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It's not difficult to predict[br]for this story of mine

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biased, ambiguous[br]and scandalized judgments.

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In any case, I want to state here and now[br]that however la ricotta is taken,

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the story of the passion,[br]which la ricotta indirectly recalls,

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is for me the greatest event[br]that has ever happened

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and the books that recount it[br]the most sublime ever written.

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Damn it.

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Got a temperature?

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Stracci, you're finished.

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Yes, of course.

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I slept outside last night.[br]The garbage man woke me up.

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Then you're not eating?

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Not eating? Yeah, right.

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Better hide your lunch,[br]or I'll eat that too.

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What did you say?

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That reminds me: The wife and kids[br]are coming to eat today.

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Who knows what saint will help me.

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You've got your pick here today.

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With all these saints,[br]it's like a museum around here!

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Anything wrong with the saints?

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St. Sly there stole from god[br]to feed the dog.

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Just look how it eats:

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Caviar, steak...

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saints, did you eat[br]the whole last supper?

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I'm a poor starving man.

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Nothing left?[br]You ate it all?

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Shut up[br]or I'll excommunicate you.

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The crown.

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The crown!

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Places, everyone! We're ready!

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The record!

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Not that one!

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You're worse than the men[br]who rolled dice at the foot of the cross!

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Publicans! Blasphemers!

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The Scarlatti record!

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Camera!

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2050, take one.

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Action!

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Come on, prompter.[br]Do your job.

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O sorrowing spirit.

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O bewildered mother's son.

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O desperate mother's son.

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O martyred son.

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O chaste, rose-pink son.

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O peerless son.

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No, Valentina!

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What's with that face?[br]This isn't the comédie française!

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Action!

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O sorrowing spirit.

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O bewildered mother's son.

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O bewildered mother's son.

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O martyred son.

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Get the negro out of there!

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Sonia, remember[br]you're at Christ's feet!

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Stop thinking about your dog!

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Camera!

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2,050, take three.

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Action.

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Prompter, wake up!

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O sorrowing spirit...

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half-wits! Now we'll have[br]to start all over again!

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Sonia, step out please.[br]We've got to start again.

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- Camera.[br]- 2,050, take four.

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Action.

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Amorosi, stop picking your nose[br]and take your position!

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Giovanni, did you get some lunch?

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Here it is.

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Eat up.

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- What about you?[br]- Me?

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I'm out of luck, as usual.

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What can you do?

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Enjoy it.

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Thanks, Giovanni.[br]See you tonight.

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- Where are you going?[br]- I've got business.

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I'm gonna get work as an extra.

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- Where are you going?[br]- I've got business too.

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Finished the whole thing already?

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What an appetite!

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I want to go to Terracina

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and have lunch on the plain

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I'll eat a cow whole[br]and a sheep still in its wool

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you look like my dad.

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Idiot.

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Hey, you bastard!

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That's my lunch!

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Damn you!

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Drop my lunch[br]or I'll throttle you,

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you dirty thief!

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Bastard!

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Think that was a nice thing to do?

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Think you're better than me[br]'cause you belong to a star?

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May I have a word?

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Excuse me.[br]I hope I'm not disturbing.

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I'm a journalist.

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Go on.

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I'd like to get a little interview.

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- No more than four questions.[br]- Thanks.

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First: What do you mean to express[br]with this new work?

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My intimate, profound,

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archaic Catholicism.

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What do you think[br]of Italian society?

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The most illiterate masses

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and the most ignorant[br]bourgeoisie in Europe.

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And what do you think of death?

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As a Marxist,[br]I never give it any thought.

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Fourth and last question:

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What do you think of[br]our great director Federico Fellini?

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He dances.

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He dances.

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Thank you, congratulations[br]and good-bye.

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"I am a force from the past..."

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it's a poem.

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In the first part, the poet describes[br]certain ancient ruins

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whose style and history[br]no one any longer understands,

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and certain hideous modern buildings[br]that everyone understands.

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Then he resumes:

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"I am a force from the past.

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Tradition is my only love.

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I come from the ruins, churches,

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altarpieces, forgotten hamlets

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in the Apennines[br]and the foothills of the alps

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where dwell our brothers.

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I walk the Tuscolana way[br]like a madman,

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the Appian way[br]like a dog without a master.

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I behold the twilight,[br]the mornings over Rome,

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over 'ciociaria',

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over the world,

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like the first acts of post-history,

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which I witness[br]by privilege of birth

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from the utmost edge[br]of some buried age.

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Monstrous is the man born

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from the bowels of a dead woman.

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And I,

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adult foetus,

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wander, more modern[br]than any modern...

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in search of brothers...

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who are no more."

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Did you understand anything?

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Sure, a lot.

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You walk the Tuscolana way...

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write down what I tell you.

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You understood nothing[br]because you're an average man, right?

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Well, yeah.

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But you don't know[br]what an average man is.

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He's a monster.

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A dangerous criminal.

