A young actress has an affair with the director. The sound recordist blackmails her. | The Recordist

[Music] i'm as far as i could is [Music] [Music] [Music] i learned listen nice and closely to what i have to say you are charming and you're handsome you're the man today's your day are you ready to take control i think that you know how the power is within your hands so what will you do now [Music] [Music] it's not love it's sacrifice you think you know what you want do you mind if i oh no no go ahead bernie where's bernie i think she went on a coffee run so we're going with the old one okay thank you [Applause] [Music] i'm on oh thanks i like the robin sorry it's a robin isn't it your tattoo oh yeah yeah yeah yeah one of the most beautiful songbirds in the world it's actually one of the few species in which the female sings to attract a mate it's perfect really you have a lovely voice you know what about birds sounds it's my job to listen you're definitely a robin i just thought it was pretty ah yeah very pretty it's not love it's sacrifice and you think you know what you want but how much have you given up this relationship nothing so we'll move to sydney purely as a symbolic gesture from me to you well i'd be happier in sydney and you'd be moving as an honest gesture that you care more about me than your career or where you live and cut appreciate everyone i'm just going to talk to amy for a moment five minute break everybody so i've got this idea for a christmas movie [Music] [Music] yeah we went out on friday had a few drinks seriously yeah look you want to fix your photo yeah for sure yeah what's her name don't laugh it's candy jesus cried no seriously though she's unbelievable you know what she does look like a kid right come over here for a second start coming in i heard that you're a faker oh yeah that's what it looks like off ben what do you think of that yeah we can put the cutter back is that better yeah where's rick is he around to check it out [Applause] [Music] coffee please i'll tell you what i'm wearing i'll tease you with my tongue i won't get mad or tired just replay me when you're done here's a little keepsake a reminder of our i'm begging to begin my life [Music] so what will you do now excuse me oh she scared me sorry thought i was the last one no i've been my friend works next door and i have to wait for the last bus so oh yeah see i saw you and i was just wondering would you sell my script for me for when you become famous i don't know about that oh no really i think you've got something special i can pick these things well usually well thank you oh thank you now what was your name again andrew andy that's right i remember that's next time you're amy hi mimi what are you doing back here so late anyway surely rick doesn't have you rehearsing oh no um oh yes uh should i go over some stuff for tomorrow yeah and i i don't mind it i was about to go get some dinner if you want to join me no no no i shouldn't i should go back to the hotel and get some sleep nelly start tomorrow sure i better drink no no i should come on one drink i won't talk your head off i shouldn't well i better go catch that buzz evening evening [Music] so andy likes to make the rules he's my master i'm his [Music] andy owns the cage [Music] i'll prove to you my loyalty and i think that i know how i'm yours to keep and yours to use so what will you do now [Music] hi this is amy leave a message after the beep [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you very much doesn't this look fantastic dig in please hmm [Music] do you know what i like about this restaurant they play the same two songs the same ones every night listen beethoven who was playing when we first walked in i asked the waiter once why did i play the same two songs over and over do you know what he said do we i suppose i notice these things more than most people that might be strange to say but well i was going to say that you remind me of my mother i know how that sounds i know but you do you do it's amazing what a voice like hers can do motivate you inspire you stimulate you god knows i wouldn't be here without it that's a force i mean look at you look what you do you read words off a page and make people feel well it's magic aren't you hungry can i leave now leave yes i've treated you nicely haven't i i haven't been rude i've i've been respectful please shannon uh uh i offered to take your coat please i bought you a nice meal well i think it's unfair you give yourself so freely to other people and you won't even look at me now some people think being a recorder is a thankless job and in some ways it is none of the prestige or glamour from your world rubs off onto ours despite it touching we are overlooked in some dark corner always skirting around the action trying to keep out of the way a mirror of my adolescence funnily enough but unlike my teenage self i quickly learned that this job is a gift it's a blessing here i am suddenly possessing this divine power i hear everything it has been a karmic revelation for me do you know what i mean by that do you know who's paying for this meal you have william the cafta to thank the television producer do you know him no just as well he propositioned a 16 year old extra in the bathrooms on set you should eat but these are just peripheral benefits and while i do enjoy these advantages every now and again i am enlightened enough to realize that while they may make my life delicious they will never satisfy my appetite which leads me to you look i don't know what you think of me what sort of person that you think i am why you punishing me like this punishing you yes what you don't seem to realize is when you speak when you breathe you're giving something to the world it's common property for people to share teenage boys hang pictures of models in their bedrooms and pretend the girls in the pictures are looking at them this is no different when you speak you speak directly to me it's not punishment it's it's appreciation look i need to hurt them see [Music] the favor i ask of you is very small and at the risk of ending your bright young career before it has even begun i hope you won't mind indulging me you're not gonna touch me i know people amy i know them better than god himself and if i were you i would be far more frightened of the charming young director with a wife and two young children who promises you the world than i would be of me who promises you nothing but the protection of your mistakes i would be grateful for the opportunity to negotiate a way out of my own unfortunate choices i would think about the consequences of not considering this reasonable request and i would enjoy the food it is very expensive see beethoven [Music] [Music] so [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] andy's been a naughty boy but i've been naughty too take my voice and keep it close this tape is just for you i'll keep a little secret and you company if you allow here we are just you and i so what will you do now what will we do now i know that's what you're talking about and everything's gonna be baby [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey [Music] you

Channel: Omeleto

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Keywords: the recordist, drama short film, omeleto

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Length: 18min 31sec (1111 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 28 2021