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Life is like a film [480p & 720p Movies Download | Mkvking.com]

Each of us is the lead in our own film [480p & 720p Movies Download | Mkvking.com]

Some might assume he is also the co-lead in someone else's film

But in fact, his role is merely supporting

Or just a bit part

Or worse... his scenes could have been edited out

He just doesn't know it

Like the mother and child here

The girl will certainly be the lead in her mother's film

Yet, in ten years

How important would the role of the mother be in her daughter's film?

I'm responsible for keeping track of these deleted footages

I make sure they are intact

Because people do make mistakes in editing all the time

When they realize they made the wrong cut...

I'd deliver the footages back to them

The destination of my next delivery is here

The time is now

The set is done

The studio is lit

The door is open

Costumes' been chosen

Vocals' been sweetened

Rhythm' been enlivened

All ready and waiting

Shoot-the past and present

Shoot-love and pain

Shoot-tangled rivalries

All are nothing, but an illusion

No less than a blink

No more than an eternity

It's heaven nevertheless

How close is the present how distant are the memories?

How stressful is the past how tiring is the present?

"In a world where love's forgotten can a memory be born to last?"

What kind of a love story can pay for your living?

Who would allow this story the highest glory?

Perhaps all love stories do not come easy

But they're just words on a blackboard such is the irony

Wipe away the past and present

Wipe away love and pain

Wipe away the rivalries

All are nothing, but an illusion

No less than a blink

No more than an eternity

What kind of heaven is that?

Oh, this love story

Forget this love story

Hold onto this love story

Oh this love story

Forget this love story

Hold onto this love story

How close is the present how distant are the memories?

How stressful is the past how tiring is the present?

"In a world where love's forgotten can a memory be born to last?"

How close is the present how distant are the memories?

How stressful is the past how tiring is the present?

"In a world where love's forgotten can a memory be born to last?"

Or fade like a picture on a silver screen

Cut

Cut!

Slate... Clap-board!

Do we have a take?

Is lunch ready?

Let's break now

Meal break!

Mr. Nie!

Wanna be an actress? Meet the director!

How's it going?

The love amongst the leads is way too artificial

What do you mean?

She read your script yesterday and cried so many times

- Didn't you? - Oh yes... It was so moving!

You hear that? So moving!

Xiao-yu is not exactly in love with Zhang Yang

Zhang neither... he reunites with her for other reasons

As for the circus master and Xiao-yu... what they have is hardly love

If so...

This is not a love story then!

Xiao-yu and Zhang have to be in love with each other

The circus master has to love Xiao-yu and vice versa

There, we have a love story which is exactly what I've promised to deliver

- You must make me a love story! - Love story is silly

Love story is... that's not the point!

The point is, women dig love stories

The audience digs love stories! Do you like love stories?

- Oh, yes... - Good girl!

You see?!

No kisses, no nudity and no love scene!

Where am I? - All in the contract...

Shanghai, on the way to the hotel press conference

Hey! I must get the cheque before the conference starts

Otherwise, we're not getting out of the limo

Okay, bye

How long did I sleep?

15 minutes

That's all?

You called and woke me up again last night

And said something about revenge and getting even

I said that?!

Next time you take sleeping pills go straight to bed!

Whenever you don't, you go crazy!

Why are we taking this film?

You're missing all the offers in Hong Kong!

I'm out of here as soon as the press conference ends! You'll be on your own

Just don't ring me up every other night

Look, your actress

Don't you dare fall for her during the shoot

She's an opportunist

But she won't go for someone like you

She only digs directors

What "memoir"?

I only agree to do a photo book

But Miss Sun

Your success story can inspire our youth

If they were as poor as I was as a child...

They don't need to be inspired to succeed

Oh, that's good!

"If they were as poor as I was... "

What are you doing? You heard me "No memoir"

Time to go, Miss Sun

The only value of my past is to remind me to stay away from it

Is that clear?

What if one day you really forget it all?

Wouldn't it be a pity?!

That'd be perfect

What about love?

