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Closer to the Moon Page #4
If they want to send any messages,
they better get writing.
Hey, got any letters?
Write them now.
So, gentlemen, are we ready
for our close-ups?
Can I have a lemonade?
Oh, would you give the lady
your lemonade, please?
Thank you.
Theo, can you go check
on the film stock?
George!
How are you, old chap?
Marcu! Cristescu!
What's going on, boys?
They're putting you
out of pasture?
Let's see.
What have we got?
Hmm. Nationale.
Not bad!
Stolen.
What are you doing?
Are you filming me?
No, I was just preparing.
I was just lining up my...
Don't film me without
my knowing it, okay?
- Of course not. No, I..
- Of course not. Never.
Well, can I take a look?
Oh. Yeah, no, of course.
Put your eye in there.
- I don't see anything.
- Um..
Ah! There's Yorgu!
He's so funny!
This film will be a comedy.
Can I ask you a question?
Am I free tonight? No, I
don't think I'm free tonight.
Did you really rob
that bank car?
You can't believe it, can you?
Neither can I.
Prisoners are not
to touch the camera! Understood?
If... if... if that's the way you start
treating people, pushing them around
well, I'm sorry, I simply cannot
I want to go back to my cell!
Maybe my colleagues can accept this kind of
treatment, but as a woman I cannot allow it.
Miss Bercovich, it's my...
What's all the fuss about?
I'm not used to such impudence!
In my milieu...
What's going on?
Has she lost her mind?
I caught her
touching the camera!
Ah, no excuses.
No excuses. Such behavior.
So uncouth,
so rude, inexcusable!
What?
Who upset my star?
Come, come my angel, you mustn't
cry, you'll ruin your makeup.
strong on the set.
Now calm down and give us
a nice little smile.
Hmm? That's my girl.
She needs to do her makeup.
Okay, that's enough.
Take her back to makeup.
Keep your men under control,
captain.
Since when have they been
allowed to show initiative?
Are you alright now?
Don't be silly.
I was just marking my territory.
Stand by.
All set.
Mister Flaviu, sir,
we can start now.
What?
Oh, what are we shooting?
The part where
they steal the taxi.
Precisely.
Well, what's happening?
Mister Flaviu.
Maestro?
They shouldn't have given
him the vodka.
Vodka?
Who gave him vodka?
Well, it seems the maestro
is a little tired.
Fortunately the actors
all know their roles.
What's your name?
- Virgil.
- Virgil.
What do you think?
Should we let him sleep,
get to work?
Here's what we're gonna do.
You're gonna film the taxi.
It's going to come
down the street.
It's gonna get closer, closer,
and stop just where it is now.
Do you think you can do that?
Get to work.
Scene 4 Take 1.
Here we go.
Rolling and action!
Stop, stop. Cut!
Why are you smiling?
You've got a gun to your head
and you're smiling?
I want to see you
shitting your pants.
Like you've been told to report
to your superior!
Get in the car,
let's do it again.
Scene 4 Take 2.
Go! Go! Go!
No, wait, wait.
Stop! Stop!
What are you morons doing?
Look at the shop window,
not at the taxi!
Marcu, if I catch you looking
at that taxi once more
I'm gonna shove a roll of film
down your throat.
Hear me?
I've never seen such a bunch
of idiots in all my life!
He seems to know
what he's doing.
Let's pray to God he does.
Just an expression.
I'm gonna give you something.
I want you to put them in your
pocket, keep your mouth shut.
- Sorry?
- They are addresses.
Try to find the families,
let them know
their loved ones are alive,
but locked up in Jilava Prison.
Got it?
Everyone ready?
Roll camera.
Scene 4 Take 2.
Now if I see so much as a
hint of a smile,
I'll smack you so hard
you'll never get up again.
That was fun.
Hello? Uh, I'm sorry
to disturb you so late, ma'am.
But I have some very important
news for you.
A close relative of yours wants
you to know
good health, in Jilava Prison.
Yeah, he sends you his love.
Goodnight.
You're allowed one call a day.
If you make two, there will be
none tomorrow.
Your choice.
That said, if your intentions
are noble and we can annoy
the Bolshies a bit, there might
be room for negotiation.
Uh, may I ask to whom you were
speaking just now?
- My fianc.
- Fine.
You must ask her over for dinner
one evening
so we can get to know her.
Alright.
Lovely conversation
you were having too.
"Jilava Prison, important news.
Somebody is still alive!"
You call her madam.
You two must be madly in love.
If Sarah finds out I'm drinking
and smoking, I'm done for.
L'chaim.
Now stop lying and tell me
straight.
It's complicated. It... it..
Over at the studio,
we're... we're
we're shooting an educational
film.
Sort... sort of a reconstruction
of 5 people
who robbed a bank car
and got away with the money.
The... the Rosenthal gang!
I know all about it.
The Martyrs' Square heist,
last year.
How did you know?
That... that's a classified secret.
Oh, big secret.
Shh.
The "Voice of America" and
"Radio Free Europe"
have been talking
about it for months.
They can't have.
Oh, yes, they can.
Believe me.
Mr. Zilber, some people
are saying
that there never was a hold-up.
That it was all made up.
That it was a political trick
to get rid of some bad eggs.
Oi, the stuff they fill your
heads with these days.
Now, just listen to me.
There was an armed robbery.
They were going to use
the money to pay
for 10,000 Jews
to leave for Israel.
It's what's called
a Zionist Operation.
And it's a shame that they never
pulled it off.
- This is "Voice of America."
- Ah-hah.
And now we broadcast "Symphony Number 3"
in F major by Johannes Brahms.
- Mr. Zilber?
- What?
If you like listening
why do you listen to it
on "Voice of America"
with all the static
and the noise?
Why don't you listen to it on
an official station?
On an official station,
my dear boy..
...even Brahms becomes
propaganda.
Oh.
Thank you.
Un moment.
Nobody touches the food
until we shoot!
What's this?
Is this a joke?
Is this your vision
of bourgeois opulence?
You think we spent the people's
money eating this crap?
Don't make me laugh.
Boys, make mine a chateaubriand
with sauted potatoes.
And I'll have Canard a l'orange.
Grilled swordfish fillet.
Zingara with vegetables.
A little, uh, caviar on toast
perhaps.
And two bottles of Burgundy.
Roll camera.
Scene 2, take 1.
Action!
Laugh, talk to each other.
Lunch break!
I won't ask you any questions.
Hey! Come downstairs.
Let's make some calls.
Bercovich Alice,
you're under arrest.
Come on.
Hey. Hey.
You idiot!
You've just ruined the scene.
- But she struggled.
- What? It was perfect.
Very realistic. I thought.
Communist police officers
do not use violence
the way capitalist policemen do.
What will people think?
Stop resisting, hmm?
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