[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.38,0:00:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MALE ANNOUNCER] This is CNN. Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.27,0:00:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Omer Fast: "CNN Concatenated"] Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.22,0:00:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.31,0:00:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I / just / feel / like / I / have / so / much\N/ to / give / but Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.49,0:00:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes / you / can / be / so / full / of\N/ resentment. Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.93,0:00:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.73,0:00:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why / is / that? Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.91,0:00:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.35,0:00:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps / I / talk / too / much. Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.25,0:00:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.42,0:00:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe / I / come / on / a / little / too / strong. Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.05,0:00:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.99,0:00:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes / even / I / over / react. Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.44,0:00:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay. Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.04,0:00:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.47,0:00:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[OMER FAST] So "CNN Concatenated" is an 18-minute-long monologue, in a sense, Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.79,0:00:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's composed from thousands of very small clips Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.56,0:00:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recorded on the Cable News Network. Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.68,0:00:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.37,0:00:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If / we're / going / to be / in / this / relationship Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.87,0:00:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for / some / time, Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.15,0:00:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we / may / as / well / begin / working / on\N/ this / together / now. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.15,0:00:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.17,0:00:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's / not / enough / to / turn / me / on\N/ once / in / a / while. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.63,0:00:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.57,0:00:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's / not / enough / for / you / to / turn\N/ to / me Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.46,0:01:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every / time / you / need / something. Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.80,0:01:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FAST] I started the piece earlier than 2001 Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.88,0:01:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began collecting material not really knowing Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.62,0:01:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I was going to do with it, Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.50,0:01:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to form very primitive sentences Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.10,0:01:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with these little words that I was collecting. Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.39,0:01:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...statistics / and / their / partisan / priorities, Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.89,0:01:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between / the / Middle / East / and / the\N/ Far / West, Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.50,0:01:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between / the / Mid / West / and / the / Far\N/ East, Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.23,0:01:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between / the / coasts / and / the / swing\N/ states, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.56,0:01:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between / the / standards / of / reporting\N/ and / the Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.03,0:01:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,measures / of / the / demographic / tastes Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.31,0:01:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between / the / spy / plane / and / the / space\N/ station, Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.94,0:01:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civilians / on / submarines / and / billionaires\N/ in / orbiting / vacations... Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.16,0:01:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FAST] And then I moved to Germany on September 1st, 2001, Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.85,0:01:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, while sitting in German classes learning a language-- Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.60,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and writing downs words and reciting them-- Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard about the attacks on the World Trade Center, Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.20,0:01:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realized that the piece, in a sense, Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.27,0:02:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have to change. Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.41,0:02:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept ordering VHS cassettes from CNN Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.17,0:02:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the aftermath. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.89,0:02:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through that footage, Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.78,0:02:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the challenge was to articulate a voice-- Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.20,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to locate a voice- Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.60,0:02:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sort of responds to all that, Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.15,0:02:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or rather speaks through it at the same time. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.90,0:02:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.64,0:02:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where / do / our / respons- / -ibilities / begin? Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.04,0:02:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.57,0:02:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where / do / our / needs / end? Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.16,0:02:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.77,0:02:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What / have / we / done / to / deserve / this? Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.63,0:02:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES SILENT PAUSE] Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.09,0:02:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What / could / we / have / done / to / prevent\N/ it / from / happening? Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.98,0:02:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.58,0:02:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What / can / we / learn? Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.55,0:02:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.91,0:02:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where / do / we / go / from / here? Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.30,0:02:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.40,0:02:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What / do / we / know? Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.36,0:02:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.48,0:02:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How / have / we / changed? Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.41,0:02:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.55,0:02:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What / should / we / have / done / different\N/ -ly? Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.18,0:02:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.98,0:02:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who / can / we / trust? Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.93,0:02:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FAST] But if the work succeeds, Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.78,0:02:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's when you pass that point-- Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.35,0:02:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to almost close your eyes, Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.90,0:02:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all the clutter Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.02,0:02:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with all the noise that it makes Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.42,0:03:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to listen to that voice Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.65,0:03:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's speaking through the footage. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.78,0:03:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That voice, it's a pretty scared voice. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.28,0:03:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's pretty urgent, Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.22,0:03:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanding, aggressive, scared voice. Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.45,0:03:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I / don't / know / what / to / say. Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.34,0:03:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES SILENT PAUSE] Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.16,0:03:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FAST] That voice is, I suppose, in a way, Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.00,0:03:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of... Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.60,0:03:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those sort of agents or their doppelganger Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.63,0:03:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are used for me. Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.06,0:03:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.56,0:03:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every / time / I / try / to / speak / carefully, Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.07,0:03:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I / fuck / up / and / make / a / big / mess\N/ of / it / all. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.80,0:03:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN TAKES SILENT PAUSE]