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don't be foolish

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Cut!

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Elsa

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you're playing the words - don't deliver the line,

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deliver what's behind it

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That's not how the line was yesterday

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Yesterday doesn't exist

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the line could be from a tooth powder

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I want what's underneath

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alright back to one. Camera

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camera rolling

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sound

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sound rolling

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Action!

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don't be foolish

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Cut!

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I need that touch to be slower

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more delicate

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that touch comes from the feeling

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and you just told me to play the subtext

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if I slow it down it won't be real

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then make it real slower

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so, feelings have a speed limit?

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only when they're in close up

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funny, I thought you wanted authenticity

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not choreography

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the lens doesn't care about your sincerity

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if the gesture looks like a slap in a soft focus

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then perhaps the lens should direct

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and we can all go home early

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alright

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slower, more delicate and real, if that pleases you

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camera!

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camera rolling

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Sound!

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sound rolling

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action!

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don't be foolish

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cut!

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quieter Elsa

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it's a close up not a Broadway matinee

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what was that?

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there are roosters on stage 7

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we have a problem

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alright five minute break

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Makeup freshening

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is this for reverse angles?

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honey I don't know

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hello again

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we're not sure yet if it's the reverse coverage

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or still the same shot

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but I'll freshen you up just in case

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you were absolutely fantastic

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partnering Miss Rosenthal

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I couldn't take my eyes off you!

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I'll quickly adjust the tone,

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add a touch of blush and we'll be all set

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taking down a bit of shine with this blotting paper

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They always overwrite these scenes

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How am I supposed to concentrate on the character?

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I know

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The rewrites, the rushed takes—I hate it as much as you do

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Do you?

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Because it feels like I’m discovering a new script every morning with my coffee

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Listen. It’s not me.

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Blue Lamp is breathing down our necks. They have five films in post...

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tiding up your brows just a bit

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Ah, yes. The mighty Blue Lamp Pictures.

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Should I act faster too, so we can produce three more films this week?

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No need to act faster, Elsa. Just… quieter

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Quieter, faster. Anything else?

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Perhaps I should mime the part to save time on dialogue?

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Honey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…

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you know how much we all love you! you are our star.

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Blue Lamp is outperforming us. But they don’t have you

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And that’s why we’re not making five films a week—we’re making this one count.

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Flattery won't fix the script, you know.

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Give me lines that stay the same for longer than a day.

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now touch your pancake to even things out

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don't worry just smoothing, not layering

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Elsa, I’ve been watching the rushes. I need more suspense there

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Not just the words—let the space between them feel heavier

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It’s not what you say. It’s what you don’t.

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And when you speak it’s more of a whispering.

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is the blue lamp whisper too?

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or is it just our grand new philosophy?

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I’m sure if we whisper first,

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they'll do the same. Look at last year

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we have 'Marble and Steam' -

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Blue Lamp follows with ‘Daughters of Athena.’

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We produce ‘The Harpy’s Mercy,’

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they counter with ‘Adrift Without Wings.’

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We release “Pirates in Disguise”,

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they roll out “Jester in disguise”.

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brilliant. What’s next?

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We make a film about mirrors, and they release one about reflections.

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just a sweep of powder

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a sweep of Rouge

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I think we're done

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and now I'll go to another star

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I might go back to you

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we have another person to fix your hair

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but I think you don't need it

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it's pretty well

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but even if no one comes I can help with your hair

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right

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first two lamps are still heating up

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which ones?

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stage left near the entrance

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they're cooking the extras

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throw some diffusion over them

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and another thing: those rugs for the train set,

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they sent us wrong color, should we send them back?

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no, no time for that

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I'll deal with it, I have someone

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oh and sound department

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say there's not enough space to hide the microphones

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when we get to the train set

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I'll have a look, but remind them

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it's their job

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to find the space, not mine.

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sure

0:12:07.466,0:12:09.933
there's a censorship problem with the script

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they flagged the part where they talk about the outline

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it's absurd!

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They say it’s too suggestive,

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might be interpreted as anti-authority.

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it's just a coded phrase between spies!

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they don't want codes,

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they are saying if we don't change it

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we'll lose part of the funding

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and where do they expect us to cut now?

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the train set

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seriously?

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what else?

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Miss Rosenthal wants to reshoot the dinner scene

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really?

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she locked herself in her dressing room

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won't answer

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tell her I'll replace her

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she's got a contract for three more pictures

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not a problem

0:12:52.966,0:12:55.966
oh and tell her to quit lifting her chin

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like she's in a silent picture

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we're past those days

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Miss Bleumir is ready for rehearsal

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she's in makeup now, hair is nearly done

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But since they’re are both in the scene, what do we do?

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who's on makeup today?

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Annie

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ask Annie to sit in for Elsa

0:13:20.466,0:13:21.900
there's barely any dialogue

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she just needs to take the spot

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sure

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Alright everyone! let's get back to it, this is a rehearsal

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not a performance

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but let's pretend we know the difference

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the low murmur of the room shifts

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eyes are drawn to the entrance

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as the countess strides in

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wrapped in a midnight blue silk gown

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she moves like...

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Where's my dress?

0:13:55.966,0:13:59.500
right where's the blue silk gown?

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the blue silk gown? it's... in an hour or two

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she moves like she owns the place

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exuding the kind of presence that commands attention

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without a word, she sweeps her gaze across the room

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and upon spotting Celine and SW

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makes her way toward them

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Ah! just two people I hope to find!

