

And I'll be here for you forever,

as God is my witness.

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We'll give you some time.

You just send us an answer

with a telex, you know,

and just how many beans.

Let's go.

(man sighs)

What are you looking at?

What do you want?

(man sighs)

I come from a long way.

I don't know if I ever knew anything.

It's like this, well, spiraling staircase.

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Benefits (indistinct).

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I have about eight more

films before the year ends

and it's gonna be great having

you run everything here.

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You seem like you're very artistic.

Are you?

What's your inspirations?

Who influences you?

Have you ever been in love?

Are you a hopeless romantic?

What is it that you're looking for?

There's gotta be something

I can get you to talk.

Do you like food?

Do you like music?

Do you like art?

What do you like?

Well, I love to cook.

I'm gonna travel the world

and eat everything in every country

and enjoy all the amazing dishes.

[Person Offscreen] She says.

What about dreaming?

Do you like to dream?

[Person Offscreen] And she says,

"Wouldn't it be just the greatest thing?"

Wouldn't it be amazing

to live your life in a dream,

a perpetual dream that never ever ends?

There's not enough of

us dreamers out there.

I wish there were, because

things are getting really ugly.

There's no more passion.

[Man Offscreen] And slowly

turn your head back down more.

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You have another one.

You could have the first one.

The first one is always good

as the eighth one, by the way, so

I feel honored, something

from outta this country.

(man laughing)

May I?

Oh yeah, definitely a...

- Enjoy the sugar.

- Smooth shape.

I will. Thank you.

The sugar that's here,

which is synthetic, goes

through 100 processes.

And I mean, it'll k*ll

you in the end, right?

It'll k*ll you...

- I can tell.

So let's talk about this man.

Yes, yes. As you see, I'm undercover.

I've been following him today

and well, most of this

past month I've been.

And you know I don't

like you as you know.

What's your plan for this man?

Help save the world.

What world is there to save?

Figure that out and see,

maybe we can benefit off of each other.

I'm not one to be

confrontational if I need to be.

It was good having a drink on winter's day,

But it's summer and it's night.

That's not the point.

That doesn't matter.

That's irrelevant.

But you know, the planets

is maybe nine or 10.

They're discovering

that there's more planets.

More than Pluto?

More than Pluto, is the

last one they discovered.

But that has nothing to do with us.

Okay.

What's important is

it's either... Ah, ah, ah!

It's either, it's either,

it's either. (Laughing)

(indistinct)

- France.

(both laughing)

Specialized sugar.

See?

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What's important

is the basil, the garlic.

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They say that Marco Polo

brought the noodles from China,

but I don't really believe that.

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I heard you knew that Marco Polo was a man.

You ever meet Marco Polo?

They had that Silk Road path to China.

Supposedly he brought the

noodles back from there to Italy.

But I don't really believe it.

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Everything is a cycle of life.

As long as you have the formula.

I can help you finish the puzzle.

Looks like there's not

much left. You know?

I shall remember.

I shall remember.

Early, I'll remember.

I see, remember, I see, remember.

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Walk.

Well, keep going.

Walk, walk. Cut.

Good. It really never was.

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Years ago, man is

living for a million years.

Because losing is everything.

To lose makes you powerful.

Like this!

Nine out of 10.

And that makes you better.

You learn from the mistakes,

you learn from losing all your life

It's not about success.

Break bulbs (indistinct).

Set bulb firmly, place pointed and up.

Replace the soil, cover the plants.

Water well after planting.

Planting time zones,

April to May, March to May,

February to March.

Tips.

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I know how much it means,

it means to him that you've

been a part of the team

and I wasn't sure about you.

And in fact, no one was sure about you.

But you've proved yourself.

And that's why I want to give you a chance.

I think we need you.

Things weren't what

they were six months ago.

You're the cosmic force

that we need in our

lives, the game changer.

As you say, all your life

you work for something.

We all learn from our failures.

And wisdom's good too.

And I think you have wisdom, don't you?

And so at this moment, what

is the wisdom that you have

for me and us?

(indistinct)

That's exactly what I

wanted to hear. (Laughing)

And what else do you have to say?

(men slurping noodles)

But I wanted to thank you.

I thank you what you've done for us.

Everybody says that you say what you are,

and I mean you're this sort of strong one,

if you know what I mean.

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And I don't know why you came

into our lives, but you did.

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Do you like records?

You know, they don't make 16 RPMs anymore.

The 16 RPS were...

Okay, well, today we live

in the world of 33 RPMs

and 45, which are the singles, right?

And 78, which are the,

the stuff from the forties

and thirties, right?

But during that time, they had the 16 RPMs.