There is no such thing as love!

Miss Sun...

Hey Chief!

The contract should be fine with just a couple of changes

Such as this word, you know no one is comfortable with it

And this clause...

Never mind! I'll just rewrite the cheque

One more thing! Why is it written in past tense?

Never mind! I'll just take a zero off the cheque

But it's not something from the past

We'll talk later

The press conference is starting

- But the present tense suits the artist better... - Later...

- The artist needs that... - Get lost!

Rumors say that this time the finance drives the project

And it's your Hong Kong investor...

...who insists on a musical and casting a star from Hong Kong

Does it mark the end of Nie Wen as an auteur?

How do you think of...

I've never had more than one option which is to make good movies

Finance, cast, genre whatever are simply means towards my end

Sun Na

This is your first collaboration with Lin Jian-dong

What's your favorite movie of his?

You won't believe it I've not seen any of his films

- I seldom watch Hong Kong films - Are there love scenes?

Wouldn't Mr. Nie be jealous?

Sun Na, have you closed the deal on the Hollywood picture yet?

Not yet

Will you be using a dance-double?

If you don't start to ask more intelligent questions

I suppose I can end my Q & A session right here!

You've been avoiding making films in China

What makes you change your mind?

Good paycheck, a great director

And a gorgeous leading lady!

Well said, indeed!

And a great movie in the making will eventually answer it all

Let's learn more about its plot from the director now

This is a story about a love triangle

Sun Na stars as Xiao-yu

She had lost her memory

She'd forgotten her lover

She became homeless

And then... one day

She met a circus master

He took her in and made up a beautiful memory for her

Good evening, mister

Mister?

Hurry, Xiao-yu!

But at this time, her former lover shows up

He's Zhang Yang

It was you, no doubt... your voice, your back

The distant look in your eyes puts me to silence

Are you testing me because you doubt me?

Perhaps my memory is flawed

You aren't you after all

Who are you then? Someone who has forgotten her love for me?

My heart is enthralled by you, broken by you

I regret nothing even if I should

Love that once existed, or perhaps it was only my illusion

How could you forget it all...

Forget all about me?

Who are you?

Who's this person gazing at me?

Is it deja vu, or is it a dream?

I seem to have known you before

The love in your eyes is a feeling I don't understand

Why do you have to ask me...

...ask me who I am?

Have I really forgotten...

...who I really am?

I did know you, didn't I?

Look

The camera loves him

But who are you?

Sun Na

The pressure is on you now!

You lost your focus here

Your performance was unstable

You're just picking on me!

Take it easy

It's only a rehearsal shoot

We've been through this every time

After editing you'll always give us a pleasant surprise

Does it mean I should get you to edit my next Hollywood film?

Practice your English first

Your deal is not even signed

Remember

Mr. Gu's party is the day after tomorrow

He has promised to invest in my next film

I have to study the script and stay "focused"

Where do I find time to entertain your investors?

Jian-dong's gaze is good but there is too much anger

Got to tone him down...

Mention this when you meet Mr. Gu

Our musical deserves a bigger budget for promotion

Who's going to be your PR once I'm gone to Hollywood?

Good evening, Mr. Nie, Miss Sun

Nie

Zhang's agent called me just now

He read the script and...

He realized the circus master is not the lead

So he's not interested

He'll change his mind in a couple of days!

But he's already negotiating another picture deal!

He won't turn me down

If he does, I can do it! I was an actor once

It was Nie who made Zhang a star

Get real, you guys!

No one needs to repay a favor with the rest of his life!

Who are you then? Someone who has forgotten her love for me?

"I hate you... "

"I hate you... "

The check, please!

Hey!

Can I take a shower at your place?

...spectacular

The world out there is so forlorn

While you're enjoying the world out there

I'll be here wishing you the best

Sorry, I took your carton of instant noodles... - Monkey

Miss Sun

It's been a long time!

Oh, you are...?

Don't you remember? Back then when you were a showgirl in Sanlitun

I saw your performance!

Your troupe leader Song was my buddy

You're mistaken

I've never been to Sanlitun

Hsian Ping, you're an assistant director now!

You gonna be a director next

You make it sound like a curse!

Jian-dong, my handsome man Hsian Ping can make you a star!

Damn right!

Let's make a toast to our future big shot director!

Stop jinxing me! Just drink up!

I could hardly recognize you

You come here often?

No

A classmate of mine got hired as an assistant director

We came here to celebrate

So you're in film school

Yep

Is it fun to make movies?

Hey, what's your real name?

Call me Monkey!

My last name is Sun same as the mythical Monkey King

- And you've come to Beijing to... - Sing!

Who's going to be my audience in the village? And you? An aspiring actor?

An aspiring director!

So "Hongkonger", I still owe you noodles

We'll meet again for sure!

Embarrassing, wasn't it?

You don't recognize the guy but you do know the song, right?

I'd like to take a rest if you don't mind

You were so cute in those days

We've never met

Never

Knock it off!

You're driving too slow!

I'm sorry, ma'am!

So who was this girl I met ten years ago? A ghost?

Whatever

Who you thought you met never existed

Ghost or not...

You know what scares me most?

...is that she never loved me

Then I've been a fool for ten years

Stop the car!

Miss Sun!

Lin Jian-dong!

I looked for you in the dorm

But they said you've moved out

When did you come back?!

Just now! And I came for you right away!

I'm going back to Hong Kong next week

You've graduated?

Nah... I...

I'm dropping out

What about directing?

I don't have the talent... I can't pretend

How do you know you don't have talent?

Do you have to raise your voice?

I mean, it's not like you've made a few films already

How do you know you aren't talented?

Didn't you quit already? What are the books for?

For the library! And I'll submit my resignation!

Hey!

Monkey, I'm not like you... invincible!

I do fall apart sometimes, you just don't see it!

There's no fun if everything comes easy

I blew all my money on the shoot... even next term's tuition fee

Just come stay with me!

I'm getting by! I can take care of you!

It's your turn to owe me something

The troupe is disbanded

No way!

Such is life!

Nothing is certain! I might be a movie star the next time you bump into me!

You want to be an actress?

A pub, at most, can only fit 100 people

But a single theatre can fit a few hundred!

Who would not want to be a movie star?

Come in!

Watch your head!

This ceiling is fine for me as long as I don't grow taller

I'm stocked up with goods here and that means extra income

If you tidy up the place sometimes that would pay your rent

An art director is still a director, I suppose

Still, I'm a bit disappointed

I was counting on you to make me a star once you become "the director"

I was kidding!

If you're determined to be a star

You can make it

You think so?

Because you're invincible

Quite true

Let's drink to that!

Good!

We'll drink to that!

A long, long time ago

You belonged to me; I belonged to you

A long, long time ago

You left me to explore the world out there

The world out there is so spectacular

The world out there is so forlorn

While you're enjoying the world out there

I'll be here wishing you the best

A long, long time ago

You left me to explore the world out there

The world out there is so spectacular

Zhang Yang reunites with Xiao-yu in the circus

Bad news: She's become amnesiac!

And worse...

The circus master has already won her over...

...by providing her beautiful stories of her past

Once upon a time, he had a love story

Days of romance and youth

A sweet story to tell

Xiao-yu... that was your name!

We grew up together

Once upon a time they were childhood sweethearts

His charm, her affection...

...inspiring envy

Then one day the girl lost her memory

A beginning hard to forget

An ending hard to remember

Enough! I'm happy as I am!

A loss so tragic, where truth lies

Not knowing, a blessing in disguise

The boy with a beautiful memory

The girl without a past, a mystery

Monkey

Are you happy?

What's your trick?

How can you always remain happy?

Do you remember?

I used to hold you just like this

Once upon a time, he had a sad story

Without a happy ending he won't surrender

Passion burns to shine, a brief history

Irony of fate, why hold onto misery?

Forget this love story come what may

Why not drink and dream your sorrows away?

