Eternal.Sunshine.of.the.Spotless.Mind.2004.HD-DVDRip.x264-CHD

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고맙소이다

 

몬타우크행 기차는
플랫폼 B...

 

2004년
발렌타인데이에 관한 푸념들

 

오늘은 카드 회사가 만든 날로

 

사람들 기분을 엿 같이 만든다

 

난 회사 땡땡이 치고

 

몬타우크행 기차를 탔다

 

영문을 모르겠다

 

그다지 기분파도 아닌데

 

아침에 깰 때 찝찝했을 뿐

 

카센터에도 가야 하는데

 

신디, 조엘이에요

 

몸이 좀 안 좋아서요
식중독인가 봐요

 

바닷바람이라 무지 춥군

 

2월의 몬타우크에서, 조엘

 

찢었나 보네
언제 그랬지?

 

2년 만에 처음 쓰는 일기로군

 

모래라기보단...
작은 돌멩이구먼

 

누군가 만나고 싶은데

 

그런 인연은 없을 성 싶다

 

낯선 여자와 눈도 못 맞추니

 

착한 나오미와
다시 만날지도 모르겠다

 

착한 거 좋잖아

 

또 날 사랑했고

 

왜 내가 사랑하게 되는 여자는
내게 관심도 없는 걸까

 

몬타우크

 

- 안녕하세요
- 네?

 

- 안녕하냐고요
- 네, 안녕해요

 

가도 되죠?

 

- 어디까지 가요?
- 록빌 센터

 

웬일이니!
나도인데

 

- 정말?
- 인연이네

 

나 본 적 있어요?

 

- 반즈 앤 노블 책방은?
- 갔었죠

 

거봐!
봤대도요

 

거기서 일한 지...
5년 된걸요

 

- 봤다면 기억할 텐데
- 머리 때문이에요

 

- 어떤?
- 염색했거든요

 

완전 딴 사람 됐죠

 

블루 루인이란 색인데
이름이 세련됐죠?

 

좋네요

 

컬러들 명칭이
전부 세련됐어요

 

레드 메너스, 옐로우 피버
그린 레볼루션

 

- 이름 짓는 것도 직업이겠죠
- 설마 그러려고요

 

헤어 컬러라 봤자
50여 종일 텐데

 

누군가는 해야죠

 

'오렌지 빛 고엽제'
내가 만든 거예요

 

- 난 변덕이 장난 아니죠
- 아닐 거 같은데요

 

날 모르잖아요
그러니 장담 못하지

 

미안해요
좋게 말하려던 거뿐인데

 

네, 이해해요

 

- 난 클레멘타인이에요
- 조엘이에요

 

반가워요

 

이름 갖고 놀리기 없기!

 

그럴 리는 없겠다
착한 천사표니까

 

- 놀릴 게 있어야 놀리죠
- '넓고 넓은 바닷가에'

 

- 감도 안 오는데요
- 그렇게까지 해도?

 

- 간첩이에요?
- 들켰네

 

♪ 내 사랑아, 내 사랑아
♪ 나의 사랑 클레멘타인

 

♪ 늙은 애비 혼자 두고
♪ 영영 어디 갔느냐

 

- 몰라요?
- 미안해요

 

놀림 받는 건 안됐지만
예쁜 이름인걸요

 

어원이 인정 많단 뜻이죠?

 

이름은 그래도
나 순악질 여사예요

 

- 전혀 안 믿겨요
- 왜 안 믿길까?

 

글쎄요, 그냥...

 

착하게 보여서요

 

나까지 착하다고요?
다른 말 없어요?

 

난 내가 착한 것도
남이 착하게 구는 것도 싫더라

 

조엘?

 

조엘 맞죠?

 

그래요

 

소리쳐서 미안해요

 

기분이 영 꽝이라

 

이런 말 벙찌겠지만
그쪽, 착해서 좋아요

 

내 변덕에 언제
발동 걸릴지 몰라도

 

당장은...
착한 게 좋네요

 

할 일이 좀 있어서...

 

- 이것저것...
- 어머, 미안해요

 

끄적댈 것이 좀...

 

- 이봐요
- 잘 가요

 

웬만하면 타고 가요

 

- 추운데
- 마다 않죠, 얼어 죽겠는데

 

- 스토커 아니죠?
- 스토커라니

 

자기가 말 걸어 놓곤

 

지침서에 나온 낡은 수법이에요

 

스토커 지침서란 게 있다고요?

 

한번 읽어봐야겠네

 

살짝 간 애처럼 굴어서
미안해요

 

괜찮아요, 그 정도는 아니에요

 

한 잔 할래요?

 

있는 건 술 뿐이라...

 

됐어요, 되게 뻘쭘하네
잘 가요

 

블루 루인 두 잔!

 

- 땡큐
- 쭉 들이켜요

 

알딸딸해져야
어떻게 찔러보지

 

농담이에요
쫄긴!

 

- 입에 지퍼를 채웠네
- 미안해요

 

워낙 맹숭하게 사는 터라

 

직장 아니면 집이라
얘깃거리도 없어요

 

일기장만 봐도 완전히...

 

무미건조하죠

 

그럼 속상하거나
초조하지 않나?

 

난 잘 살고 싶어서 조바심 나던데

 

누릴 건 다 누리고
1분 1초도 낭비하지 않고

 

생각은 하죠

 

정말 착하다!
이 말이 절로 나오네

 

우리 결혼할 거야
확실해요

 

그렇군요

 

언젠간 나와 찰스강에 갈 거야

 

이맘때는 꽁꽁 어는데

 

- 으스스하네
- 그러니까

 

우리 소풍 가요

 

밤 소풍은 색다른 묘미가 있죠

 

재미있겠네

 

- 근데 이제 가봐야 돼요
- 가지 말아요

 

아침에 일찍 일어나야 돼서...

 

그럼 전화 줘요
그래 줄 거죠?

 

좋아요

 

전화로 발렌타인데이
축하해줘요

 

꼭 듣고 싶어

 

- 왜 이제 해요?
- 막 들어왔어요

 

- 나 보고 싶어요?
- 이상하게 그렇네

 

- 거 봐요, 나하고 결혼한대도
- 그러게

 

내일 밤 허니문 가기에요?

 

꽝꽝 얼었으니 걱정 마요

 

- 어째 불안한데
- 얼른 와요, 어서 오래도

 

눈이 부시네!

 

그렇죠?

 

멀리 가지 마요

 

괜찮아요?

 

궁둥이 아파 죽겠네!

 

- 이만 나가요
- 어서요

 

- 왜요?
- 깨지면 어떡해!

 

지금 그런 생각이 들까?
냉큼 이리 와요

 

미끌미끌!

 

- 은근히 재미있네
- 뭐 보여줄게요

 

- 뭐하게?
- 누워요

 

어서요

 

- 금 갈 텐데
- 금 안 가요

 

깨지지도 않고

 

별자리 알려줘요

 

하나도... 모르는데

 

- 하나라도 있겠지
- 알았어요

 

어디 보자...

 

- '오시디어스'네
- 어디?

 

저기, 보여요?

 

호를 그리면서
십자모양을 했잖아요

 

- 순 뻥이죠?
- 아니, 저거잖아요

 

- 호에 십자형!
- 그만 놀려라!

 

클레멘타인...

 

그만 일어나요

 

이런

 

깨워서 미안한데
다 왔어요

 

그쪽 집에 가도 돼요?

 

자고 싶은데 너무 피곤해요

 

그러죠, 뭐

 

칫솔 갖고 올게요

 

- 네?
- 괜찮아요?

 

무슨...?

 

뭐 도와줄까요?

 

아뇨

 

여긴 어떻게...?

 

무슨 영문인지 모르겠군요

 

알았어요

 

짐 캐리

 

케이트 윈슬렛

 

커스틴 던스트

 

이터널 선샤인
(Eternal Sunshine. 2004)

 

각본 : 찰리 카우프만

 

- 159번 집이야
- 뭐라고?

 

어딘지 잘 모르겠군

 

감독 : 미셸 공드리
젠장, 불이라도 좀 켜놓든지

 

- 저 치야?
- 아마도

 

맞네

 

- 조엘
- 프랭크

 

기막혀!

 

달랑 한 장 온 카드가
엄마가 보낸 거라니

 

비참하다

 

클레멘타인 진짜 쿨하더라

 

발렌타인데이 맞이
계획이라도?

 

라쿠나 회사

 

없어

 

하루 전인데 예약 안 하면
햄버거로 때우게 돼

 

일명 러브버거!

 

- 감자튀김도 하실라우?
- 나 그만 가서 자야 돼

 

8시 반인데

 

패트릭, 그만해

 

큰일날 뻔 했네

 

슬슬 시작하자

 

조용!

 

그거 좀 벗어

 

- 조엘이구나
- 프랭크

 

달랑 한 장 온 카드가
엄마가 보낸 거라니

 

비참하다

 

클레멘타인 진짜 쿨하더라

 

발렌타인데이 맞이
계획이라도?

 

없어

 

하루 전인데 예약 안 하면
햄버거로 때우게 돼

 

일명 러브버거!

 

저런

 

발렌타인데이 사흘 전이라
화해하려고 내가 총대를 맸지

 

근데 전화했더니
번호를 바꿨더군

 

그래서 선물부터 사러 갔어

 

좀 이른 발렌타인데이
선물을 주려고

 

근데...
어땠는지 알아?

 

어떤 영계 하나 끼고선

 

날 난생 처음 보는 사람처럼 굴더라고

 

찾으시는 책이라도 있으세요?

 

- 클레멘타인
- 패트릭, 우리 자기 왔네

 

- 웬일이래?
- 너 놀래주려고

 

언제든 말씀하세요

 

- 좋아라
- 일은?

 

왕 따분하고 왕 피곤해

 

- 자기하고 눕고 싶다
- 좋지

 

왜...

 

나한테 왜 이럴까

 

- 한 대 피울래?
- 롭, 그러지 좀 마

 

너무 솔직하다고
벌주는 걸 거야

 

- 집에 가볼까 봐
- 가면 안 돼

 

- 그건 너무...
- 하긴, 너무 비굴하지

 

완전히 끝내자는 신호로 여겨

 

그렇지?

 

까짓 거 톡 까놓고 말해줄게

 

하지 마, 뭘 하려고?

 

그럼 무슨 뾰족한 수라도 있어?

 

이러다 우리가 싸우겠다

 

내 말이!
조엘은 애가 아냐

 

싸고돌지 말라고

 

네 빨래는 네가 해!

 

차라리 잘됐네
그랬군

 

이거야

 

클레멘타인이 조엘을
기억에서 삭제했으니

 

그녀에게 둘의 관계를
언급 말 것, 라쿠나 사

 

- 뭐야?!
- 그런 일을 하는 곳인가 봐

 

라쿠나

 

라쿠나 사입니다

 

죄송한데 새해부턴
그 일을 안 해요

 

네, 어디 보자...

 

5일은 어떠세요?

 

수요일이요
성함이...?

 

낮에 연락되는 전화번호도

 

그럼 그 때 뵐게요

 

어떻게 오셨죠?

 

- 전 조엘 배리쉬인데...
- 네?

 

조엘 배리쉬인데
박사님 성함이...

 

'하워드 미어즈왝'
작성해주세요

 

- 얘기만 할 건데
- 그래도 하셔야 해요

 

고맙습니다

 

- 펜이 없는데
- 거기 있어요

 

라쿠나 사입니다

 

새해부턴 그 일을 안 하는데요

 

배리쉬 씨?

 

- 기분은 어떠세요?
- 사실 별로예요

 

- 깜짝이야!
- 미안, 난...

 

일하잖아

 

- 여기요
- 고마워

 

보면 안 되는 건데
죄송하게 됐습니다

 

이거 장난이죠?
그 애가...

 

- 절대 아닙니다
- 아니에요

 

이건 말도 안 돼요

 

파일은 극비라
보여드릴 수는 없고

 

크루친스키 양은 힘들어하면서

 

다 잊고 싶어하길래
그렇게 한 겁니다

 

힘들어하면서
다 잊고 싶어했다!

 

그래서 그렇게 해준 거다!
이게 말이 돼?

 

착해서 좋다고 할 땐 언제고!
젠장!

 

롭, 웬만큼 해 둬

 

- 그냥 놔둬
- 새장 만들잖아

 

원래 그런 애려니 해
좀 욱하잖아

 

재미 삼아 해본 거겠지

 

재미 삼아?

 

왜, 왜, 왜!
왜 그런 건데!

 

잠깐만요!
막무가내로 들어오네요

 

- 당장 해줘요
- 발렌타인데이 전날이라...

 

괜찮아, 매리

 

- 다들 기다리는데
- 안으로 들어오시죠

 

이 부인 좀 모셔줘
살펴가세요

 

이제...

 

가장 먼저 하셔야 할 일은

 

클레멘타인과 관계된 건
모조리 모아오는 겁니다

 

전부 다요

 

그걸 이용해서 선생 머릿속에
그녀의 기억회로를 만드는 거죠

 

사진부터 해서
옷, 선물도 그렇고

 

그 분께 받은 책도 챙기세요
둘이 산 CD나

 

일기장도요

 

집안을 정리하며

 

클레멘타인도 털어버리세요

 

구성된 기억회로에 따라
오늘 밤 삭제에 들어갑니다

 

그러고 나면
아침에 일어나서부터는

 

새로운 삶이
선생을 맞을 거예요

 

정신이 있어 없어!

 

죄송한데 한 달에
세 번은 못합니다

 

방침이 그래요
오셨어요?

 

네, 여기 있어요

 

급하시다니까
3월 1일에 오셔서

 

상담부터 받고

 

그럼 이번 주 언제가 좋으세요?

 

- 배리쉬 씨!
- 오후에는 꽉 차 있어요

 

내일 12시 15분은 어떠세요?

 

발렌타인데이 때문에
2월은 좀 바빠요

 

스탠이라고 베테랑 기술자죠

 

- 오늘 밤 맡아서 처리해줄 겁니다
- 반갑습니다

 

전 조엘 배리쉬라고

 

클레멘타인의 기억을
지우려고 왔습니다

 

이제 클레멘타인에 대해
말씀해보시죠

 

전 나오미란 여자와

 

동거를 했어요
2년 전에요

 

그때 친구네 부부가
바닷가로 초대를 했는데

 

나오미가 못 간다고 해서
저 혼자 갔죠

 

거기서 클레멘타인을 만났어요

 

죄송해요

 

최근 기억부터
거꾸로 지워나갈 겁니다

 

기억엔 감정의 중심부가 있는데

 

그 부분을 없앨 때
기억 말소가 오고

 

아침에 일어나면
타깃으로 삼은 기억들은

 

꿈처럼 희미해지거나
사라질 거예요

 

뇌가 손상될 수도 있나요?

 

이 과정 자체가
뇌 손상인 겁니다

 

하지만 과음한 날 정도의
충격만 주는 거죠

 

편하세요?

 

지워 나갈 기억의 회로를
만들 겁니다

 

시작하세, 오늘 밤 손보려면
지금 해 둬야지

 

물건에 대해 반응해주세요

 

- 거기 얽힌 사연은...
- 그냥 생각만 하는 게

 

감정이 더 정확히 읽혀요

 

- 기억에 집중만 하세요
- 죄송해요

 

왕성한 활동을 보이는데요

 

좋았어, 다른 물건입니다

 

다음!

 

여기요

 

감자인형이라...
다음!

 

- 기억에 집중하세요
- 나 좀 도와줄래?

 

나 좀 도와줄래?

 

전압조절기 좀 봐줘

 

- 전압은 정상인데
- 그래?

 

근데 시원하게 삭제되질 않아

 

이 과정 자체가
뇌 손상인 겁니다

 

접속 좀 확인해봐

 

여기 계셨군요

 

대체...

 

저게 어떻게 된 거죠?

 

전 여기 있는데, 어떻게...
'데자부'로군요!

 

- 이건 참...
- 시작하세

 

- 오늘밤 손보려면 지금 해 둬야지
- 오늘밤 손보려면 지금 해 둬야지

 

내 머릿속에 들어왔군요

 

그럴 겁니다
그렇게 보이네요

 

아주 좋아요

 

끝나고 물건을 없애야만

 

어디서 난 건가 하는
불상사를 막죠

 

- 패트릭?
- 응

 

- 패트릭...
- 패트릭?

