Paris Belongs to Us (1961)

Daniel Crohem: Philip Kaufman

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• Bernard : You're the guilty ones, with bloodstained hands.

  Philip Kaufman : You go too far.

  Bernard : Too far? Too far?

  Philip Kaufman : What about Mayakovsky? He wasn't Spanish, but he killed himself.

  Bernard : Mayaskovsky who?

  Blonde à la party : Mayakovsky, wowsky!

  [laughs] 

• Bernard : You drink too much, but that's not what I want to tell you. You must understand our problems. You're not in Greenwich Village now. I'm speaking as a friend, a comrade. I think a change of scenery would help. It may be that we're bad for you.

  Philip Kaufman : Where will I sleep?

  Bernard : You don't have to go tonight. I'm not throwing you out, a man of your caliber, but try to understand. I can't keep you here forever. What will people say?

  Philip Kaufman : Understood. I"ll go and pack my toothbrush.

• Anne Goupil : You're wrong.

  Philip Kaufman : No, it figures. I'm right, as usual.

  Anne Goupil : If you insist.

• Anne Goupil : Why have you talked to me?

  Philip Kaufman : Why? Never seek to know why. Beware of Terry. Beware of me. Forget all I've said, if you can. If not, forgive me.

• Philip Kaufman : Don't try to understand. Some secrets few men can bear. Juan couldn't. I fear Gérard can't. Gérard's threatened. He doesn't know it, but I don't give him two months.

  Anne Goupil : That's not true.

  Philip Kaufman : All right, it's not true then.

• Philip Kaufman : I want to tell you that the world isn't what it seems. No, listen to me. Some people have guessed what I'm going to say, but I *know* it. It's the whole world that's threatened yet doesn't know it. It's all nothing but appearances. Those we think powerful are puppets. The real masters rule in secret.

  Anne Goupil : Who are they?

  Philip Kaufman : They have no names. I speak in riddles, but some things can only be told in riddles.

• Anne Goupil : Why don't you do something?

  Philip Kaufman : Damocles' friend warned him of the sword, but his reaction made it fall.

  Anne Goupil : Another riddle?

  Philip Kaufman : Yes.

• Philip Kaufman : You've made the rounds.

  Anne Goupil : What do you mean?

  Philip Kaufman : Don't act surprised. I don't believe in coincidences.

• Philip Kaufman : What do you talk about?

  Anne Goupil : About everything and nothing. We don't always agree, but that's natural.

• Philip Kaufman : There's only one solution: don't think. I cling to people I meet: you, anyone. I look at them: they exist. They're still alive and free, their feet on the ground. If they can see me too, it means I'm still here, that they think of me as one of them.

  Anne Goupil : That's egotistical.

  Philip Kaufman : Perhaps. I don't give a damn.

• Philip Kaufman : Do you still want the truth? The truth is that it's not important.

• Philip Kaufman : Plays work or they don't work. They're pastimes for intellectuals. Open your eyes. Look around. Everywhere. Even in this hotel. Have you noticed the people who live in this hotel? They work more than any little actor.