Remembering changes nothing anyway

Will knowing the past begin a new day?

Once upon a time, I had a love story

I wonder, was it real...

...or fantasy?

Cut

Cut!

That's it for today!

- Mr. Nie... - We'll continue tomorrow

We still haven't got the circus master... who do we shoot with tomorrow?

I'll be the circus master!

Mr. Nie

Hot and sour noodles

Thanks

Remember your first movie? It was shot right here!

You came here for my noodles everyday!

You gulped it down fast every time

Yes!

I was always hungry in those days

What happens to my appetite now?

You used to say, the sooner you finish a film...

...the faster you prove yourself a good director

Am I still a good director?

Stay asleep, in the dream within a dream

From this day on, no more doubts

All I'm asking is a word from your heart

Say you loved me... all along

That will be all, just say no more

Because... you do love me

Perhaps... you do love me

I'm enjoying this more and more!

I had a long chat with Zhang Ji this afternoon

For old times' sake

He promised to ditch the other deal to do the role of the circus master

It's too tiring for you to direct and act as well!

What is it?

Am I not big enough?

With Zhang, you can recoup a couple more millions in European sales

Why bother being an actor?

Zhang taught you that?

You taught me that

Would you care so much about me if I hadn't made you a star?

If my film sucks...

- Will anyone care about me? - Nie Wen!

Enough!

I'm not your child!

"Nie Wen", "Nie Wen"... long before you became Sun Na, I'd already made Nie Wen!

When is the shoot? Can I visit?

Deal! It's the day after tomorrow!

Is the film going to be shown in America?

Yes, of course!

The American producer also said...

...don't know if he's serious though...

...that he'll marry me

A paper marriage! Otherwise who would marry a fifty-year-old?!

He's probably teasing me

He knows I want to go to America

Is that what you want?

Of course! All film people dream of going to Hollywood!

Who's going to watch the films made here?

He also said that I'm petite... only a head shorter than average...

But in America, I'd be three heads shorter! That would make me very special!

And much easier to visit you in Hong Kong with an American passport!

Don't look...

It's a wonderful world out there

If I go out, how will I fare?

The world out there has so much to share

I can be free if only I dare

I can't see the present in my despair

Out there I'll see what my future will bear

The choice is not easy, I just can't compare

Blow out a candle make a wish with this breath of air

It's a wonderful world out there

I'll find love and someone to care

Out there where there're chances to spare

I'll learn who I am, in the world so rare

Neither of us is going anywhere...

You aren't going to America

I'm not returning to Hong Kong

Where's the director?

Nobody's coming; just you and me

What do you want?

Stop bothering me

Fine

I won't bother you anymore if you take a trip to Beijing with me

Why Beijing?

You'll see

Why do I need to see what I saw 10 years ago? You're the one that don't get it

Look at you

You failed to become a director and then dropped out as an art director, but look!

You've become a star!

You moved on! So why keep pulling me back?!

I'm taking you to see Monkey!

I am Monkey!

No, you're not!

Monkey loved me!

Let's get married

For ten years

I've been dreaming the same dream...

...every night

It's gone as soon as I open my eyes

Sleeping terrifies me

Because in my dream...

In my dream...

I'd suffer over and over again

I'd lose you over and over again

You know how that feels?

You think you can cheat on me? I know everything!

I say nothing

My eyes are watching

Yet you assume that I feel nothing

Without me, there wouldn't be you

What the hell is he anyway?

To love is to possess

Men are born to be jealous

Love clouded my heart

Love blinded my eyes

I'll risk everything to make you mine

Go tell him

Say it to his face

Say that you love me, not him

Because, you do love me

It's a wrap!

There are these men...

...who resort to cruelty when betrayed by their lovers

But it's not about vengeance

On the contrary, it's love

The circus master belongs to this type and that's why he hits Xiao-yu

That would set her free

And set him free

The truth is...

To hate someone is much more painful than being hated

It's not hatred that drove him into hitting Xiao-yu

What he did was to let go of his right to hate her

Hitting her would make them even

When did you change the script?

