The Happy Film Page #4

I would love to get

together for a cup of coffee

At one time.

- Look, and I have

a flower for you.

- Oh, thank you.

- Excellent.

- They're beautiful.

- That was the first one that

halfway decently worked out.

I didn't quite have

the guts to further,

To really ask her

for her phone number

After she accepted,

graciously, my card.

But I wouldn't,

the way she reacted,

If I would actually get

an email from christie.

I would say, at least from

A judgement of american society,

I clearly must have some

Sort of commitment issues.

At least, if I talk to girls--

- They're going to tell you

that within five minutes.

- I think that I have

commitment issues.

I did have, of course, a

very long relationship.

- You did?

I went out with anni

for 11 years.

- You did?

- Yeah.

We were friends

for many, many years

Before we started dating.

And we had a quite

wonderful relationship,

But towards the end,

we really sort of got

On each others' nerves.

Mostly small things.

I could never really figure

out how that happened.

Did she start to do things

she never did before?

Or am I now getting

agitated about stuff I used

To be fine with?

And I'd say that right now,

I'm not sure if it was a

Good idea to break it off.

But I can say this.

I of course am a big list-maker.

I have also made lists of

Positives and negatives.

- Negatives.

- Yes and it was

just a little bit

More negatives than positives.

And I recently went

Back into the diary

And saw those lists again and--

- What did you see?

- I saw that I

Left out a good number of

Positives that I would see now.

- really?

yeah.

That there were

Things that I didn't

give her any credit for,

That she clearly would

have deserved credit.

That I basically

Took for granted.

Let's say that last

pro and con list,

Done from today's point of view,

Would look radically different.

One thing that I think

Initially took guts was the

The opening card

of the studio itself.

This was, I think, 17 years ago.

And it was just

a stupid little joke.

My girlfriend at the time

thought that,

Oh, I'm going to

lose the one client

By sending this out.

But there were one or two

Other clients that followed.

So, it actually worked.

Sh*t, no, sh*t, it would

have to be much higher.

F***.

You see, like the distance

between the h

And the a is now too big.

- okay, the one thing

That we haven't tried,

Which would, again, take

probably five, 10 minutes

If we didn't talk to

each other, at all.

hillman was a rock star.

And I don't mean this

metaphorically.

I mean he had a major

label recording contract.

And he'd toured for 10 years.

And how do I know about this?

From wikipedia.

He, himself never really

talks about it.

- I would say

if we're gonna do it,

I don't think there's

any real point in doing it,

When we can do it with--

you're gonna be right,

You're gonna be right.

But just give me

like five minutes.

We won't even say anything.

Just let me see the

"having" as it was before.

Where we were.

And there might

Be some surprising

new thing that happens.

- well, sheenah thinks

I should be less cautious

In my relationships.

And I have been infatuated

With a very private woman

In my hometown in austria

For a very long time now.

And she would hate to be

Mentioned in this film.

So I'll just call her

miss private.

When I think of her,

it's never sexual

It's always about some

smart thing she said

Or some nice thing

that she's done.

I'm going to austria right now

And let's see,

maybe I finally get

My sh*t together

and I'll be able to tell her.

Of course, miss private came.

- Miss private, yeah.

- she told me that

she made some decisions,

That she has to stop that

safe, mousy life back home.

- oh, really?

And I sort of looked

at her and said, well,

That, uh, that sounds

Pretty good for my cause.

Then we kissed and

It basically went from there.

She was here in a week when

new york was at its finest.

Like, you know,

- Oh, I do.

It was super warm, the sun

was shining every single day.

And I feel that it was

More new york than me

Who won her over.

New york was so much on my side.

- Yeah.

- - that's your rival.

- yes, yeah.

- 2:
00, okay, perfect.

Okay, goodbye.

He'll be here at 2:00.

- Oh, excellent.

The institute for contemporary

art in philadelphia

Invited us to create an exhibit.

I immediately thought, this

could be about happiness.

The happy show.

I've been doing promotional

Things for so long now.

This could be

a great possibility

To use the language of design

For something more personal.

When she stayed over

Like, for me,

it was oddly friendshippy.

- really?

- yeah.

Not passionate.

- Passionate.

- And oddly companionate.

- mm-hmm.

- I mean, you know,

Even down to the the point

That she smelled very familiar.

Or more particularly, she

smelled like my sister.

But on the other hand

it's also not so sexy.

- It's not sexy at all.

- This represents

what it would look like

When it's a generated

Pedal power, okay?

- her concern was

that I'm very, very rational.

Actually, too rational for her.

And I make this whole

relationship so rational.

Yeah, it's just not

emotional enough for her.

- and what does

she exactly mean by that?

- I think

what she means by it

Is that there is probably not

I don't know, enough gazing

Into each others eyes.

- romance, you mean?

If there is such a thing

as passionate love,

I am not in passionate

love with miss private.

- So, she senses that?

- Yes.

- yes.

- - yeah.

I'm trying to get like

a perfect packed one.

So, the end is the test.

- That looks nice too, though.

Using them like this.

- Yeah, yep.

- Fine, let's go

for the coffees.

Yes, yeah.

Hillman is very sick.

You're okay now?

He does not wanna talk about it.

He's been absent a lot lately,

And the whole team has

been avoiding the issue.

I'm not quite sure

how to bring it up.

I was missing you badly,

And missing the input badly.

- I want you to be involved

Every single step of the way.

- On all things.

I'm extremely aware that

the little graphic shots

Are not gonna make the movie.

They're gonna be sweet

Nice little things, the

movie will need a story.

And it needs to be emotional.

And I think that I'm very

much relying on you for that.

- so miss private

and I split up.

- you did?

She said, well, I think

we both made up our minds.

And we clearly both knew

what she was talking about.

Ultimately my guess would

Be that that is, you know,

Just another boring

fear of commitment.

- I think I called it trapped,

And you called it bound.

Do you remember that?

- I think you have a big

fear of being trapped

In a conflictual situation.

And most people

who avoid commitment

Are really avoiding conflict.

- It's strange, I know with

people that work with me,

After 10 minutes,

No problem at all.

And I've not been somebody

Who falls in love

at first sight at all.

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