"I took a little trip, and I don't feel much like talking about it"

Filmbrain needs your help. A friend in Japan recently sent me a rather schizophrenic mixtape of music he's been listening to of late. It's a wonderful compilation, yet it's all over the map -- techno, free jazz, J-Pop, Krautrock, obscure Italian soundtrack music, Björling, Bacharach, etc. The mix begins with an infectious minimal techno track by Nathan Fake entitled You Are Here, which opens with a bit of dialog from a film that I honestly should know off the top of my head, yet for the life of me can't identify. A man with a thick German accent, a young woman, an idling motorcycle, and a plane flying overhead. So familiar... Though I'm not quite losing sleep over it, it is driving me batty. Have a listen, and leave a comment below if you recognize it. Thanks!

Comments

[George Vermij]

My first thought would be 'Girl on a motorcycle' although the girl doesn't really sound like Marianne Faithfull.

[LindaT]

It sounds like Udo Kier, but I don't know what movie it could be. The girl has a distinct 1950-60s lilt. In other words, no idea.

[RGHunt57]

I thought it was "Girl on a Motorcycle" too, - but I can't recall a scene like that...

[Manjit A]

Is it Suspiria?

[ChokoBoko]

this may sound pretty off, but i thought it was 'out of africa', with that funny accent of meryl streep vs brandauer. but maybe i'm in just to spark off a few laughs

[GrimFey]

Sounds a bit too young for Streep, methinks.

[su-su]

'fahrenheit 451'? but then, the guy does not really sound like oskar werner...

[anonymous]

I don't recall the exact dialogue, but this sounds like it might be the amazing cult actress Mimsy Farmer and Klaus Grünberg in Barbet Schroeder's anti-flower power death ballad, More.

[Filmbrain]

Anonymous --

That could be it....I'm going to check.

[Glenn Kenny]

Give the cigar to Anonymous, my friend—it is indeed from "More." Damn it. What threw me off was the sound of the idling motorcycle—it made me think I was looking for a scene in which one of the characters was, you know, on a motorcycle. As it happens, Ms. Farmer (whose Sebergesque vocal affectlessness should have been a giveaway) and Herr Grunberg are conversing on a balcony, and the cycle is merely street noise. Again, damn it.

[Filmbrain]

Glenn (and anonymous) -- thanks so much for putting my mind at ease. I probably haven't seen More since the late 80s -- amazing that it still struck a familiar chord.

Now I can sleep peacefully...

[HarryTuttle]

Good job. I wouldn't have found it. It kinda drove me crazy too for a while. I was sure I hadn't seen it. I was wondering about this passive-aggressive scene of indifference-jealousy within a couple. Are they in love? Are they separated? A weird scene that couldn't be a classic. And the context of the film makes sense of this sexual liberation undertone.
A cheap movie in my mind, though kind of transgressive.

[Peter Nellhaus]

I loved this film when I saw it at the Art Theater on 8th Street, twice in a row, one night in 1969. My favorite Mimsy.

[Jobse]

Thank you so much, I absolutely love this song, and I have been wondering for about half a year where that dialogue came from.