 

- 웬 전선이 이렇게 많아?
- 장비가 많으니까

 

- 됐어?
- 제대로 연결한 거 맞아?

 

- 기분은 어떠세요?
- 여기요

 

- 이래도 될지...
- 이렇게 해보지

 

- 거의 됐어
- 일기장이 한 몫 할 겁니다

 

'누굴 만났는데
어쩌면 좋을까'

 

'클레멘타인이라는
멋진 여자다'

 

맙소사!

 

- 왜?
- 조심 좀 해

 

진정하라고

 

- 멀쩡하구먼
- 일내지 말자

 

하나 건졌어

 

- 쓰레기장이 따로 없네
- 아파트잖아, 패트릭

 

패트릭...

 

쓰레기장까진 아니고
좀 후진 정도지

 

퀴퀴한 냄새도 나

 

일 좀 하면 안 될까?
할 일이 태산이야

 

- 알았어
- 어서

 

널 마지막으로 본 때로군

 

- 새벽 3시야
- 있잖아

 

내가 자기 차 뽀갰어

 

음주 운전했군
기막혀!

 

좀 취한 거 갖고
뭘 기막히기까지 하냐?

 

기막히지
사람 죽일 수도 있는 짓을 한 거야

 

죽였는지도 모르니
뉴스라도 볼까?

 

아니면 사고 낸 흔적 있나
차에 가 봐?

 

잔소리 수준이 아줌마야

 

그러는 넌?
고주망태고?

 

뭐 그런 올드한 표현을
다 쓰냐?

 

솔직히 말해
늦게 와서 뚜껑 열린다고

 

우리의 밴댕이 씨께선
궁금해 돌아가시겠지

 

'저게 누구하고 뒹굴고 왔나?'

 

내 보기엔 너 뒹굴다 왔어

 

친해지려면 자고 보잖아

 

미안해, 진심이 아냐

 

열쇠 여기 있어
이젠 필요 없어

 

화나고 속상해서
내뱉은 말이야

 

클레멘타인?

 

됐다!

 

매리도 온대
희소식이지?

 

오는 건 반가운데
날 안 좋아하는 거 같아

 

괜한 소리!

 

그럼 내 여자친구도 불러야겠다

 

- 맘대로 해
- 내가 말했나?

 

- 여자친구 생긴 거 말했나?
- 일에 집중하자

 

실은 상황이 좀...

 

- 엽기야, 여자친구 일 말이야
- 어련하겠냐

 

어떻게...

 

- 집에 데려다 줄게
- 꺼져, 이 나쁜 놈아!

 

주위를 봐
산산조각 나고 있어

 

네가 그랬듯 널 지우며
행복해하고 있다고

 

네가 먼저 시작했잖아
어떻게 그럴 수 있어!

 

내 말 들려?

 

아침이면 넌 사라져!

 

같잖은 러브스토리에
딱 맞는 결말이지!

 

나 좋아하면
문제 있는 여자야?

 

아니, 그냥 웃겨서

 

이 남자하고 나하고
누가 더 잘생겼어?

 

패트릭, 일하자

 

지난 주에 기억 지웠던...

 

감자인형 갖고 있던 여자

 

- 그 여자가?
- 그 여자가 이 남자 여자친구야

 

이젠 아니지
우리가 해결했으니까

 

그 여자한테 뿅 갔어

 

- 뭐? 이런 천하에...
- 뭐가?

 

- 의식도 없었잖아
- 너무 예쁘길래...

 

팬티도 슬쩍한걸

 

- 미쳤다!
- 왜? 입던 것도 아닌데

 

- 변태 같은 소리 그만해
- 입던 거 아냐

 

- 닥치고 일이나 해
- 하면 되잖아

 

실은... 얘기 안 끝났어

 

삭제작업 끝낸 다음
데이트 신청했어

 

뭘 해?

 

- 말도 안 돼...
- 그건 너무...

 

파렴치한 짓이야!

 

그 정도는 아니다, 뭐

 

그렇게 보지 마
뭐 어때서?

 

여자 팬티를 훔쳤다며!

 

누군가 있어

 

걔가 네 팬티 훔쳤대

 

누가 있다고 그래

 

조엘, 내 부츠 어디 있어?

 

그걸 왜 보여주는데?
영어 몰라?

 

1회분이라고 했잖아
1회분

 

마약 주세요!

 

내가 너 때문에 아주 미친다

 

벼룩시장에 두고 올 걸

 

중독되는 거 아니야?

 

마구 먹어대다가 말이지

 

갈래?

 

- 애기 갖고 싶어
- 나중에 얘기해

 

싫어, 애기 가질래

 

- 준비가 안 됐어
- 너나 그렇지

 

- 애를 키울 순 있고?
- 뭐?

 

- 여기서 말하긴 그래
- 그딴 건 왜 묻는 건데?

 

말하기 싫대도!

 

사람 기막히게 해 놓고
꽁무니 빼면 다야?!

 

- 미안해
- 나 좋은 엄마 될 수 있어

 

똑 부러지게 키울 수 있다고

 

문제는 너야
희생하기 싫다 이거지

 

- 기억이 사라져!
- 넌 봉 잡은 줄 알아

 

- 여기서 끝내자
- 좋아

 

벼룩시장에 떨궈 놓고 갈 테니

 

죽을 때 앉을
흔들의자나 장만해

 

- 패트릭
- 왔어?

 

밖이 너무 추워

 

- 금방 찾았고?
- 응

 

좋아라

 

불쌍하다!

 

- 술 같은 건 없어?
- 안 찾아봤는데

 

- 뒤져 봐라
- 내가 할게

 

나 싫어하잖아
난 여자 복이 없나 봐

 

팬티에 손 안 대면
또 아냐?

 

- 스탠, 더 있어
- 안 돼

 

들었어

 

- 너도 마실래?
- 아니, 됐어

 

'망각한 자는 복이 있나니
실수조차 잊기 때문이라'

 

니체가 '선악을 넘어'에서
한 말이야

 

- 잠언집에서 봤어
- 그게 뭔데?

 

유명한 말만 인용해 놓은 책이야

 

우리 선생님 말도 적어야 돼

 

물론!
명언제조기잖아

 

- 깰 수도 있어?
- 그건 불가능해

 

왜 자기 얘긴 안 해?

 

난 숨기는 거 없는데

 

치부까지도 다 털어놨다고

 

날 못 믿는구나

 

계속 떠들어야
마음이 전해지는 건 아냐

 

누가 그러재?

 

널 알고 싶을 뿐이야

 

나 계속 떠든 적 없어
매도하지 마!

 

서로 나눠야 하는 거야
그러면서 정이 들지

 

- 그걸 갖고 면박을 주냐!
- 미안해

 

내가 워낙 맹숭하게 살아

 

일기라도 읽어 볼래

 

뭘 쓴단 건 생각과 열정
사랑이 있다는 거니까

 

2003년 11월 19일

 

또 중국집에서 저녁을 때웠다

 

우리도 딱한 커플이
돼가는 걸까

 

둘이 멀뚱하게 앉아
먹어대기만 하는

 

그건 생각만 해도
너무 끔찍해

 

예쁘다

 

- 치킨 어때?
- 맛있어

 

- 더 줘?
- 아니, 됐어

 

또 취해선 황당한 짓 하겠지

 

머리 감고 나면
비누에 묻은 머리칼 좀 뗄래?

 

- 그래, 더러웠겠다
- 난...

 

- 그냥...
- 찝찝했구나

 

찝찝했어

 

일 좀 하자, 패트릭?

 

안녕, 오렌지

 

패트릭이구나
나 지금 너무 비참해

 

- 왜 그래?
- 몰라, 모든 게 혼란스럽기만 해

 

뭐가 혼란스러운데?
아무 일도 없잖아

 

- 나 사랑해?
- 물론이지

 

교양서적은 어디 있지?

 

- 나 못생겼어?
- 아니, 너 예뻐

 

- 내가 가야겠다
- 안 돼

 

나 몰골 엉망이야

 

- 내가 가서 기분 풀어줄게
- 알았어

 

잠깐 나갔다 올게
여자친구가 힘들어해

 

남의 기억 지우다 말고

 

가라고 해
내가 도우면 되지, 뭐

 

- 내가 싫어서 보내고 싶어해
- 가라

 

고마워
금방 갈게, 오렌지

 

예뻐?

 

- 추리닝 색깔에 맞췄지
- 맘에 들어, 꼭 오렌지 같아

 

오렌지 소녀 클레멘타인!

 

- 상큼한 과즙이 줄줄
- 맘에 들어

 

나 오렌지 광이지롱!

 

- 그림자 오리 볼래?
- 오렌지

 

- 그걸 어떻게 알았대?
- 누가 뭘 알아?

 

맙소사!

 

클레멘타인!

 

클래쉬야말로
제대로 된 록밴드야

 

- 다 이유가 있다고
- 멋져

 

'격돌'이란 뜻으로
사회정의를 외쳤지

 

우리 선생님도 기여했어

 

- 하긴...
- 사람들을 다시 시작하게 했지

 

아기를 보면 순수하고

 

자유롭고 순결하지만

 

어른은 슬픔과 공포에...
찌들었어

 

그걸 선생님이 없애주잖아

 

오, 이런

 

- 자기야, 왜 그래?
- 나도 몰라

 

괜히 무섭고
내가 사라지는 거 같아

 

살갗도 벗겨지고
늙어가는 거 같다고

 

- 늙긴 누가!
- 말이 안 된단 거 나도 잘 알아

 

- 오렌지야...
- 혼란스러워

 

- 정말 모르겠어
- 괜찮아, 걱정 마

 

춤추러 나가자
나와 몬타우크 갈래?

 

- 몬타우크?
- 아니!

 

- 보스턴이 낫겠다
- 다음 주말에 가자

 

아니, 지금 가야 돼
꽁꽁 언 찰스강을 봐야겠어

 

조엘입니다

 

메시지 남겨주시면 연락 드리죠

 

받아 봐

 

여보세요
왜 그래?

 

여자친구한테 문제가 생겼어
혼자 해주면 안 될까?

 

- 정말 미안하다
- 걱정 마, 자동조종 걸어놨어

 

- 너밖에 없다
- 이만 끊을게

 

찰스강...

 

'자기와 찰스강에 있다니
지금 죽어도 좋아'

 

'이렇게 행복한 기분
난생 처음... '

 

- 너무 기대돼
- 나도 기대만빵이야

 

실은...

 

줄 게 있어

 

발렌타인데이 선물
미리 땡길게

 

- 와아, 뭔데?
- 글쎄, 열어봐

 

너무 예뻐!

 

- 맘에 들어?
- 딱 내 취향이야

 

맘에 드는 액세서리
받아보긴 처음이야

 

고마워

 

- 가자
- 그래

 

- 조엘?
- 왜, 오렌지야?

 

나 못생겼어?

 

어릴 땐 그렇게 생각했어

 

벌써 눈물이 나네

 

아이로 사는 건
참 외로운 거 같아

 

자긴 그거 모를걸

 

나 8살 때...

 

인형을 모았거든

 

제일 좋아한 밉둥이를
'클레멘타인'이라 부르곤

 

맨날 소리쳤어
못생기지 말고 예뻐지라고

 

황당하지만
걔가 변신하면

 

마법처럼
나도 예뻐질 거 같아서

 

- 너 예뻐
- 자기야

 

- 날 버리지 마
- 눈이 부실만큼 예뻐

 

이 기억만큼은 남겨주세요

 

나 자기 손 잡을래

 

그만해

 

지금 죽어도 좋아

 

나 너무... 행복하다

 

이런 기분 처음이야

 

이런 순간을... 늘 꿈꿔왔어

 

클레멘타인?

 

취소할래요
내 말 알아듣죠?

 

다 취소한다고요

 

내 말 들려요?
기억 지우기 싫다고요!

 

거기 아무도 없어요?

 

누구 없어요?!

 

- 클레멘타인
- 조엘

 

- 어디?
- 조엘

 

클레멘타인

 

- 가야 돼
- 어딜?

 

- 이걸 멈출 방법이 있어
- 뭘 멈춰?

 

- 조엘
- 어서

 

- 겨드랑이 냄새 맡아 봐
- 싫대도

 

- 간지럼 그만 태워
- 맡아 봐

 

집중해야 돼

 

그 회사에 가야 돼
녹음테이프가 있을 거야

 

그림 말고!

 

저리 다시 가보자

 

나 좀 봐!
예쁜 거 같아

 

파일은 극비라
보여드릴 수는 없고

 

크루친스키 양은 힘들어하면서

 

다 잊고 싶어했습니다
기억나는 것부터...

 

- 기억나는 거 다 말해보랬어
- 그날 뭘 봤지?

 

저 봐!
할머니한테 가자

 

- 기차 타면 안 돼
- 나 그만 뛸래

 

박사님!

 

- 맨날 뛰어야 돼?
- 박사님

 

제발...

 

기억나는 거부터 차근차근...

 

박사님, 깨워주세요!

 

죄송한데 상황을 잘 아시잖아요

 

내게서 그녈 지우고
그녀한테서 날 지웠어

 

잘 모르지만
당신 소관이잖아

 

난 지금 내 뇌 속에
들어와 있다고

 

지금의 나도 상상일 뿐인데
어떻게 돕겠어요?

 

나도 당신의 상상이 만든
허상이라고요

 

- 죄송해요
- 누구죠?

 

여기 직원인데...

 

'패애애애트릭'
우리 자기죠

 

내 물건을 훔쳐선
내 행세를 해요

 

내 말투 흉내 내며
여자친구를 꼬신다고요

 

속옷까지 훔쳤어요
기가 막혀서!

 

지금 죽어도 좋아
나 너무 행복하다

 

이런 기분 처음이야
이런 순간을 늘 꿈꿔왔어

 

집에 갈래

 

뭐?

 

클레멘타인!

 

기다려 봐

 

클레멘타인!
자길 지우고 있어

 

여기 있지!

 

바보 같지만
내가 그자들을 고용했어

 

진정하고 경치나 구경해

 

깨어나서 널 잊기 전에
중단해야 돼

 

그럼 계약 취소한다고 해

 

지금 자고 있는데
어떻게 말을 해?

 

- 그럼 일어나!
- 일어나라고?

 

안 되더라도 해봐?

 

최선을 다해 볼게
기발한 생각이야

 

금방이라도 깨어날 거 같네

 

간지러워!

 

- 아니, 이건 뭐래?
- 반점이야!

 

잠깐 깨어났었어
근데...

 

- 그것 봐
- 움직여지질 않았어

 

지레 그러려니 한 거 아냐?
나한테 어깃장...

 

그 얘긴 하고 싶지 않아

 

좋아

 

무슨 얘기 할래?

 

- 들을 준비 됐어
- 글쎄...

 

네가 날 지워서
내가 이런 거잖아

 

미안해, 알다시피
내가 좀 욱하잖아

 

그래서 네가 좋아

 

- 조엘
- 응

 

이렇게 하면 어떨까?

 

네 기억은 이런 거잖아
가령 내 아랫도릴 본 후

 

날 갖고 싶단 식이지

 

그럼 지우러 오기 전에
날 딴 데 데려가는 거야

 

엉뚱한 기억 속에서
아침까지 숨어있는 거지

 

너 없인
아무것도 기억이 안 나

 

- 듣긴 좋지만 해봐
- 알았어

 

♪ 쌩쌩쌩 노저어 가자

 

♪ 신나라, 신나라, 신나라

 

♪ 쌩쌩쌩 노저어 가자

 

♪ 신나라, 신나라, 신나라

 

- 인생은 꿈일 뿐
- ♪ 쌩쌩쌩 노저어 가자

 

되네!
역시 난 천재야!

 

조엘?

 

조엘?

 

어디 갔어?
나도 데려가야지!

 

그릇 갖고 오게
조엘 좀 봐줄래요?

 

- 나 떨어지길 싫어해
- 그럴게요

 

- 클레멘타인?
- 됐다

 

웬일이니, 됐어!

 

이 드레스 좀 봐!
갖고 가고 싶다

 

- 내가 누구야?
- 햄린 부인

 

- 알았어
- 난 4살쯤 됐나 봐, 이럴 수가!

 

그릇 찾았으니까 샐러드 담을게요
애는 괜찮죠?

 

청소할 게 산더미 같아요

 

- 콩 좀 씻어줄래요?
- 문제없어요

 

- 부엌 끝내준다!
- 고마워요

 

바빠서 난 거들떠보질 않네

 

내겐 엄마가 필요한데

 

오, 우리 애기!

