THE FILM RADIO DRAMA ARCHIVEV9 DRAFTv216

Dialogue and takes

Everything that makes a sound. The scene as written, read by a stand in voice, and Manan’s own recorded takes. The words themselves are on the film page under each frame, which is where they are needed; this is for listening, choosing a take and taking the files.

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THE BRAIN BRAKE, HRVATSKI V332 dijelova, oko pet minuta. Srecko i Gabrijela.

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32PLAYLIST

HRVATSKI V3, SRECKO I GABRIJELA

NARATOR Maratonac trči. Duga cesta, ravnomjeran korak, čovjek koji ovo radi cijeli život. A svijet

101 NARATOR37.99 s

NARATOR Vozi bicikl. Ispituje gdje mu je granica, opet i opet. Umara se, i nailazi na zid.

202 NARATOR8.71 s

NARATOR Zatvara oči.

303 NARATOR2.02 s

NARATOR Od tog trenutka film mijenja svoja pravila i više ih ne vraća. Prije su stvari dolazile k

404 NARATOR24.77 s

NARATOR Stiže pred vrata koja već svijetle, i biva uvučen kroz njih umjesto da ušeta. Odmičemo se,

505 NARATOR16.42 s

NARATOR Letimo njezinim hodnicima. Vrata nemaju imena na sebi. Imaju oblike utisnute u glinu: miši

606 NARATOR15.65 s

NARATOR Onda vrata s ključem na sebi. I ulazi.

707 NARATOR4.49 s

NARATOR Unutra, mali mozak u stolici pred zidom punim brojčanika. I on ga je čekao.

808 NARATOR7.08 s

COACH BRAIN Ah. Tu si. Očekivao sam te.

909 COACH BRAIN4.99 s

COACH BRAIN Prije nego počnemo. Podigni mi desnu ruku.

1010 COACH BRAIN4.51 s

MANAN Pokušavam.

1111 MANAN1.54 s

COACH BRAIN Znam.

1212 COACH BRAIN1.51 s

MANAN Ne mogu. Zašto je ne mogu pomaknuti?

1313 MANAN3.72 s

COACH BRAIN Probaj sada.

1414 COACH BRAIN1.87 s

MANAN To si bio ti. Nikada to nije ni bila moja ruka.

1515 MANAN4.27 s

COACH BRAIN Ruka je uvijek tvoja. Dopuštenje je moje.

1616 COACH BRAIN4.54 s

NARATOR Onda njih dvojica to iznose na ploče. Nijedna ploča ne dolazi gotova. Manan bijelom kredom

1717 NARATOR12.82 s

MANAN Tisuću devetsto dvadeset treća. Hill stavlja trkače na traku i mjeri sve što rade. Njegov

1818 MANAN10.06 s

MANAN Trčiš. Mišić troši svoj kisik. Gorivo se potroši. I kad spremnik pokaže prazno, tijelo sta

1919 MANAN8.62 s

NARATOR Coach Brain odgovara na bijeloj ploči crnim markerom. Isti raspored, ista tri retka, isti

2020 NARATOR10.13 s

COACH BRAIN Puls, dah, temperatura, voda, udaljenost. Čitam sve to, cijelo vrijeme. I postavljam jedno

2121 COACH BRAIN12.1 s

COACH BRAIN Kad odgovor počne izgledati kao ne, usporim te. Dakle ne. Umor je u mozgu, a ne u tvojim n

2222 COACH BRAIN15.82 s

COACH BRAIN Kad te ja zaustavim, gorivo je još uvijek tu.

2323 COACH BRAIN3.74 s

MANAN Znači zid...

2424 MANAN1.7 s

COACH BRAIN Je broj koji sam ja odabrao. Pažljivo. Da te održim na životu.

2525 COACH BRAIN6.7 s

MANAN Onda to može biti i drugi broj.

