In Spite of Wishing and Wanting
2002 · 51 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 17 VOTES · DIR. Wim Vandekeybus
Overview
A dynamic, contemporary dance performance about how it is impossible to explain your deepest wishes or desires... how these can only be expressed in dreams and sleep. In the final sequence, we see the importance of effort and hope in the dancers' attempt to escape gravity. The all-male company performs to the music of David Byrne.
Dialogue Timeline — 223 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:58 You think that's all I am?
00:03:32 When I was little, I wanted lots of things
00:04:05 And she said: It's a sponge.
00:04:39 Iike a little fish, and my body...
00:05:30 Yes, I'll bring you something to drink and eat.
00:06:05 And a big hammer.
00:06:55 It devours the prey and takes it into its body.
00:07:30 You'll explode!
00:10:59 And you, you could be a town.
00:11:22 No, you can be a princess.
00:11:44 Or grass...
00:12:20 And everybody would be warm thanks to me.
00:13:10 Go away!
00:14:56 Ready? One, two, three...
00:21:05 I kiss your hand.
00:27:26 With these hands I gave, took back, caressed, stole...
00:27:54 Not to kill just for the sake of killing...
00:28:20 You catch it by the ears...
00:28:48 Like a blade sliding on silk.
00:29:48 You see it there in your plate.
00:39:42 Go to that Spaniard...
00:40:26 One!
00:43:03 It's very easy.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed223
Dialogue density4.4 lines / min
First line00:02:58
Final line00:43:03
Production Record
DirectorWim Vandekeybus
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes17