['Lookie!' Fivers: Five Movies About...Star-Crossed Lovers]
[Sound: Music is heard.]
DAGMAR Hello, and welcome to this edition of 'Fivers,'
in which we sample five films about love-
SASHA -only these films are about
a specific kind of love story-
DAGMAR -where obstacles like personal circumstances-
SASHA -or even world events-
DAGMAR -conspire to separate two people.
DAGMAR This sampler features movies
about star-crossed lovers.
SASHA The phrase itself
stems from a play by William Shakespeare-
DAGMAR -about the doomed love-
SASHA -between two of the most well-known 'star-crossed' lovers of all -
DAGMAR - Romeo and Juliet (characters).
SASHA First we have...
DAGMAR In 1874, a person is born on the coldest day on earth.
SASHA A day so cold, that his heart freezes.
DAGMAR A kindly woman (Madeleine (char.)) saves his (Jack's (char.)) life,
by replacing his frozen heart
with a cuckoo clock.
SASHA But she (Madeleine) warns him-
SASHA -as he (Jack) grows older-
SASHA -that there are three things he must remember,
in order to survive...
[Twins Theatre seg.] [DAGMAR appears as MADELEINE (char.).] [Sound: Music is heard. Sound of clock ticking is heard.] DAGMAR as MADELEINE (char.) Never touch
DAGMAR as MADELEINE (char.) the hands of the clock...
DAGMAR as MADELEINE (char.) Don't lose
DAGMAR as MADELEINE (char.) your cool -
- be mild as a dove.
But the most
important
thing of all -
- is never, never, ever, ever-
-fall in love. [Note: Song in segment is replacement item for 'Three Rules'/'Les trois lois' song in film. Music track is 'March of the Spoons,' by Kevin MacLeod (see end credits), with lyrics by 'Lookie!']
DAGMAR Ultimately, it's love-
SASHA -which will be his (Jack's) undoing.
DAGMAR There are some spoilers coming up.
If you'd like to skip past the spoilers section, you can just click here. [Clickable link shown onscreen.]
[Sound: Three beeps are heard.]
DAGMAR Next, a film with a 'Romeo and Juliet' (characters; well-known example of fictional 'star-crossed' lovers) center-
SASHA -about lovers separated by warring factions-
DAGMAR -only with a
mystical bent.
SASHA A young boy is saved from a pack of wolves
by a mysterious young girl-
-who calls them (wolves) away
with a song on her pipe.
DAGMAR Years later,
the two meet again-
SASHA -only, this time,
in battle.
DAGMAR The film features magic-
SASHA -battles-
DAGMAR -passion-
SASHA -pageantry-
DAGMAR -sacrifice-
SASHA -revenge -
DAGMAR - and a love story-
SASHA - on a scale
which is probably best described
as - epic.
DAGMAR Next, a classic (1930s-1950s) title.
SASHA In 'Roman Holiday' (1953),
a [runaway] crown princess
is rescued by a journalist-
DAGMAR -who plans to sell a story
about the runaway royal
to the highest bidder.
SASHA But then -
DAGMAR - he falls in love with her.
[Twins Theatre seg.] [SASHA appears as JOE BRADLEY (char.). DAGMAR appears as HENNESSY (char.).] [Film quote(s) - paraphrased or mildly edited for length/clarity.] [Sound: Music is heard.] HENNESSY (DAGMAR) '[...] The princess story, the exclusive - did you get it?'
JOE BRADLEY (SASHA) 'No. I...didn't get it. [...].'
HENNESSY (DAGMAR) '[...] [Say...] you can't hold out on me.'
JOE BRADLEY (SASHA) 'Who's holding out on you?'
HENNESSY (DAGMAR) 'You are. [...].'
'First, you [...] ask about an exclusive [...].'
'[...] [Then] you disappear.'
'And then I [...] [hear a rumor] [...]
that the princess
isn't sick at all [...] -
she's out on the town.'
JOE BRADLEY (SASHA) '[...] You believe every two-bit rumor [...] [you hear]?'
'What kind of [journalist] are you.'
HENNESSY (DAGMAR) (Skeptically) 'Yeah?'
'[...] And a lot of other rumors [...]. [...]'
'It all adds up. [...].'
JOE BRADLEY (SASHA) '[...] [Want some coffee?]'
HENNESSY (DAGMAR) '[...] Don't [you] change the subject!'
'When you [...] [showed up] [...] in my office, yesterday-'
JOE BRADLEY (SASHA) '[...] [Look.] [...] I thought I had a [...] lead.'
'[...] I was wrong. [...]'
HENNESSY (DAGMAR) '[I want that story, Joe.].'
JOE BRADLEY (SASHA) '[I don't have a story to sell you.].'
SASHA The runaway royal
is self-absorbed and
thoughtless -
DAGMAR - but eventually learns a hard lesson-
SASHA -when forced to choose between
her duty to a nation -
DAGMAR - and her own heart.
SASHA Next, we have a 'Romeo and Juliet' pair-
DAGMAR -separated by conflicting allegiances.
SASHA It happens that their allegiances are to North-
DAGMAR -and South-
SASHA -Korea.
DAGMAR One is a sniper,
who's sworn to complete a mission
to assassinate several politicians -
SASHA - even at the cost of her own life.
DAGMAR The other
is an agent
on the other side -
SASHA - who has to stop her.
DAGMAR The story spotlights violence-
SASHA -news 'spin'-
DAGMAR -duty-
SASHA -rebellion-
SASHA -sacrifice-
DAGMAR -and ideologies at war -
SASHA - but addresses broader political issues
in visceral
and intensely personal ways.
DAGMAR Next, a rebellious and strong-willed advocate (Saamiya Siddiqui (char.))
meets a silent prisoner,
and tries to make sense of a case-
SASHA -with a puzzling
mystery at its heart.
DAGMAR Veer (title character) has been in prison for 22 years.
He (Veer) speaks to no one-
SASHA -and seems indifferent
as to whether he lives
or dies.
DAGMAR His (Veer's) visitor (Saamiya Siddiqui (char.))
is finally able
to break through the wall of silence.
SASHA Yet Veer (char.) refuses to let his counselor
call anyone
to testify on his (Veer's) behalf.
[Twins Theatre segment.] [DAGMAR appears as SAAMIYA. SASHA appears as VEER.] [Film quote(s). Paraphrased or mildly edited for length/clarity.] [Sound: Music is heard.] SAAMIYA (DAGMAR) 'I have to mention her (Zaara's) name.'
VEER (SASHA) 'No. [...].'
SAAMIYA (DAGMAR) '[...] Let me bring [even] [...]
[one person] [...] to the court-'
VEER (SASHA) (Shakes head to indicate 'no.')
SAAMIYA (DAGMAR) '[We have to] -
- in a [second]
the verdict will swing to our favor.'
'[You'll be free.]'
VEER (SASHA) (Doesn't respond.)
SAAMIYA (DAGMAR) (Mildly edited or paraphrased.) '[...] [You have to understand me.]'
'[We're losing this case.] [...].'
'[...] [A lot of prisoner's cases
come up] after they're dead.'
'You'll [never] get [this] chance/opportunity [again].'
'[Never.]'
'You'll die in vain.'
'[You'll die.]'
'[You'll die lying right here.]'
[Pause.]
'You'll die. [...]'
'[Don't you understand [me].'
DAGMAR But although this stoic prisoner
is willing to stay silent
unto the grave-
SASHA -his visitor refuses to let an innocent person
die in prison.
DAGMAR The prisoner refuses to speak up
to save himself.
DAGMAR But his counselor finds one person -
SASHA - who will.
DAGMAR Along with an epic love story,
the film features
lavish musical numbers,
which help relate Veer and Zaara's (title characters) love story-
SASHA -and their final fates.
DAGMAR And, finally...
SASHA The five films already mentioned
are stories about fictional lovers.
DAGMAR But here's a bonus title
DAGMAR about real-life lovers-
SASHA -separated by fate.
DAGMAR Historical drama, 'Адмиралъ' (Rus.),
or 'Admiral' (Eng.) (2008).
DAGMAR (shoot to side) The film relates the story
of poet Anna Timiryova (Анна Васильевна Тимирёва),
and naval commander Alexander Kolchak (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Колча́к).
SASHA In this case, political events separate them,
when [Alexander] Kolchak is executed in 1920,
at the age of 45.
DAGMAR [Anna] Timiryova lives for years afterwards,
but her life is made a misery
by the Soviet regime (orig.: régime)-
SASHA -as she's (Timiryova) considered to be
an 'enemy of the state'-
DAGMAR -due to her early connection to Kolchak.
SASHA As is the case with historical dramas,
the movie is a blend of fact and fiction -
DAGMAR - [for example,] private conversations would, of course, have to be imagined and scripted,
but otherwise, the majority of scenes are actually based on substantiated material.
SASHA The main theme
from the soundtrack for the film
is titled, 'Anna'- [Note: 'Anna' (song) composed by Igor Matvienko; performed by Victoria Dayneko.]
DAGMAR -and the lyrics are from a poem [Anna] Timiryova wrote about [Alexander] Kolchak -
- half a century after Kolchak's death,
- and only five years before her [Timiryova's] own death in 1975. [Shown onscreen: Source document, Timiryova poem; written in 1970; concluding lines shown in English translation.] [Sound: Music is heard.]
SASHA So, those are five movies -
DAGMAR - and a bonus title -
SASHA - about star-crossed lovers.
DAGMAR Feel free to add additional titles below.
SASHA Thanks for joining us -
DAGMAR - and see you in the next episode.
[Sound: Music is heard.]
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