Song to Song

Synopsis: Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Terrence Malick
Production: Broad Green Pictures
  8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
2017
129 min
£421,856
Website
2,693 Views


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("VISION" BY KLAUS WIESE PLAYING)

()

FAYE:
I went through a period...

when sex had to be violent.

I was desperate to feel something real,.

Nothing felt real.

Every kiss felt like half

of what it should be.

You're just reaching for air.

("NEVER LE NKEMISE 2"

BY DIE ANTWOORD PLAYING)

Just because

The whole world's gone dwanky

Doesn't mean

We f***in' gonna go out like that, too

F*** the system

We have our own system

We make our own rules

We don't answer to no one

That's right

We keep it gangsta

We keep it Zef

We keep it pumping

Off its motherfucking face

One time

Vuilgeboosted warrior styles

Yo, DJ Hi-Tek

Gooi roof, homeboy...

(BEAT PULSES)

(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

(SONG FADING)

(FAST TECHNO SONG PLAYING)

BV:
We have to sing.

Help people by lifting their heads.

Yeah, yeah..-

(SONG CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

(RAUCOUS CHEERING)

(CHEERING FADES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

It's not all real.

FAYE:
I thought you had to know

the right people...

("SYMPHONY NO. 2, MOV. 3"

BY GUSTAV MAHLER PLAYING)

get close to them.

The ones who could give you

what you need...

()

to get through the fence.

("TAKE MY HEART" BY BLACK LIPS PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES)

GIRL:
Oh! He flying!

He went away!

FAYE:
I wanted experience.

I told myself...

any experience is better

than no experience.

("FROM THE ABYSS"

BY ZBIGNIEW PREISNER PLAYING)

(CROWD SWELLS IN DISTANCE)

I wanted to live....

(crowd cheering and scattered whistles)

sing my song.

(MUSIC FADES WITH THE WIND)

("FOR OUR SAKE" BY GAL PALS PLAYING)

You going for a swim, Melissa?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

COOK:
This is the Doctor.

Have a party for him every year.

Celebrate.

To the Doctor.

Eternity.

Don't be shy.

It's okay. It's a special thing.

It's a special thing.

- COOK:
It's a special thing.

- Okay.

COOK:
Do you like these people?

Why not? What have you got against them?

- I don't even know them.

- Well, get to know them.

You had to pick one.

There's one girl in a...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Good Lord, now...

What's your name?

Oh, I've been changed

I said that

I... I...

Know I've been changed

Whoo, yeah..-

I know

Know I've been changed

Angels

Angels in Heaven

Done signed my name

Well...

Let's go from the top again,

just 'cause I want your tongue

to be three times the size it should be.

(MAN LAUGHING) Yes, Sir.

(HORNS PLAYING)

(HORNS FADE)

(BIRDS SINGING OUTSIDE)

FAYE:
His hands were in everything.

The money, the fame.

I Thought he could help me.-...

if I paid my dues.

(FAYE LAUGHS)

You probably have a boyfriend, huh?

FAYE:
He told me I was pretty.

What's his name?

BV:
Just tell me a complete lie.

You could... you could

say anything you want to me.

That's the fun about me.

(CAR HORN HONKS)

("ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN'"

BY ELMORE JAMES PLAYING)

I rolled and I tumbled

I cried the whole night long

Yes '

I roll and I tumble

I cried the whole night long...

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

FAYE:
f lied to you.

(INSECTS WHIRRING)

(WOMAN THROUGH MICROPHONE) And, People,

you are the future!

You will decide what happens

to our world!

What happens to the birds of the air,

the fish in the sea,

the water that we drink.

You will decide what happens to our world.

You, people, you are the future!

And the future is now!

I think you should tell him...

about us.

COOK:
We were together

before he even knew us.

(MUFFLED)

Right.

MAN:
Are you looking?

MAN 2:
Yes!

MAN 3:
Oh, yeah!

That's old. That's been there.

(UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)

(CROWD CLAMORS)

Oh, I was there this summer.

What about a job? You working this year?

I have a few different jobs, you know?

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Terrence Malick

Terrence Frederick Malick is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as part of the New Hollywood film-making wave with the critically acclaimed films Badlands and Days of Heaven, before a lengthy hiatus. more…

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