The Draughtsman's Contract Page #3
- R
- Year:
- 1982
- 108 min
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Some of England's oldest
colonies have heirs in plenty.
Mr. Neville...
...do we have an indication
of Scottish sympathies?
You would be reading far too much...
...into what is simply a
statement of fact.
If the best Englishmen
are foreigners...
...and that seems to be a
simple statement of fact...
...then the best English
painters are foreigners too.
There's no English
painter worthy of the name.
Would you agree Mr. Neville?
To be an English painter...
...is a contradictory term.
Then Mr. Herbert shows some sense
in encouraging Mr. Neville.
Mr. Herbert, as we all know...
...is full of contradictions.
Contradictory enough to have
invited you into this house.
Despite his being a man without
airs and graces.
But not privy to whom his wife...
...welcomes into his house.
When my father is away, Louis...
run his house as she feels fit.
And she has seen fit
to invite Mr. Neville.
A gracious speech, Mrs. Talmann.
To hide all manner of inconveniences.
How is that?
It is apparent.
It isn't from our meeting that
your presumptory regime...
...not only extends to
confining the household...
...like animals in reservations...
...but directing us as to whether
or not we should wear a coat...
...carry a walking-stick or whistle.
When I met you in the garden...
...you were doing all those things.
If you intend being there tomorrow...
...I would wish you to dress and
to behave in the same way.
However, it's beyond my power...
...to describe a whistle
pictorially, whether it comes...
...from an Englishman or from a German
dressed as an Englishman.
And what do you do
about the birds, Mr. Neville?
If you ignore their song, you can't
prevent them from flying across...
...the field of your vision.
The prospect of twelve
fine-weather days...
...with clear skies...
...and sharp shadows
is an excellent proposition...
...but not to be guaranteed.
So I am naturally anxious...
...that time should not be wasted.
greatly therefore...
...if my instructions, which have
been given great consideration...
...should be observed.
I'm painstaking enough...
changes in the landscape.
Once started,
I make that a committal...
...whatsoever ensues.
And I think you can surmise...
...that it's an attitude from which
I obtain great satisfaction...
...and some entertainment.
Thomas...
...can you remember, when
Mr. Herbert had his clothes packed...
...whether he took his French boots?
How is it that you've contrived...
...to make the garden
so empty of people?
The authority for these drawings
comes from Mrs. Herbert.
Do you think that she
is a woman who enjoys...
...having a crowd of people
kick her gravel around...
...or move her earth like a
pack of dogs in a herb garden?
I would seek peace
and quiet in a garden...
...and noise and
excitement at a carnival.
Carnem levare.
So Mr. Neville, you
would reserve your revelries...
...for a religious occasion.
And what of Gethsemane?
A wild sort of
garden I shouldn't wonder.
There would be no geometric paths...
...and no Dutch bulbs.
We have a Cedar of Lebanon...
...and a Judas tree.
Perhaps we could
cultivate a Tree of Heaven?
The gardens of England
are becoming jungles.
Such exotics are grossly unsuitable.
If the Garden of Eden was planned for
England, God would have seen to it.
The Garden of Eden...
...was originally
intended for Ireland.
For it was there that St.
Patrick eradicated the snake.
The only useful eradication
in Ireland...
...was performed by
William of Orange...
...four years ago on my birthday.
And happy birthday to you Mr. Talmann.
If you are not too old
to receive presents...
...perhaps the gardener and I can
find a snake for your Orangerie.
What?
Good day to you, Mr. Neville.
Good day, Madam.
Philip.
I see the company is assembled.
And what are we to be spectators of?
You must not be surprised.
We are here at your request.
I did not request an audience...
...nor a dinner on the grass.
Perhaps we are to applaud...
...the view.
The scribbler is never satisfied.
He is as insatiable as a...
You've said that Mr.
Talmann should be here...
...dressed as you asked and
carrying a gold-topped cane.
We have taken you at your word.
There was another instruction, but
conveniently I have forgotten it.
Whistling, Sarah.
So much for convenience.
You do not catch me
in the best of tempers...
...wearing yesterday's clothes.
I give you 20 minutes only.
I have a horse to exercise.
Then, Sir, please take your place.
I will take a walk.
Come with me, Maria.
We have a dog to exercise.
A little to the left, if you please.
And puff out your cheeks.
Why should I do that?
Because last time you were whistling.
A tune perhaps not
readily recognisable...
...even by its own composer.
Look, Madam...
...this man has no head.
A typical German characteristic.
Mr. Neville...
...you're talking about my son-in-law.
By the grace of God...
...you are to have
a grandson by him...
...some day.
Is that not a better thing to talk of?
And you mock my money
and my person...
...to draw caricatures.
With my memory, 3
pictures in the house...
...and your knowledge
of the subject...
...I intend to place
the head of Mr. Herbert...
...on these shoulders...
...as an appropriate
acknowledgement...
...of your husband and his property.
If he should return?
Why, Madam, what a
strange thing to say?
If he should return home to me.
So...
...I am grieving...
...because Mr. Herbert...
...is away.
Yes, Mother.
The Contract is void, Mr. Neville.
I cannot meet you again.
Mrs. Herbert, sit here.
Move your head into the shade.
Don't you think the gardeners
have excelled themselves?
You should not continue to draw.
I'm not able to continue
the terms of our contract.
The fee is yours,
as is the hospitality.
I was about to say...
...that in spite of my
satisfaction at continuing...
...the prospect in such
delightful circumstances...
...the peak of my delight is
obtained in those short minutes...
...when we are together.
Besides, I do not
need to remind you...
...that the contract was made
between two people.
It will take the consent of
both signatories to make it void.
I feel that from this
position I cannot adequately see...
...what I'm supposed
to be seeing and...
...I must therefore ask you to find
some other resting-place.
...when our next meeting is to be
consummated as arranged.
Who is this child
who walks the garden...
...with such a
solemn look on his face?
That is my husband's nephew.
He attracts servants
What is his patrimony?
His father was
killed at Ausbergenfeld.
So my husband brought
him to England.
To be reared as a little Protestant.
He was an orphan and
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