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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 2 00:00:18,442 --> 00:00:22,640 ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL 3 00:01:37,554 --> 00:01:40,352 Ooooh! Go on... 4 00:01:41,224 --> 00:01:42,316 ....try it out 5 00:01:43,460 --> 00:01:45,325 The acoustics are marvelous 6 00:01:46,630 --> 00:01:47,824 It was an ancient oratory 7 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:52,393 Along there, are the tombs of3 popes 8 00:01:52,769 --> 00:01:53,895 ....and 7 bishops 9 00:01:55,906 --> 00:01:57,498 It's a graveyard in here 10 00:02:00,577 --> 00:02:02,545 In 1871... 11 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,579 ....this oratory became a true auditorium 12 00:02:07,250 --> 00:02:09,616 ....for both vocal and instrumental concerts 13 00:02:10,153 --> 00:02:12,519 All the courts of Europe envied us for it 14 00:02:13,190 --> 00:02:15,681 For its acoustics 15 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,092 Ooooh, hear it? 16 00:02:19,596 --> 00:02:22,258 The sound is limpid, without echo 17 00:02:22,633 --> 00:02:24,498 Ideal for listening to music 18 00:02:25,335 --> 00:02:27,326 Without any reverberation 19 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:30,670 That podium was... 20 00:02:31,408 --> 00:02:34,206 ....for the world's great conductors... 21 00:02:34,411 --> 00:02:35,639 ....a mark of achievement 22 00:02:36,913 --> 00:02:38,073 What musicians! 23 00:02:38,515 --> 00:02:40,540 And the people! 24 00:02:40,917 --> 00:02:44,216 There were ministers, ambassadors, clergy 25 00:02:44,454 --> 00:02:46,081 They'd bring their own score... 26 00:02:46,556 --> 00:02:49,047 ....to follow the music 27 00:02:50,694 --> 00:02:53,424 And what beautiful ladies... elegant 28 00:02:53,864 --> 00:02:54,853 ....audacious 29 00:02:55,999 --> 00:02:56,966 Playing tricks again? 30 00:02:59,002 --> 00:03:00,401 And the air was perfumed! 31 00:03:01,338 --> 00:03:02,771 ....there was another atmosphere... 32 00:03:03,507 --> 00:03:05,065 The public today is no longer the same 33 00:03:05,709 --> 00:03:07,973 I must be boring you with this chatter 34 00:03:14,051 --> 00:03:15,245 Everything is in place 35 00:03:17,421 --> 00:03:18,388 Beautiful, eh? 36 00:03:23,727 --> 00:03:26,958 But I'm only the copyist, second fiddle to everyone 37 00:03:27,230 --> 00:03:27,992 Another year... 38 00:03:29,332 --> 00:03:31,061 .... and off into retirement 39 00:03:33,570 --> 00:03:34,400 I'll return... 40 00:03:34,671 --> 00:03:36,332 ....only to attend concerts 41 00:03:37,541 --> 00:03:38,337 That yes! 42 00:03:39,476 --> 00:03:40,841 I couldn't live without music 43 00:04:08,739 --> 00:04:10,673 Good morning to one and all! 44 00:04:11,041 --> 00:04:13,601 I heard some TV people are coming to do... 45 00:04:13,777 --> 00:04:17,042 ....a documentary about our orchestra. This beautiful... 46 00:04:17,247 --> 00:04:20,478 ....auditorium was once a church 47 00:04:20,684 --> 00:04:22,379 ....of the 13th century, as you must know 48 00:04:22,652 --> 00:04:26,418 There, you can see ancient tombs and... 49 00:04:26,590 --> 00:04:28,387 I already told them 50 00:04:29,359 --> 00:04:30,951 Oh, I'm the first violinist 51 00:04:31,495 --> 00:04:34,623 Good morning, Mirella 52 00:04:36,299 --> 00:04:38,859 Can somebody help with this cover? It weighs a ton 53 00:04:39,069 --> 00:04:42,800 Here, let me 54 00:04:44,174 --> 00:04:47,200 Don't say anything. TV people are here 55 00:04:51,314 --> 00:04:53,805 I'd like to know what they do with these chairs! 56 00:04:54,951 --> 00:04:57,818 Dirty Filthy! 