Obselidia
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[clears throat]
-You know they say a
person grows and grows
and then one day they just
stop, and then it's just OK.
Well, maybe the
world's like that.
Maybe it's all going
off, species by species,
object by object,
everything in decline.
[TYPEWRITER CLICKING
RHYTHMICALLY]
And if it all going
to disappear tomorrow,
how are you going to live today?
[TYPEWRITER CLICKING
RHYTHMICALLY]
My name is George,
and I believe I'm
the last door-to-door
encyclopedia
salesman in the world.
[TYPEWRITER CLICKING
RHYTHMICALLY]
PLAYING]
-When I was a kid,
I still remember
that a movie was
magic, you know?
It was really magic.
People used to go to the
theatre and buy a ticket,
and this is the only place
that you could see a movie.
You know, you buy a ticket and
you go to the-- to this dark
theatre.
We'll go and we'll dream, and
you could kind of fly away.
[typing]
INTERVIEWEE:
Hey, you know,it doesn't exist anymore.
So this magic is gone.
[typing]
[beep]
-Looks like you'll
have a great weekend.
A man is obsolete.
-Long ago, but they
still make life sweeter.
[beep]
Time hath thought to
make dust of all things.
Great book.
-You actually know it?
-Sure.
Thomas Brown.
The "Pseudodoxia Epidemica"
is one of my favorites.
-Wow.
I mean, I was just
checking it out
because I'm doing
a paper on Sebald.
-"The Rings of Saturn."
-Yes.
Listen, um, I was
wondering, uh, I'm
house for some food and wine
and I thought maybe you'd like
to come if you're not too busy.
Um.
-Um--
-I mean, it's no big deal.
It's just a few people.
It's OK.
It's-- it's last minute.
-Um--
-You know what?
You don't have to explain.
It's cool.
Maybe, um, maybe
some other time.
-Yes.
Thank you.
-Well, uh, I'll see you, then.
-Enjoy the book.
-Thanks.
[typing]
[phone ringing]
"Encyclopedia of
Obsolete Things,"
this is George speaking.
Yes.
Sophie, thank you for calling.
Uh, well, whenever's
good for you.
Um, two o'clock should be fine.
Yes, two o'clock's fine.
OK, I'll see you then.
Oh, and I-- I truly
appreciate it.
OK.
Thank you, then.
Goodbye.
MAN:
Jeez, rememberwhen you were
a kid, how you used to see
a shooting star at night?
Now you look, you
see something, it's
a bloody satellite or something.
-Hm.
Well, in some ways, I'm
kind of glad about that.
-What?
-Not the satellite part.
The shooting stars
make me nervous.
-Come on, you gotta
be joking, right?
-Well, no.
I mean, they're probably
part of a meteorite, and--
and, uh, the
meteorite was probably
part of a planet or a star.
It's--
-Wow.
You're a depressive son
of a b*tch at times.
-Not so depressive.
It's just true.
I mean-- you know, and
if it's not a meteorite,
it was probably a
piece of space junk.
Did you know that there
are 12,000 charted pieces
of rockets and satellites flying
around the Earth at the moment?
-You know what your problem is?
-That I see things as they are?
-No.
Not what I was thinking.
You know that girl that
works down at the Mac Store
down on the corner?
Marta?
-No, I--
-Yeah, you do.
And I reckon--
-Listen, Mitch.
The thing is, love is obsolete.
-Love is obsolete?
-Mm-hm.
It's even an entry
in my encyclopedia.
-But who's talking about love?
-At very best, it was
only ever an illusion,
induced to ensure the
procreation of the species.
And now that that's possible
without human contact,
it's-- it's unnecessary.
-Well, on that happy
note, I'm off to bed.
-Well, it's true.
I mean, an Italian
university has just
proved that love
is just a protein.
--[laughs] Love is
just a protein.
Now I've heard it all.
-Uh, you don't
want another beer?
-Good night, George.
-Good night, Mitch.
Just gotta focus.
Yeah.
-So how do you want to do this?
GEORGE:
Well, I'll ask thequestions and you answer.
-Will it go online?
GEORGE:
No, it'sgoing to be a book.
-Where are you from?
GEORGE:
Here, last 20 years.-Accent?
-My mother was Australian.
How long have you been here?
-Six months.
GEORGE:
That's not long.-Long enough to call it home.
GEORGE:
Shall we start?-Where'd you get that camera?
GEORGE:
Flea market.-And you film
everyone like this?
I mean, everyone you
think is disappearing?
-Uh-huh.
And I then take the
tapes home and transcribe
what's good for their entry.
-Oh.
Can I come over
sometimes, watch them?
-Why?
-I'm curious.
You know, to see who else
is dying off like me.
-Um.
-Do you actually make
a living out of this?
GEORGE:
No, I work in a library.-So have you filmed yourself?
GEORGE:
What do you mean?-Well, libraries.
GEORGE:
Oh, they won't beobsolete for a long time.
-You're kidding.
Everyone gets
everything online now.
-Well, actually, only
41% of households
that earn under $40,000
a year have a computer,
so there's still a lot
of people out there
that need to use libraries.
SOPHIE:
And of the 59%that don't have computers,
how many ever actually read?
-When was the last time
you were in a library?
These days, most
people just borrow DVDs
and use the computers there.
So shall we start the interview?
-Sure.
Do I look OK?
It doesn't matter.
No one'll see it.
-Wrong answer.
GEORGE:
Well, you--you look fine.
-You're not reassuring me.
GEORGE:
You look pretty.-I do?
Thank you.
GEORGE:
So if you couldstart by telling us
your name and a little
bit about what you do.
-OK.
My name is Sophie
Fitzpatrick and I'm
a projectionist,
which I think is
the coolest job in
the world, because I
get to watch thousands of films.
[fast-forward chatter]
Every time you play a print,
it leaves a little purple dust
behind.
It's basically the
emulsion wearing away.
I mean, eventually that
print won't even exist.
And in the future,
projectionists will just
download files, press play,
and it will be a purpley world.
And all of this?
You're right.
[cell phone vibrates]
-Oh, sorry.
GEORGE:
Um, you can get that.-Uh, no.
I don't want to talk to him.
Anyway, yeah.
All of this, it's
on its way out.
It's over.
It'll all be gone.
[typing]
GEORGE (VOICEOVER): [LISTING
ENTRY NAMES ALPHABETICALLY,
STARTING WITH A]
-On your left.
GEORGE:
"The situationis now irreversible.
Within 20 years, the world as
we know it will no longer be."
[typing]
CO-WORKER:
You done?We're ready to lock up.
-Uh, just one more minute.
-What I don't understand is why
don't you just buy a computer?
Then you can do this at home.
-Because the more of us
keep places like this open.
-This place will be open.
You need to move with the time.
-Or your conscience.
Take your pick.
-No point swimming
against the tide.
-Unless the tide is taking
you out to the ocean.
-Hm.
Got that right.
[typing]
[knock]
-Coming.
-Hi.
-Hi.
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