 

- 꼬맹이 별일 없죠?
- 잘 놀아요

 

- 술 좀 없어요?
- 이 시간에?

 

- 보드카가 절실해요
- 찾아보죠

 

그럼 안 돼

 

나더러 자기 지키래
식탁 밑으로 들어가

 

- 아이스크림!
- 저녁 먹고 나서 먹어

 

조엘, 제발

 

- 의젓하게 굴어
- 날 떠나지 마

 

- 이럼 어떡해
- 잘 되고 있어

 

- 엄마 불러줘
- 울지 마, 괜찮아

 

뚝 그쳐!
우리 잘 숨어있잖아

 

이럼 어떨까?

 

기다려 봐

 

- 내 아랫도리는 아직도 건재해
- 징그러

 

- 멈췄어
- 뭐가?

 

지우길 멈췄어

 

제기랄, 미치겠다!

 

회로에서 벗어났어

 

- 어디 갔는데?
- 낸들 알아!

 

완전 낭패인데
안경이 어디 갔지?

 

죽겠군!
이제 뭘 어쩌지?

 

- 어떡해!
- 모르겠어

 

- 어쩌냐고?
- 모르겠다니까!

 

- 미안해, 어쩜 좋아!
- 네가 그러니까 더 미치겠어

 

- 그러다 중간에 깨어나면 어떡해!
- 가만히 좀 있어

 

빵 굽다가 만 격이야
멋진 말이네

 

- 그 말 하니까 출출한걸
- 제기랄

 

왜, 왜 그래?

 

- 선생님 부르자
- 안 돼, 나 혼자 할 수 있어

 

굽다 만 빵이잖아

 

- 지금 우길 시간 없어
- 그냥 혼자 해결할래

 

- 말이 되는 소릴 해!
- 내가 전화할게

 

선생님, 스탠인데요

 

그 남자 작업하다가
잠깐 잃어버렸는데

 

- 못 찾겠어요
- 사라지기 전 상황은?

 

실은 잠깐 모니터를
못 봤거든요

 

화장실 가느라
자동조종 걸어놔서요

 

- 패트릭은?
- 아파서 집에 갔어요

 

이런...

 

- 주소는?
- 죄송해요

 

록빌 센터 아파트 1E예요

 

매리, 지금 오신대

 

- 그냥 있을래
- 얼른 짐 챙겨

 

- 가는 게 좋아
- 싫어

 

- 나 마약에 취했어
- 매리

 

- 너 가야 돼
- 마약한 거 들키긴 싫은데

 

놀다가 그런 거 아시면
난리가...

 

조엘, 뚝 그치지 못해!

 

엄마한테 안아 달랠래
그 생각밖에 없어

 

날 봐
아침에도 날 기억하곤

 

내게 와서 다 말하고
다시 시작하는 거야

 

패트리샤, 칵테일 마시자면서요

 

패트릭이란 애가
날 표절했어

 

- 패트릭이 누구야?
- 내 아파트에 와 있는 녀석!

 

네 기억 지우다가
너한테 맛이 가선

 

곧바로 접근하곤
너와 사귀고 있다고

 

정말?
귀엽게 생겼어?

 

아무 문제 없어

 

넌 내가 만난 여자 중에
제일 멋져

 

상냥하고 예쁘고

 

똑똑하고 재미있고

 

- 착해
- 뭐?

 

됐어

 

비켜 봐, 가자고

 

나 아직도 맛이 갔어

 

네가 준 안약도
도움이 안 돼

 

흥분하지 마

 

- 여긴 웬일이야?
- 도와주러 왔어요

 

이 과정에 대해
확실히 알고 싶어서요

 

속속들이 이해하는 게
중요할 것도 같고

 

제 일은 아니지만
동료 일이니까

 

같이 일하는 사람 일도
알아둬야죠

 

어떻게 된 건지 알아보지

 

- 이상하군
- 벌써 해봤어요

 

- C게이트로도?
- 당연한 말을!

 

해봤다고요

 

좋아

 

- 연결하겠나?
- 네

 

유틸리티프로그램도
소용이 없길래

 

출력데이터를 참고로
기억을 검토해봤어요

 

- 선생님, 앉으세요
- 고마워

 

별말씀을요

 

이렇게 하지

 

기억을 전부 훑어가며
뭐가 있나 알아볼게

 

♪ 내 사랑아, 내 사랑아
♪ 나의 사랑 클레멘타인

 

싱크대에서 목욕하면
안전한 거 같아 좋더라

 

이렇게 행복해하는 거
처음 봐

 

여기 있군, 이게 왜
기억회로에서 빠졌을까?

 

저기서 뭐 하는 거죠?

 

눈을 떴어

 

- 전에도 이랬나?
- 아뇨

 

이러면 안 되는데

 

이걸 놔야겠군

 

내 사랑이 느껴지지 않나요, 앙투안?

 

정상 회로에 들어섰군

 

참 감동적이네요
의사나 피아니스트 같아요

 

고맙네

 

눈 좀 붙이세요
이젠 괜찮아요

 

내 사랑이 느껴지지 않나요, 앙투안?

 

그런 뜻에서
뽀뽀나 한 판 할까?

 

난 '앙투안'이 아니라
'월리'요

 

알지만 월리란 이름은
너무 깨잖아요

 

어머, 뭐죠?

 

- 그대 엉덩이에서 사람이 나왔어
- 정말요?

 

- 찾았다!
- 오렌지!

 

도망쳐야 돼, 어서!

 

- 이젠 못 숨을걸
- 빨리 와

 

나다!

 

빌어먹을 트럭!

 

선생님, 제발!

 

기억나는 거부터...

 

차근차근...

 

이상해요
이미 지운 기억 속에 있어요

 

그래도 궤도 내에 있으니
다행이지

 

- 저항하는 거 같은데요
- 더는 안 뛸래

 

미쳐!

 

- 빨리 와
- 아주 깊숙한 곳에 숨겨줘

 

- 어디?
- 창피한 기억 속에 숨겨

 

- 창피한...
- 겁쟁아, 빨리 해!

 

안 돼!

 

- 살펴가세요
- 잠깐만요

 

- 또 사라졌어요
- 맙소사

 

- 면목 없네요
- 창피한 기억...

 

- 창피한...
- 조엘

 

이것도 아닌데
아지트 같은 걸 찾아야...

 

놀랄 일이 있어

 

내일 아침에 물어볼게

 

잘 자라

 

- 나 때문에 미안해
- 듣기 싫어

 

일어나봐

 

조엘, 우리가 어디 있나 봐봐

 

여긴 들키기 십상이야

 

아무도 못 찾을만한
깊숙한 곳에 숨겨줘

 

내려쳐!

 

집에 가야 돼
그냥 나중에 할게

 

- 애인도 있나 봐
- 너 까불면 가만 안 둔다

 

그만 일어나
괜한 짓 하지 말고

 

그만들 놀려라
신경 쓰지 마

 

바보!

 

- 너무 창피해
- 괜찮아

 

꼬마 때 일인걸

 

내가 살던 집이야
그때 널 알았더라면...

 

내 분홍모자 예뻐?
기분도 풀 겸 나 죽여 봐

 

- 너 진짜 죽는다
- 하나, 둘, 셋!

 

너 죽었어

 

엄마다
그냥 노는 거지 죽이는 거 아니에요

 

- 나 죽인대요
- 벌써 죽었나?

 

죽어라!

 

감은 잡았는데
이해가 안 가는군

 

어쨌든 금방 찾겠어

 

조엘, 너 괜찮아?

 

조엘, 조엘!

 

못 살아, 그렇게 놀래키냐?

 

- 한번만 더 해줘
- 그 다음엔 나야

 

- 봐봐
- 멋지다!

 

조심해!

 

푸석대

 

우리 집이야!

 

- 가보자
- 가야 돼

 

가보자!

 

도망쳐야 돼

 

이러고 놀 시간 없어

 

- 어딜 가는데?
- 가보면 재미있을 거야

 

이쪽이야

 

- 아니, 저쪽이야
- 이쪽이래도

 

도움이 안 돼요

 

- 그만해
- 이것 좀 놔봐!

 

일하시는 게 멋져요

 

나가서... 바람 좀 쐬고 올게요

 

이제 정상을 찾은 거 같으니까

 

그래, 좋도록 해

 

명언구 좋아하세요?

 

- 무슨?
- 왜, 있잖아요

 

잠언집을 읽어보니
감명적이던데

 

선생님도 좋아하실 게
꽤 있더라고요

 

들어보기나 하지

 

'망각한 자는 복이 있나니
실수조차 잊기 때문이라'

 

- 니체로군
- 벌써 다 아시는군요

 

좋은 명언구를
함께 나누니 흐뭇한걸

 

포프 알렉산더 것도 있는데...

 

- 알렉산더 포프?
- 맞다, 나도 참...

 

포프 알렉산더라
하지 말자 해놓곤

 

그렇게 말해버리네요

 

- 별 것도 아닌걸, 뭐
- 너무 자상하세요

 

'처녀의 제비뽑기와'

 

'잊혀진 세상에 의해
잊혀가는 세상과'

 

'흠 없는 마음에 비추는
영원의 빛과'

 

'이뤄진 기도와 체념된 소망은
얼마나 행복한가! '

 

난 거대한 코끼리가
되고 싶어

 

저런 큰 코를 가진
코끼리!

 

클레멘타인?

 

- 처음 듣는데 참 아름답군
- 지금 적절할 거 같았어요

 

선생님 하시는 일
높이 사요

 

- 잘은 몰라도
- 좋은걸, 그 명언도

 

죄송해요

 

오랫동안 사모해 왔어요

 

- 괜히 고백했나 봐
- 넌 정말 근사한 아가씨야

 

하지만 내겐
아내와 애들이 있어

 

우리 이래선 안 돼

 

오셨어요, 사모님?

 

- 맙소사!
- 누군데요?

 

고마워서 눈물이 난다

 

여보!

 

잠깐만 서봐

 

- 이럴 줄 알았어
- 원래 일하러 왔어

 

딱 한 번 실수한 거라고

 

제가 선생님 좋아해서
유혹했어요

 

잔인하게 굴지 말고 말해줘

 

뭘 말해요?

 

딱해라

 

네가 가져라
진작 그랬지만

 

뭐요?

 

우린 좋아했었어

 

미안해, 네가 원해서 지웠던 거야

 

다 잊어버리고
새 출발하겠대서

 

가서 마저 일해야 돼
좀 있으면 아침이라

 

나중에 얘기하자
괜찮겠지?

 

매리

 

집에 바래다줄게

 

이건 또 왜 이래

 

- 안녕하세요
- 왔어요?

 

다신 못 볼 줄 알았는데

 

창피해하면서 도망쳤잖아요

 

- 실은 할 말이 있어요
- 그래요?

 

내가...
데이트 신청해도 될까요?

 

유부남이잖아

 

무슨 그런 소리를!
나 결혼 안 했어요

 

미리 말하는데
나 관리하려면 피곤해요

 

당신 결혼했다고
조심하지도 않을 텐데

 

- 그래도 좋다면 까짓 연애해요
- 좋아요

 

남자들은 내가 자신을
채워줄 거라 여기는데

 

난 겨우 내 앞가림하는
이기적인 애니까

 

- 구속하려 들진 말아요
- 가슴 깊이 명심하죠

 

- 잔소리가 심하죠?
- 고질병 수준인데

 

딱 맞췄네

 

날 구해줄 거란 생각은 변함없었어

 

알아

 

다시 해보면
분명 달라질 거야

 

날 잊지 말고 최선을 다 해봐

 

우린 할 수 있어

 

매리, 2002년 10월

 

기억나는 걸 말하면
거기서 시작하지

 

알았어요

 

처음 본 순간 좋아졌어요

 

제게 시큰둥하니까
더 끌리더라고요

 

제대로 말도 안 나왔지만
똑똑하게 보이고 싶었죠

 

빨리 일하러 가서
당신 보고 싶었고

 

우리가 결혼해서

 

아이 낳는 꿈도

 

도저히 못하겠어요

 

이게 최선이라고 여긴 거잖아

 

그건 알지만
어쩜 좋아!

 

- 내가 밑을 받치면
- 됐어

 

조엘, 받아 봐
당신은 아이스박스 들고

 

- 들 수 있어
- 가볍네

 

- 내가 들게
- 안 돼!

 

- 그냥 몸만 가라
- 비행기 들게

 

트렁크나 닫아

 

우리가 만난 날이야

 

넌 멀리 있었지만
저 여자다 싶었지

 

네게 막 끌리는데
기분이 묘하더라고

 

넌 오렌지색 추리닝 차림이었지

 

이젠 너무 익숙하고
별로 안 좋아하지만

 

그땐 멋진 추리닝이라 생각했어

 

- 안녕하세요
- 네

 

여기 혼자 앉아있는 걸 보고는
너무나 고마웠죠

 

나처럼 적응 못하는
사람이 또 있구나!

 

말 주변이 없어서요

 

클레멘타인이에요

 

치킨 한 조각
빌릴 수 있을까요?

 

그리곤 대답할 새도 없이
바로 집어갔지

 

벌써 연인이 된 것처럼
허물없는 기분이었어

 

- 조엘이에요
- 반가워요, 조엘

 

내 이름 갖고 놀리기 없기예요

 

♪ 내 사랑아, 내 사랑아
♪ 나의 사랑 클레멘타인

 

이를테면 이렇게?

 

- 네, 그렇게요
- 안 놀릴게요

 

사실 어릴 적엔
'클레멘타인'만 불렀죠

 

매혹적인 이름이에요

 

이런 추억이 곧 사라지게 돼

 

- 알아
- 어떡하지?

 

그냥 음미하자

 

- 결혼했어요?
- 아뇨

 

우리 여기로 이사해요!

 

같이 사는 사람은 있어요

 

- 남자, 여자?
- 네?

 

당연히 여자죠

 

호모는 아닐 테니 안심 되네

 

- 아는 사람 집이에요?
- 당연히 아니죠

 

- 개라도 있으면?
- 그런 거 없어요

 

- 뭐해요?
- 밖은 춥잖아요

 

말도 안 돼

 

- 클레멘타인!
- 여기요

 

그러지 말고 들어와요

 

이 밤에 누가 온다 그래요

 

엄청 어둡네

 

여자친구 이름이 뭐예요?

 

나오미
근데 우리

 

어쨌든 이거 멋지네요

 

촛불에 성냥! 술도 찾을 테야

 

못 살아

 

- 나가죠
- 먹통이에요

 

- 네?
- 가자고요

 

왜요?
오늘밤만은 우리 집인걸요

 

우리가 데이빗과 루스예요

 

둘 중 누구 할래요?
난 굳이 와이프 안 해도 돼

 

뭐 찾아요?

 

알코올! 음료수!

 

- 와인 괜찮아요?
- 글쎄

 

와인 골라봐요
난 가서 어울리는 옷 입고 올 테니

 

- 그래야 분위기 살지
- 가야 돼요

 

친구 차 타야 해요

 

- 그럼 가요
- 갔어

 

넌 또라이 같았거든

 

근데 끌리더라

 

- 가지 않길 바랬어
- 그러게

 

이제 와서 후회가 되네

 

정말이지

 

가지 말 걸 그랬어

 

- 내려와보니 가버렸더군
- 밖으로 나간 거야

 

- 왜?
- 글쎄, 물에 빠진 애처럼

 

- 겁에 질렸었어
- 겁이 났다고?

 

그래
나 그런 거 알잖아

 

창피하면 피하기부터 하는 거

 

- 내가 그랬니?
- 응

 

그럼 가라고
경멸적인 투로 말했어

 

- 미안해
- 괜찮아

 

이번엔 가지 마라

 

이미 나와서
아무 기억도 없어

 

그럼 작별인사라도 해
좋은 추억 나눈 듯

 

잘 가, 조엘

 

사랑해

 

몬타우크에서... 만나자

 

비행기가 저절로
추락해버린 거야

 

자기가 리모컨으로 조종했잖아

 

- 바람이 너무 불었어
- 대마초 피우고 운전하다니!

 

술 깨는 효과가 있대
그래서 술 마시면 꼭 피우지

 

의학적으로도 증명된 거야

 

- 앞이나 잘 봐
- 아무것도 안 보여

 

예쁜 여자와 얘기하던데

 

- 착하더라
- 누군데?

