Arizona Dream Page #8

Synopsis: An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Emir Kusturica
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1993
142 min
884 Views


- Thank you for the wad of paper.

- It's not a wad of paper, Elaine...

...it's... it's two tickets for Shishmaref.

It's right on the Bering Sea.

- Train ticket?

- Yeah.

You expect me me to go

all the way to Alaska by train?

Well, you said you didn't

wanna fly again, so I just...

No, I didn't!

- Yes, you did!

- No, I didn't!

- Yes, you did!

- No, I didn't!

- Yes, you did!

- I... I... I... I want to fly there.

Okay!

Okay!

Okay!

I'm gonna... I'm gonna cancel the train tickets and

I'm gonna make a plane reservation, it's okay?

- Alright.

- Stop!

What?

You think I'm old, don't you?

- No!

- Yes, you think! You think I'm old.

Don't tell me what I think.

That's why you wanna go by train,

you're ashamed to be with me!

I'm not ashamed, Elaine.

I'm gonna go trade these tickets in.

No! No, no, no! Listen!

I don't blame you. You're right!

I'm old, you're young.

You're right! It's disgusting!

Just stop it!

Wh...wh...wh...what did I have?

Can't you find someone your own age?

Why are you with me?

- I... I... I wanna be with you!

- But I don't need your goddamn pity!

- I'm not giving you any goddamn pity, Elaine.

- I don't need that. Then what? What do you do?

- What do you give me?

- I'm trying to give you everything.

- What? What?

- I'm trying to give you love.

Oh, love.

- What do you know about love?

- What... what do you know?

What?

You're a child.

I know what you need is

someone... sweet...

...and beautiful...

- ...and young!

- Like who?

Like Millie.

- She's like Switzerland, beautiful, but dumb.

- I want you to listen to me.

She was my uncle's fiance.

I don't want her. I want you!

This is crazy!

Ro... Ronny used to say that,

and Grace still says it...

..."Take your medication, Mother,

or you'll be crazy."

But he hurt her,

and I killed him...

- ...and I'm not crazy!

- I'm not your f***ing husband, either! I'm me!

- Do you understand? You are f***ing crazy.

- Get out!

- You're f***ing crazy!

- Get out!

- No, I'm not leaving! I'm not going anywhere!

- Get out!

- Get out of my house!

- You just asked me to stay!

I did not!

I want you to go!

- Go!

- I'm pretty f***ing tired of this game, Elaine.

What do you want?

- What do you want?

- I... I want you to understand me!

- You know something?

- What?

Paul was right.

- Paul was right?

- Paul was right.

Paul was right?

I can't believe that you would listen to anything

he would have to say about me. What did he say?

- Nothing.

- How nothing? What did he say?

- Didn't say a f***ing thing!

- I'm gonna find out what Paul said about me.

- Find out who...

- No, you're going nowhere.

- You're going nowhere.

- Shall I go... Did you think I'm...

- You're going nowhere!

- Axel, I will not...

Where you gonna go?

You'll go nowhere while I'm here.

- Let me go!

- Come on... Come on, Elaine, come on.

You're not crazy.

Show me you're not crazy!

- Come on!

- Let me go!

I don't think you're old.

I think you're beautiful now. Don't say it again.

Do you understand? I don't wanna hear it!

Let me go!

Stop!

- Elaine? Elaine!

- Get out of my life!

- Get out of my house or...

- Lie it down!

- Put it down!

- Get out of my house!

- My leg!

- It's alright! It' okay!

- That's enough!

- No!

That's enough!

Wow!

I can't believe she did it!

Is it flying?

You f***ed my wife?

You f***ed my wife?

Oh, come on!

Please! Please!

Come on!

Listen!

That's Mexico!

That is Mexico. This is America.

We speak English.

Speak English.

Speak English.

- Yes.

- Look at his face!

What do you mean?

You're gonna tell me...

Sh*t!

- Paul, would you quit screwing around?

- Can't you see I'm having a f***ing nightmare?

Leave her alone!

You're distracting her.

She's trying to fly the plane.

Please! Please!

This isn't happening!

I hate this film!

Life is beautiful.

I think what you did is beautiful.

Thanks.

I'm sorry about your uncle.

Yeah, me too.

Where do you think he is right now?

Right now?

Right now I think he's

probably on the moon...

...driving a golden Cadillac.

Life is beautiful.

- Grace?

- Yeah?

Um...

Do you think it would be

really bad if I... uh... uh...

- ...kissed you?

- No.

No?

- I'm sorry!

- Oh, you wanna hear now?

- I'm sorry.

- Are you gonna listen this time?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah!

- Alright.

Anyway...

Elaine is like a blueberry pie. Okay?

The pie is good, but it's very messy.

- And she's a kind of a... a trick.

- Oh, my gosh!

- Let's say she's a blueberry pie...

- Oh, my gosh!

...blueberry pie.

She looks good.

She smells good.

She probably even tastes good,

but there's one little problem:..

She's full of a little sprits...

...because when you take a bite, you've got

pins poking you in the mouth...

...and they're choking you...

in the mouth.

Do you understand? Do you understand

what I'm trying to tell you?

Good boy. Good boy.

Do you understand?

- Do you understand what I'm trying to tell you?

- Yes.

- Okay!

- This philosophy is down with...

...with pies and bananas and...

- ...Q-tips and... and...

- What? What?

Yeah, well, I'm an artist.

What can I say?

You're a bullshit artist.

Bullshit artist, artist, what's the

difference? It's the same thing.

- Art is art.

- Axel, it's my birthday. Dance.

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

Run! Beautiful.

Sure.

I was right.

What time is the train

leaving for Alaska?

- You mean the plane?

- No, I mean the train.

We're not taking the train, we're

flying. Didn't you fly all day?

Oh, no, you can't take that all

the way to Alaska, it's too cold.

I don't want to fly there.

Elaine, I already changed

the reservations, you know.

We have to take the train.

It's safer.

So... you want me to switch

the plane reservations and...

...and make them into

train reservations now?

- Yes.

- Okay.

It's time.

...37, 38, 39, 40... 40...

Stairs, stairs, stairs...

Wall... Axel?

Axel, here, here.

Oh!

- Aw!

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah!

- This way. This way.

Oh! Don't touch me.

Watch my face.

- Axel?

- Please watch my face, alright?

Wait.

Wait.

Stairs! Stairs!

Axel! Stairs!

Tree!

Tree and table!

- Move!

- Aw! Aw!

Whoa, Axel, whoa!

Axel! Whoa!

I can't see nothing.

Axel!

I can't see!

- Aw!

- Axel!

- What?

- Wait for me!

Here it is!

I found it!

- Axel!

- What?

Here!

- She found it!

- Here!

- She found it!

- Wait for me!

I found it! I found it!

Come on, I found it!

- Paul!

- Axel! I can't see nothing! Axel!

- Axel?

- Where are you?

- Axel!

- What?

- Alright!

- Paul!

Here?

Okay everybody?

It's raining!

It's raining!

It's raining!

Come on, it's raining.

It's raining.

It's f***ing raining!

- Mom! Mother!

- Yes!

I'm coming over, mom!

Mom! Here we go!

Happy Birthday!

- I love you.

- I love you!

- Happy Birthday!

- I love you.

I'm going in!

Go play.

Go play.

Go play.

Go play.

Did I tell you time when Axel treated

me for my 21st birthday dinner?

My good pal.

- No.

- Can I tell her the story?

- Or would you like to tell her?

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David Atkins

David Atkins, OAM (born 12 December 1955) is an Australian dancer, choreographer, music-theatre director and producer. more…

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