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Shirkers

A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.

Director

Sandi Tan

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Production

Cinereach,Doc Society

Awards

8 wins & 31 nominations

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http://www.netflix.com/title/80241061

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♪ Have you ever stopped living
In a photograph? ♪ - Shirkers

♪ Have you ever stopped living In a photograph? ♪

In all golden afternoons - Shirkers

In all golden afternoons

"Exterior, highway, afternoon. - Shirkers

"Exterior, highway, afternoon.

I know I'll never get
all of my friends in the same place - Shirkers

I know I'll never get all of my friends in the same pla...

It's not just scenery
and disappearing buildings, - Shirkers

It's not just scenery and disappearing buildings,

It's more
than a physical time capsule. - Shirkers

It's more than a physical time capsule.

And so what you're doing
is not bringing Shirkers back to life - Shirkers

And so what you're doing is not bringing Shirkers back ...

It's strange
because it doesn't exist as a film, - Shirkers

It's strange because it doesn't exist as a film,

You know, we laughed about it,
we cried about it, - Shirkers

You know, we laughed about it, we cried about it,

You have this affection towards
the film because of the time in your life. - Shirkers

You have this affection towards the film because of the time...

Finally, one day I said, - Shirkers

Finally, one day I said,

For more than 20 years, - Shirkers

For more than 20 years,

And I've learned to think: - Shirkers

And I've learned to think:

Making this film, I've come to realize - Shirkers

Making this film, I've come to realize

So, yeah. So what's next? - Shirkers

So, yeah. So what's next?

It's like I'm the next senior person,
but anyway... - Shirkers

It's like I'm the next senior person, but anyway.....

You should've said...
So you're the chair of Film? - Shirkers

You should've said... So you're the chair of Film?

I'm gonna be chair of the department
actually in the fall for three years. - Shirkers

I'm gonna be chair of the department actually in the fa...

"Is she seeking immortality
through her dreams?" - Shirkers

"Is she seeking immortality through her dreams?"

"Scene seven, interior,
S's house, afternoon." - Shirkers

"Scene seven, interior, S's house, afternoon."...

This notebook
contains the kernel for my profession, - Shirkers

This notebook contains the kernel for my profession,

So I'm analyzing
and breaking down the script - Shirkers

So I'm analyzing and breaking down the script

So I have I have not seen this
for 23 years. - Shirkers

So I have I have not seen this for 23 years.

You gave me this notebook
when you arrived. - Shirkers

You gave me this notebook when you arrived.

I don't have to talk to you, you know,
on a regular basis, - Shirkers

I don't have to talk to you, you know, on a regular bas...

Uh, you and Jasmine and I
are bonded in a way - Shirkers

Uh, you and Jasmine and I are bonded in a way

Um, is a double-edged sword for me, - Shirkers

Um, is a double-edged sword for me,

How many times can I keep telling you
that it was extremely annoying - Shirkers

How many times can I keep telling you that it was extremely ...

This is so typically you that you're gonna
put everybody under the magnifying glass - Shirkers

This is so typically you that you're gonna put everybod...

But whenever Shirkers comes up,
even after all these years, - Shirkers

But whenever Shirkers comes up, even after all these years,

Because we have to clear the studio room
and reset our blocking. - Shirkers

Because we have to clear the studio room and reset our block...

We still grab lunch
whenever we're in the same city, - Shirkers

We still grab lunch whenever we're in the same city,

She fights Injustice
wherever she sees it. - Shirkers

She fights Injustice wherever she sees it.

Say, "Writers unite!" - Shirkers

Say, "Writers unite!"

And this is to raise awareness
for the screenwriters, yeah! - Shirkers

And this is to raise awareness for the screenwriters, yeah!

Of the three of us, Jasmine is
the only one who still lives in Singapore. - Shirkers

Of the three of us, Jasmine is the only one who still lives ...

Jasmine had just made what is still - Shirkers

Jasmine had just made what is still

Look at this. I step out
of my own wedding... - Shirkers

Look at this. I step out of my own wedding...

I was getting married in Paris, - Shirkers

I was getting married in Paris,

But years later, we took another one. - Shirkers

But years later, we took another one.

Jasmine didn't come along
on that road trip - Shirkers

Jasmine didn't come along on that road trip

And then, there was the landscape
of a Singapore - Shirkers

And then, there was the landscape of a Singapore

Jasmine defiantly chewing gum
after gum was officially banned. - Shirkers

Jasmine defiantly chewing gum after gum was officially banne...

There were so many surprises
in this time capsule. - Shirkers

There were so many surprises in this time capsule.

And I was as rotten as I thought I was. - Shirkers

And I was as rotten as I thought I was.