And the 16 RPMs could have three times

the playing length of regular records.

So let's say, for example,

a 33 RPM has 15 minutes

of recording time,

and a 45 has maybe three minutes.

And a 78 has, you know,

well, the 78 plays so fast.

But you can have five

minutes on a eight-inch, a 78.

But a 16, at that speed,

a 16 gets you about 30,

35, 40 minutes per side.

And so that's why if you

ever listen to the Bible,

well, if you had to 16 RPM, then

you could hear the

Bible on maybe six sides,

the entire Bible.

And you'd hear it all, at 16.

And maybe, maybe the

world needs to move slower

'cause 78 was so fast.

And then when we brought

in the 45 and the 33s

and maybe the 16 is, you know,

maybe the 16 was the answer.

But I bought a vinyl player the other day.

There's no 16 speed, there's 33, 45 and 78.

That's it.

There's no 16.

But these Brazilian like,

and I checked about this,

the Brazilian companies,

the record companies in the '60s and '70s,

they printed these 16 RPMs,

and you could hear like

50 songs on one side.

50 songs!

Like, you could hear like

one hour, more than one hour.

More than one hour.

Now there there's this label called

Trianac that was trying to do it.

This German guy, Alfred Rubby.

And he actually was French

and he was trying to

print Wagner's "The Ring"

onto like three sides, like one hour

or 75 minutes onto each side.

But the problem is that still

ran at 33 frames, 33 RPM.

You know, his technique

was eliminating the groove

between the grooves.

So, in other words, instead

of getting 20 minutes per side, you got 40,

but 16 RPM, that's the

thing you, you would get,

you would literally get four times,

three times the playing time.

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(man sighs)

That's very good sarsaparilla.

You remember the '50s, you

know the candy color clown,

you know, they call 'em

the Sandman, soda jerks

and ice cream parlors.

It was a good time.

You'd get a New York steak for a dollar.

What does a dollar buy you now?

Doesn't even buy you 10 cents.

What does a 20 dollar bill buy you?

It doesn't even buy you 50 cents.

I used to keep $2 bills in my pocket

because they're such good luck.

You know what a $2 bill is, right?

They print them occasionally.

If you see two or three,

then give one to me.

It's not ever about the final piece.

It's about everything

that has a good beginning

and ending, sometimes a bad

life can have a good ending.

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(old man gasping)

As you can see, I'm a lawyer,

I've done this sort of thing in the past.

Step in again.

Is that the visible one?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay. Okay.

Okay. Go ahead.

Froze. Be frozen.

Enter, huh?

No, frozen.

You screwed it up.

It was perfect.

He was the perfect ingenue for this.

I was gonna train him on everything.

- It's all...

- And you double dip. You perverted him.

I perverted him?

No, because of your business sense,

it was driving us off a cliff.

I had to get in there...

- Oh, my business?

Where do you think you came from?

You came from the streets.

You came from the streets of San Jose.

Everybody needs a home eventually.

(man laughing)

You want a role in the movie?

There's a box there.

No, you know what?

What?

I don't wanna be in this movie anymore.

No, you're gonna be in it.

It's gonna be the best role ever.

Let's just say it's a death scene.

(shot firing)

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I'm a lawyer.

I've done this sort of thing in the past.

(paper rustling)

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(audience applauding)

(audience cheering)

Okay, when the sun and the moon

overlaps the other planets,

that's when we should make our move.

(tense music)

Yes, I need the sun

and the stars to align so I

can make love to the masses.

(man chuckling)

- That's a tall order.

I hope that's going to make

an astronomical difference.

Timing. It's everything.

I want to bring peace to this world.

It's my calling, my foundation, my goal.

I mean, it's what I'm made for.

This is what I'm meant to be here for.

This is what I wanna do with my life.

I wanna help people.

I wanna save the planet.

Are you gonna help me with that?

Did your accent just change?

Did you even hear

anything that I just said?

Okay, your accent, it changed.

Is that a problem?

It's not a problem. I'm hungry.

Let's eat something.

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I have a favor to ask you

because you are very important.

Do you accept this?

It's an important job.

You are just what we need.

And so I'd like to ask you something

and in the end, it might be joyous.

Well, you know, sometimes

I don't feel so good

and sometimes I feel better another day.

So I'm asking you stay at the studio.

Never leave.

Not at all.

Not even to go to the city.

Everything is here. You know?

You want to go out to the world.

So much is in here.

So you don't want to go out

to the world. Why would you?

It's such a ugly world.

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I know what your answer will be.

(indistinct)

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Ah, sh*t.

Please. What are you gonna do?

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(man grunts)

(man coughs)

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(man coughing)

You failed me.