 

그냥... 어떤 아가씨야

 

다 됐군

 

- 차 갖다 놓을게요
- 고맙네

 

나중에 보세

 

매리!

 

매리

 

- 네 물건이잖아
- 맞아

 

나 같아도 떠나

 

- 정말 몰랐어?
- 맹세해

 

- 네가 지운 게 아냐?
- 당연히 아냐

 

전혀 의심도 안 했어?

 

한 번쯤은

 

일 마치고 와보니 차에서
둘이 얘기하고 있길래

 

손 흔들었는데 웃고 있더라

 

어때 보였어?

 

행복해 보였어
비밀스러운 행복이랄까

 

- 그 후엔?
- 그렇게 같이 있는 건 본 적 없어

 

그래서 내가 오버했나 싶었지

 

몬타우크행 기차는
플랫폼 B에서 출발합니다

 

지금 곧 출발할 예정이오니

 

몬타우크로 가실 손님은
탑승해주세요

 

나 진심으로 널 좋아해
그거 알아?

 

고마워

 

칫솔 갖고 올게요

 

어디 갔어?
걱정돼 죽겠잖아

 

나한테 화난 거 같은데
영문을 모르겠어

 

널 많이 사랑해
네가 행복하다면 뭐든 해

 

바라는 대로 다 한다고

 

괜찮은지 궁금하니까
아침에 들를게

 

출발하시죠!

 

- 어젯밤엔 정말 좋았어요
- 겨우?

 

그렇게 열라 행복하긴
귀 빠지고 처음이에요

 

그쯤 돼야지

 

이상하네

 

하워드 박사의 모든 환자분께

 

전 매리인데
절 기억 못 하실 거예요

 

기억 지우려고 찾아온
회사에 근무하거든요

 

- 너무 끔찍한 일이라
- 광고지야?

 

여러분의 파일을 돌려 드립니다

 

전 클레멘타인인데
조엘의 기억을 지울래요

 

- 뭐죠?
- 몰라요

 

너무 따분한 것도
지우는 이유가 되나요?

 

그 사람 때문에
제가 많이 변했어요

 

그 사람하고 같이 있으면
제 자신이 싫어져요

 

보는 것조차 힘들어요
가소롭고 비굴한 미소라니

 

- 뭐해요?
- 아무것도

 

- 완전 시들해졌어요
- 나 갖고 놀아요?

 

- 천만에!
- 갖고 노는 거잖아요

 

- 그런 거 아녜요
- 아니면?!

 

우선 진정부터 하고

 

그냥 가라
꺼지란 말 안 들려?

 

- 얘기 좀 할래?
- 꺼지란 말이야!

 

- 조엘 배리스
- 클레멘타인

 

- 안녕하세요
- 오랜만이네요

 

똑똑하긴 한데
교양있진 않아요

 

책보단 잡지를
많이 보는 거 같고요

 

어휘도 좀 딸리고

 

- 솔직히 창피했던 적도 있어요
- 안녕

 

'도서관'을 '도서방'이라잖아요

 

- 안녕
- 참나, '도서방'이라니

 

이걸 찾았어요

 

클레멘타인의 매력이라면

 

사람을 빠져들게 하는
묘한 매력이에요

 

되게 날씬하게 그렸네

 

별똥별을 보는 듯
마냥 신기하지만

 

이내 각본에 짜여진
여우 짓이란 걸 깨닫죠

 

- 소리 질러서 미안해요
- 괜찮아요

 

속이 뻔하게 비치죠

 

나 그쪽 좋아하는데
나쁜 말해서 속상했어요

 

- 그만 끌게요
- 나도 들어야 공평하죠

 

머리 갖고 장난치는 건
더 한심해요

 

- 머리 맘에 들어요
- 고마워요

 

- 정말 좋아해요
- 고마워요

 

- 진짜예요
- 머리 색을 그렇게 자주 바꾸면

 

- 한 잔 할래요?
- 위스키 있어요?

 

섹스도 별 생각 없이
하는 거 같아요

 

함께 한 마지막 밤도
섹시한 분위기는 아니었거든요

 

다만 슬펐죠

 

이거 밖엔 없네요

 

자고 나야 자길 좋아한다고
여기나 봐요

 

언제든 잘 수 있단 걸
은근히 드러내죠

 

절망적이고 위태해 보이는 게

 

언제 누구와든
자버릴 거 같아요

 

- 나 안 그래요
- 저도 아니라고 생각해요

 

- 진짜 아니에요
- 알아요

 

- 지금 너무 속상해요
- 미안해요

 

나야말로 미안해요
그만 가볼게요

 

너무 혼란스러워서
더는 못 있겠어요

 

- 잘 있어요
- 잘 가요

 

만나서 반가웠어요

 

그리 오랜 시간을 함께 했는데

 

낯설어질 때의 당황스러움이란

 

잠깐!

 

- 왜요?
- 그냥 보내면 안 될 거 같아

 

조금만... 기다려줘요

 

- 그러죠
- 정말?

 

난 겨우 내 앞가림하는
이기적인 애예요

 

- 완벽하지도 않고
- 지금 그쪽 모든 게 맘에 들어요

 

지금이야 그렇죠

 

근데 곧 거슬려 할 테고
난 자기를 지루해할 거야

 

괜찮아요

 

괜찮아요

 

- 뭐 어때
- 괜찮아요

 

♪ 마음을 바꿔봐요

 

♪ 주위를 둘러봐요

 

♪ 마음을 바꾸세요

 

♪ 놀라게 될 거예요

 

♪ 따뜻한 햇살처럼

 

♪ 당신의 사랑이 필요해요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 마음을 바꿔봐요

 

♪ 주위를 둘러봐요

 

♪ 마음을 바꾸세요

 

♪ 놀라게 될 거예요

 

♪ 따뜻한 햇살처럼

 

♪ 당신의 사랑이 필요해요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

♪ 모두들 언젠가는 배워요

 

[Man On P.A. ]
Montauk train on track "B. "

 

[Man ]
Random thoughts
for Valentine's Day, 2004.

 

Today is a holiday invented
by greeting card companies...

 

[ Man On P.A. Continues ]
Last call--

 

to make people
feel like crap.

 

I ditched work today.

 

Took a train out to Montauk.

 

[ Man On P.A. ]
Montauk train boarding
on track "B. "

 

I don 't know why.

 

Aah!
I'm not an impulsive person.

 

[ Panti ng ]

 

I guess Ijust woke up
in a funk this morning.

 

I gotta get my car fixed.

 

H i. Ci ndy?

 

I t's J oel. J oel!

 

Listen, I don't
feel very well today.

 

No, food poisoning,
I think.

 

[Joel Continues ]
It's goddamn freezing on this beach.

 

Montauk in February.
Brilliant,Joel.

 

Page is ripped out.

 

Don't remember doing that.

 

It appears this is
my first entry in two years.

 

Sand is overrated.

 

It's just tiny little rocks.

 

Ifonly I could
meet someone new.

 

I guess my chances ofthat happening
are somewhat diminished,

 

seeing that I'm incapable
ofmaking eye contact
with a woman I don 't know.

 

Maybe I should
get back together with Naomi.

 

She was nice.
Nice is good.

 

She loved me.

 

[ Woman Speaking, Faint ]

 

[ Chuckles Softly ]

 

[Joel Continues ]
Why do I fall in love
with every woman I see...

 

who shows me
the least bit ofattention?

 

[ Train Horn Blows ]

 

H i.

 

- I just said hi.
- Hi. Hello. Hi.

 

Okay if I sit closer?

 

How far are you going?

 

Uh, Rockville Center.

 

Get out! Me too!

 

Really?
What are the odds?

 

Do I knowyou?

 

Doyou ever shop
at Barnes & Noble?

 

Sure. Sure.
That's it!

 

Yeah?
I've seen you, man!

 

Book slave there
for, like, five years now.

 

Ah. I would have thought
I would've remembered you.
Jesus! Is it fiveyears?

 

It might be the hair.

 

What might?
It changes a lot.

 

The color.
That's whyyou might not
recognize me.

 

It's called Blue Ruin,
the color.
Right. Yeah.

 

Snappy name, huh?
Ilike it.

 

Yeah.

 

Anyway, this company
makes a whole line of colors
with equally snappy names.

 

Red-- Red Menace,
Yellow Fever,
Green Revolution.

 

That'd be a job,
coming up with those names.

 

You think there could
possibly be a job like that?

 

I mean, how many hair colors
could there be? Fifty, maybe.

 

Someone's got that job.

 

Agent Orange!
I came up with that one.

 

I apply my personality
in a paste.

 

Oh, I doubt that very much.

 

Well, you don't know me,
so...

 

you don't know, doyou?

 

Sorry. I was just--
I'm trying to be nice.

 

Yeah. I got it.

 

[ Inhaling ]

 

[ Sniffs ]

 

[ Sighs ]

 

My name's Clementine,
by the way.
I'm Joel.

 

Hi,Joel.
Hey.

 

Nojokes about my name.

 

Oh, no, you wouldn't do that.
You're trying to be nice.

 

I don't know anyjokes
aboutyour name.

 

Huckleberry Hound.

 

I don't know what that means.

 

Huckleberry Hound?
What areyou, nuts?

 

It's been suggested.
[ Chuckles ]

 

♪ Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin' Clementine ♪

 

♪You were lost
and gone forever ♪

 

♪ Dreadful sorry
Clementine ♪♪

 

[Laughing]
No?

 

I'm sorry.Just--
It's a pretty name, though.
It really is nice.

 

It's, uh--
It means "merciful."

 

Right? Clemency?

 

Although it hardly fits.

 

I'm a vindictive little bitch,
truth be told.

 

Gee, I-I wouldn't
think that aboutyou.

 

Whywouldn'tyou
think that about me?
I don't know.

 

I just--

 

I don't know.
I just, uh--

 

You seem nice, so--

 

Oh, now I'm nice?

 

Oh, God. Don't you know
any other adjectives?

 

I don't need "nice."

 

I don't need myselfto be it,
and I don't need anybody else to be it at me.
Okay.

 

[ Clementine ]
Joel?

 

It's Joel, right?

 

Yes.

 

I'm sorry I yelled at you.

 

I'm a little out of sorts today.

 

[ Exhales ]

 

My embarrassing admission is,

 

I really like
thatyou're nice right now.

 

I mean, I can't tell
from one moment to the next
what I'm gonna like,

 

but right now...

 

I'm glad you are.

 

[ Giggles ]

 

I have so much stuff
that, uh, I probably should, uh--

 

Oh! I'm sorry. Okay.
I-I'm writing, and--

 

No, no. I just--
Sure. No. That's okay.

 

I just have--
You know, this is--
Okay.

 

- Ohh! Hey!
- Take care, then.

 

Jesus!

 

♪♪ [ Radio: Pop ]

 

Hi. I could, uh,
give you a ride, ifyou need.

 

It's cold.

 

Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
Yeah?

 

It is frosty.

 

You're not a stalker
or anything, right?
I'm not a stalker.

 

You're the one that talked to me.
Remember?

 

That is the oldest trick
in the stalker book.

 

Really?
There's a stalker book?

 

Mm-hmm.
Okay.

 

I gotta read that one.

 

Look, I'm sorry if I came off
sorta nutso. I'm not, really.

 

Oh, it's okay.
I didn't thinkyou were.

 

Did you wanna have a drink?

 

I have lots of drinks,
and I could, um--

 

Um--

 

[ Chuckles ]
Never mind.

 

Sorry. That was stupid.
I'm embarrassed now.
No, no, no, no.

 

Good night,Joel.

 

Two Blue Ruins.

 

Thankyou.

 

Drink up, young man.

 

It'll make
the whole seduction part
less repugnant.

 

I'm just kidding!

 

[ Laughs ]
Come on.

 

[ Exhales ]

 

You're kinda closed-mouthed,
aren'tyou?

 

[Whispers ]
I'm sorry.

 

It's just, you know,
my life isn't that interesting.

 

I go to work, I come home.

 

Don't know what to say.

 

You should read myjournal.

 

I mean, it's just... blank.

 

Really?
Does that makeyou
sad oranxious?

 

I mean, I'm always anxious,
thinking I'm not living
my life to the fullest,

 

taking advantage
of every possibility,

 

making sure
I'm not wasting one second
ofthe little time I have.

 

I think about that.
Yeah?

 

[ Both Laughing ]

 

You're really nice.

 

Ohh!
God, I have to
stop saying that.

 

I'm gonna marryyou.

 

Iknowit.
[Slurps Drink]

 

Um... okay.

 

Joel, you should come up
to the Charles with me sometime.

 

It gets frozen this time ofyear.

 

That sounds scary.
Exactly.

 

I'll pack a picnic.

 

A night picnic.
Night picnics are different.

 

And, um, we could--

 

Sounds good.

 

But I-- I should, uh, go.
Now.

 

You should stay.

 

No, I really-- I'm-- I--

 

I have to get up so early.

 

I would likeyou
to call me.

 

Would you do that?
I would like it.

 

Yes.

 

Wish me a happyValentine's Day
when you call!

 

That'd be nice.

 

[ Beeping ]

 

[ Line Ringing ]

 

[ Clementine]
What tookyou so long?

 

I justwalked in.

 

Mm-hmm. You miss me?

 

Yeah.
Oddly enough, I do.

 

Oh!
[ Laughs ]

 

You said "I do."
I guess that means were married.

 

[ Laughs ]
I guess so.

 

Tomorrow night?
Honeymoon on ice?

 

It's really solid
this time ofyear.

 

Whoa! I don't know.

 

Come on.
Come on.
Eee!

 

Come on.
Come on, come on.

 

[ Sighs ]
Whew.

 

Oh. So beautiful.

 

[Clementine ]
Isn't it?

 

[ Sighs ]

 

[ Giggling ]
Uh, don't go too far.

 

- Whoo! Oww! Ow!
- Whoa! Oh!

 

- Are you okay?
- Ouch! Fuck it.

 

Ohh! Oh, myass!

 

[ Grunts ]

 

I think I should go back.
Come on. Come on!

 

What if it breaks?

 

- "What if"?.
Do you really care right now?
- Huh?

 

Come here. Please.

 

[ Whispers ]
Come on.

 

[ Mutters ]

 

Ohh.
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!

 

Slidy-slidy.
Slidy-slidy.
Whoa! [ Chuckles ]

 

This is good.
Here, let me show you
this one thing.

 

What areyou doing?
Whoa.

 

[ Sighs ]
Come on.

 

Think I heard a crack.

 

[ Laughing ]
It's not gonna crack
or break or--

 

It's so thick.

 

Show me which constellations
you know.

 

Um-- Oh.

 

I don't... know any.

 

Show me
which ones you know.

 

Okay.

 

Okay.

 

Oh. Here's Osidius.

 

Where?

 

Right there.
See?

 

Sort of a swoop
and a cross.

 

Osidius the Emphatic.

 

[ Laughs ]

 

You're full of shit.
Right?
Nope.

 

Osidius is right there.
Swoop and cross.

 

[ Laughing ]
Shut the fuck up!

 

[ Whispers ]
Clementine.

 

Cock-a-doodle-doo.

 

Hey.
Hey.

 

Hey.
Sorry to wakeyou,
but we're... here.

 

[ Sighs ]
Ahh.

 

Can I come over
to your house...

 

to sleep?

 

I'm so tired.
[ Sighs ]

 

Okay. Um, yeah. Sure.

 

Let me get my toothbrush.
Yeah. Oh.

 

Just--

 

Yes?

 

Can I helpyou?
What doyou mean?

 

Can I helpyou with something?
[ Sniffles ]

 

No.

 

What areyou doing here?

 

I'm not really sure
whatyou're asking me.

 

Oh.

 

Thanks.

 

♪ I needyourlovin'♪

 

♪ Like thesunshine♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn sometime ♪♪

 

♪♪ [ Stops ]

 

[ Man # 1 ]
We're looking for 1 59.
[ Man #2 ] What number's that?

 

[ Man # 1 ]
I don't know where that is.

 

Jesus Christ, you'd think
they'd light the number,
or at least put a number on--

 

[ Man #2 ]
Is that him?
[ Man # 1 ] I think so.

 

Yeah, that's hi m.
Wait. That's him.

 

[ Giggling]

 

Hey,Joel.
Frank.

 

Oh, shit.

 

Jesus. The only
Valentine's Day cards I get
are from my mother.