You didn't tell me

This morning

So?

Do you like the change?

I do

When will you ever say... you don't?

Be honest for once and say...

"Nie Wen, you're finished!"

- The script discussion is over! - Let's talk about us then

I said, discussion is over!

Come with me...

Come with me...

Come with me...

Come with me!

Got no love

Got no hate

Can't catch it

Can't trash it

Xiao-yu...

There are no faces of angels

Though these faces can bedazzle

The misery outside our windows

We're all just ants in the ghetto

Got no rights to cry for sorrow

Hunger lies in our pool

When's your wedding?

Love is our only tool

I'll be in Russia till the end of the year... just don't get married too soon!

- You're shooting in Russia? - Yes!

- So he's your assistant director buddy - Yes!

He's the one

The world rests in the gutter

What's the point to fear and shudder?

Agony never lasts an eternity

Heaven and hell in total unity

- Hurry with the prop guns! - Okay!

Go on in! Hsian is in there

...then we cut here

The distance between you and I

Passes by in a blink of an eye

As we stand at the crossroad

We all leave behind our shadows

Don't fight it, just go with it

The world rests in the gutter

What's the point to fear and shudder?

Agony never lasts an eternity

Heaven and hell in total unity

The world rests in the gutter

What's the point to fear and shudder?

Agony never lasts an eternity

Heaven and hell in total unity

Got no love

Got no hate

Can't catch it

Can't trash it

Got no love...

Got no hate...

Can't catch it...

Can't trash it...

Got no love! Got no hate! Can't catch it! Can't trash it!

The world rests in the gutter

What's the point to fear and shudder?

Agony never lasts an eternity

Heaven and hell in total unity

The sexiest appeal

The easiest deal

The sweetest battle

The coolest game of the jungle

Forget those days...

Forget them

Forget me

The sexiest appeal

The easiest deal

The sweetest battle

The coolest game of the jungle

These are all my savings

Should be enough for a ticket back to Hong Kong

Donkey

Remember...

The one who loves you most is always yourself

When will you come back?

In three months, I suppose

But you know what filming is like... I might end up staying another month

Let's meet up afterwards then

Aren't you going back to Hong Kong?

You aren't waiting for her, are you?

She's coming along with me for this shoot

She says...

She wants to get into acting so I've got her a part in the movie

She's...

...really with your director?

She's with me

Disappeared?

Mr. Nie is gone...

They say Mr. Nie has quit!

Are they shutting down the production?

He'll be gone for only a few days

The Producer said so

That's all I know!

What's going on exactly?

Is he actually coming back?

How is the budget doing without Nie?

How much are we losing for every idle day?

What is the cash flow right now?

Boy! You know an awful lot man!

Let's go to Beijing!

Many developers are interested in this property

It took me a lot of effort to keep this place

19-Dec-95

You didn't come back!

Monkey

Where are you? Come home!

Every time I came here

I recorded what went on in my mind

I thought I'd feel better in a year's time

But I remain the same

How could time pass so slowly?

November, 1996

It's been 2 years already...

You're back finally

Can you come back for once?

Just once...

I promise I won't make you stay

You'll be free to go, okay?

December, 1997

I think I've recovered

I don't feel as bad this time

The bed here still brings up memories

But they don't sting that much now

I sat there...

And I smiled

So it isn't that hard to forget you

3- Oct-98

Are you dead?

If not, why don't you come back?!

You're so vain!

I don't want to see you ever again! Go to hell! I hate you!

31-Dec-99

I've become an actor!

Don't tease me!

Perhaps we'll work together one day

6- Dec-01

How are you?

It's snowing outside

Mr. Nie!

Let me get your key

So you're up!

Wish I were here to witness this

I've waited 10 years for this moment

You were holding me tight last night

You must be thinking that I'm everything to you

Since when have you become so naive?!

It was you who'd said...

"The person who love you most is always yourself"

Know what I regret most in my life?

I fell in love with someone I despised

And I ended up despising myself!

