system...
...because a movie is defined
by what comes after it.
It may have worked on a
greenhorn who just started...
...but not on me and Kobayashi,
who have seen hell countless times.
You came before your time.
From now on, the use of off-screen voices
such as narration in this film...
...is prohibited by the authority
vested in me as the director!
Wait!
Please. Please.
You are going to protect us, aren't you?
That's outside my contract.
But please, can't you possibly...?
Mr. Kawai, was it?
Originally, an image isn't
a dangerous thing at all.
It's objective, fair,
and if I may say so, democratic.
However, when a certain type of image
is tied with music...
...it becomes something alluring that could
contain the danger of ruining a person.
That's why music must be kept
as a faithful partner of the images.
I'd try not to be alone, if I were you.
Excuse me.
Waitjust a second, please.
Stop pestering me!
Like I said, you can't get away
by just saying "you can't finish it."
I told you, your crying there
ain't gonna do any good.
Just listen to me!
Shut up, you jerk!
Putz!
Hello, is this Torajima Animation?
My name is Chie.
Yes, well, may I please...
...speak with the key animator
Mr. Utsunomiya?
Ah, is this IG?
Sorry to bother you when you are busy...
...but is the animation director
Mr. Kise there, please?
Endo, dear.
I want to ask you a favor.
Yeah, can you bring over the game?
Mr. Kaneda?
It's me, Chi-e.
How are you?
The animation director
Ohtsuka was the fourth.
If we are to take the
logical course of thinking...
...the murderer has to be
someone involved in this project...
...who gains in some way
by the deaths of the victims.
The question is, what is there to gain?
To hinder the progress of the project?
The victims, every one of them...
...talked their heads off
about movies before being killed.
If ourjob is to materialize
my predecessor's intentions...
...and if the murder's goal
is to hinder us...
...then I can't say for the life of me
that he's being efficient.
They really did talk a lot.
Though it's true that self-reference
is an element of a good movie.
Did it help?
Huh?
Well, that's a different matter.
In truth, a movie that has been spoken is
always nothing but a memory of the movie.
One cannot even quote it,
let alone point it out.
And when one wishes to talk
about it, it cannot be presented.
On top of that...
...it's not even an experience
that can be shared with others.
It's a personal experience.
That's what watching a movie really is.
One cannot describe
in words what he's seen.
Because, there is no relationship
whatsoever between seeing it...
...and describing it in words.
To watch a movie,
to have watched a movie...
...to talk about a movie one has watched,
and to talk about watching a movie.
There is nothing in common
among these actions.
Needless to say for multiple people,
but even for an individual...
...a movie can never stand
in front of us as the same experience...
...unless having the illusion as a premise
that a film as a text is a single thing.
Yes.
A place where one can speak
accurately about a movie.
If such a place exists...
...it's probably only inside the theater
when the movie is actually in progress.
Dr. Tondabayashi
of Sohsui Surgery Institute...
Dr. Tondabayashi, please...
..e to the ICU No.2.
Hey.
Mr. Morita!
Hey.
Hey.
In a tight fix, aren't you?
The guys in the studio look ready to kill.
A play preaches
the unity of the audience...
...while a movie preaches
the isolation of them.
Sorry, but we'll have to
give you some trouble again.
Well, it's my job to
make things look plausible.
It's too early for me to start,
but I thought I'd show my face.
Everything has to be seen
at least twice.
Editor
Kiyokazu Morita
It's always necessary
to see things twice.
To see them twice, and by doing so,
bring two things together...
...and establish some sort
of relationship.