2626 MANAN2.57 s

NARATOR Dolaze do zaključka zajedno. Onda ga vrtlog nosi natrag dolje, i ključ pada s njim.

2727 NARATOR7.1 s

NARATOR Coach Brain ga pušta, i on pada kroz prazan kadar. Okreće se i raste dok dolazi, a iza nje

2828 NARATOR30.7 s

NARATOR Na putu prema dolje prelazi iz crteža olovkom u fotografiju, i nijedan pojedini kadar nije

2929 NARATOR8.04 s

NARATOR Manan ga hvata na dnu.

3030 NARATOR2.45 s

NARATOR Odjavna špica, od kartice do kartice, kroz oblake.

3131 NARATOR4.66 s

NARATOR Posvećeno Gospodinu Ganeshi. Uklonitelju prepreka.

3232 NARATOR5.06 s

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THE BRAIN BRAKE, NA HRVATSKOM33 dijelova, tri glasa, oko četiri minute. S teorijama i posvetom.

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HRVATSKI, V2, S TEORIJAMA

NARATOR Dječak trči. Nije utrka, nije natjecanje, samo dječak na cesti. A svijet kroz koji trči ne

101 NARATOR31.46 s

NARATOR Vozi bicikl. Ispituje gdje mu je granica, opet i opet. Umara se, i nailazi na zid.

202 NARATOR6.46 s

NARATOR Zatvara oči.

303 NARATOR1.2 s

NARATOR Od tog trenutka film mijenja svoja pravila i više ih ne vraća. Prije su stvari dolazile k

404 NARATOR21.5 s

NARATOR Stiže pred vrata koja već svijetle, i biva uvučen kroz njih umjesto da ušeta. Odmičemo se,

505 NARATOR13.58 s

NARATOR Letimo njezinim hodnicima. Vrata nemaju imena na sebi. Imaju oblike utisnute u glinu: miši

606 NARATOR10.68 s

NARATOR Onda vrata s ključem na sebi. I ulazi.

707 NARATOR3.29 s

NARATOR Unutra, mali mozak u stolici pred zidom punim brojčanika. I on ga je čekao.

808 NARATOR7.3 s

COACH BRAIN Ah. Tu si. Očekivao sam te.

909 COACH BRAIN3.38 s

COACH BRAIN Prije nego počnemo. Podigni mi desnu ruku.

1010 COACH BRAIN2.95 s

MANAN Pokušavam.

1111 MANAN0.91 s

COACH BRAIN Znam.

1212 COACH BRAIN0.6 s

MANAN Ne mogu. Zašto je ne mogu pomaknuti?

1313 MANAN3.77 s

COACH BRAIN Probaj sada.

1414 COACH BRAIN1.8 s

MANAN To si bio ti. Nikada to nije ni bila moja ruka.

1515 MANAN3.84 s

COACH BRAIN Ruka je uvijek tvoja. Dopuštenje je moje.

1616 COACH BRAIN3.89 s

NARATOR Onda njih dvojica to iznose na ploče. Nijedna ploča ne dolazi gotova. Manan bijelom kredom

1717 NARATOR10.15 s

MANAN Tisuću devetsto dvadeset treća. Hill stavlja trkače na traku i mjeri sve što rade. Njegov

1818 MANAN8.16 s

MANAN Trčiš. Mišić troši svoj kisik. Gorivo se potroši. I kad spremnik pokaže prazno, tijelo sta

1919 MANAN7.94 s

NARATOR Coach Brain odgovara na bijeloj ploči crnim markerom. Isti raspored, ista tri retka, isti

2020 NARATOR7.66 s

COACH BRAIN Puls, dah, temperatura, voda, udaljenost. Čitam sve to, cijelo vrijeme. I postavljam jedno

2121 COACH BRAIN8.88 s

COACH BRAIN Kad odgovor počne izgledati kao ne, usporim te. Dakle ne. Umor je u mozgu, a ne u tvojim n

2222 COACH BRAIN11.23 s

COACH BRAIN Kad te ja zaustavim, gorivo je još uvijek tu.

