Frederick Wiseman: But it’s very, very hard to get the money. I have to go with my hat in my hand like everybody else.
Hideo Ikeezumi: (laughter) That's been going on for a long time.
Wiseman: It doesn’t cheapen the process.
Ikeezumi: It was bad before too, but it's rapidly getting worse. They may get upset.
Wiseman: Why does somebody ask for a cigarette at a given moment?
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Ikeezumi: Watching and listening are both interesting at the same time.
Wiseman: No. All the cliches are true.
Ikeezumi: Well, yeah. Naturally.
Wiseman: You can dream the cut. It hasn’t been challenged.
Ikeezumi: Three hours. I wonder if I should do something to celebrate.
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Wiseman: The woman has a very unhappy family history and the man is a former welfare worker, is clearly lying about his personal experience thinking that his knowledge of the welfare system will make it easier for him to qualify.
Ikeezumi: Oh yeah, he was already dead. After that he started paying attention to Keiji Haino.
Wiseman: If I am running around all day carrying equipment and trying to be reasonably alert, I have to be in shape.
Ikeezumi: Things warp and rub and such, so it becomes interesting. But from a child's point of view, what would you call it?
Wiseman: I would resist defining it.