Eleven...
Twelve...
Thirteen...
Fourteen...
Fifteen...
Sixteen...
Seventeen...
I couldn't go on
Dad?
Could you think of something, Dad?
Oh, all right...
Say, Kermit running away from Miss Piggy
Riding a sledge at sixty-two kilometers per hour
Piggy chasing him
skiing at eighty-seven kilometers per hour
Got me? How much later as she left?
Ah, yes. Three minutes
I made it, Dad.
She'll catch up with him in ten minutes and twenty-six seconds
Hi
Come on in
Cold, isn't it?
Say, somebody dies abroad
Would his obituary be published, too?
Possibly
You see, these are paid ads You pay, they publish
Why do people die?
It depends... Heart failure cancer
Accidents, or just old age
I mean, what is death?
Death?
The heart ceases to pump blood
Blood fails to reach the brain
Everything stops... stops dead
and that's it
What remains?
Everything you did
The memory of what you did of you as a person
Memory's quite important, I guess
You remember there was somebody who walked with a funny leap
or... who was a kind man
you remember his face, his smile
the gap in his front teeth
Come on, Pawel, not yet
What do you want?
It's too early
Turned sour, eh?
Yeah
It says here, a requiem mass
may her soul rest in peace
You never said anything about the soul
It's just a way to bid farewell
There isn't any soul
Aunt Irena says there is...
Some people just find life easier
if they believe it
What about you?
Me? I really don't know
What are you thinking about? What's the matter?
It's nothing... it's just...
I was so glad in the morning
when I managed to get that calculation right
And then the pigean came for the bread crumbs
But I went shopping
and saw a dead dog
I knelt over him and I said to myself
what good is it?
Who needs the information
how long it will take Miss Piggy to catch up with Kermit
It doesn't make any sense
Which dog was it?
The one with the yellow eyes
You could always find him at the dust-bins
Such a poor doggy he was
Know what?
Yes?
Maybe he's better off where he is now. How do you think?
We have visited School No 218
to talk to the head-master
I see you distribute milk to the children
Yes, we've made an arrangement with the dairy
The children get a glass of milk each during the long break
But this milk tastes foul. The children pour it down the toilet!
Not in our school There is no such problem here
the toilets are locked during the long break
What is it that you've got?
A guinea pig
What for?
I brought it to biology classes But the teacher is scared of it.
Didn't even let me take it out of the box
Look, it's got sharp teeth hasn't it?
Pawel!
Just one more time!
Pawel!
What's for dinner?
Soup and something to follow Right?
Sure it is
I'm hungry
Some TV people came to our school today
Why?
I don't know
Something aobut milk They told us to run about
Did you?
Of course I did
Want to take your bag home?
Yes... I've got a great thing to show to you
See?
Stop at the door
Which door?
The front one
O. K.
I'm ready
Now watch it It's going to lock it
Has it? Yes
Now it's going to unlock it So it has
Go to the bathroom
But don't touch anything
Watch the tap
Look what I programmed
I got a letter from Mum
saying what she does during the day
Hour after hour
Well, I fed that into its memory
and I added the time difference, too.
It's thirty-now three minutes past four
She's asleep
Ask it what she's dreaming about
I don't know
It doesn't know
Do you know what your Mum's dreaming about?
No... I guess I don't
Why that's simple. You
Me?
Of course she's dreaming about you
Yes, about me
Not about Dad?
Who knows
Know what he's doing?
More or less
Christ
What is it?
I'm hungry
Let's go
I wish Dad let me try his one
it would surely know what Mum's dreaming about
Care for a race?
O. K.
Do you want odds?
Not today. Well...
Go!
That was good
Want me to wash the dishes?
No, thanks. I'll do it
I want to show you something
Hey, Pawel, come here
That was when you brought that pink pen-case for me!
Right... I had them developed
Know who it is?
Yes
Is he kind?
Yes
And wise?
How do you think?
Does he know what people live for?