2323 COACH BRAIN3.46 s

MANAN Znači zid...

2424 MANAN1.13 s

COACH BRAIN Je broj koji sam ja odabrao. Pažljivo. Da te održim na životu.

2525 COACH BRAIN4.99 s

MANAN Onda to može biti i drugi broj.

2626 MANAN2.35 s

NARATOR Dolaze do zaključka zajedno. Onda ga vrtlog nosi natrag dolje, i ključ pada s njim.

2727 NARATOR5.64 s

NARATOR Coach Brain ga pušta, i on pada kroz prazan kadar. Okreće se i raste dok dolazi, a iza nje

2828 NARATOR25.18 s

NARATOR Na putu prema dolje prelazi iz crteža olovkom u fotografiju, i nijedan pojedini kadar nije

2929 NARATOR7.82 s

NARATOR Manan ga hvata na dnu.

3030 NARATOR1.51 s

NARATOR Njihove dvije ruke nikada nisu u istom kadru, jer između njih leži cijeli pad. To je namje

3131 NARATOR11.66 s

NARATOR Odjavna špica, od kartice do kartice, kroz oblake.

3232 NARATOR4.22 s

NARATOR Posvećeno Gospodinu Ganeshi. Uklonitelju prepreka.

3333 NARATOR4.06 s

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THE BRAIN BRAKE, READ ALOUD23 parts, three voices, about three minutes.

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THE FILM, AS IT READS OFF THE PAGE

NARRATOR A boy runs. Not a race, not a competition, just a boy on a road. And the world he runs thr

101 NARRATOR29.35 s

NARRATOR He rides a bicycle. He tests where his limit is, again and again. He gets tired, and he me

202 NARRATOR8.42 s

NARRATOR He closes his eyes.

303 NARRATOR1.66 s

NARRATOR From that moment the film changes its rules and never changes them back. Before, things ca

404 NARRATOR19.03 s

NARRATOR He arrives at a door already giving off light, and he is drawn through it rather than walk

505 NARRATOR14.42 s

NARRATOR We fly along its corridors. The doors do not have names on them. They have shapes pressed

606 NARRATOR10.99 s

NARRATOR Then a door with a key on it. And he goes in.

707 NARRATOR3.43 s

NARRATOR Inside, a small brain in a chair at a wall of dials. And he has been waiting.

808 NARRATOR5.9 s

COACH BRAIN Ah. There you are. I was expecting you.

909 COACH BRAIN3.82 s

COACH BRAIN Before we start. Lift your right arm for me.

1010 COACH BRAIN3.19 s

MANAN I'm trying.

1111 MANAN1.34 s

COACH BRAIN I know.

1212 COACH BRAIN0.84 s

MANAN I can't. Why can't I move it?

1313 MANAN3.38 s

COACH BRAIN Try now.

1414 COACH BRAIN1.01 s

MANAN That was you. It was never my arm at all.

1515 MANAN3.48 s

COACH BRAIN It is always your arm. The permission is mine.

1616 COACH BRAIN4.13 s

NARRATOR Then the two of them put it on the boards. Neither board arrives finished. Manan writes wh

1717 NARRATOR18.77 s

NARRATOR They reach a conclusion together. Then the vortex takes him back down, and the key falls w

1818 NARRATOR6.46 s

NARRATOR Coach Brain lets it go, and it falls through an empty frame. It turns and it grows as it c

1919 NARRATOR25.25 s

NARRATOR On the way down it crosses from a pencil drawing to a photograph, and no single frame is t

2020 NARRATOR6.67 s

NARRATOR Manan catches it at the bottom.

2121 NARRATOR1.9 s

NARRATOR Their two hands are never in the same frame, because an entire descent lies between them.

2222 NARRATOR12.7 s

NARRATOR Credits, flying card to card through cloud. Then a dedication.

