Paper Heart Page #7

Synopsis: Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: Love. Michael Cera becomes the object of her affection. Weaving together reality and fantasy, Paper Heart combines elements of documentary and traditional storytelling to get at modern romance.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nicholas Jasenovec
Production: Overture Films
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
PG-13
Year:
2009
88 min
$1,149,350
Website
114 Views


what a clear scam it was,

it was just kind of dirty.

It kind of made me

really upset.

It made me upset too...

not about you and Mike,

but just about humanity.

Yeah.

It's like you're sitting

in this dump on the side of a highway

lying to people.

It's a load of crap.

That's all it was.

Ugh, man.

I'm sorry, Chuck. Tomorrow's all yours.

We can do whatever you want.

Fireworks, Chuck!

Fireworks!

- Fireworks!

- Fireworks!

Fireworks!

Get ready to run, Chuck.

Okay.

Go!

Go, Chuck, go!

Love in some cases

is almost overrated.

Totally.

I think it gets too hung up

on heat and passion

and I think that "like"

is really

the most important thing

for the longevity of a relationship.

It's all about the "like."

You have to really enjoy

being around somebody.

'Cause there's people

that can't stand each other

that love each other

on certain levels.

How did you guys know

that you loved each other?

I just felt like I...

I don't know if I can see myself

in my life without Bill.

I think that a relationship

just has to evolve naturally too.

- I don't think anything can be forced.

- No.

It just has to unfold.

And I think too,

like with your boyfriend,

you know, there's things

about him you really like,

and probably if you didn't see him

for a long time

you would really miss it. And if you

thought you were gonna lose him

you might go, "Wait a minute,

I don't think I want to live

without this person."

It's weird 'cause I think

everyone's definition of love

is so different.

And, like, what you're saying...

I'm like, "I don't think I'm in love,"

'cause I do miss him

and I miss certain things.

Yeah, you know, you might be.

It might just hit you one day.

You might just wake up one day

and go,

"I don't know, I think

I really love this guy."

When you meet somebody

and you just get that feeling

like you'd known them forever

and they're definitely

a part of your life

and you can't imagine life

without them

and you want to be with them

every minute of every day

and share everything with them,

that's love.

I remember asking my mom,

"When do you know you're in love?"

And she said, "It's when you can't stand

to not be with that person."

We just got engaged

a few months ago.

I mean, I've never felt this way

about anybody

and it's just like... it felt right

and I think we're happy with it.

Yeah, I really think it will work out,

even though we're young.

- I think we'll be good together.

- We will.

The world just looked better.

I remember leaves looked brighter.

I was driving back to college

and I thought,

"Oh my God, the world

just looks wonderful."

It just hit me when I talked to him.

When I first saw him even,

you know, I thought, "Wow."

And then when I talked to him,

I knew right away

that that was the one.

As far as, like, knowing it for sure,

no one ever really knows

anything about love,

but you just gotta go

with what feels right.

When you've been married

for a long time

you have this history.

Nobody can replace that.

You know, you've got all these

memories that you share together.

It's worth really fighting for

and working for.

You can't replace that person.

You can't.

Well, it was 50 years ago,

a little more than...

when I first saw Bob

at the airport.

He parked his motorcycle

right outside of my office window.

He had these tight Levi's on.

And I said, "Oh my God,

I gotta meet this guy,"

because I was the only young,

single female

in this whole cargo area.

I thought I was the star

of the whole area.

I'd take a cigarette out

and 15 guys would run over to light it.

I didn't know that he was there

until he bought that Harley.

And it was the purr of the Harley

that got me.

Yeah, I was there for six months

before that

with an old English bike...

never saw her,

never heard anything.

So you guys out there, get a Harley.

It's got a special sound to it

that gets right

to the heart of the matter.

And then we courted

on the motorcycle.

And I lured him

to a deserted beach

on our first date.

It was dark. It was quiet.

The moon was out.

The tide was coming in.

You could hear the water

lapping against the shore.

It was really nice.

And we sat on the beach

and kissed for the first time.

And it worked out

to be a nice, happy ending.

and it seems

like it's only been

a couple of years.

It just goes by so fast.

What do you got to say

about that?

You've covered everything.

I wrote a song for Michael.

One day I was hanging out

with him

and it wasn't even close

to Christmas,

but I was like, "Wow, I'm really happy

hanging out with him.

It's kind of like Christmas."

And so I said

he smells like Christmas in this song.

But I don't really think

he smells like Christmas.

He just makes me happy.

That's it.

I'm so embarrassed right now.

You guys are filming.

I'm gonna record it

and give it to him one day.

# What's that smell

I smell on you? #

# Is it magic perfume? #

# 'Cause I swearto God #

# You smell just like Christmas #

# To me #

# Yeah, well, you #

# Are my Christmas tree #

# You mean everything to me #

# You mean everything

to me #

# And you #

# Are my shooting star #

# If you shoot me

in my heart #

# Then I'll fall apart #

# You lift me up

when I'm down #

# Ooh ooh ooh #

# You pick me up

off the ground #

# Ahh ahh ahh #

# And I don't know

if it's such a good idea #

# 'Cause you're way down now #

# And I'm way up here #

# Yeah, you have

really long arms #

# So why don't you use them

to hold me tight? #

This is great, Charlyne.

I can show my family now

what you look like.

Or you can just come over

and they can see your face.

You should come to Toronto.

I don't know if I can.

I have to ask Nick.

Don't look at me. We gotta

finish shooting this movie, Chuck.

- When you're done.

- Yeah, when we're done.

Yeah, that'd be cool.

Yeah.

You want to do that thing?

Oh, you mean the thing.

Mm-hmm.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Ready?

Go! Go get 'em!

- Guys!

- Too fast.

- Don't fall.

- Okay.

Go as fast as you can, Jay.

I'm gonna get them when they stop.

Guys, guys, guys!

Don't look back.

- Guys!

- Don't stop.

Guys, guys.

- Are they following?

- Come on.

- Are they following?

- I don't know.

So we're here with...

Caitlyn Felder.

...and we're talking

about love.

Do you believe

in true love, Caitlyn?

Yes.

And what do you think

true love is?

When they hug and kiss

and be happy together.

What's love?

How do you spell it?

L-O-V-E!

Do you guys believe in true love?

Yes!

- Do you guys believe in true love?

- Yes.

Why?

- Because I have a boyfriend.

- No, you don't.

- Do you guys say, "I love you"?

- Yeah.

What is true love?

True love is when you love

somebody so-o-o much,

like us girls love Chris Brown.

You don't know him.

What's a perfect date?

You need to take somebody to Applebee's

and get them hot wings.

- Are you picking your nose?

- Eww!

Give me that. Give me that.

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