I guess he does
Dad says we all live to
make life easier for those who come after us
But sometimes we fail
Yes, that's right
Sometimes we fail
You know what matters in life is that
you can do something for others help them
You know how it is
Whenever you do somebody a favor no matter how small
you feel they need you
And then, life's easier
There are big and small things you can do
Say today, you liked the ravioli and that made me happy
Life is a present
a gift, you know
I say, Dad's your brother, right?
Don't you know?
Ah, you mean, why we're different?
Your father and I
We grew up in a catholic family
But you Dad noticed very early that
a lot of things could be counted and measured
And then he started to believe that everything could...
He still thinks so today
I guess he has doubts sometimes but he won't admit it
A life like your Dad lives may seem more reasonable
But it doesn't mean there's no God
for your Father, too
Know what I mean?
I'm not sure
There is God
It's very simple... if you believe
Do you? Do you believe in God?
Yes
Who is He?
What do you feel?
I love you
Exactly. And this is what God is
Checkmate!
Castle the king and check her with the rook
That's would be too simple
She's already won six games
Checkmate
Seven
But look she'll use the queen as a shield
And then we've got her where we want her
Checkmate
I told you She plays routine games
Well, what happens now?
The bishop... and the checkmate
Checkmate
Congratulation
Thank you
Hallo?
Is that you, Pawel?
Yes
Have you talked to your father?
Hey, Dad. It's Anut Irena
Well
She wants to know if it's all right with you
Irena?
I enrolled him for religious instruction. Has he told you?
Well, if that's what he wants Of course.
If that's what he needs
I talked to the priest Oh, you did?
They're building a new church not far from your house
The priest is a young man
I think Pawel's going to like him How about tomorrow?
No, thanks, I can manage Well, bye
Did you switch it on, Pawel?
No, I never touched it
Hey, mate
What do you want?
I'm ready.
Switch yourself off, will you?
What if... if it really wanted something?
Like what?
I don't know. But you asked him
Hey, mate, what do you want?
Just trying to be funny
It's half past nine. Time to bed
Are you going out?
Yeah. I'll be back rather late But I'll leave the lights on for you
Have you checked the thermometer?
Yes. It's fourteen degrees below zero
Think Mum's going to phone before Christmas?
I guess so
Group one: Juda, judasz judzic, judzenie
Group two: Podbechtywac podskakiwac, podkopywac
Group three: Dranstwo, zaprzanstwo swinstwo, koltunstwo, panstwo...
These are associative fields
Now take a word which does not exist in the Polish language
But which we find rather easy to understand
The problem only arises
When we try to translate it into another language
In exceptional cases only
a foreign language becomes one's own intimate language
We may have a very good rational knowledge of that language
We may be able to use it to discuss most intricate problems
Have an immense vocabulary
But that's it
how could we get to
what's hidden deep behind the separate words syllable and letters
How could we discover that language's cultural heritage?
How could we formulate its connections
with history, politics culture and everyday life
How to know and understand
All that creates that spirit of a language
Its metasemantics
Or perhaps even its metaphysics?
According to Elliot
Poetry is untranslatable
But was Elliot necessarily right?
Imagine a translator
who is able to accumulate
the entire knowledge there is about words or a language
A translator who has an unlimited memory
that can be drwan from any time
Used in an unconventional way
A computer may be something or somebody like that
Consider that instrument
It seems to discern just two figures, zero and one
But actually it not only has something that
might be called intelligence
But also a kind of consciousness
It selects which means it makes a choice
Or perhaps it might be called conation?
As I see it, an appropriately programmed computer
May have its own taste
Aesthetical preferences Individuality
Ah, yes. For our next class Please choose a line of any text
And do what I did with that word I conceived myself
I hope it's not too much for homework
Is it? That's good. Yes, yes, yes
What about the test?
Next week... No...
All right
Look, I left it here for one hour only
Would tea freeze, too? Yes
Just touch it
Hey, be careful. It's glass Great, isn't it?