 

How pathetic is that, huh?

 

You're lucky
you have Clementine, man.

 

She is way cool.

 

Hey, you got any big
Valentine's Day plans with her?

 

No.

 

Well, it's only a day away.
Better make some reservations
or something.

 

Don't want to end up
at Mickey D's. Right?
[ Chuckling ]

 

McRomance!

 

You want some fries
with that shake?

 

I have to, uh,
go to sleep now, Frank.

 

It's 8:30.

 

♪♪[Man #1 Singing, Falsetto ]
[Man #2 ]
Patrick, stop it.

 

[ Sighs ]

 

Ohh! Okay.

 

Okay. Okay.

 

Whew. Okay.

 

[Man #1 ]
Showtime at the Apollo.

 

Shh, shh, shh. Hey.

 

[ Whispers ]
Quiet.

 

[ Grunting ]

 

[Equipment Dropping Onto Floor]

 

[Frank ]
Hey,Joel. What's up?

 

[Joel]
Oh. Hi, Frank.

 

[ Mailbox Door
Opening, Closing]
[ Keys Jingling]

 

[ Sighs ]
I only get Valentine's Day cards
from my mom.

 

How pathetic is that?
[ Man's Voice Echoing,
Indistinct ]

 

You're I ucky
you have Clementine, Joel.

 

Hey, you got, uh, any, uh, big
Valentine's Day plans with her?

 

[ Whispers ]
No.

 

It's only a day away.

 

Better make a reservation
or something.

 

Don't wanna end up
at Mickey D's.

 

[ Chuckling ]
[Woman ]
Oh, no!

 

[Joel] Yes! Valentine's Day
is three goddamn days away!
I want it resolved.

 

I'm willing to be
the one to resolve it.

 

So I cal I her,
and she's changed her num ber.

 

[Joel]
So I walked over to Antic Attic,
you know, to get her something.

 

I thought I'd go over to work,
give her an early valentine, and--

 

You won't bel ieve it.

 

She's there with...

 

this guy,
this really young guy.

 

And she looks at me like
she doesn't even know who I am.

 

Excuse me?

 

Can I help you
find something, sir?

 

[ Chuckles ]

 

Hey, Clem-ato.

 

Patrick! Baby boy.

 

Whatyou doing here, baby?
[Patrick ]
Just came to surpriseyou.

 

Let me know
ifyou need something, sir.
You look good.

 

- [ Patrick ] Hi.
- [ Kiss ]

 

How are you?
[ Clementine ] Pretty good.
Pretty bored. Pretty tired.

 

[ Patrick ]
Uh-huh.

 

[ Clementine ]
I so want what's in your suit.
Oh, good.

 

[ Panti ng ]

 

Why?

 

Why would she do that to me?

 

Hey, does anybody want a joint?

 

Oh, God, Rob, give it a rest.

 

Oh, God.
She's punishing me.

 

I know, honey.
For being honest.

 

It's horrible.
I should just go to her house.

 

No! No, no, no.
You don't wanna go there, man.
You don't wanna go there.

 

Get off. It's too--

 

Right.
Yeah.

 

I don't want to seem desperate.

 

Joel, why don't you just see this as a sign,
make a clean break. Right?

 

Right?
[Joel Groans ]

 

All right,Joel,
look, man, seriously.

 

[ Woman ]
Rob!
Here's the deal.

 

Don't do that.
Rob, what are you doing?
No, no, no, no.

 

What's your fucking suggestion, Carrie?
What's your brilliant, reasoned solution?

 

You're gonna make this
about our shit now?
This isn't about us.

 

Iagree. It's not about us.
It's aboutJoel, who's an adult.
Okay?

 

Not Mama Carrie's kid.

 

- What areyou--
- That's your laundry!

 

That's great.
That's good.
[ Dog Barks ]

 

Okay.

 

What is it?
[ Rob ] I don't know.
It's some place that does a thing.

 

[ Woman ]
Good morning. Lacuna.

 

No, I'm sorry.
That offer expired
after the newyear.

 

Yeah, sure.
We can fit you i n--

 

How about on the fifth?

 

That's a Wednesday.
All right, great.
Couldyou spell that, please?

 

Okay, and we'll need
a daytime phone number.

 

Great. Have a nice day.
See you then.

 

May I hel p you?

 

I 'm J oel Barish.
Excuse me?

 

I 'm Joel. Barish.
I have an appointment with Dr.--

 

Mierzwiak.

 

- Here. Could you please fill this out?
- I just want to talk to him.

 

You still need to
fill the form out, sir.
Really?

 

- Thankyou.
- [ Mutters ] Great.

 

I don't have a pen.

 

There's a pen right there.
[Phone Rings ]

 

Goodmorning. Lacuna.
Oh.

 

Oh,yeah, that offer. That's done now.
That expired after the newyear.

 

Mr. Barish?

 

How are we today?

 

Not too good, actually.

 

Boo!
Oh, my God! Stan!

 

Sorry.
Sorry, I was just--
I'm working!

 

[ Mutters ]
Sorry. Sorry.

 

[ Whispers ]
Here, Doctor.
Thankyou.

 

You should not
have seen this.

 

I apologize.

 

This is a hoax, right?
I mean, this is Clem--

 

I assureyou, no.
[Woman ]
No.

 

Mm-mmm.
There's no such thing as this.

 

Look, our files are confidential,
Mr. Barish,

 

so I can't showyou evidence.

 

Suffice it to say that Miss, uh--
Miss Kruczynski was not happy,

 

and she wanted to move on.

 

[Dr. Mierzwiak]
We provide that possibility.

 

"Miss Kruczynski was not happy
and wanted to move on.
[Banging]

 

We provide
that possibility."

 

What the hell is that?

 

Nicest guy
she everwent out with.

 

[Rob ]
Oww! Fuck!

 

God, Rob! Give it a rest!

 

It's okay.
It's all right.

 

Carrie, I am making
a birdhouse.

 

What can Isay,Joel?
You know Clementine. She's like that.

 

She's impulsive.

 

She decided to erase you
almost as a lark.

 

[ Sighs ]

 

A lark.

 

[ Sobbing ]
Why? Why? Why?
Why did you do that?

 

[Woman ]
Wait, wait, wait, wait!

 

I'm sorry, Doctor.
He just barged right in here.

 

Okay. I want it done.
I told him pre-Valentine's Day
is our busy time.

 

- Oh, th-th-that's-- that's okay, Mary.
- But there are people waiting.

 

Mr. Barish, ifyou'd like to, uh--
to come inside.

 

And, Mary, ifyou could take care of Mrs. Woo.
Good-bye, Mrs. Woo.
Yes, ofcourse.

 

Now, the, uh--

 

the first thing
we need you to do, Mr. Barish,

 

is to go home...

 

and collect everythingyou own
that has some association with Clementine.

 

Anything.

 

And we'll use these items to create
a map ofClementine in your brain.

 

Okay?

 

So we'll need, uh,
uh, photos, clothing, gifts,

 

books she may have bought you,
CDs you may have bought together,

 

journal entries.

 

We want to emptyyour home--

 

We want to emptyyour I ife
ofClementine.

 

And after the mapping is done,
our technicians will do the erasing
in your home tonight.

 

That way, when you awake
in the morning,

 

you'll findyourselfin your own bed
as ifnothing had happened--

 

a new life awaitingyou.

 

[ Ti res Screech ]
[ Driver ]
Wake up, buddy!

 

[ Mary]
No, I'm sorry, Mrs. Sobel.

 

You can't have the procedure done
three times in one month.

 

Wel l, it's just not our policy--
How are you today, Mr. Barish?

 

Hello. I'm right here.

 

I know it's an emergency,
and we'll do everything we can--
We can fit you in on the first of March.

 

Maybeyou could talk to the doctor,
a-and he--

 

All right, so let's make an appointment.
What day wouldyou like
to come in this week?

 

Mr. Barish.
U m, he's real ly busy
this afternoon.

 

Maybe tomorrow would be better.
Around 12:15? Can you do that?

 

February is very busy for us
because ofValentine's Day.

 

[ Chuckles ]

 

[ Knocks ]

 

♪♪ [DixielandJazz]

 

This is, uh, Stan Fink,

 

one ofourmost experienced
andskilled technicians.

 

♪♪ [ Continues ]

 

He'll be handling
your case tonight.

 

Great to meet you,
Mr. Barish.

 

My name is Joel Barish,

 

and I'm here to erase
Clementine Kruczynski.

 

Very good.
Now, tell me about, uh, Clementine.

 

Uh, I was...

 

Iiving with this woman, Naomi,

 

uh, a coupleyears ago,

 

and my friends Rob and Carrie
invited us to this party at the beach--
I don't like parties.

 

Naomi couldn't go, but I went...

 

and I, uh, met Clementine.

 

[Pencils Clattering On Floor]
I 'm sorry.

 

Let's start with
your most recent memories...

 

and work backwards from there,
more or less.

 

There's an emotional core...

 

to each of our memories,

 

and when you eradicate that core
it starts its degradation process.

 

By the timeyou wake up
in the morning,

 

all the memories we've targeted
will have withered and disappeared,

 

as in a dream upon waking.

 

Is there any risk
ofbrain damage?

 

Well, uh, technically speaking,

 

the procedure is brain damage,

 

but it's on a parwith
a night ofheavy drinking.

 

Nothing you'll miss.

 

Comfortable?

 

Whatwe're doing here, Mr. Barish,
is actually creating a map ofyour brain.

 

[Mierzwiak]
Okay, let's getstarted.

 

Ifwe want to get
this procedure underwaytonight,
we have some work to do.

 

I want you to react
to these objects, Mr. Barish,
ifyou will.

 

[ Clementine Whooping, Laughing]

 

There's a good story
behind this one--

 

Uh, actually, Mr. Barish,
I'll get a much better
emotional readout...

 

ifyou refrain from any sort of
verbal description ofthe items.

 

Just try to focus on the memories.

 

Oh. Sorry. Okay.

 

[Stan ]
Healthyactivityup there again.
Healthyreadouts. Very good.

 

- Here's another object.
- [ Clementine's Voice ]
That's so--

 

Next item. Okay.

 

Potato head.
[ Chuckles ]

 

- Next item. Okay.
- [ Electronic Crackling]

 

[Stan, Voice Electronically Processed]
Just focus on the memories.
Patrick, do me a favor.

 

[ Stan ] Hey, Patrick,
do me a favor, willya?
[ Patrick ] Yeah.

 

[ Stan ]
Can you check the voltage regulator?
What do we got there?

 

U h, voltage looks fi ne.
Real ly?

 

Wel l, I 'm not wi pi ng
as clean as I like here.
I 'm-- [ Scoffs ]

 

[ Mierzwiak's Voice, Distant ]
Well, uh, technically the procedure
is brain damage.

 

Check the, uh--
Check the connections, please.

 

Oh, there you are.
I --

 

Why am I --
I don't understand
what I'm looking at.

 

Why am I
standing here and--

 

Oh, my God.
Deja vu.

 

Deja vu.
This is so--

 

All right, we should get started.
Ifwe're gonna get the procedure...

 

[ Simultaneously]
underway tonight,
we have some work to do.

 

[ Whispering ]
I'm in my head already,
aren't I?

 

I suppose so.
Uh, this is about right.

 

This is what it--
This is what itwould look like.

 

Very good.

 

[ Simultaneously]
We'll dispose ofthese mementos
when we're done here.

 

Thatwayyou won't be confused later
by their unexplainable presence in your home.

 

[ Stan ]
Ah, there we go.

 

Patrick?
Yeah?

 

[Stan's Voice, Echoing]
Patrick, canyou check--
Patrick?

 

I'm gettingsome sort ofreadout
ofmy own voice.
Patrick? Patrick?

 

- Why are there so many wires?
- [Stan ]A lot ofequipment.

 

- Does that help?
-[Stan ]Areyou sure
you set that thing up properly?

 

[Patrick ] How's that?
[Mary] How areyou today,
Mr. Barish?

 

There we are,
Mr. Barish.
[Stan's Voice ] That's better.

 

- I don't know if I like this.
- Think I might try this, then.

 

We're almost done now.

 

Mmm.Journal.
That would be invaluable.

 

[Stan's Voice, ElectronicallyAccelerated]
"I met someone tonight.
I don't know what to do.

 

Her name is Clementine,
and she's amazing. "

 

- [ Scream i ng ]
- Whoa! J esus!

 

What? What?
Come on! Careful!
Step back!

 

Just take it easy.

 

[ Beeps ]
That's fine.

 

Let's not roach the guy.

 

[ Sighs ]

 

All right, you got that one.

 

This place is sort of a dump,
don't you think?
It's an apartment, Patrick.

 

[ Whispers ]
Patrick.

 

Well, not a dump, then,
but sorta plain. Uninspired.

 

And there's sort of
a stale smell.

 

Patrick, can wejust please
get through this?

 

We got a very long night
ahead of us. Come on.
Yeah. Yeah.

 

[ Door Unlocking, Opening]

 

[Joel Whispering]
This is the last time I sawyou.

 

[Joel Clears Throat, Sighs ]

 

[ Heavy Sigh ]

 

I t's 3:00.

 

I kinda sorta wreckedyour car.

 

[ Sighs ]
Were you driving drunk?

 

It's pathetic.

 

I was a little tipsy.

 

Don't call me pathetic.

 

Wel l, it is pathetic.

 

I t's fucki ng i rresponsible.
Could've killed somebody.
[Sighs ] Oh, God.

 

Maybe you did kill somebody.
Should we turn on the news and see?
Oh, Christ!

 

Should I check the grill to see
ifthere's any children or small animals?
I didn't kill anybody!

 

It's just a fucking dent, Joel.
You're like an old lady or something.

 

Well, what are you like?

 

A wino?
A wino?

 

[ Laughing ]
Jesus, areyou from the '50s
or something?

 

A wino?

 

Face it,Joely.

 

You're freaked out because
I was out late withoutyou,

 

and in your little wormy brain...

 

you're trying to figure out,
did she fuck someone tonight?

 

No, see, Clem,

 

I assume
you fucked someone tonight.

 

Isn't that howyou get people
to likeyou?

 

[Sighs ]
I'm sorry. Okay?

 

Clem, I didn't mean it.
All right?

 

Clem?
Yourkeys.

 

I was just-- I was just--
[ Sighs ]
I won't need them anymore.

 

Angry or annoyed or something,
I don't know.

 

[DoorSlams ]
Clem?

 

[ ComputerBeeps ]
[Stan ]
Got it.

 

Mary's coming over tonight.

 

[Patrick]
Yeah?
Yeah.

 

Just thoughtyou'd wanna know.

 

[Patrick ]
I like Mary. I like when she comes to visit.
Ijust don't think she likes me.

 

She likes you okay.

 

Maybe I should invite my girlfriend over.
I have a girlfriend now.

 

Do whateveryou want.
Did I tell you I have--

 

[ Clicks Tongue ]
Yeah.

 

[Keyboard Typing]

 

Did I tell you
I have a new girlfriend?

 

We gotta focus here,
Patrick.

 

Yeah, the thing is,

 

our situation is--
is a little weird.

 

My girlfriend situation.

 

I'm sure it is.
[ Laughs ]

 

You gotta be--

 

[ Engine Starts ]

 

Clem, let me driveyou home.

 

Get out ofmyface, faggot!

 

Look at it out here!
It's all falling apart!

 

I'm erasing you, and I'm happy!

 

You did it to me first!

 

I can't believe
you did this to me.
Goddamn it.

 

Clem! Can you hear me?

 

By morning you'll be gone!

 

The perfect ending
to this piece-of-shit story!

 

[ Engine Knocking ]

 

[Patrick] Is there something wrong
with a girl being attracted to me?
Is that a problem?

 

[Stan ]
No, I think it's... funny.

 

[ Patrick ]
So, who do you think's better-looking,
me or this guy?

 

[ Stan ]
Patrick, let's focus, buddy.

 

[ Patrick ]
Remember that girl
we did last week?

 

The one with the... potatoes?

 

[ Stan ]
That girl?
That's this guy's girl.

 

[ Patrick ]
Right.
[ Stan ] Yeah.

 

[ Stan Chuckling ]
Was. We took care ofthat.

 

Oh, God!
Well, uh...

 

I ki nda fel I i n love with her
that night.

 

[ Laughing ]
What? You little fuck--

 

What?
She was unconscious, man.

