Eight and a Half: Go Ego - Music Video Page #5

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she asked for peas. It's a good sign.

No, just forget about it.

- If you need anything, let us know.

- Yes, thanks.

Carla, is this the first time you've run

such a high fever so suddenly?

No. It shoots up over nothing.

Then it goes away.

My husband is used to it.

It doesn't scare him

No, don't get up.

Stay under the covers.

- I'm so hot. I'm thirsty.

- Wait, I'll give it to you. Here.

Drink slowly or you'll get

all bloated!

- Is it day or night?

- What are you talking about?

It's four o'clock in the afternoon.

Listen, now we'll wait for the

doctor and see what he has to say.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to send

your husband a telegram.

We can't take full responsibility for this.

Yes, he ought to know.

No, I don't want it to be over.

If he comes, he'll take me away.

And I have bought

so many nice little dresses.

Why did you gorge on

all that water?

That's for sick people.

Are you sick?

You're always ready when

there's something to gorge on.

What else should I do?

You're always leaving me here alone.

I drafted my will two years ago.

Anyway, it's not like you die sooner

just because you make a will.

You see, I have a brother

and a sister too,

but I'd like the apartment

to go to my husband.

It's mine, but how would

the poor thing manage with out it...

even if he does get remarried?

Ah, these sheets!

Listen, tell me the truth,

the truth, you hear?

Why do you stay with me?

What can I tell the Cardinal tomorrow?

Yes, I did read the little synopsis

your producer sent us.

It's very interesting.

From a factual point of view though,

the meeting between

the protagonist

and a prince of the church could

not happen during a mud treatment

as you describe it.

I'm sorry but it's absolutely not feasible.

A high prelate has his

own private room.

True, but I was looking for

an unconventional setting.

What do you mean?

The protagonist received

a Catholic upbringing and...

- Good morning.

- Monsignor, this is Guido Anselmi.

Nice to meet you.

You must be the director.

Yes.

Is the subject of this film

a religious one?

Well, yes, in a manner of speaking.

As I was saying, the protagonist

had a Catholic upbringing,

Iike all of us, for that matter.

So, he has certain complexes,

certain needs he can no

longer repress.

And a prince of the church appears to him

like the depositary of a truth

that he can no longer accept

although it still fascinates him.

So, he seeks contact, some help,

perhaps a flash of understanding.

Saul in Damascus, right?

Don't we all harbor such hopes?

I do realize the idea might sound a

bit superficial, gothic if you want...

No, no, that's not it.

I don't believe cinema

lends itself well to certain topics.

You mix sacred

and profane love too casually.

Isn't that so?

- Maybe.

Yours is a great responsibility.

You can either corrupt

or educate thousands of souls.

His Eminence

will listen to you all the same.

You can ask him some questions.

Allow me to introduce you

to the director.

Please, do sit down.

Please pardon the intrusion,

Your Eminence. I wouldn't presume,

But my producer is restless,

perhaps he's right,

and he insisted that l...

- Are you married?

- Yes.

- Any children?

- Yes. I mean, no.

- How old are you?

- 43.

- Do you hear this singing bird?

- Pardon?

- Do you know what it's called?

- No.

It's called Diomedeo.

The legend has it that

when Diomedes died,

all these little birds gathered

and accompanied him to his grave

singing a funeral lamentation.

Hear? It sounds like wailing.

Guido, Guido let's go see

the Saraghina.

Coming.

Saraghina, dance the Rumba.

Here.

Shame on you, shame on you...

It's a mortal sin, it's a mortal sin...

I don't believe it, it can't be true...

Look at your mother, look at her!

- Mother.

- Stop there.

Oh God, I'm so ashamed,

so ashamed and hurt!

But above all, during his whole life

and in any place where he lived,

the pious Luigi most abhorred

any talk or dealing with women,

whose presence he avoided

in such a way that whoever

saw him thought he had a natural

dislike of them...

Get down!

Don't you know that Saraghina

is the devil?

No, I didn't. I really did not.

So, what does it mean?

It's a character inspired by

your childhood memories.

No connection with a real

critical conscience.

No, if you really want to make

a polemical piece

about the ltalian Catholic

consciousness, you would need

a much higher degree of culture

as well as inexorable logic and clarity.

Forgive me, but...

your naivete is a serious failing.

Your little memories,

bathed in nostalgia,

your inoffensive and fundamentally

sentimental evocations

are all the expressions

of an accomplice...

"How?" said the parish priest,

"With a communist?"

See? He didn't say: 'a man'.

Catholic conscience?

Just think what Suetonious was

at the time of the Caesars!

No, your intention was to denounce,

but you end up

supporting it like an accomplice.

See? What confusion...

what ambiguity!

Dear Doctor, I'm very angry with you!

But you don't need me anymore.

That isn't true, absolutely not true.

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showers and mud treatments.

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massages.

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inhalations.

Hello, Commendatore.

You know, I've figured out

what you're trying to talk about...

Man's inner confusion.

But you've got to be clearer.

You have to make yourself understood.

Otherwise what's the use of it?

Let's go, Guido.

If what you have to say

is interesting,

it must be so for everybody.

How can you not care

if audiences understand?

I'm sorry, but that is

arrogant and presumptuous

Commendatore, let's go over there.

Inhale. Breathe deeply.

Hi, Guido.

I've saved you a spot by the jet.

I went to the spaceship this morning

and it's already gone up 50 meters...

Mario.

Guido, his Eminence is

waiting for you. I repeat.

His Eminence is waiting.

Get dressed, quickly.

The Cardinal is already waiting.

Tell him everything.

Confess everything,

don't hide anything

and if you have any spare time just

put in a good word for me too.

It's a golden opportunity, Guido.

The Cardinal! You're so lucky.

He can give dispensations for anything...

Remember my divorce in Mexico City.

Get me my Mexican divorce.

He won't say no to you.

And above all show you're devout,

throw yourself down on your knees,

kiss his ring, cry,

say you've repented.

Getting in their good graces means

you can have anything you want in life.

Listen to me.

Careful, Guido. We're in your hands.

You only get five minutes.

Your Eminence, I'm not happy.

Why should you be?

That isn't your job.

Who told you we come into the world

to be happy?

Origen says in his homilies:

Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus.

There's no salvation outside

the church.

Extra Ecclesiam, nemo salvatur.

No one will meet salvation,

outside the church.

Salus extra Ecclesiam, non est.

There's no salvation outside

the church.

Civitas dei. He who isn't

in the City of God,

belongs to the City of the Devil.

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