Man, failed me.

No, it's not over! (Shouts)

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Stop.

Ah! (Pants)

Ah...

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(footsteps pounding)

(man grunting)

(man panting)

What have you done?

He, the (indistinct), he pressed it.

It's the end of the world out there.

I told you, if anybody

pressed that button.

I told you so!

Here's the button I pressed.

(men grunting)

(man panting)

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[Director] Lay down.

You're doing like "ahhh,"

and then you sh**t him.

(indistinct)

Bam!

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[Man Offscreen] I

said, here's the button.

I said, here's the button.

(g*n clicks)

(man grunts)

(indistinct)

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(shots firing)

(sh**ter laughing)

We are in this together.

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Gotta be successful.

More than you've ever been.

For the studio.

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(indistinct)

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

Yeah.

I dream of Jeannie with

the twilight brown hair

(indistinct)

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

With the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

[Group] I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

Light brown hair, whoo!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I see her tripping

with a bright replay

I see her tripping with a bright

Happy as a daisy, day

Happy as a daisy that I see her

tripping with a bright replay

I see her tripping her

with a bright replay

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

Floating like a vapor on the

Floating like a vapor

on the soft somber

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I can't do this, I can't do this!

I dream of Jeannie with

the light brown hair

(indistinct) light brown hair.

Happy as a daisy

Happy as a daisy!

Dance on her way

A happy

[Group] I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair!

I dream of Jeannie

with the light brown hair

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This is (indistinct), it's a magic!

This is gorgeous.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

Have the seed, the seed of destiny.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

This could be dog, is the future!

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(music drowning out conversation)

That's the stupidest

thing I've ever heard.

(g*nman laughing)

Yeah, sleep with the fish!

You know captain, (indistinct).

I wanna control things.

(music drowning out conversation)

Business (indistinct), students.

(music drowning out conversation)

Teach me how to do these things.

Teach me how to shake the ground.

You know, rattle (indistinct).

(music drowning out conversation)

Let's put it this way.

(indistinct) alive, (indistinct) business?

(music drowning out conversation)

What's going on?

What's going on?

What's going on?

[Director] What have you done?

What have done?

I can't believe it!

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(music drowning out conversation)

Not right (indistinct),

literally any use.

Just sign it.

I can't.

Take a look.

I cannot sign it.

It's wrong.

No matter how, how hard I try.

You believe me now?

You finally believe me now?

Yeah.

I can't.

You try it.

No, no, no!

You must do it the right way.

(indistinct)

Hold the pen like this.

Okay.

Like that.

No, no!

- Yes.

- No!

No!

- Sign it, sign it.

Okay, okay, okay.

Let's just take a break.

Are you gonna do what they want?

Wonderful to see you all.

Don't look so nervous.

It's not as bad as you think it is.

Everything is under control, I assure you.

I just want you to know

that there have been some

nefarious entities trying

to buy my studio.

And I'm not going to let that happen.

Whoever buys my studio

is going to have to treat it

like their very own baby.

You are all like my babies.

I've nurtured you.

I've developed you.

I've loved you all completely.

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Bonjour.

Oh, you want to fight me?

I was a boxer when I was

a pupil in the Caribbean.

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There's still money in

music and movies and books.

People love books. They love movies.

They love something that is entertaining.

They just love entertainment, period.

The people love to see these images.

It's all part of what they enjoy.

Entertainment is what people

love and enjoy, right? Yes.

We shouldn't be selling it all. No.

We come from vaudeville

after all, don't we?

We're part of entertainment.

People remember even Al Jolson,

they remember the

entertainers from way back.

They love the people

that are entertaining now.

Entertainment is a part of

mankind that people love.

We are glad that we have movies,

and books go way back, hundreds of years.

We've always enjoyed

theater, art, literature.

[Man Offscreen] Marco.

You done?

I have the best idea so far in this room.

[Man Offscreen] Oh, f*ck.

I know the future, the future of America.

Compton.

It's now only the number

14th most dangerous state.

No longer number 10. No

longer in the top 10.

Compton is where it'll be.

Speaking of tourists, Asians in particular

who love Americana, they

will love to see, take selfies

with all the homeless from

Comptons, the criminals.

They'll just love the actual

experience with them.

Compton is the place to be.

That's who our investors are.

All these ideas sounds

like very interesting so far.

Except for one thing. They

all coming from stupid people.

But I have an idea.

No one think of it.

The south of the world, you know?

Antarctica, (indistinct).

It's not in profit.

(indistinct)

Do you like kiwi fruit?

How about (indistinct)?

There's money, (indistinct).

We have station there.

We have big station over there.

We gonna have the best opera house.

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