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　　To decide whether it's "Good" or "Not good," we have a very simple rule: the composition must be true. We must describe what is, what we see, what we hear, what we do.
　　For example, is is forbidden to write, "Grandmother is like a witch"; but we are allowed to write, "People call Grandmother the Witch."
　　It is forbidden to write, "The Little Town is beautiful," because the Little Town may be beautiful to us and ugly to someone else.
　　Similarly, if we write, "The orderly is nice," this isn't a truth, because the orderly may be capable of malicious acts that we know nothing about. So we would simply write, "The orderly has given us some blankets."
　　We would write, "We eat a lot of walnuts," and not "We love walnuts," because the word "love" is not a reliable word, it lacks precision and objectivity. "To love walnuts" and "to love Mother" don't mean the same thing. The first expression designates a pleasant taste in the mouth, the second a feeling.
　　Words that define feelings are very vague. It is better to avoid using them and stick to the description of objects, human beings, and oneself, that is to say, to the faithful description of facts.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　---Agota Kristof's The Notebook, "Our Studies"

CASTING:

- Lucas and Claus as Lucas and Klaus
- Hinawa as Mother
- Flint as Father
- Leder as The Insomniac
- (Younger) Duster as Mathias
- Tessie as Yasmine
- Abbey as Sarah (apologies)
- Kumatora as Harelip, holding Boney (continud apologies)

Originally posted April 2010

Description
　　To decide whether it's "Good" or "Not good," we have a very simple rule: the composition must be true. We must describe what is, what we see, what we hear, what we do.
　　For example, is is forbidden to write, "Grandmother is like a witch"; but we are allowed to write, "People call Grandmother the Witch."
　　It is forbidden to write, "The Little Town is beautiful," because the Little Town may be beautiful to us and ugly to someone else.
　　Similarly, if we write, "The orderly is nice," this isn't a truth, because the orderly may be capable of malicious acts that we know nothing about. So we would simply write, "The orderly has given us some blankets."
　　We would write, "We eat a lot of walnuts," and not "We love walnuts," because the word "love" is not a reliable word, it lacks precision and objectivity. "To love walnuts" and "to love Mother" don't mean the same thing. The first expression designates a pleasant taste in the mouth, the second a feeling.
　　Words that define feelings are very vague. It is better to avoid using them and stick to the description of objects, human beings, and oneself, that is to say, to the faithful description of facts.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　---Agota Kristof's The Notebook, "Our Studies"

CASTING:

- Lucas and Claus as Lucas and Klaus
- Hinawa as Mother
- Flint as Father
- Leder as The Insomniac
- (Younger) Duster as Mathias
- Tessie as Yasmine
- Abbey as Sarah (apologies)
- Kumatora as Harelip, holding Boney (continud apologies)

Originally posted April 2010