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Conformist,

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colonialist,

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racist,

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slave trader,

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a mediocrity!

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Have you got a bad heart?

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No, thank god.

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Too bad, because if you[br]were to drop dead right here,

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it'd be good publicity[br]for the film's release.

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You don't exist anyway.

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Capital acknowledges[br]the existence of labour

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only insofar as it serves production.

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And the producer of my film[br]is the owner of your paper as well.

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Good-bye.

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- What are you doing picking flowers?[br]- Nothing else to do.

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Nothing else to do.

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- And what are you waiting for?[br]- That's our business.

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Your business.

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What a nice dog.[br]What kind is it?

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What breed is it?[br]A Pomeranian?

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He's adorable.

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What's his name?

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Bastard.

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He's so sweet.[br]If he could just talk, he'd be perfect.

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You like him?

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A lot!

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- Want to make a deal?[br]- What kind of deal?

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I'll sell him to you.

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I don't have much on me.[br]Will you take a check?

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Give me a thousand lira[br]and we'll call it even.

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I've got a thousand lira.[br]Here.

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Cheese man!

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I'll buy all you've got!

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The good thief!

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The good thief!

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Nail them up.

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Here I am.

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Come on, slaves. Nail me up.

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Climb on[br]and I'll nail you down good.

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Boy, I ate too much.[br]My stomach's about to explode.

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- Did you eat, Stracci?[br]- What kind of question is that?

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Here, Stracci, have a bite.

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You thirsty? Want a drink?

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Natalina!

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Come here a minute.

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Whaddaya want?

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Don't make a fuss.[br]Come here.

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Listen, do us a favour.

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Do a striptease for us.[br]See Stracci over there?

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You have to do it in front of him.

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What have you got to lose?

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We'll pay you. Come on.

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Give us a tune.

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Play some of that Arab music.

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What are you waiting for?

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Start stripping.

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Silence!

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Musician, don't swallow[br]your instrument!

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- Begone, she-devil![br]- Flower of the orient!

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Ali Baba's mistress!

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Carry the crosses up.

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Get a move on with those crosses![br]You're like slugs this morning!

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We ought to have a whip!

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Run! Come on, run!

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Start the record, please.

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Come with me.

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Ettore, you're some angel![br]What are you doing?

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- I can try, can't I?[br]- Try spreading your wings.

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She's the one who should have[br]done the striptease.

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What scene are you setting up?

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Listen, darling, you shoot my scene[br]or I take off. Fair is fair.

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Right. I'd forgotten.

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Do the other scene.

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Leave them nailed down.

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Leave them nailed down!

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Take it easy.

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I'm hungry.[br]I'm gonna start cursing.

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You do and I'll let you have it.

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A fine Christ you are.[br]Think I've got no right to grumble?

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Suit yourself, but I won't take you[br]into the kingdom of heaven.

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I'd settle for the kingdom of earth.

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Especially now that[br]your party's in power.

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As if yours is any better?[br]They're all the same.

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I don't get you.

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You're always hungry, yet you stay[br]with those who starve you.

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Some have one calling,[br]others another.

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My calling must have been to starve.

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Places, please.[br]We've no time to lose.

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Get the seamstress out of there!

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Put on the record.

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No, not that one, you heathens!

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Remember, the director[br]wants you to keep perfectly still.

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- Camera.[br]- 442, take one.

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Action.

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No, not like that.

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Do it again.[br]More rapture, more piety.

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No, I told you to keep still.

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Stop waving those arms around.

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Stop!

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You're a figure on an altarpiece.[br]You got that?

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What a shame! What a shame!

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I'll bash your heads in,[br]you lazy cowards!

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You have no respect,[br]you blasphemers!

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Yes, ma'am.

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Let's start again.

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Camera.

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Imploring, you hear?[br]And keep still!

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- 442, take two.[br]- Action!

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There goes the sun.

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Farewell, Phoebus.

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Unnail them.

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How funny!

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It's "the Stracci show"!

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Give him something good to eat!

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Suck on these!

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Watch out for the little chicks!

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Here, rinse your mouth out.

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That's enough appetizers.[br]Have some spaghetti.

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The lightning and thunder![br]Quick, you idiot!

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Let's have some thunder now!

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Now the wind!

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So you finally found us[br]in this wasteland!

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Welcome!

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Hey, Stracci,[br]you remember your line?

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Don't mess up now![br]All the press from Rome is here!

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The producer's here![br]You understand?

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Politicians, actors and actresses,[br]journalists...

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come on.[br]Let's hear your line.

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"Lord, remember me[br]when thou comest into thy kingdom."

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Once again!

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Come on![br]What are you waiting for?

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"Lord, remember me

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when thou comest into thy kingdom."

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Quiet.

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Quiet! We're shooting!

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Camera.

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2,150, take one.

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Action.

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Come on, Stracci.[br]"Lord, remember me..."

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action!

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What's the matter with him?

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He's dead.

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Poor Stracci.

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He had to die to remind us[br]that he too was alive.

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The end

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