Night on Earth (1991)

Isaach De Bankolé: Driver (segment "Paris")

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• Paris Driver : Don't blind people usually wear dark glasses?

  Blind Woman : Do they? I've never seen a blind person.

• Blind Woman : Listen, jerk-off, I can do anything you can and a lot of things you'll never do. I'm blind, that's all.

  Paris Driver : You can't drive a car, for example.

  Blind Woman : And you can?

• Paris Driver : I work from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., so don't fuck with me in my own taxi! I don't give a shit about you, Ambassador, OK?

  Passenger #1 : Can't we have some fun?

  Passenger #2 : We've had champagne and we're happy...

  Paris Driver : No, you don't have fun in my taxi! It's my place of business, not your fucking playground! Okay, get out!

• Paris Driver : Okay, if you're so smart, let me ask you a question. What color am I?

  Blind Woman : I don't give a fuck about colors!

  Paris Driver : But people have different colors of skin.

  Blind Woman : Look, I don't care if you're green or blue like a carrot! For me the word color doesn't mean anything. I feel colors... but you'd never understand that!

• Paris Driver : I didn't mean to make you mad. I don't know any blind people. I'm curious, that's all.

  Blind Woman : I'm just like you. I drink, I eat, I taste things. I listen to music. I feel music. I do whatever I want. I even go to the movies.

  Paris Driver : The movies? And what do you see at the movies?

  Blind Woman : Sometimes I feel the film.

• Paris Driver : When you eat, you can't see the food. The carrots could be blue, for example. And with music, you can't see the musicians! You don't even know the shape of a guitar.

  Blind Woman : Yes I know the shape of a fucking guitar. I feel things I'm sure you never will.

• Paris Driver : If you can't see anything, when you make love, how do you know who's next to you, who you're making love with?

  Blind Woman : When I make love it's with every centimeter of my body, every pore of my skin. Unlike you, I'm sure. Believe me, I know the man I make love with.

• Man in Accident (segment "Paris") : Don't you look where you're going? We're not in Africa here!

  Paris Driver : You're a racist!

  Man in Accident (segment "Paris") : No, I'm not a racist, but you drive like a fuckin' black! The road goes this way, and you were going that way! Are you blind or what?