 

Well, she was beautiful, and...

 

I stole a pair ofher panties
as well.

 

Jesus!
What?

 

It's not like--

 

I mean, theywere clean and all.
Don't tell me this stuff, man!
I don'twanna hearthis shit!

 

[Patrick]
Theywere clean!
[Stan ] What? D-Don't!Stop!

 

[Patrick]
Okay. Yeah!All right!
[Stan ] We got work to do.

 

[ Computer Beeps ]
[Stan ]
Give me mypapers.

 

[ Crunching ]

 

[ Slurps ]

 

[ Patrick ]
There's, um--
[ Sighs ]

 

There's more.

 

After we did her, I kind of...

 

went to where she works
and asked her out.

 

[Stan ]
You what?

 

[ Mutters ]
Jesus.
Jesus, Patrick!

 

Do you have... any idea...

 

how unethical--

 

[ Laughing ]
It's not really that bad.

 

What? Get that look offyour face.
What's wrong?

 

[Stan Continues, Echoing]
Patrick,you stole a girl's panties!

 

[ High-pitched Giggling ]

 

[ Laughing ]

 

There's someone here.

 

He stole your underwear.

 

[ Voice Wavering, Electronically Altered ]
I don't see anyone.

 

[Clock Ticking]

 

[TV: Man Talking,
Audience Laugh Track ]
[ Clementine ]Joel?

 

Where are my boots?

 

[ TV: Man ]
Why are you showing me poisons?
Can'tyou understand English?

 

" Potions," I said.
Potions.

 

[ Laugh Track Continues ]

 

[ TV: Grandpa Munster]
Love potion, please.

 

I'm fucking crawling
out of my skin!

 

Should've left you
at the flea market.

 

[TV: Grandpa Munster]
First thing to do is--

 

[ Chuckles ]
sift in a cup
ofpowdered whale heart.

 

Wanna go?

 

I want to have a baby.

 

[ Chuckles ]
Let's talk about it later.

 

No! I want to have a baby.

 

I don't think we're ready.

 

You're not ready.

 

Clem, do you really think
you could take care of a kid?

 

[ Scoffs ]
What?

 

[ Mutters ]
I don't wanna
talk about it here.

 

I can't hearyou.
I can never the fuck understand
whatyou're saying.

 

[ Whispering ]
I don't wanna talk about this!
Fucking ventriloquist!

 

We're fucking
gonna talk about it!
I... don't... want... to--

 

You can't just say something like that
and sayyou don't wanna talk about it!

 

[ Whispering ]
I'm sorry, Clem.
I'd make a fucking good mother!

 

I love children, I'm creative and smart,
and I'd make a fucking great mother!
Oh, God-- Mmm!

 

[ Voice Echoing ]
It's you,Joel. It's you
who can't commit to anything!

 

It's going! It's going!
You have no idea how luckyyou are
I'm interested in you!

 

[Voice Fading, Echoing ]
Maybe I should end this
right here,Joel!

 

Leaveyou at the flea market
with this stupid costumejewelry!
It's done. This is crap.

 

Maybeyou could find yourself
an antique rocking chair to die in!
All the pain, confusion--

 

[Doorbell Rings ]

 

Oh. Hi, Patrick.
Hi, Mary. How's it goin'?

 

Hey,you.
Oh, it's freezing outside.

 

[Stan ]
Find us okay?
[Mary] Yeah.

 

Mmm.
Hot!

 

Poor guy.

 

Mmm? Oh.

 

Don't you have
anything real to drink?

 

Uh, we haven't really
checkedyet.

 

Patrick?
Uh, yeah.

 

Uh, let me do the honors.

 

Mary hates me.

 

Never really had much luck
with the ladies.

 

Maybe ifyou stop
stealing their panties.

 

[Typing On Keyboard]
[Patrick Whispering]
Stan. Stan.

 

There's more.
No!

 

Yes.
No!

 

Hey, hey!
[ Mock Whispering ]
[Stan Laughing]

 

Oh, you didn't want any,
did you, Patrick?

 

Uh, no, that's okay.
Wait.

 

"Blessed are the forgetful,
for they get the better
even oftheir blunders."

 

[ Clink]

 

[ Laughing ]
Oh.

 

Oh!
Oh!

 

[Patrick Laughing]
Mmm!

 

[ Groans ]

 

That's Nietzsche.
Beyond Goodand Evil.

 

I found it in my Bartlett's.

 

What's your Bartlett's?

 

It's a quote book, Patrick.

 

It's a book of quotations.

 

I think Howard
will be in Bartlett's
one day.

 

Definitely.
Howard is pure Bartlett's.

 

[ Crash ]
[MaryLaughs ]
God!

 

[Patrick Laughing]
Can you wake him up?

 

[Patrick Laughing]
You can't wake him up.

 

[ Patrick Continues Laughing]
[ Stan Yells ]

 

Mmm.

 

[ Moans ]

 

You don't tell me things,Joel.

 

I'm an open book.

 

I tell you everything.

 

Every damn embarrassing thing.

 

You don't trust me.

 

Constantly talking
isn't necessarily communicating.

 

I don't do that.

 

I want to knowyou.

 

Hmm?

 

I don't constantlytalk.
Jesus!

 

People have to
share things,Joel.

 

Mm-hmm.

 

That's what intimacy is.

 

I'm really pissed
thatyou said that to me.

 

I'm sorry.

 

Itjust-- reallyjust
isn't that interesting.

 

[Clementine]
I wanna readsome ofthosejournals
you're constantlyscribbling in.

 

What doyou write in there
ifyou don't have any thoughts
orpassions or...

 

Iove?

 

[Joel's Voice ]
November 1 9, 2003.

 

Dinner at Kang's again.

 

Are we like those poor couples...

 

you feel sorry for in restaurants?

 

Are we the dining dead?

 

I can't stand the idea of us bei ng
a couple people think that about.

 

[ Whispers ]
I like that.

 

How's the chicken?

 

Good.

 

More?
No. No. Thankyou.

 

[Joel's Voice ]
She's gonna be drunk
andstupid now.

 

Hey, would you
do me a favor...

 

and clean the goddamn hair off the soap
when you're done in the shower?

 

Yeah. Oh. Yeah.
It's really...

 

- Gross.
- gross.

 

- It's just--
- Repulsive.

 

It's repulsive.

 

[Phone Beep Dialing]

 

[ Line Ringing ]
[Stan ]
Patrick, can we get through this?

 

Patrick.

 

[Patrick ]
Hey, Tangerine.

 

[ Clementine On Phone ]
Oh, Patrick, it's you.

 

[ Sighs ]
I'm so miserable right now.

 

[ Patrick ]
Why? What's wrong?
[ Clementine ] I don 't know.

 

[ Voice Electronical ly Altered ]
Excuse me?
I'm so confused!

 

Can I help you
find something, sir?

 

[ Patrick ]
Confused? What are you confused about?
Everything's fine.

 

[ Voice Electronical ly Altered ]
Baby, come here.

 

[ Patrick ]
Scared ofwhat?

 

[ Clementine ]
Do you love me?
[ Patrick ] Ofcourse I do.

 

[ Whispers ]
Where's the self-help section?

 

[ Clementine Sobbing]
Do you think I'm ugly?

 

[ Patrick ]
No! You're beautiful!
[ Dishes Rattle ]

 

Maybe I should come over.
[ Clementine ]
No, no.

 

I don't know.
I-I'm a mess, Patrick.

 

[ Patrick ]
Well,just let me come over.
I'll cheeryou up.

 

[ Clementine ]
Okay.

 

Stan, can I leave for a whi le?
My gi rlfriend's really upset.

 

We're right in the middle
of erasing this poor man's--

 

[ Garbled ]
Let him go, Stan!

 

[ Garbled ]
Let him go. I'll help.

 

See?
How hard can it be?

 

- She hates me.
She wants me to go.
- Go.

 

All right.
I'll be right over, Tangerine.

 

You like?

 

[ Laughing ]
Oh, man!

 

I matched my sweatshirt exactly.

 

I like it.
You do?

 

You look like a tangerine.
Ohh!

 

"Clemen-teen" the tangerine.
Mmm! Juicy!

 

And seedless.
I like that.

 

I like tangerines!

 

Can you see me doing ducks?

 

Tangerine.
Joel. Ducks.
Quack-quack.

 

How does he know
to call you that?
How did who know?

 

Oh, my God. Clem?
[Mary]
This is prettycool.

 

That's what
they called themselves.

 

The Clash--
the only band that mattered.

 

They called themselves that
for a reason.

 

It's amazing, isn't it?
Like social justice--
Yeah, it's totally incredible.

 

What Howard
gives to the world.

 

Yeah.
[Beeping]

 

To let people begin again.

 

[ Punches Keys ]

 

It's beautiful.

 

You look at a baby,
and it's so pure and so free
and so clean.

 

And adults are, like,
this mess ofsadness...

 

and... phobias.

 

Howard just makes it all go away.

 

Oh, myGod.

 

Baby, what's going on?
I don't know.
I don't know!

 

I'm lost, I'm scared,

 

I feel like I'm disappearing.

 

Disappearing?
My skin's coming off!.
I'm getting old!

 

Nothing makes any sense to me!
You're not getting old.

 

Nothing makes any sense.
Nothing makes any sense.
Ohh, Tangerine.

 

Nothing makes any sense.

 

Nothing makes any sense, Patrick.
It's okay. It's okay.

 

Hey, let's go out dancing. Yeah?
You wanna go out to Montaukwith me?

 

Montauk?
Yeah.

 

No! Come up to Boston with me.
Sure. Yeah.
We can go next weekend.

 

No, no. Now. Now.
Yeah. I have to go now.

 

I have to see
the frozen Charles now.

 

♪♪ [Rock]
[ Giggling ]

 

[Answering Machine:Joel]
Hi, it'sJoel.

 

Um, leave a message after the beep
and I'll get back to you.

 

[ Beeps ]

 

[ Patrick On Answering Machine ]
Pick up! Pick up, man!

 

W-W-W-W-Whoa.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
[ Laughing ]

 

♪♪ [ Continues ]

 

Hello? Yeah, what's up?

 

I got into a little situation
with the old lady.

 

Can you handle things tonight alone?
I'm really sorry, man.

 

Don't worry about it.
I got it under control, man.
[ Continues Giggling ]

 

He's pretty much on autopilot
right now anyway.
Thanks, Stan. I oweyou big-time.

 

Dude, I gotta go.
I gotta go.

 

[ Muttering ]
Charles.

 

Come on, Charles.

 

"Look! You and me on the Charles River.
I could die right now, Clem.

 

I'm just happy.
I've never felt that before.
I'm just exactlywhere I want--"

 

I'm so excited. Yea.
I'm excited too!

 

Cool.
Oh, uh, I, uh--

 

I got you this...

 

What?
thing, um--

 

Happy earlyValentine's Day.

 

Oh!

 

Wow. What is it?

 

Uh, I don't know.
Open it up.

 

Oh.

 

It-- It's gorgeous!

 

- You like it?
- Yeah. It's just my taste. Really.

 

I've never gone out with a guy
who bought me a piece ofjewelry I liked.

 

Thankyou.

 

Let's go.
Okay.

 

Joely?
Yeah, Tangerine?

 

Am I ugly?

 

Mm-mmm.
When I was a kid,
I thought I was.

 

[ Sighs ]
Can't believe I'm crying already.

 

Sometimes I think people
don't understand how lonelyit is
to be a kid.

 

Like you don't matter.

 

So, I'm eight...

 

and I have these toys,

 

these dolls.

 

My favorite is this ugly girl doll
who I call Clementine.

 

And I keep yelling at her:

 

"You can't be ugly! Be pretty!"

 

It's weird.

 

Like ifl can transform her,
[ Sniffles ]

 

I would magically change too.

 

You're pretty.

 

J oely, don't ever leave me.

 

Pretty. Pretty.
Pretty. Pretty.

 

[Joel's Voice ]
Mierzwiak, please
let me keep this memory.

 

Just this one.

 

[ Clementine ]
I don't wanna holdyour hand.
Come on.

 

Whoo!
Whoa!

 

[ Clementi ne Whoops ]
Stop it!

 

[ Clementine Laughing ]

 

I could die right now, Clem.

 

I'm just...

 

happy.

 

I've never felt that before.

 

Mmm.

 

I'm just exactly...

 

where I wanna be.

 

Clem?

 

I wanna call it off.

 

I'll giveyou a sign.

 

I wanna call it off!.

 

Can you hear me?
I don't want this anymore!

 

I wanna call it off!.

 

[Stereo: Man ]
♪ Whenyou ain't got nothing to do ♪

 

♪ I think I'll marryyou♪♪

 

[ Screaming ]
Is anybody there?

 

[ Loud Groaning ]

 

Clementine?
Joel?

 

Clement--
Joely?

 

Clem!
Joel?

 

Clem!

 

What?
We gotta go.
We gotta go.

 

What? Where?
I have an idea
ofhow to stop this.

 

Stop what?

 

Joely.
Come on, Clem.

 

Smell my armpit!
Smell my armpit!
No!

 

Don't tickle me!
Don't make me smell you.
Smell my pits!

 

No.
Good.

 

Concentrate, Clem.

 

We gotta get back
to the office.

 

There was a tape recorder.
No, not the picture.

 

Not the picture.

 

Where is it? Back here.
Come on!

 

[ Clementine ]
Oh, look at me.
Hey, I look good there.

 

[ Mierzwiak ]
Look, our files are confidential,
Mr. Barish,

 

so I can't showyou evidence.

 

Suffice it to say that Miss, uh--
Miss Kruczynski...

 

was not happy
and she wanted to move on.

 

Good. Now, tell me about Clementine.
[Joel]
Just tell me everything you remember.

 

That's what he said. Then--
What did we see that day?

 

No, wait.
Oh, look! Hey!

 

Shit!
We're going to see
my grandma.

 

Joel, why-- No, I don't want to--
Joel, please!
We're not going on a train.

 

Don't make me run anymore.
Come on!

 

Mierzwiak!

 

Do we always have to run?
Mierzwiak!

 

[Dog Barking]

 

Please.

 

So, why don't we begin
byyou telling me...

 

everythingyou can remember.

 

[Joel]
Mierzwiak! Wake me up!

 

Oh, I-I'm sorry, Mr. Barish.

 

I thoughtyou understood
what was going on here.

 

I don't know.
You're erasing her from me.

 

You're erasing me from her--

 

I don't know.

 

You've got this thing.
I'm in my bed. I know it.

 

I'm in my brain.

 

I'm part ofyourimagination too,Joel.

 

How can I help you
from there?

 

Uh, I'm insideyourhead too.
I'myou.

 

[ Grunts ]
Sorry.

 

Look. Who's that?

 

Oh, he-he works for us.

 

That's, uh, Pa-a-a-a-atrick,

 

babyboy.

 

He's stealing my identity.

 

He stole my stuff.

 

He's, uh, seducing my girlfriend
with mywords and my things.

 

He stole her underwear.
Oh,Jesus Christ!

 

He stole her underwear.

 

[DoorCloses ]
I could die right now, Clem.

 

I'm just happy.

 

I've never felt that before.
I'm just exactlywhere
I want to be.

 

I want to go home.

 

Hey. What?

 

Clem!
[ Grunting ]

 

Wait. Clem!

 

Clem?

 

They're erasingyou.
[Dog Barks ]

 

I'm here!
[ Screams ]

 

Clem, focus.
I hired them, okay?
[Laughing]

 

I'm so stupid.

 

Sweetie, calm down.
Enjoy the scenery.

 

I need it to stop before I wake up
and I don't knowyou anymore.

 

Okay, well, you know,
just tell them to cancel it then.

 

What the hell are you talking about?
I can't just cancel it. I'm asleep.

 

Wake yourself up!

 

Okay. You want me to wake up?
Okay. Great. All right.

 

Okay, here we go.
This makeyou happy ifl try?
Yeah.

 

I'll try really hard. Here we go.
That was a great idea.

 

Yeah. Okay.

 

Boy, that's working
like gangbusters.

 

[MaryLaughs ]
Don't! That tickles me!
[Stan ] Oh, my goodness.

 

Oh, my God. What is that?
Jesus Christ! What the--

 

[ Mary]
It's a birthmark!

 

I t did work, for a second,

 

but I couldn't--
I couldn't move.
See?

 

Oh, well, isn't that just another one
ofJoel's self-fulfilling prophecies?

