Columbus (I) (2017)

Haley Lu Richardson: Casey

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• Casey : Smart phone, dumb human.

• Jin : I think religions are like monarchies. There might be a good king here and there, but the system is problematic. Too easy to exploit.

  Casey : So you're anti-monarchy?

  Jin : Yes.

  Casey : Isn't everyone?

  Jin : You'd be surprised.

• Casey : So down with books, long live video games?

• Jin : You could do a lot better!

  Casey : Than what? Taking care of my mom? You obviously don't get that, do you? Because you're here hoping that your dad dies so you don't have to mourn for him.

• Casey : I'm really interested in architecture.

  Jin : Yeah, I hear this town is quite the Mecca.

• [last lines] 

  Casey : Thanks... for everything.

  Jin : Thank you... for being here

  Casey : I hope my mom's gonna be okay.

  Jin : She's gonna be all right. She wants this for you. Caseey, she's so proud of you.

  Casey : I feel bad leaving you, too. You gotta keep my posted, okay?

  Jin : I will. But you need to stop feeling bad.

  Casey : Yeah... so do you.

  Jin : Maybe.

  Casey : Think I'm gonna quit smoking.

  Jin : Yeah?

  Casey : Yeah.

  Jin : It's probably a good idea.

  [referring to Eleanor] 

  Jin : She's not a fan.

  [pause] 

  Jin : You better get going.

  Casey : I know.

  [They embrace each other] 

• Jin : Where are we?

  Casey : Nowhere!

  Jin : What is this?

  Casey : This is where I went to school.

  Jin : That's brutal.

• Casey : In the middle of all the mess, in this fucking strip mall there was this.

• Jin : [translating his father's manuscript in Korean]  It says, "Effort plus cost," uh, "to see what is invisible and always visible." No, "omni-visible." No, "always visible." "Always visible."

  Casey : Wow. I should ask Gabe at work. He's really into these kind of riddles.

  Jin : Yes. Yes, what the fuck? My father was always trying to be so profound. Why wouldn't he just write the name down or draw a better picture?

  Casey : Well, I didn't think he thought someone was ever going to read this. He probably knew exactly what he meant.

  Jin : Still fucking annoying.

• Casey : You speak English.

  Jin : You don't think Asians can speak English?

• [Jin and Casey sit on the entrance steps of the Columbus City Hall] 

  Jin : I think this is what my dad was referring to.

  Casey : That?

  Jin : Yes.

  Casey : Hm.

  Jin : If it's not, I'm gonna say that it is.

• Jin : Did he tell you that we haven't spoken in over a year?

  Casey : You're all he has.

  Jin : That has never been the case.

  Jin : He has his students, his work.

  Casey : You're his son.

  Jin : You've been watching too much Korean drama.

• Casey : I was going for something a little more subtle.

  Maria : I don't even know what that means.

  Casey : You know, less obvious.

  Maria : Why?

  Casey : Because sometimes, you can taste the food better and then there's a better aftertaste.

• Casey : I don't even know why you wasted your data.