Shoot Self with You · Film passages
After “Our Performance Is Over”
Position in the film 02:31:57 — 02:32:15
“Our performance is over.” The sentence ends, but thanks and names continue. An ending has been announced; bringing the event to a close still takes time.
Original sound · Clip duration 00:18 Open video separately
Selected dialogue is presented below in English and Chinese; omissions are marked.
The Exchange
Bilingual dialogue excerpts · In their original order
- He Fa / the real director
- Thank you, everyone,感谢各位
- He Fa / the real director
- for coming to see our performance.来看我们的演出
- He Fa / the real director
- Our performance is over.我们的演出结束了
- [Some lines omitted]
- He Fa / the real director
- Thanks to the three—感谢三位
- He Fa / the real director
- Oh, no, four—哦不 四位
- He Fa / the real director
- Oh, five—哦 五位
- He Fa / the real director
- for the five actors’ great performances.五位演员的伟大表演
- [Some lines omitted]
- He Fa / the real director
- And now, make yourselves at home.然后 大家随便玩
Dialogue and Timing Notes
The wording and speaker attribution follow the human-confirmed record of 6 May 2026. Dialogue timestamps are historical navigation points; they have not been recalibrated line by line for this edition. Still-image times are actual sample positions in the fixed 4K master. A single image cannot establish who is speaking or being addressed.
Announcing an end and actually bringing an event to a close concern different things. The correction from “three” to “four” to “five” in the thanks is retained from the record.
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Return to the Book
To announce an ending is to state publicly the moment when performing stops. It sends a signal to the audience and the performers; how that signal takes effect still depends on what people do next. A performance can end while each person continues to understand what has just happened.
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