Everyone I remembered being fantastic
was fantastic. - Shirkers

Everyone I remembered being fantastic was fantastic.

For years,
I felt like a crazy person - Shirkers

For years, I felt like a crazy person

And I have this voice going, "No, no, no, - Shirkers

And I have this voice going, "No, no, no,

You know, Shirkers is like the ghost - Shirkers

You know, Shirkers is like the ghost

When I saw the footage, - Shirkers

When I saw the footage,

Shirkers was returned to us a mute. - Shirkers

Shirkers was returned to us a mute.

He might have loved our reels, - Shirkers

He might have loved our reels,

We all fell in love with the film
in different ways, - Shirkers

We all fell in love with the film in different ways,

I thought that when he absconded - Shirkers

I thought that when he absconded

Georges Cardona had his own
very bizarre love, right? For Shirkers. - Shirkers

Georges Cardona had his own very bizarre love, right? For Sh...

But the one who was closest
to who he really was... - Shirkers

But the one who was closest to who he really was...

After unpeeling Georges Cardona
layer by layer, - Shirkers

After unpeeling Georges Cardona layer by layer,

And this made me think
of that scene in Blow Up, - Shirkers

And this made me think of that scene in Blow Up,

I had one last shred of Georges: - Shirkers

I had one last shred of Georges:

Steve and I are now forever bound, - Shirkers

Steve and I are now forever bound,

Other people, it was also film,
soundtracks, whatever. - Shirkers

Other people, it was also film, soundtracks, whatever.

You know, in your case it was film,
in my case it was film and equipment. - Shirkers

You know, in your case it was film, in my case it was film a...

And the way that he dealt
with that threat was to take action - Shirkers

And the way that he dealt with that threat was to take actio...

The pattern that emerges is that Georges - Shirkers

The pattern that emerges is that Georges

And he wanted me to be part of it, - Shirkers

And he wanted me to be part of it,

And as was invariably the case, - Shirkers

And as was invariably the case,

Was sometime in the early '90s - Shirkers

Was sometime in the early '90s

He was always very vague
about his ethnicity. - Shirkers

He was always very vague about his ethnicity.

There was always a sense
that he was not just self-conscious - Shirkers

There was always a sense that he was not just self-conscious

I said, "Why? What's so funny?" - Shirkers

I said, "Why? What's so funny?"

And I just accepted that as gospel
for the longest time - Shirkers

And I just accepted that as gospel for the longest time

I mean, he told me
that he was born on a ship - Shirkers

I mean, he told me that he was born on a ship

He never told me he was French.
I would have remembered that. - Shirkers

He never told me he was French. I would have remembered that...

You know, what was real
and what wasn't, I have no clue. - Shirkers

You know, what was real and what wasn't, I have no clue...

I think it's funny that she was
struck by the sight of him smoking, - Shirkers

I think it's funny that she was struck by the sight of ...

That was, to me, the most bizarre thing, - Shirkers

That was, to me, the most bizarre thing,

The only thing that's on there
is this missing persons... - Shirkers

The only thing that's on there is this missing persons....

When we were trying
to get hold of him over the years, - Shirkers

When we were trying to get hold of him over the years,

And it's entirely in keeping with
Georges's personality and character, - Shirkers

And it's entirely in keeping with Georges's person...

And Georges felt jealous, - Shirkers

And Georges felt jealous,

I worked on the crew
of Sex, Lies, and Videotape, - Shirkers

I worked on the crew of Sex, Lies, and Videotape,

To speculate as to why
Georges would go around - Shirkers

To speculate as to why Georges would go around

He had this perverse need
to create a mythology. - Shirkers

He had this perverse need to create a mythology.

I hoped that by driving around
with her I'd get closer to him. - Shirkers

I hoped that by driving around with her I'd get closer ...

You all might not realize how happy - Shirkers

You all might not realize how happy

The widow and I continue to search
for remnants of her life with Georges. - Shirkers

The widow and I continue to search for remnants of her life ...

I know it's terrible
to feel a twinge of joy - Shirkers

I know it's terrible to feel a twinge of joy

I can't prove it, but it certainly
would not be inconsistent - Shirkers

I can't prove it, but it certainly would not be inconsi...

So I ordered all the film negative
from Motion Picture Labs in Memphis, - Shirkers

So I ordered all the film negative from Motion Picture Labs ...

So years later,
I had some discretionary income - Shirkers

So years later, I had some discretionary income

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A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sandi Tan

Writer: Sandi Tan

Production: Cinereach,Doc Society

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 88/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 26 Oct 2018

Awards: 8 wins & 31 nominations

Homepage: http://www.netflix.com/title/80241061