Leave it in the tub
No, let's leave it here
and check what happens Nothing.
It's going to melt as soon as a thaw sets in, what else?
Or maybe during the day in the sun
Let's calculate it
You promised Oh, all right
This one?
No, the other one
This one's no good at calculations
It would be wrong to assume that the temperature never goes up
Say, it's below zero during the night only
About ten hours
But we need precise date
O. K.
All right call the Meteorological Institute
And ask them about the temperature near the ground
Today, yesterday and the day before yesterday
Hallo. Is this the Meteorological Institute?
I need information about the temperature near the ground, please
Today
Yesterday and the day before yesterday
Thank you. Yes, in Warsaw Thank you. Good bye
What's the pressure formula?
P equals F divided by S
Fine. Now, the temperature
Eleven today, fourteen yesterday
and twelve and a half the day before yesterday
There's been frost for eight days now
Well?
As you see: This
It means a fellow three times your weight can skate safely
Really?
Can I have them?
Have what?
What I was to get for Christmas
From Mum and you
What is it?
I found those skating boots
Where?
In the couch
Can I have them?
How's the size? They're perfect
Well, then. Put off your clothes and go to bed
I'm going for a walk now
And I want you to be fast asleep by the time I'm back
You asleep?
No. I've been watching them shine
I checked the ice
That's why I couldn't sleep I guessed where you went
It's all right
But promise never to come close to where the river fall into the lake
Keep a distance of fifteen metres right? The river never freezes
O. K., fifteen metres it is
It's a shallow river but I don't want you to take a bath in it
Where's your elephant?
Asleep
Is Pawel home?
No, why?
I don't know. Mum wanted to know
Hallo
Good evening Ewa Jezierski speaking
Good evening Is Pawel home?
You see, Marek hasn't returned yet
Good evening, Madam. Sorry I didn't recognize your voice
No, Pawel isn't here. But he's having the English lesson tonight
What time is it?
Past four They ought to be back by now
They'll be back any minute For you see, something's happened
What?
I don't know. Something happened in the neighbourhood
I'll go bring them back
Piotrus!
No, wait! My coat!
Sonny! He, wait!
Hello
What's the matter with you?
A nasty case of flu
I couldn't lecture today I dismissed them
When was that?
Right after they came
Where are they?
I don't know
Take it easy... come in!
She's ill. The boys aren't there
The ice broke on the lake This can't be true
It broke...
Don't get excited It couldn't have
But it did. Please go there I... I'll be all right
Have you seen Pawel anywhere?
At school, today morning.
He told me a dream he had
But not now?
No. He said he'd call me on the phone
two... three... four... five...
six... seven... eight... nine... ten
Pawel! Pawel!
Pawel!
Is that you, Irena? Yes?
Has Pawel phoned you? You mean, when?
Lately... Today?
Yes, after school. About two p.m.
I asked him to lunch but he couldn't
He had that English lesson
He hadn't and that's the problem
Where is he?
I don't know. Not here
Is anything wrong?
Well, the ink got spilled What?!
I don't know The ink bottle cracked
and it got spilled all of a sudden
But I mean is anything wrong with Pawel?
I don't know
They say... they say the ice broke on the lake
But he said he said you figured it out
The ice is strong enough
They say it's cracked
I'm coming
I'm off to look for him
Pawel? Where are you, Pawel? Over
Pawel, this is your father calling...
Pawel? Over
Mummy! Mummy! Mummy...
Jacek darling!
Where have you been, sonny?
We've been playing in that old car
Come on, dear, we're going home
Excuse me, sir
Pawel was to phone me in the afternoon
Do you remember me, sir?
Yes
That boy might know something Which boy?
The small one, Jacek
Please wait a moment
He didn't play with us! He skated on the lake!
Jacek!
He skated on the lake!
Jacek! Back to the flat!
On the lake!
I'm ready!