Summer in the City

I said that he had stupidly long hair

and asked how he knew that I was being released from prison today.

He said the lawyer told him.

I asked if there is a heater in this car.

I asked, "Where we are going?"

Jonas wants to see you.

I said that I didn't want to have anything to do with this old story.

That Jonas is crazy.

That I knew just as little about where the money is as you.

That I didn't want to have anything to do with this situation.

That I served my time in jail and didn't rat anybody out.

I don't know anything, do you understand?

I said, "Put different music on or at least turn the volume lower."

I asked him to stop at the next cigarette machine

and to give me a one mark coin.

Up there.

I complained that the jukebox is still playing Italian records...

That I pushed my songs in over fifteen minutes ago.

Could you turn up the music?

I said, "Could I have the telephone?

...and turn the music lower."

Yes?

Hello.

Who is there?

I asked her to give me change for 50 pfennig. I only need one groschen.

Peter? It's me.

Yeah. How are you?

Nervous?

Ask him if you can meet him, where, and preferably soon.

Yes, of course I can do that.

Where are you right now?

The sheriff shoots after him and... and... hits the water container and...

the other guys say, "Now you missed" and he says, "No, I did hit the target."

And then they flee through a desert and...

they find a gypsy convoy which was robbed...

and only one woman is still alive... and...

she just had a baby and... she dies...

and the three guys take the kid

and find a book about how to take care of a baby...

and they try to do their best to take care of the baby...

and at the end... only Wayne is left and...

he comes to a town with the baby...

the town is called something like

New Bethlehem, or New Jerusalem...

he still meets some thieves on the way and...

and at the end when he comes to town

with the kid there is a star over it and...

that is like, like... somebody said,

how is it possible that John Wayne suddenly has anything to do

with the three holy men?

And, all of sudden,

he has something to do with them, that's clear.

That's like... in Hatari ,

like they told themselves,

"How do we do it,

that Wayne has a bird cage on his head?"

But it needs to be completely serious...

and it can't be funny.

I said that I was in the mood to see a movie at the cinema.

What film would you like to go and see?

I don't know, but I would like to see an old black and white film.

I don't want to see a new film now.

One could go and see Alphaville .

"Automatic Food Market"

I said, "I'll give you 20 Marks if you just drive me around...

Lanzberger Street, straight up and far out."

I asked him if this is not the spot where the Auguster Cinema once stood.

He said that they just recently made a supermarket out of it.

Even the Crystal and the Film Burg have closed down.

The Film Burg is now a flea market.

Hello? It's me...

Nothing... yeah...

It's alright.

Listen, can I stay with you for a few days?

Yeah, even tonight, if that's OK with you.

OK, listen. The street car is coming. I gotta go... I'll be right over.

Aren't you very tired?

No, I am not tired.

Can you put a record on?

With pleasure.

I want to read a little bit now.

Don't you have any crime novels?

There is one right on top there.

???

I'm also gonna get you a blanket.

Here.

I am going to sleep now.

Good night.

Is it the TV that makes the high pitched whistle?

Yes.

I said that I wouldn't know any of these new records.

Don't you have any records by The Kinks?

The Troggs.

I wanna hear that one.

Did you sleep well?

At 7 AM the jack-hammer started making noise downstairs.

I didn't go back to sleep after that.

I said that I might go to Berlin.

I said that in Berlin,

a house was demolished on the corner of Kurfursten Damm & Bleichtreu St.

A grey, five story house.

There were a bunch of people there... and two big bulldozers.

It was in the late afternoon.

It was almost dark and the sky was blue, even though it was November.

Over the hole in the ground, the sky was devided vertically.

On the left side it was blue,

and on the right side there was a wall of dust and smoke

which reached into the horizon.

I said that the sky was almost too blue and too dark.

Maybe a little stronger and heavier maybe.

Yesterday at around 5 PM, I took a taxi into town.

Because of the heavy traffic, we had to wait at many traffic lights.

Two times I observed drivers who took a pill

while they were waiting for the light to change.

Yes, he is here. Just a moment.

Hans? Hans...

Jonas or something like that.

I have to leave immediately. Can you give me The Troggs record... as a gift?

I am also taking the book.

It's me.

Me!

Yeah?

Yeah... OK.

I'll see you in a second.

Shit.

No, he isn't here anymore. He left an hour ago.

He said something about Switzerland. I think he wanted to rent a car.

Christian, could you come by with your car?

Yes, it's very important. OK, bye.

Do you know the people in the car behind us?

We have to get rid of them.

The Chevy is too fat.

Where do you want to look now?

Somewhere in the area where he used to live.

Where do we drive to now?

The airport is our best bet now.

I bought a ticket for you. 4:15 PM on the Pan Am to Berlin.

Going to Berlin is a good idea.

I said that wish I could have gone to the cinema in Munich.

In Berlin, they very rarely play good movies.

And the theaters are nicer in Munich, also.

In Berlin, near the place where I used to live,

there is a gas station with the Company logo for "AMOCO".

I said that when I first saw the word "AMOC"

appear between the old buildings, I got a big shock.

I could have never imagined this.

When I walked a few more steps, the whole sign was visible.

I will probably never see these "AMOCO" gas stations again.

It's probably an Italian brand.

The company logo is an oval,

with blue writing on red background.

Or white writing on blue and red background.

***Difficult to understand.***

***Something about a forest,***

***coal and people that sell coal on the side of the road.***

There is not enough coal,

and some old people died because they froze to death.

Is it my turn?

I went for a walk this afternoon.

I started to run after a while.