Splendor Page #2
- Year:
- 1989
- 110 min
- 82 Views
- Yes.
A handsome man!
He looks like you.
Rather, it's you who resemble him.
- Who's the other man?
- It's Marshall Tito.
A friend of yours?
Well, yes. Though
we never met.
What do they have for
breakfast in France?
Bye, see you tonight.
- Do you want some more chicken?
- No.
When I was leaving I saw that my sister
was preparing homemade tagliatelle.
- And I'll have to eat them.
- Well, unless you don't like them.
Rather... it's late.
- Want me to wait for you?
- No, I'll just finish these numbers.
- Good night, Chantal.
- See you tomorrow.
- You're Swedish, right?
- I'm French, from Maisons-Laffite.
Me, I'm Italian.
From Afragola.
My father sent me to work
at my uncle's hotel-restaurant.
- I don't really like it.
- Are you going back home, then?
Yes, unless I find another job.
And you?
I landed here when I was 20.
I was part of the ballet-show
"Les plus belles".
I stayed here, for love.
When we arrived on tour...
we would play in small places,
no Milan nor Rome.
One night while I was dancing,
I was stricken by a spectator.
Young, very good looking. And we
stared and stared at each other.
When the show was over, the handsome
young man came into the dressing room.
And took me with him,
just as I was.
With just a robe
over my silk dress.
the owner of The Splendor?
Yes, it was Jordan.
Was he gorgeous as a young man?
This town is a bit like
Maisons-Laffite, my town.
It's kind of... Italian, old
Roman, because...
- Jules Cesar?
- O, Julius Cesar, the Italian.
He built the encampment...
and called it "mansions". Mansion
is "maison", Maisons-Laffitte.
You're so cultured.
You know so many things!
- I'm home, thank you and good night.
- See you tomorrow at the Splendor?
Do you always go to the movies so often?
You've been there almost every night.
Well, I... I go often. I really
like cinema as a show.
When I was in Naples, I never
used to go to the movies.
Good night.
Miss.
Miss... I have to
tell you something.
Go on.
I'll tell you tomorrow.
So what? A plate's been broken.
Let's eat.
Enjoy!
- The where and the when.
- The how and the why.
Good morning!
I guess we're colleagues from now on.
Yes, but we won't compete. You
want viewers, I'm looking for souls.
Looks like the souls will be
paying just like the viewers.
for the priest's movies.
But this Pope is smart.
He's opened 5,000 parochial
movie theaters in all Italy.
Think of what he's done, in terms
both economic and related to the...
congregation of youths
around the Church.
Yes, like when we used to go
to prayers to play ball.
Cinema has been inspired
by the Church.
A magic place, with columns,
marble, domes...
with the promise...
of another life, different
from every day life.
Movies are a kind
of great beyond.
And also equal to all,
there are no damned...
Pope Pacelli has understood.
People's souls are ours, he said...
even when they go to the movies.
Ah! "Wild Strawberries"
I've read Cacciraghi's review.
Powerful film. We'll see it today.
- I'll have a bite and will be back.
- Right.
- The when and the where.
- The how and the why.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Mr. Paulo, this is the first time
that you honor us with a visit.
No... I was here in...
wait... in '49...
with my poor mother.
She was a big fan
of the great Toto.
But Toto kept on making
movies after '49.
- My mother died in 1950.
- I'm sorry.
To really understand solitude...
you have to lose your mother.
- Is this the entrance?
- Yes.
- Can I go in?
- Please do.
Thank you.
- You're very courteous, you know.
- That's kind of you, thank you.
"The taste of strawberries...
"Returning to this place
from a distant past...
"nostalgically brought
to mind my youth.
"Sara.
"Sara.
"I'm your cousin, Isaac. I may not look
like the one from yesteryear, but you...
"you're still the same,
you haven't changed a bit.
"Good morning, beautiful cousin.
What are you doing?
Picking strawberries,
can't you see?
- How long have you been the
projectionist? - Since '37.
- Since '37?
- Yes.
- Is it hard work?
- It takes will power and attentiveness.
You have to prepare
it in the morning...
- See?
- It broke.
- So?
- You fix it.
You take the film and
cut between frames,
on the line. You scratch it,
remove the gel.
Take the acetone...
And you have amyl acetate.
See the frames?
You don't even notice it.
Then you continue.
It looks nice. What if
it happens again?
booing in the seats.
"Good bye.
"Wait, Mr. Hulot...
"Did you hurt yourself?
"Mr. Commander...
"Mr. Police Chief.
"Watch out!
"Once again, attention!
"Get ready!
"Pamela, take two,
take three, take five.
- "Take seven.
- Stop!
- "Huh?
- This one was fine.
"Everyone to the starting
position, quick!
"Pamela, one four, second!
"Action!
"There!
- "Father, father!
- The Rex... The Rex.
"Hail The Rex! The fascist regime's
greatest accomplishment!
"As the representative for the mayor,
I wish you a good trip!
"Viva Italia!
- "Buy at Biscein's
- "How is it?
- "Buy at Biscein's
- "How is it?
"How is it? How is it?
"Good bye!"
They made me work a lot,
until late, for little money...
So I go and tell the man:
"Listen, I want to quit."
So he looks at me and says:
"Go, go, the school of life
has taught you nothing."
So I answered:
"If it's taught me nothing, then
you haven't even been there."
Good answer.
It was a nice answer.
It's just that I... didn't...
answer that way.
- How come?
- Because I... didn't...
think of it at the moment.
I just sat there,
I even blushed.
I said:
"Excuse me, then."Yes, that was a good answer...
It came to me two days later.
I wasn't going to call two days later:
"Last Wednesday you said:
"Go, go, the school of life
has taught you nothing."
"Want to hear my answer?
If it's..."
It's outdated as an answer.
In movies, on the other hand...
In movies that doesn't happen,
because everything is prepared,
everything foreseen,
even the unforeseen.
The unforeseen doesn't happen, the
unforeseen is foreseen in movies.
The love scenes, for example.
In life...
you play it as it comes.
It's not all prepared.
When you make a
mistake, for example...
in the wrong place, or in an
uncomfortable, squeaky bed.
I haven't heard the bed squeak.
That's because I lubed
it beforehand.
Well, if you prefer watching things
in movies rather than doing them...
I'm leaving, good bye.
Good bye forever.
Well... "good bye forever"
is only said in...
Isn't it "I'm leaving forever?"
It's something that has to be prepared,
thought over, written, or else...
"I'm leaving then."
"What do you mean, leaving?
"Just yesterday you were saying..."
"Yesterday's gone."
"Yesterday's gone?" You
haven't kept your promise.
"You're promises are like the wind.
What, are promises just wind?"
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