Chapter 1319 Love at first sight
Charlie Kaufman has always been like this.
The plot routine, which seems ordinary, simple, realistic, and serious, develops strange branches and creates black humor.
It's not a wild and unrestrained imagination in the traditional sense - it will definitely not be "Harry Potter" or "Star Wars" anyway, but it can always break expectations at unexpected nodes or turns.
People thought Joel was going to hit on Clementine, but it was reversed.
People thought that Joel's rejection of Clementine made the two of them temporarily strangers, but Joel took the initiative and said that he could send Clementine home. The story continued to turn around before the next plot point.
Despite Clementine's slight hesitation, and despite their unhappy ending on the train, Clementine gets into Joel's car.
"You're not a stalker, are you?"
Clementine's first words on board the car made the Angelica Film Center laugh out loud.
But Joel couldn't laugh, his face was full of panic, "I, I'm not a stalker, you came to me first, remember?"
Clementine shook her head, "That's the oldest trick in the stalker's handbook."
Joel blinked, "Really? There is actually a stalker manual? Then I should study it carefully."
Joel escorts Clementine home. Clementine is about to get out of the car and leave but fails to control an impulse and invites Joel upstairs for a drink.
The frightened bunny look on Joel's face made Clementine give up the idea, but Joel immediately agreed and followed Clementine to her apartment.
An awkward and ambiguous atmosphere is flowing.
Clementine is bold and passionate, making Joel look like a log.
However, Joel did not reject this feeling. Although his muscles all over his body were tense and he was sitting upright, he did not run away. His eyes were always circling around Clementine, pulling at an inexplicable contradictory feeling.
It should be an ambiguous and heart-tugging scene, but at this moment it makes people laugh.
"I want to marry you."
Clementine said, crackling like a flame.
Joel was a little flustered and confused, but the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"Okay?"
After saying that, Joel himself couldn't hold it back, a smile appeared in his eyes.
Clementine snuggled into Joel's arms, intertwining their fingers.
She asked Joel to take her to the Charles River for an evening picnic.
The two of them were getting closer and closer, and Joel felt the heat in his palms and the rising desire, and hurriedly said that he should leave; but Clementine thought that Joel should stay the night.
Joel hesitated for a brief moment, but his cautious instinct was to rein in the situation.
Before Joel left, Clementine even took the initiative to leave him a phone number; and when Joel arrived downstairs in the apartment, he opened the window and leaned out.
"Call me to wish me a happy Valentine's Day! That, that would be perfect."
Clementine's smile bloomed in the night.
Joel didn't drive - because he was drunk, he tightened his coat and stepped forward in the falling snowflakes. His staggering steps ran faster and faster, and finally turned into a mad dash under the streetlight.
That is joy, a pure and simple joy, a joy of falling in love.
When Joel arrived home, he was not ready to go to bed. Instead, he sat down on the red sofa in the corner, turned on the light, and sat there neatly and obediently, with his hands neatly placed on his knees like a good student.
What are you doing again?
Karen doesn't understand.
He turned to look at Blair, trying to find the answer, but this time Blair didn't understand either.
He was waiting, waiting for the beating of his heart to calm down and for his rapid breathing to regain its rhythm. The burning heat in his chest was still burning.
Then he picked up the phone and looked at the number on the back of his hand.
The call was connected after a while, and Clementine's cheerful voice came, "Why are you calling now?" The smile on the corner of Joel's mouth naturally rose, "I just got home."
Clementine, "Did you miss me?"
Joel paused, and a little joy could be seen in his eyes under his long eyelashes, "Happy Valentine's Day."
"Ah! Haha!" Clementine cheered, and you could even hear her spinning and dancing. "This means we are married."
Joel tilted his head, "That's right."
Clementine, "So, tomorrow night? Honeymoon on the ice?"
If you say tonight, it will be tomorrow night, if you say honeymoon, it will be honeymoon——
Joel and Clementine came to the Charles River. There was no one on the thickly frozen river, but they could see the lights of vehicles on the other side of the river connecting into a string of gurgling halos like fireflies, and the hazy moonlight fell down. , the whole world seems vast, quiet, and beautiful.
Clementine was unrestrained and reckless, while Joel was cautious, but the two of them still "skated" on the ice. In the end, they fell down and simply lay down on the ice and looked up at the stars.
In the condescending shot, the moon-white ice surface faintly revealed a hint of blue among the white. Clementine and Joel were lying flat on their backs, looking at the stars in the night sky.
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Clementine asked Joel to introduce the constellations. However, Joel knew nothing about the constellations, so he simply started talking nonsense, talking about constellations that did not exist at all. Clementine soon noticed and exposed it. Joel, Joel pretended to be serious and insisted that what he said was true.
A smile crept up the corner of his mouth.
There is no ambiguity, no romance, and no romance. The love encounter that should be heart-stirring reveals a weird sense of humor in the movie lens, which has nothing to do with the romantic love movies in my impression.
But at this moment, the beating of his heart completely lost its rhythm.
It's not romantic, but it's intoxicating; it's not ambiguous, but it's immersive. Before you even have time to realize it, the entire Angelica Film Center has been quietly immersed in it, unable to extricate itself.
Until dawn.
Joel walked Clementine home and arrived at the door.
Joel gently woke up Clementine, who had fallen asleep in the passenger seat. Unexpectedly, Clementine directly asked if she could go to Joel's house to sleep. Although Joel was slightly surprised, he didn't this time. reject.
Clementine goes upstairs to get her toothbrush.
Joel sat in the driver's seat, leaning his head on the back of the seat, closing his eyes and concentrating, but in the silence, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and an uncontrollable joy and happiness was quietly blooming.
Knock knock!
Someone knocked on the car window, breaking the silence. Joel woke up with a start, and then saw a baby-faced man standing outside with a frown.
"What's the matter?" Joel didn't know why.
The baby face was full of seriousness, "Do you need my help?"
Joel was confused, "What do you mean?"
Babyface, "Do you need my help with anything?"
Joel:…
All this was so inexplicable that Joel couldn't keep up with the rhythm. He was tired after a night of partying and couldn't understand what was happening in front of him.
"...No." Joel still refused politely.
Baby Face didn't let him go, "Why do you appear here?"
Joel, "I'm not sure why you're asking?"
The baby face was stunned, and his expression became panicked, "Oh. Thank you."
Then the babyface was gone.
Actually, he just... left.
(End of chapter)