 

It's more important
to prove me wrong
than to actually--

 

Look, I don't want to
discuss this right now, okay?

 

Fine.

 

Then what? I'm listening.

 

I don't know.
You erased me.

 

That's why I'm here.
That's why I'm doing this
in the first place.

 

I'm sorry.
You-- You!

 

You know me. I'm impulsive.

 

That's what I love
aboutyou.

 

[Beeping]
[Clementine ]
Joel?

 

[Joel] Mm-hmm?
I have anotheridea
forthis problem.

 

This is a memory of me,

 

the wayyou wanted
to have sex on the couch afteryou
looked down at my crotch.

 

What?
Joel, the eraser guys
are coming here,

 

so what ifyou take me
somewhere else,

 

somewhere
where I don't belong,

 

and we hide there
till morning?

 

[ Sighs ]
Oh, man. I can't remember
anything withoutyou.

 

[ Scoffs ]
Tsk, that's very sweet,
but try, okay?

 

Okay.

 

♪ Row, row, rowyourboat
gentlydown the stream ♪

 

♪ Merrily, merrily
merrily, merrily ♪

 

♪ Row, row, row your boat
gently down the stream ♪

 

♪ Row, row, rowyour boat ♪
[ Both ]
♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪

 

♪ Life is but a dream ♪
[ Boy]
♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪

 

♪ Merrily, merrily
merrily, merrily ♪

 

♪ Life is but a dream
Row, row, row your boat ♪

 

It's working!
♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪

 

♪ Gently down the stream ♪♪
[ Clementine ]
I'm a genius!

 

[ Giggling ]

 

Joel?

 

Joel?

 

Where'dyou go?

 

I'm supposed to come too!

 

[ Woman ] Listen, I'mjust gonna
go get a salad bowl. Can you stir the soup
and keep an eye onJoel?

 

[ Woman #2 ]
Sure.
Hejust likes to be near me.

 

Absolutely!
Clem?

 

It worked.
My God, look at this! Wow!

 

It worked! Look!
Look at this dress, man!

 

Oh, my God! Look at it!
I wish I could take it with me.

 

Who am I?

 

Mrs. Hamlyn.
Right. Mrs. Hamlyn.

 

I must be about four.
Oh, my gosh.

 

Found the salad bowl,
so I'm serving salad and string beans.

 

Is he okay under there?
Peanut, areyou all right?

 

God, honestly, I feel like
I could clean up all day.

 

Listen, would you hate me ifl asked you
to clean some string beans?
No, not at all.

 

Oh, my God.
I love this kitchen.

 

Thankyouso much.
She's not looking at me.

 

She's busy.
She's not looking at me.
[ Laughing ]

 

No one ever looks at me.
I want my mommy.

 

Oh, babyJoel.
Hey,Joely!Joely!

 

Is everylittle peanut
underthere okay?
Mm-hmm! He's fine.

 

Do you have something to drink?

 

Wouldyou drink
a cocktail at this hour?
I mean, I know it's not 5:00.

 

I would die for a vodka.
Oh, hang on.
Let me check if I have that.

 

Okay! I'm just
gonna wait right here.
Joel! Hey, no, sweetie.

 

[ Grunting ]
Uh,Joely.

 

Yourmotherwants me to mindyou.
Get back underthe table.
Ice cream.

 

Ice cream.
No, not until after,you know,
you've hadyour dinner.

 

[ Angry Grunt ]
Come on,Joel!

 

Joel, grow up!

 

Don't leave me, Clem.
Oh, my God, Clem.
[ Sobbing]

 

This is sort of warped.
I'm scared.

 

[ Crying ]
I want my mommy!
Don't cry, baby Joel.

 

Baby Joel, it's okay.
Joel.Joely.Joel!

 

Stop it! Look, I think it's working.
Look, we're hidden,Joel. Look!

 

Hey, honey, look.

 

Wait there.

 

My crotch is still here,
just as you remembered it.

 

Yuck.

 

[Buzzing]

 

[Buzzing]
It stopped.

 

What?
It stopped erasing.

 

Oh, shit.

 

This is terrible.

 

He's offthe map.
He's offthe map.

 

Where?
I don't know where!
What doyou mean? I don't know where!

 

This is bad.
This is very, very bad news.
Where are my glasses?

 

Okay. Crap.

 

Okay. What do we do?
What do I do?

 

What shall we do?
I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to do.

 

- What shall we do?
- Crap. Crap. I don't know!

 

- I just said that I don't know what to do.
- I'm sorry. What do we do?

 

I don't know.
Now, look,you're freaking me out.
Mellow out.

 

Well, you have to do something.
He could wake up all half-baked.

 

Quiet. You're freaking me out.
Shh. Shh.

 

All gooey and-- and half-baked.
Hmm, that sounds so good.

 

Oh, shit!
I'm hungry.

 

Oh, shit.
Oh! Oh!

 

What? Oh! What, what?
What?

 

- We should call Howard.
- No way. No, sir, man.

 

This is my--
I can handle this.

 

I can't call Howard.
He's an unbaked cookie.

 

He's-- There's no time
to fuck around.

 

I got this under control.
What areyou talking about?

 

Stop fucking around!
Okay, I'll call Howard.

 

[Phone Rings ]

 

[ Rings ]

 

Hello.
Hello, Howard?
Hey, it's Stan.

 

Um, I'm working on this guy
down here, and we seem to have
lost him for a moment,

 

and, uh, I can't--
I can't bring him back up.

 

Okay, uh, tell me what happened
before he disappeared.

 

Well, I wasn't sure, really,
'cause I was away from the monitor
for a minute...

 

and I had it on autopilot
because I had to, uh--

 

I had to pee.

 

Where's Patrick?
Patrick? Patrick had to
go home sick.

 

Ah, geez.

 

Okay, what's the address?
I know. I'm so sorry.

 

That's okay. Come on.
[Stan ]
I'm at 159 South Village.

 

Yeah.
Apartment 1E.
Rockville Center.

 

Mary?
He's coming right now.
Yeah?

 

I'm staying.
[Bottles Clinking]

 

- Get your stuff, Mary.
- I 'm staying.

 

I thinkyou should go.
Hell, no.

 

Mary-- Shit.

 

I am so stoned.
Please, Mary.

 

You have to go.
Stop being stoned, Mary.

 

I don't want him
to see me stoned.

 

Mary,you have no idea howmuch trouble
we're gonna get into ifHoward comes--
I look like shit!

 

Joely, stop it!Joel!
Look! Hey,Joel!

 

[ Blubbering ]

 

Joel!
I want her to pick me up.

 

It's weird how strong
that desire is.
Joel, look at me! Look.

 

You'll remember me
in the morning,

 

and you'll come to me,
and you'll tell me about us,
and we'll start over.

 

Pat? I just-- Pat?

 

I thought we could have
a little cocktail.

 

That Patrick guy--
he's copying me.

 

What Patrick guy?

 

That guy!
What?

 

He's here in my apartment.

 

He's one ofthose eraser guys.

 

He fell foryou when theywere doing you,
and now he's introduced himself
like he doesn't even knowyou,

 

and you guys are dating.

 

Really? Is he cute?

 

Clem,
there's nothing wrong with you.

 

You're the most wonderful
person I've ever met.

 

You-- You're kind,

 

[ Sobbing ]
beautiful...

 

and smart and funny...

 

and... nice.

 

What?

 

Okay. All right.

 

Okay. Oh!

 

Move, move, move!
Come on. Let's go.
Careful, careful.

 

Fine.

 

Oh, my God. I'm still stoned.
[ Groans ]

 

Those eyedrops you gave me
didn't do shit.

 

[ Chuckles ]
[Doorbell Ringing]

 

[ Clears Throat ]

 

Be cool. Cool.

 

Hello, Mary.
What are you doing here?
Oh, hi, Howard.

 

She was just here to help out.

 

I wanted to understand as much
as I could about the procedure
as possible.

 

I think it's important for myjob
to understand the innerworkings...

 

ofthe work that we do.

 

Well, not that I do,
but the work that is done...

 

by people... where I also work,
the work of my colleagues.

 

All right, well,
let's see ifwe can, uh,

 

get to the bottom ofthis,
shall we?

 

Uh, yeah. Um--

 

Well, that's odd.
I already tried that.

 

Did you try going
through the C-gate?
Yeah, ofcourse.

 

I mean... yes.

 

Yeah.

 

[ Clears Throat ]

 

All right.

 

You want to get linked up?
Yeah.

 

All right.

 

I already-- I ran
the utility programs,

 

and I had nothing there,

 

so I checked all the memories
against the printed logs.

 

Here, Howard.
Okay.

 

I gotyou a chair.
There you go.
Oh, thankyou.

 

You're welcome.
Whew!

 

All right, I'm gonna--
I'm gonna go through
the entire memory,

 

see ifsomething comes up.

 

♪ Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling ♪

 

♪ Oh, my darling Clementine ♪

 

♪You were lost
and gone forever ♪
I love being bathed in the sink.

 

♪ Dreadful sorry, Clementine ♪♪
Such a feeling ofsecurity.

 

I've never seen you happier,
babyJoel.
[ Giggling ] Hmm!

 

There it is.

 

I don't understand
why it's offthe map like that.

 

What the heck
was he doing there?

 

[ Grunts ]

 

[Gagging]

 

[ Coughing ]

 

His eyes are open.

 

- Has this happened before with him?
- [Stan ] No.

 

Oh, this is--
this is not good. No.

 

I'm gonna have to--

 

I'm gonna have to give him this.

 

[ Gasps, Panting ]

 

Can'tyou see I loveyou,
Antoine?

 

[Mierzwiak]
Okay, we're back in.

 

[Mary]
Wow. That was beautiful
to watch, Howard.

 

Like a surgeon
or a concert pianist
or something.

 

Thankyou, Mary.

 

Um, Howard,
you should get some sleep.
I-I think I'll be fine now.

 

Whycan'tyousee I loveyou,
Antoine?

 

Hmm. Lucky me.

 

Lay one on me.
[ Kissing Sounds ]
[ Kissing Sounds ]

 

Don't call me Antoine.

 

Myname is Wally.
Yes, I know,

 

but how can a woman love a man
with a name like Wally?

 

Oh! Oh! What was that?

 

Hey.
My God, there's people
coming out ofyour butt.

 

There is?
[ Giggling ]

 

- Got it.
- T angeri ne!

 

[ Cryi ng ]
What, J oel-- What are you doing?
We gotta go.

 

Go on. Please, please, go.
Please go!

 

You can run,
but you can't hide.

 

Clem, come on!

 

There I am.
[ Tires Screech ]

 

That truck.

 

Doc? Please.

 

[Distorted Voice ]
All right, let's begin
byyou telling me...

 

everything you remember--

 

That's strange.
He's in a memory
that we've already erased.

 

Oh, well, at least
we know where he is.
He's back on track, right?

 

[ Sighs ]
Come on, Clem.

 

[Stan's Voice ]
He seems to have developedsome sort
ofresistance to the procedure.

 

I don't want to run anymore.
Shit.

 

Come on, come on.
Hide me somewhere deeper,
somewhere really buried.

 

Where?
Hide me in your humiliation.

 

Humiliation.
[Boy]
Come on,you bigbaby!

 

[Joel's Voice ]
I'm sorry, okay?

 

[Angry Voices Overlapping]

 

[Joel's Voice ]
Let me driveyou home.
[ Child Yells ]

 

No!

 

- [ Mary] Bye, Howard.
- No, wait. Howard.

 

He's disappeared again.

 

Oh, dear.
[ Mary]
I'm so sorry, Howard.

 

Humiliation.

 

Humiliation.

 

Hu-mi-lia--
Joel.

 

[ Sighs ]
I don't like it either.

 

I'm just trying to find
horrible secret places to--

 

Joel, honey, I have a surprise--
I just-- Oh, um--

 

Uh,you know what, honey?
I'mjust gonna askyou in the morning.

 

[ Wheezing Laugh ]
Good night, sweetheart.

 

[ Laughing Continues ]
No.

 

I'm sorry,Joel.Joely.
Shut up.

 

Look! Joel!

 

Joel, look!
What?

 

Lookwhere we are!

 

Whoo!

 

Clem, this isn't good.

 

Then hide me somewhere--
somewhere really buried.

 

[ Children Shouting]

 

Hit it! Hit it!
[Joel ]
I can't! I gotta go home.

 

I'll do it later!

 

[ Shouting Continues ]

 

Come on, you big sissy!

 

[ Shouting Stops ]

 

[ Sobbing ]

 

[ Children ]
Ooh!

 

Ooh, he has a girlfriend!

 

Wait. What am I doing?
You know something, Freddy?
And he loves her!

 

You don't scare me anymore.
Ow! Ow!

 

[ Groaning]
Joel!

 

Joely, get up.
Come on, it's not worth it.
Hit him! Hit him!

 

They're not worth it,Joel!
Tra-la-la-la-la! He's not listening!

 

Come on,Joel.
Stupid!

 

[Joel's Voice ]
I'm so ashamed.
[ Clementine's Voice ] It's okay.

 

You were a little kid.
Yeah?

 

Come on.
That's where I live-- lived.

 

I wish I knewyou
when I was a kid.

 

Do you like my pink hat?
Here, look, feel better.
You can really kill me this time.

 

It's my turn.
Go. One, two, three.
I can? You're really gonna die though.

 

Okay.
One, two, three.

 

You're dead.
[ Both Groaning ]

 

Oh, my mom.
It's-- It's okay. We 're playing.

 

Hi,Joel's mom.
He 's killing me.
It's not real.

 

Okay, are you deadyet?

 

You're dead!
[ Grunts ]

 

U h, I think I got the hang of this.

 

I still don't understand it,
but I 'm finding him quickly enough.

 

Clem!
[ Gasps ]

 

Clem!
[ Grunting ]

 

[ Muffled Grunting ]

 

[ Groans ]

 

[ Growling ]

 

Jo--Joely?

 

Areyou okay,Joel?

 

Joel? Joel?
[ Laughing ]

 

Oh, my God.
That was terrible.

 

Okay, okay.
That was like three seconds.

 

Allright.
Let me do it one more time.
One more, then I get to go.

 

Okay.

 

Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Whoo!
[ Clementine Giggling ]

 

Look at this.
This is so cool!

 

Cool. Look out! Look out!

 

Ah!

 

Shit!
It's fluff.

 

Our house!

 

Come on. Whoo-hoo!
Come on.

 

Come on.
We gotta go!

 

Whoo!

 

Come on!

 

We gotta go. Clem?

 

We gotta go.

 

Aah! Come on!

 

No!
This is a really bad time
for this!

 

Get off me! Oh, God!

 

I don't even know
where we're going.
It's gonna be fun. Come on.

 

It's the best place.
No, this way.
No, this way.

 

No, no, no. This way.
You're no help at all.
[ Shouts ]

 

What's wrong with you?
[ Laughing ]

 

Let go of me,Joel!

 

[ Grunts ]

 

I like watching you work,
Howard.

 

[ Chuckles ]

 

[ Grunts ]
I guess, uh--

 

I guess I'll go out
for-- for some air,

 

if nobody minds.

 

It looks likeyou have everything
under control here.

 

Yeah, that's, uh--

 

that's fine.

 

[DoorCloses ]
Doyou like quotes, Howard?

 

What do you mean?

 

Oh,you know,
like famous quotes?

 

I find reading them inspirational,

 

and in my reading,
I've come across some
I thought you might like too.

 

Oh, well, I--
I'd love to hear some.

 

There's one that goes,

 

"Blessed are the forgetful,
for they get the better
even oftheir blunders."

 

That's Nietzsche, right?
Yeah.

 

And here I thought I could tell you
something you didn't know.
Oh, no.

 

It's-- It's a good quote.
I'm happywe both know it.

 

Yeah. Oh, and there's
this other one I like.

 

It's by Pope Alexander,
and it goes--

 

AlexanderPope?
Oh, yeah.

 

Yeah, shit.

 

It'sjust that I told myself
not to say "Pope Alexander"
andsound like a dope,

 

and then I go ahead and say it.

 

It's no big deal.
You're such a sweetheart.

 

The quote goes, "How happy is
the blameless vestal's lot?

 

"The world forgetting,
by the world forgot.

 

"Eternal sunshine
ofthe spotless mind.

 

Each prayer accepted
and each wish resigned. "

 

I want to be
a great big, huge elephant...