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don't just say the line

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you were hoping to find this person

0:14:37.666,0:14:40.466
I need to see this in your eyes

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this is the only one who matters right?

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okay

0:14:46.762,0:14:48.493
Of course

0:14:50.833,0:14:52.800
Ah! just two people I hope to find!

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very good but don't disregard Celine

0:14:56.566,0:14:59.366
we can't let the audience suspect she's in the way

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just... you know

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right

0:15:07.033,0:15:09.600
Ah! just two people I hope to find!

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she reaches the table

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placing her gloved hand on the back of an empty chair

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before tilting her head slightly

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um tell me

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will you both be taking the Cairo Rxpress as well?

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SW

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why do you ask?

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because I do love a good journey

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and something tells me

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this one will be particularly eventful

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she signals a waiter

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with a graceful flick of her fingers

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champagne darling!

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no matter where one he's headed

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one should travel in style

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very good now

0:15:49.033,0:15:50.466
very good now

0:15:50.466,0:15:52.500
one more time without my corrections

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right from... just the two people

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from jus#jhnio8i9800-

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from 'just the two people i hoped to find'

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yeah

0:16:05.100,0:16:08.100
Ah! just two people I hope to find!

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tell me

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will you both be taking the Cairo Express as well?

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stop! what's wrong with that light?

0:16:16.366,0:16:18.333
uh it's been flickering all day

0:16:25.200,0:16:26.566
problem solved

0:16:29.500,0:16:35.933
now let's do from... let's start from... from the beginning

0:16:36.066,0:16:36.866
yeah

0:16:37.966,0:16:38.866
okay yeah

0:16:39.033,0:16:42.171
Ah! just two people I hope to find!

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Dinner break!

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I suppose we have a break

0:16:48.033,0:16:52.347
does this outline need to be so obvious?

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Elsa!

0:16:53.466,0:16:58.733
it's 'have to be obvious' not 'need to be' - that's the line

0:16:59.266,0:17:07.100
yes but 'have' feels too stiff, 'need' is softer, it's better

0:17:07.100,0:17:08.316
don't you agree ?

0:17:08.316,0:17:09.600
it's supposed to be stiff

0:17:09.600,0:17:13.766
the character is biting a little not caressing

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maybe she should caress a little?

0:17:16.066,0:17:18.933
people remember softness more than stiffness

0:17:19.366,0:17:20.579
just say the line fine

0:17:20.579,0:17:21.793
fine

0:17:21.793,0:17:23.793
and drop your chin

0:17:25.233,0:17:29.766
does this outline have to be so obvious?

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too loud

0:17:33.966,0:17:37.381
it's a rehearsal, we're not recording sound

0:17:37.381,0:17:40.100
No. But I can still hear you with my eyes

0:17:41.666,0:17:45.916
does this outline have to be so obvious?

0:17:45.916,0:17:48.000
Elsa you're yelling

0:17:48.966,0:17:52.600
does this outline have to be so obvious?

0:17:53.000,0:17:55.166
this is not about the outline

0:18:03.400,0:18:08.800
does this outline have to be so obvious ?

0:18:08.800,0:18:10.133
what was that?

0:18:11.433,0:18:14.766
does this outline have to be so obvious?

0:18:14.766,0:18:19.300
better but still not quite... whatever keep going...

0:18:19.500,0:18:24.666
does this outline have to be so obvious?

0:18:24.866,0:18:27.266
now you're just torturing it

0:18:27.766,0:18:29.839
you are torturing me!

0:18:29.839,0:18:31.595
the line isn't the problem Elsa

0:18:31.595,0:18:33.500
it's the spirit behind it

0:18:36.566,0:18:41.066
does this outline have to be so obvious?

0:18:41.200,0:18:44.266
better but now your sarcasm is too loud

0:18:45.700,0:18:50.866
does this outline have to be so obvious

0:18:51.400,0:18:53.200
if we stretch this out any longer

0:18:53.200,0:18:55.566
we'll be rehearsing straight into next week

0:18:55.800,0:18:57.566
we've got a train set waiting for us

0:18:57.566,0:18:59.400
you know time is money

0:19:01.200,0:19:04.400
this is because of you not me!

0:19:05.000,0:19:08.366
the studio's got a peculiar taste and it's casting

0:19:08.566,0:19:10.266
I say that much ...

0:19:10.266,0:19:14.466
Alright take 5 - if you wanna run the lines now's the time

0:19:20.866,0:19:24.133
excuse me may I help you with the rehearsal?

0:19:50.600,0:19:54.566
alright I'll do all the parts and you do you

0:19:54.566,0:19:55.900
you you your part

0:20:04.866,0:20:07.333
interior: private club night

0:20:10.100,0:20:11.900
haze of cigar smoke lingers

0:20:11.900,0:20:15.733
beneath the gilded chandeliers

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the air hums with quiet conversations

0:20:19.900,0:20:21.700
the clink of crystal glasses

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and the occasional burst of laughter

0:20:26.266,0:20:31.000
from figures draped in evening finery

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At a corner table, CELINE and SW sit

0:20:41.366,0:20:42.866
in the dim glow of a table lamp,

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their posture casual but their eyes ever-watchful.

0:20:53.633,0:20:55.300
alright your text

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this isn't the safest place for conversations