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of whatever can harm her
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Except now she has
chosen to rely on me
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Yeah, it always sounds good
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She begins another day of life,
brimming with fantasy,
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plastered in self-deception,
sealed by oblivion
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My own faint panic,
' I ve got to do something"
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is futilely idle
:16:28
What are you doing?
:16:29
Nothing, work
:16:37
Let's go outside then
:16:40
Shoot your movie,
that s your job, right?
:16:44
Is that work?
:16:45
It is your job
:16:50
In Japan today, all forms
of expression,
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beginning with images,
serve only
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as either
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time-killing entertainment
for those without occupation,
:17:06
or as momentary respite for
those who are afraid of pain
:17:10
People desire either real scandals
amplified into rawness,
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or,
:17:17
the illusion of beautifully
adapted fictions
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It is true of me
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Unable to create
appropriate relationships
:17:27
I escape into a fictional world,
constructed on a fantasy of daily life
:17:33
Even this film, when completed,
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will become a device to deliver
a certain amount of stimulation
:17:38
devoid of surprises,
and a measure of time spent in peace
:17:42
Who wants images beyond that?
Who needs them?
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By then, I had abandoned
her as a visual construct
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I didn't want to film anything
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As long as she was present,
I didn t need to make a film