“There are two characters in the film:
Ms X – a woman of a certain age - between 130–140; still beautiful; dressed in a white or black gown.
Mr Y – a man of between 350 and 380 years of age; nonetheless exceptionally elegant and charming; wearing a dark suit.
Ms X and Mr Y have spoken to each other a lot of words in just any language. In all sorts of situations. Not all the words require translation, not all of them are translatable. The situations may or may not be understood. Some of the words are contained in dialogues. Here are some of those:
For example, Mr Y asks Ms X: Don’t you think, Madam, that photography is a razor in the paws of a monkey?
And Ms X answers: Oh, no. I have consciously chosen this medium and I am still examining its properties.
Mr Y is silent.
Now Ms X asks: Don’t you think, Sir, that the symptoms of spring that are existing around us, are capable of changing our visual identity?
Mr Y: Please take into account that no certainty has in itself the characteristics of a factual certainty.
Ms X: That film is an appropriate medium?
Mr Y: Accidentally, Madam, don’t you think that the end of photography and film seems to be imminent?
Ms X: Oh, yes, chance allows for a great range in character and intensity of contact, from an elusive reflection to a powerful life-threatening shock.”
(Ewa Zarzycka - dialogues from Symptoms, 1980)