 

with a huge trunk like that.

 

Clem? Clementi ne?

 

I haven't heard that one.
I t's lovely.

 

I just thought it would
be appropriate, maybe.

 

I really admire
the workyou do, Howard.

 

I don't mean to be so familiar.
Oh, it's fine. It's fine.

 

I-I-I-I-I--
I'm happy to hear--

 

[ Sighs ]
I'm sorry.

 

[ Sighing ]

 

I've loved you
for a very long time.

 

I shouldn't have said that.
Oh, Mary, no.

 

It's-- You're a wonderful girl.

 

But I-- You know,
I have a wife and kids.

 

You know
I have a wife and kids.

 

Oh, Mary.

 

Oh, Mary, we can't do this.

 

Oh, whoa.

 

Well, good morning,
Mrs. Mierzwiak.

 

[ Honking ]

 

[Mary]
What?
Oh, myGod!

 

Who is it?

 

[ Sighs ]

 

Uh--

 

Thankyou, Stan.
Thanks a lot.

 

Hollis. Hollis!
[Engine Starts ]

 

Hollis!

 

Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Hollis.

 

- I knew it, Howard.
- Hollis, it didn't start out
to be like this.

 

I came here to work.
Hollis, this is a one-time mistake!

 

I'm astupidgirl
with astupidcrush!
Yeah.

 

I swear I basically
forced him into it!

 

Don't be a monster, Howard.
Tell the girl.

 

Tell me what?

 

Oh, you poor kid.

 

You can have him.

 

You did.

 

What?

 

Oh, uh,

 

we have a history.

 

I'm sorry.
Y-You wanted the procedure.

 

You--

 

You wanted it done...

 

so you could get past, uh--

 

You could-- Yeah.

 

Um, I have to, uh,
finish the work in there.

 

It's almost morning.

 

We'll talk later.

 

Okay?

 

[Stan ]
Hey.

 

Let me giveyou a lift home.

 

Fuck this thing. Damn it.

 

Hi.
Hi.

 

Didn't figureyou'd showyourface
around me again.

 

I guess I thought
you were... humiliated.

 

You did run away,
after all.

 

Ijust neededtoseeya.

 

Yeah?

 

I'd like to, um,

 

takeyou out or something.

 

You're married.

 

Notyet. Not married.

 

No, I'm not married, no.

 

Look, man,
I'm telling you right offthe bat
I'm high maintenance,

 

so I'm not gonna tiptoe
around your marriage...

 

orwhatever it is
you've got going there.

 

Ifyou wanna be with me,
you're with me.

 

Okay.

 

Too many guys think I'm a concept,
or I complete them,

 

or I'm gonna make them alive.

 

But I'm just a fucked-up girl
who's looking for
my own peace of mind.

 

Don't assign meyours.
I remember that speech
reallywell.

 

I had you pegged, didn't I?
You had the whole
human race pegged.

 

Hmm. Probably.

 

I still thoughtyou were
gonna save my life,

 

even after that.

 

Mmm. I know.

 

It would be different...

 

ifwe could just give it
another go around.

 

Remember me.

 

Tryyour best.

 

Maybe we can.

 

[ Mierzwiak]
Okay, so just tell me
whatyou remember,

 

and, uh, then we'll
take it from there.

 

[ Mary]
Okay.

 

I liked you immediately.

 

You didn't
come on to me at all.

 

I liked that.

 

I was so tongue-tied
aroundyou at first.

 

I wantedyou to think
I was smart.

 

I couldn't wait
to come to work.

 

I had these fantasies
of us being married...

 

and having kids and... just--

 

Oh, Howie, I can't do this.

 

[Mierzwiak ]
We agreed it's forthe best, Mary.

 

[Mary Crying]
Yeah, I know.

 

Oh, God.

 

I 'll take the bottom and you--
Uh-uh-uh! No, no, no. Here.

 

I can take that.
So you want me to carry that?

 

Help me with that.
Can you get the cooler?
Honey, the cooler is--

 

That's light, huh?
Oh, I can get that.
You can get it.

 

No, no, no, no!

 

Don't take anything.
I can take the plane.

 

Put the thing up.
Put the gate back up.

 

[Joel]
This is the daywe met.

 

You were down bythe surf..
I couldjust makeyou out
in the distance.

 

I remember being drawn to you
even then.

 

I thought, "Wow, how odd.
I'm drawn to someone's back. "

 

You were in that orange sweatshirt
that I would come to know so well...

 

and even hate, eventually.

 

At the ti me I thought,
" How cool! An orange sweatshirt."

 

Hi there.

 

Hi.

 

I saw you sitting over here...

 

byyourself,

 

and I thought, "Thank God.

 

Someone normal
who doesn't know how to interact
at these things either."

 

Yeah.

 

I don't ever know what to say.

 

I'm Clementine.

 

Can I borrow a piece
ofyour chicken?

 

And then you just took it...

 

without waiting for an answer.

 

It was so intimate,

 

Iike we were already lovers.

 

I'm Joel.

 

Hi,Joel.

 

So, no jokes about my name.

 

You mean like--
♪ Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine ♪

 

Huckleberry Hound,
that sort ofthing?

 

Yeah. Like that.

 

Oh, nojokes. Nojokes.

 

One ofmyfavorite things when I was a kid
was my Huckleberry Hound doll.

 

Oh.

 

I thinkyour name is magical.

 

This is it,Joel.

 

It's gonna be gone soon.

 

I know.

 

What dowe do?

 

Enjoy it.

 

[ Clementine]
You married?
No.

 

Let's move into
this neighborhood!

 

I do sort oflive
with someone though.

 

Male or female?
What?

 

Female. Female.

 

At least I'm not barking
up the wrong tree.

 

You know these people?
No, of course not.
Come on.

 

They might have a dog.

 

[ Giggling ]
There's no dog.

 

What areyou doing?

 

It's freezing out.
I can't believe this.

 

Hoo-hoo!

 

- Clementine!
- There we go. Whoo-hoo!

 

Come on, man.
The water's fine.

 

Nobody's coming here tonight.
Believe me.

 

It's dark.

 

So, uh, what's
your girlfriend's name?

 

Naomi, but we're not really--
I mean--

 

We're--
[ Laughing ]
Whatever.

 

So this is great.
Now I can look for, um,
candles, matches...

 

and the liquor cabinet.

 

Oh, God.

 

[ Tapping Phone Receiver Button ]

 

I thi nk we should go.

 

There's no phone I i ne.
What?

 

I think we should go.
Why?

 

It's our house...
just for tonight.
[ Sighs ]

 

We are "David and Ruth Laskin."

 

Which one doyou want to be?
Uh--

 

I prefer to be Ruth,
but I can be flexible.

 

What areyou do--
[ Chuckling ]

 

Alcohol!
Oh, boy.

 

So, areyou okaywith wine?

 

I don't know.
Well, you choose the wine.

 

I'm gonna go find the bedroom
and slip into something more... Ruth.

 

I'm Ruth-less at the moment.
I reallyshouldgo.

 

[Wind Howling]
I've gotta catch my ride.

 

So go.

 

I did.

 

[Joel's Voice ]
I thought maybeyou were a nut,

 

butyou were exciting.

 

[ Clementine ]
I wish you'd stayed.

 

I wish I 'd stayed too.
Now I wish I 'd stayed.

 

I wish I 'd done a lot of things.

 

Oh, God, I wish I had--

 

I wish I'd stayed. I do.

 

Well, I came back downstairs,
andyou were gone.
I walked out. I walked out the door.

 

Why?
I don't know.
I felt like a scared little kid.

 

I was like--
It was above my head.
I don't know.

 

You were scared?

 

Yeah.

 

Thought you knew that
about me.

 

[Joel's Voice ]
I ran back to the bonfire,
trying to outrun my humiliation, I think.

 

[ Clementine ]
Was it something I said?
Yeah.

 

You said, "So go"...

 

with such disdain, you know?

 

Oh, I'm sorry.
It's okay.

 

Joely?

 

What ifyou stayed this time?

 

I walked out the door.

 

There's no memory left.

 

Come back and make up
a good-bye, at least.

 

Let's pretend we had one.

 

Bye,Joel.

 

[Joel ]
I loveyou.

 

[ Whispering ]
Meet me in Montauk.

 

[Rob ] I didn't crash the plane.
The plane crashed.
I didn't crash the plane.

 

[ Carrie ] You were operating the plane
with the remote control,
and then it crashed.

 

[ Rob ]
It was fucking windy.
Come on, man.

 

[ Carrie ]
You're stoned, andyou're driving.

 

[ Rob ]
Yeah, the pot balances it out.
The pot brings you back up.

 

That's why I smoke it.
IfI'm going to be drinking,
then I'll smoke it.

 

It does.
That's a medical fact.

 

It was proven
on the Science Network.

 

[ Carrie ]
Honey,just watch the road.
[ Rob ] I can 't see shit.

 

I saw you tal ki ng
to somebody pretty.

 

She was nice.
Yeah, man. Who was that?

 

She was, um, just a girl.

 

[ Beep ]

 

Okay.

 

[ Groans ]

 

[ Line Ringing ]

 

[Ringing Continues ]

 

So I gotta--
I gotta drop the van off.

 

Thanks, Stan. Thanks.

 

We'll talk.
[Horn Honks ]

 

[ Van Door Closes,
Engine Starts ]

 

[ Groaning ]

 

[ Sighs ]

 

Hey!

 

Hey.

 

You got a lot
ofyour stuff there, I see.
Yeah, that's right. My stuff.

 

I take ityou're not coming back.
I wouldn't come back ifl wasyou either.

 

Do you swearyou didn't know?
I-I swear.

 

So you didn't do the erasing?
Of course not. God, no.

 

And you never even suspected
we were together?

 

[ Sighs, Clears Throat ]
Once, maybe.

 

I was coming back from a job,
and you were at his car.

 

I saw you two talking.

 

So I waved to you,
and you giggled, you know.

 

How'd I look?

 

You looked happy.

 

Happywith a secret.

 

And after that?

 

I never saw you two together
again like that, so I just--

 

I don't know. I just figured
I was imagining things.

 

[Man On P.A., Indistinct]

 

Aah!
[Man On P.A. ] Montauk train
now boarding on track "B. "All aboard.

 

I really like you, Mary Svevo.

 

You know that?

 

Thanks.

 

Let me get my toothbrush.

 

Yeah.J ust--

 

[ Beeps ]

 

[Patrick On Tape ]
Where areyou, Clem?
I'm worried.

 

La-la-la-la-la.
I feel likeyou're madat me,
and I don't know what I did.

 

What did I do?

 

I love you so much.

 

I'll do anything
to make you happy.

 

Tell me whatyou want me to do,
and I'll do it.

 

Listen, I'm gonna stop by this morning
just to make sure you're okay.

 

Oh. Whew.

 

Vamonos, senor.
[ Chuckles ]

 

I -I had a real ly nice time
last night.

 

Nice?

 

I had the best fucking night
of my entire fucking life...

 

Iast night.

 

That's better.

 

This is weird.
[Mary's Voice ] To allpatients
ofDr. Howard Mierzwiak.

 

Myname is MarySvevo.
"We've met,
but you don't remember me.

 

[ Mary's Voice Overlapping ]
I worked for a companyyou hired
to have part ofyour memory erased."

 

I have since decided
that this is a horrible--
Some kind of teaser ad or something.

 

[Mary]
In orderto correct this,
I'm sending everyone's file back to them.

 

[ On Tape ]
My name is Clementine Kruczynski.

 

I'm here to erase Joel Barish.

 

What is this?
I don't know.

 

He's boring.
Is that enough reason
to erase someone?

 

I've been thinking lately
how I was before and how I am now,

 

and it's like he changed me.

 

I feel like I'm always pissy now.
I don't like myselfwhen I'm with him.
I don't like myselfanymore.

 

I can't stand to even look at him.
That pathetic, wimpy, apologetic smile.

 

- That sort ofwounded puppy shit
he does, you know?
- What are you doi ng?

 

I 'm not doi ng anythi ng.
The bloom is certainly
fucking offthe rose at this point.

 

- Are you screwing with me?
- No!

 

- You are screwing with me.
-Joel, I'm not!

 

- You clearly are.
- Look, let's just take a minute and--

 

[ExasperatedSigh ]

 

[DoorCloses ]

 

[ Panting ]

 

Patrick, get the fuck away.

 

Oh, sweetheart--
Get the fuck away from me!

 

Can we talk about it?
No! Get the fuck away!

 

[ Sobbing ]

 

[Sets Brake ]

 

Joel Barish.

 

Hey, Clementine.
Hey.

 

Nice to see you. Yeah.

 

Yeah.

 

[Joel On Tape ]
Really very educated.

 

I mean, she's smart, I think,
but not educated.

 

I couldn't really talk to her
about books, you know?

 

She's more of
a magazi ne-readi ng girl.

 

Her vocabulary leaves
something to be desired.

 

Sometimes--
I was embarrassed in public...

 

Hi.
because she would pronounce...

 

Iibrary "libary. "
Hi.

 

Libary. Libary.

 

Look what I found.

 

[ On Tape ] I think ifthere's
a truly seductive quality
about Clementine,

 

it's that her personalitypromises
to take you out ofthe mundane.

 

You made me look skinny.

 

Amazing, burning meteorite...

 

will carryyou to another world
where things are exciting.

 

But what you quickly learn
is that...

 

it's really an elaborate ruse.

 

I ' m sorry I yel led at you.

 

I t's okay.
So flashy
in a kind ofobvious way.

 

But still, it seduces you.
J oel, I real ly I i ke you.

 

I hate that I said
mean things about you.

 

- Let me turn this off, okay?
- Hey, it's-- it's onlyfair.

 

Where's the real Clementine?

 

I mean, the whole thing with the hair--
it's all bullshit.

 

- I real ly I i ke your hai r.
- Thank you.

 

I really like your hair.
Thank you.

 

I do.
The world's a goddamn mess.

 

Is it some kind ofa revolt?
Change your hair color.
You want a drink or something?

 

Do you have any whiskey?

 

No, I don't think hersex
is... motivated.

 

I saw it clearly
the last night we were together.

 

It wasn't sex.
It wasjust sad.

 

Hey. Sorry.
I thought there was more.

 

The only way Clem thinks
she can get people to like her...

 

is to fuck 'em...

 

or at least dangle the possibility
ofgetting fucked in front of'em.

 

And she's so desperate
and insecure...

 

that she'll, sooner or later,
go around fucking everybody.

 

I don't do that.
I wouldn't think that
aboutyou.

 

- Because I don't.
- I know.

 

Because it really hurts me
thatyou said that
because I don't do that.

 

I'm so sorry.
I 'm sorry about all this.
I 'm gonna... go.

 

I 'm a little confused.
I don't really think I can be here.

 

Um... bye.

 

Bye.
[ On Tape ]
I thought I knew herso well.

 

It was nice meeting you and all.
But I don't knowherat all.

 

What a loss to spend
that much time with someone,

 

only to find out
that she's a stranger.

 

Wait.

 

What?
I don't know.

 

J ust wait. J ust wait.
What do you want,Joel?

 

I don't know.
I want you to wait for...
just a while.

 

[ Quiet Sob ]

 

Okay.
Really?

 

I'm not a concept,Joel.
I'mjust a fucked-up girl who's looking
for my own peace ofmind.

 

- I 'm not perfect.
- I can't see anything
that I don't like about you.

 

Right now I can't.
But you will.
But you will.

 

You know, you will think ofthings,
and I'll get bored with you
and feel trapped...

 

because that's what happens
with me.

 

Okay.

 

Okay.

 

[ Crying ]

 

Okay.
Okay.

 

[ Laughing ]

 

♪ Changeyourheart♪

 

♪ Look aroundyou♪

 

♪ Changeyourheart♪

 

♪ It will astoundyou♪

 

♪ Now, I needyourlovin'♪

 

♪ Like the sunshine ♪

 

♪ And everybody's
gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn
sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's
gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Mm-mm-mm ♪

 

♪ Change your heart ♪

 

♪ And look aroundyou ♪

 

♪ Change your heart ♪

 

♪ It will astoundyou ♪

 

♪ I needyour lovin'♪

 

♪ Like the sunshine ♪

 

♪ And everybody's
gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn
sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's
gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Mm-mm-mm ♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn
sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Everybody's gotta learn sometime ♪

 

♪ Mm-mm-mm ♪♪