Fotograf Page #3

Yes, right now. Please hurry!

Liba, darling, only you

can save me from a miserable death.

Amsterdam... chu chu...

Jan...

Jan...

- Nice. Nice.

- Magnificent.

I strip you of these

dangerous panties, yeah?

You must've been around the corner.

- Yeah.

My, you are really resourceful.

Madam, I am enchanted by your charm

or am I titillated by...

...by your tits?

Not at all, you're adorable.

We have a lot to do.

And all before the editorial lunch.

From there

we have to go to your lecture.

What lecture?

I don't know anything about it.

- I do Jan's schedule.

- You're mistaken. I'm doing it today.

No, you're mistaken.

All scheduling goes through me.

- Jan wanted me to arrange this.

- Can you explain it to me?

- Talk to each other.

- I will not talk with just anyone.

I do the schedule!

I'll not work with someone I don't know.

I do the schedule

and I will continue to do it.

Jan?

May I?

What a situation! It's...

I'm sorry for her,

but it can't be helped, right?

Listen, tell me...

I hope you don't have a tooth brush

and nightie in the suitcase.

I don't have a nightie or toothbrush.

I have to leave for a moment. Stay here.

Don't go anywhere.

Wait here for me.

Okay.

No one's taking care of me.

Would you make me a coffee?

Sure, come in.

I'll take care of you, comfort you.

Liba.

Liba, Liba...

Can you use a computer?

- Yeah.

- So get up. I'll dictate to you.

Please.

May I?

So, write:
Positive entrance!

Dazzling glow.

Sunny gate of glory,

joyous clamor and my satisfied cry:

I'm in the world.

And already...

...in that first hour of life, I know of

the lots of breathtaking encounters,

love and understanding to come.

And above all else,

I meet women everywhere -

that river from which all drink

and whose grace

is lavished upon us. Nothing compares.

- Got it?

- Nothing compares...

And now the same from a different angle.

Write:
Negative entrance!

Blinding, blinding and stinging light.

Wailing and din all about.

Suddenly I become

a stranger in my own land.

Weeping, I clearly perceive

how cruel life will be,

what slights, humiliation

and misery I'll experience,

arrogant rejection

from noble and poor alike.

Among all these sufferings,

I've forgotten what tortures me.

I bring to mind the women

I've met on the way,

who, like all the others,

will harass me to madness.

To each one, I speak to you.

To each one, I speak to you. Got it?

Thank you.

Do you only take photos with old cameras?

Are you going to try digital cameras?

When I'm infirm, I'll try it.

- Next question?

- Do you have a credo to live by?

Of course. Never stop.

Because once you stop,

you'll never start again.

You must progress - another meter

and you'll find the treasure.

- What kind of films do you like?

- I like porn.

In porn, there's always a happy ending.

Have you ever failed during love-making?

Many times. But I always

find my tongue somehow.

- Jan?

- Wow, you're still here?

It was a mess here,

I sorted it out your way.

I found letters from the tax office

and the police. It could be a trouble.

It will be a trouble.

Who would write me pleasant thing?

It's always some summons or penalty,

courts, fines. I don't give a damn.

Thanks.

You're done for the day. Bye.

I'm not going to let

any bad news to you.

I wanted to ask you

about that picture. Who is it?

You don't recognize it? Once

in a bad mood I painted this monster.

As a self-portrait.

But no one could figure out what it is.

Marek...

Let's see you look at it! Who is it?

Daddy!

Don't underestimate the kids.

It's dangerous to lie to them.

- You had children so early?

- Yeah, I did.

That's it, my Madonna,

beautiful Madonna.

At me... look at me.

That's it. Look beautiful.

Come...

A little more my way.

- State police!

- In the name of the law!

- Where are you going? -Who are you?

- I'm his wife. -She's my wife.

Do you have a warrant?

- Get dressed. You're coming with us.

- Watch out with those negatives!

- Calm down!

- Don't touch him!

- Please, leave him alone!

- Move!

- The gentlemen are well-mannered,

aren't they? -Take him away!

- Where are we going? -Interrogation.

- What kind of interrogation? -Move it!

Then I got 12 months hard labor

for distribution of pornos,

capitalist manners

and propagation of Zionism.

- That's horrible. -Nothing compared

to how they treated others.

- How did your wife take it?

- Bravely. Don't you want to stop?

Then everything slowly started to change.

They didn't want my pictures anywhere.

I can't take it any longer.

We have nothing. I can't buy anything.

I'm sorry, but you have to find

a different, normal job.

Hey... Are you there?

A horrible feeling

to know nobody wants you

- and you can't support your family.

- Hungry kids.

Until today I regret

when my wife and kids came

and I didn't open the door.

Then it was only remorse after remorse,

and ire and hatred.

Before long, my dear wife

got herself a suitor

who walked as if he'd been

stepping through sh*t. Like this and this.

Don't be sad. It's good.

Then he started throwing darts

into my pictures

and, before long,

they changed the lock in our flat.

Don't forget that I worked

at a factory as a manual laborer.

At that time,

they called it photo-reproduction.

It was hard work.

That job doesn't exist anymore.

- Why'd you do it?

- Why, why...

Because I had to

support myself somehow.

I needed an official stamp

that I had a job.

Without it, I would've been jailed for

sponging. That's how it went at that time.

I worked there 30 years!

And at night,

I shot and shot and shot.

You have beautiful eyes.

Who could've guess that those moldy walls

would become so crucial for me?

An American gallery owner

found me there, Madame Baruch.

She wanted to know the cost

to destroy the studio that way.

Then she bought two pictures,

and then another and another.

That time, Destiny, in the guise of

Good Fortune, walked in my poor door.

Shortly, life changed for me.

Great. Let's tighten

that corset a bit more.

- Hello. I'm Liba.

- Eva. Pleased to meet you.

- I'm the new assistant here.

- Jan, hi.

Eva, hi. I'm glad you came.

- Let's shoot now. -Not today.

- Why not? -It bothers Marek.

Glad to see you, son. Come by more often.

- I don't feel the demand. -Make first

an offer. The demand will follow.

He's such a grump.

You have to wean him off it.

It won't happen. He takes after his mom.

You know everyone.

You probably don't know Michal.

- Michal Explorer.

- He researches how creation is created.

Would you like a coffee?

Come ladies, we'll do that second picture.

Here, on this side.

Katka, you stand here.

- Katka... over your head like that...

- It's unbelievable.

So, this is set.

Nice. Basically the same,

we'll only show the breasts more. OK?

We have to put it below the titties.

Explorer, I have a favor to ask you.

Would you model for me?

I'll put you in my photo.

Sit here.

Take off your jacket and shirt, please.

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