This Is Not a Film Page #5

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Now l'm going to leave

the camera with you...

exactly the way

l took it from you..

Do you think

l will shoot anything?

No, but it matters

that the cameras stay ON.

lt's important

that the cameras are ON.

Let me make it stable.

How do you make it level?

With a lighter?

A lighter as a tripod.

Pass your cigarette pack.

After l leave, you just sit down

and talk to this camera.

Perhaps we can watch

this footage later,

and edit them and see how it looks.

Right. l think the main thing

is to document.

- So you're really leaving?

- If you don't mind, yes.

Let me see you to the door,

and record your leaving.

l have my cell phone, too.

Are you leaving?

Give my best to your wife.

Sure.

Forgive me for all the troubles.

Tell her a couple of idle men

were filming one another.

No, that's OK.

Oh, by the way, Rakhshan...

Once we were talking

and we had nothing to do.

Rakhshan suggested

starting a mobile kitchen.

We asked how do you mean ''kitchen''?

She said, we rent a van

and write a sign on it..

''ldle Filmmakers' Mobile Kitchen''.

Then we agreed

that each of us cook some dish.

She asked me what l could cook.

l said l don't know how to cook at all.

Then l thought a little and l said

my mother cooks very nice meatballs.

She suggested we write in the menu..

''Jafar's mother's meatballs''!

- Hello, Mr. Panahi.

- Hello.

Do l know you?

Hassan... Nasrin's brother...

Akbar's brother-in-law...

the custodian.

- Well?

- l'm here to pick up your trash.

Oh, to pick up the trash.

l'm leaving if you don't mind.

Just a moment. All right. Go pick it up.

lt's in the kitchen, under the sink.

No, don't take off your shoes.

Are you leaving?

Yeah. Call me

and we'll arrange for tomorrow.

Sir, please let me remove the trash

from the elevator.

- No problem. Let it stay.

- But it's messy.

Don't worry.

Bye.

Give my regards to your Mrs.

Listen...

What time shall we meet tomorrow?

Will you call?

Call me tomorrow when you wake up.

We'll arrange to meet and review...

- Where's the trash?

- Over there, under the sink.

- This is it?

- That's all.

- Anything on the balcony?

- No, nothing.

So l'll wait for your call...

l'll be awake...

Your camera is ON, Mr. Panahi.

No problem.

Let me go first.

You go later. That stinks.

Then let me take that out.

No need.

There's a lead on it.

Bye.

Please press

the button to return to floor 9.

Thanks a lot.

Is this also trash, Mr. Panahi?

No, that's a music player

for someone to pick up.

Are you shooting, Mr. Panahi?

Let me put on a decent shirt at least.

Are you filling in for the custodian?

Yes. My sister,

Nasrin is going to have a baby...

- Oh, yes. They've gone to Isfahan.

- Yes.

They like their child to be from Isfahan.

But what do you do here in Tehran?

Are you a custodian somewhere else?

No, l'm only filling in

for Akbar for a few days.

l mean what's your job?

ln fact, l do all kinds of things,

but l study on the side, too.

- Study?

- Yes.

Where at?

Art University.

Are you a university student?

- Yes.

- Good.

Thanks a lot.

What field?

l study Arts Research.

Research...

Arts Research.

- So you're studying for master's?

- Yes.

Good.

l don't look like it in these clothes.

This is my work dress.

l'm here to pick up the trash,

so l thought they might get dirty.

l guess he forgot...

His face looked familiar to me.

lsn't he the same guy

who acted in ''Red-Hat''?

No way.

He looked quite similar...

l thought it was him,

but without mustache.

He's a friend...

and a documentary filmmaker.

He's Mr. Mirtahmasb

who makes documentary films.

He has a few good documentaries too.

We were just talking.

No, we were not working.

Oh, l thought he was here to audition.

l thought l jumped in your film

all of a sudden...

By the way,

there's a high quality camera over there,

and you're shooting with this?

What's wrong with this?

The professional camera

is over there.

You mean you don't like this one?

l have one in my pocket, too.

Here it is.

Do you think

l can make a film with this?

You can certainly make

a film with it, of course.

OK then. Just a moment...

Let me get the other one.

Shall l take the trash downstairs?

Wait. l'll come, too.

Wait...

Let me take the trash downstairs.

And what to do next?

Wow... My God!

That's awesome.

Let's go. Take those as well.

l'm coming with you.

Let me go in first.

- Let me take them out. They stink.

- No, that's OK.

You're making an actor out of me.

But one of those who will get embarrassed.

No, don't say that.

Excuse me.

Well, l had never seen you here before.

Why? l come here a lot.

l've come here at least

At least.

Don't you have anything else to do?

Excuse me.

Yes, l do have other things to do.

But this is part of what l do.

My sister needs...

Do you get paid for this?

No, this is just helping Akbar and Nasrin.

You know...

How do you pay for your education?

l work.

What work?

All kinds of work.

For example...

l'll be right back and tell

The trash will stink

if it stays inside the building.

Different jobs, like distributing fliers,

working in a textile factory.

We're on 7th, going to 6th.

l work in a textile factory,

as a courier on bike, on taxi,...

l was designing commercial ads

for a while, too.

Any idea what it's like

to work in a textile factory?

lt means you spend away your lungs,

you waste your ears,

that's how noisy it is.

l didn't last 6 months there.

Why don't you work in the same field

as you are studying?

There's no trash on this floor...

l do work in my field of study, too.

Well...

But it all depends, you know.

Sometimes there is work

and they need ads,

and other times they don't need.

lt's not like a full-time job.

Nothing is sure about it.

l don't understand

why there's no trash tonight.

We're on 5th, going to 4th.

lt feels like l went on a trip with you,

Mr. Panahi...

a trip with a bad smell.

The night they stormed in here,

l was here too.

- Really?

- l swear to God.

You were here?

l come here often to take a bath

that's why.

There's no bathroom in our dorm.

l come here to my sister's place

to take a bath.

Then all of a sudden they knocked and...

l went to the door instead of Akbar...

Excuse me.

Knock on their door.

Maybe they have trash inside.

But l know, Mr. Panahi...

They'll leave it outside if they have any.

Otherwise they won't leave

anything outside.

This means they are all gone

for Fireworks tonight.

Let me see...

Oh, no!

The people on the second floor!

Why?

Now they're going to have

l used to work for delivery service

and l used to deliver pizza for them

every 10 minutes.

l don't understand

how they eat all that pizza.

Wait a second.

These guys always have trash.

Hello.

l'll call you in a minute.

Bring over your trash.

Trash?

Are you staying home tonight?

l must stay home.

No, l mean you aren't

going anywhere tonight?

No, l'll be here almost all night.

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