2323 NARRATOR5.02 s

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THE SCENE, READ19 lines. A stand in read, for timing and for the cut.

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COACH Ah. There you are. I was expecting you.

1Ah. There you are. I was expecting you.3.34 s

COACH Before we start. Lift your right arm for me.

2Before we start. Lift your right arm for me.2.98 s

MANAN I'm trying.

3I'm trying.0.94 s

COACH I know.

4I know.0.74 s

MANAN I can't. Why can't I move it?

5I can't. Why can't I move it?2.71 s

COACH Try now.

6Try now.0.94 s

MANAN It's back. It just came back.

7It's back. It just came back.2.26 s

COACH It never went anywhere. I simply stopped signing for it.

8It never went anywhere. I simply stopped signing for3.79 s

MANAN That was you. It was never my arm at all.

9That was you. It was never my arm at all.3.43 s

COACH It is always your arm. The permission is mine.

10It is always your arm. The permission is mine.3.55 s

MANAN But I was taught it works the other way. Nineteen twenty three. You run, the muscle burns its fuel, the fuel runs out, and the body stops. The tank is empty.

11But I was taught it works the other way. Nineteen tw10.58 s

COACH And when you collapsed on that road. Was the tank empty?

12And when you collapsed on that road. Was the tank em3.82 s

MANAN No. There was some left.

13No. There was some left.2.14 s

COACH There is always some left.

14There is always some left.2.14 s

COACH I read the heat, the distance, how this went last time, and I decide how much you may have. Then I take the rest away, long before anything is actually in danger.

15I read the heat, the distance, how this went last ti11.18 s

MANAN So the wall...

16So the wall...2.47 s

COACH Is a number I chose. Carefully. To keep you alive.

17Is a number I chose. Carefully. To keep you alive.3.43 s

MANAN Then it can be a different number.

18Then it can be a different number.2.02 s

COACH Now you understand what I do.

19Now you understand what I do.2.06 s

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THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE43 takes. Manan, and Manan as Coach Brain.

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MANAN, THE OLD THEORY

1923, A.V. Hill puts runners on a treadmill and measures everything they do.

1rec 3-take315.55 s

2rec 4-take213.27 s

3rec 2-take212.91 s

4rec 2-take612.29 s

5rec 2-take711.98 s

6rec 2-take911.26 s

7rec 1-take24.66 s

8rec 1-take12.33 s

9rec 4-take12.16 s

10rec 2-take82.11 s

Fatigue is in the muscle.

11rec 2-take46.12 s

12rec 2-take55.88 s

13rec 2-take15.14 s

14rec 2-take32.98 s

15rec 3-take12.88 s

16rec 2-take132.42 s

You run, the muscle burns through its oxygen.

17rec 2-take1031.49 s

18rec 2-take155.78 s

19rec 2-take125.74 s

20rec 2-take114.75 s

21rec 2-take144.7 s

22rec 3-take44.63 s

23rec 4-take34.22 s

The fuel runs out.

24rec 3-take23.34 s

And when the tank reads empty, the body stops.

25rec 4-take410.68 s

26rec 2-take1810.51 s

27rec 3-take510.03 s

28rec 2-take174.68 s

29rec 2-take162.71 s

MANAN AS COACH BRAIN

Heart rate, breath, temperature, water, distance. I read all of it, all the time.

30cb 3-take111.28 s

31cb 2-take19.31 s

32cb 1-take26.19 s

33cb 1-take14.18 s

Fatigue is in the brain, not in your legs. Up here.

34cb 3-take312.34 s

35cb 2-take28.42 s

36cb 1-take36.0 s

37cb 1-take53.24 s

38cb 1-take42.81 s

39cb 2-take32.69 s

It decides when to stop.

40cb 3-take43.55 s

41cb 1-take62.93 s

When I stop you, the fuel is still there.

42cb 1-take76.82 s

43cb 3-take56.17 s

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