You've made me despise myself for the rest of my life

Last night was a hoax

But those tapes are real

I'll always keep them

Because I know...

I won't be able to talk like that ever again

Returning to Shanghai, Mr. Lin?

2 tickets... where's the other passenger?

Hear that... you're crying

See that... I'm leaving

Now that you understand my grief

Keep the sadness as long as you breathe

Loving you was not a mistake

Hating you was no salvation

I don't care anymore about memories

Let's just end all our miseries

Perhaps it's love... but it's not blissful

I know that better than you do

I want you to shed your tears

To say that perhaps we can start over

But I shall say...

"No"

Don't go in

We still have one more scene to do

The closer you are, the further you seem

What's deep in my heart is what I can't say

Passion and desire, coming and going

I thought you understood

Do you hate me, or do you love me?

What's stopping you from leaving me?

Truth or lies, I take them all

As long as you love me

Happiness and grief, they come in pairs

I'm bewitched by you, you're bewildered by me

Stay asleep, in the dream within a dream

From this day on, no more doubts

All I'm asking is a word from your heart

Say you've loved me... all along

That will be all, say no more

Because... you do love me

Perhaps... you do love me

Nie Wen...

I thought I wouldn't hear you calling me like this again

Back then, you needed a director

I needed a companion

After your first film...

...I expected our relationship to end

Yet, we've made one film after another

We've been together for years now

Probably longer than we deserved

I've been rewriting the script in the last few days

Tomorrow...

We'll shoot our last scene

Let's end it well

Once the scene is done you're no longer Xiao-yu

Step by step, a choice is made

Line by line, questions are answered

Fates overlapping, plots intertwining

A labyrinth with no way out

The moon is full, a wish fulfilled a perfect ending

The moon is clouded, a wish wasted a twist of fate

I swing over, but I miss your path

Forget about our past choices

Let go of our lifelong tormoil

- Forget, forget not - Intertwining, devastating

- It's gone, it's not gone - A puppet of fate with a solid faith

- Leaving behind this love story - Too easy to hold on, too late to regret

- Too hard to turn back - Let it go

- Too hard to move on - Let it go

My role gives me no choice

I am standing on the edge

I take a deep breath

I'm not your freedom

The cloud above is calling at me

For you, I'll embrace my destiny

Let go!

Let me be your memory!

Sun Na!

I've finally realized our love story...

A love story I'll never be able to forget

I'm finally entitled to my beautiful memories

Swing here, swing there; never ever forgotten

Thank you everyone! It's a wrap!

Thank you to all!

Mr. Nie, you're hungry!

Very

What are you thinking?

Your next film?

Before I became a director

I'd always wanted to make a very simple love story

Don't know why

It never happened; I even forgot the story

Forgot?

But today, it suddenly came back to me

The story takes place in Qingdao

About a young couple

Starting with a crane shot from high above...

Tracking in slowly and the couple comes into view

They're sitting on a green pasture behind them is the deep blue sea

That's Qingdao

That's it, Qingdao

Coffee please

How about noodles?

Did you finish your part?

I think I did...

I think I did

Everyone wants to find out

Who's the one love of their lives?

More so melancholy especially around midnight

Eyes closed with heart unsettled

Because deep inside, you know that was love

Monkey

I'm leaving

Don't forget Beijing

Never

Remember?

Your Memoir

Last night...

An old friend told me a story...

I was touched

It takes place in Qingdao... but he forgot the ending

I remember that story

It's a movie he always wanted to make

It begins on a bright summer day

There's this green pasture

At the end of it is a salt lake

He keeps getting the places mixed up

It's "Qinghai", not Qingdao

There are no salt lakes in Qingdao

If this story is to be shot one day

It's got to be Qinghai

Start in the summer and wrap in winter

I always wanted to be in that picture

Even with pain, even with tears...

Even with countless lonely nights

Love... why is it always clearer looking back?

Even with pain, even with tears...

The feeling remained after love was long gone

Perhaps such was love

Because such is love