57 00:05:12,235 --> 00:05:12,758 They'll break! 58 00:05:15,405 --> 00:05:15,871 ....Break wind! 59 00:05:17,674 --> 00:05:19,437 I'm having a sauna at 4, no matter what 60 00:05:20,110 --> 00:05:23,102 ....a snake, a lion... about thirty positions in all 61 00:05:23,313 --> 00:05:26,510 ....but it's all a mental approach 62 00:05:26,817 --> 00:05:28,148 There's no hurry... 63 00:05:28,852 --> 00:05:30,046 ....You're doing wonderfully 64 00:05:31,054 --> 00:05:33,284 To me he looks worse than the last time 65 00:05:33,490 --> 00:05:37,358 Oh, Professor, with us again! 66 00:05:38,295 --> 00:05:40,286 I'll bet the Professor here... 67 00:05:40,697 --> 00:05:42,289 ....that within 4 months... 68 00:05:42,632 --> 00:05:44,793 Professor, my Uncle Quintilio... 69 00:05:45,268 --> 00:05:47,566 ....ravished them all for sixty years straight 70 00:05:47,871 --> 00:05:50,567 Big eater. Drinker. Exceptional stud 71 00:05:51,575 --> 00:05:53,941 Everyone said: he can't last 72 00:05:54,110 --> 00:05:56,476 Well, let me tell you, he's 93 73 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,646 ....and still going strong 74 00:06:02,519 --> 00:06:03,918 "One of Werther's sons?" 75 00:06:04,421 --> 00:06:05,581 ....begins with G 76 00:06:05,689 --> 00:06:08,157 What rotten people you run into... 77 00:06:09,192 --> 00:06:11,660 ....the light turned green 78 00:06:12,229 --> 00:06:14,197 ....but he just stood there 79 00:06:14,898 --> 00:06:17,924 I tapped the horn and said I was late for a rehearsal 80 00:06:18,368 --> 00:06:21,030 Then, as if eyeing a turd, he says: 81 00:06:21,338 --> 00:06:23,568 "What's there to rehearse? It's obvious..." 82 00:06:23,740 --> 00:06:25,332 "...you'll never learn" 83 00:06:29,646 --> 00:06:32,342 You're listening to the soccer game? Not me... 84 00:06:32,549 --> 00:06:33,846 ....I'm too nervous 85 00:06:34,451 --> 00:06:35,748 Your barometer? 86 00:06:36,019 --> 00:06:39,682 Let's see what old faithful says 87 00:06:39,856 --> 00:06:41,983 Oh, it's gone up another 15%%% 88 00:06:42,292 --> 00:06:45,386 ....the prospects aren't too good for my violin 89 00:06:45,829 --> 00:06:47,387 How's the octopus? 90 00:06:47,564 --> 00:06:50,226 Ah, it's a battle! The thing's always there... 91 00:06:50,767 --> 00:06:52,200 ....lying in ambush 92 00:06:52,402 --> 00:06:53,300 What a bitch! 93 00:06:53,837 --> 00:06:57,136 Go ahead keep up this shit about my nightmares 94 00:06:57,974 --> 00:07:00,272 Don't get pissed, Professor, it's bad for you 95 00:07:00,977 --> 00:07:04,140 Our neurosis is the that's strangling us 96 00:07:09,019 --> 00:07:11,681 We paid a fortune for him, but wasn't it worth it? 97 00:07:13,590 --> 00:07:14,056 What's that? 98 00:07:14,724 --> 00:07:17,158 A depressant 99 00:07:17,727 --> 00:07:19,285 I've tried them all, no improvement 100 00:07:20,563 --> 00:07:21,791 ....perhaps worse 101 00:07:25,502 --> 00:07:27,834 Why doesn't it play? -look... 102 00:07:43,620 --> 00:07:45,053 Assholes! 103 00:07:45,288 --> 00:07:48,382 "8 and a Half" is a psycho- analytical film? Get with it 104 00:07:48,591 --> 00:07:51,219 Brush up! What's with you? 105 00:07:51,528 --> 00:07:53,120 How can I play? Hey, barometer... 106 00:07:54,030 --> 00:07:56,624 ....put the chair where it belongs so I can play 107 00:07:58,068 --> 00:07:59,968 No, sorry... It's too close to the stand. 108 00:08:00,103 --> 00:08:02,162 I must sit there 109 00:08:02,605 --> 00:08:05,802 I must. Be courteous I forgot... 110 00:08:05,976 --> 00:08:08,240 ....my glasses 111 00:08:08,645 --> 00:08:11,705 I'm not here for courtesies, but to play! 112 00:08:12,248 --> 00:08:13,715 l, here! 113 00:08:14,317 --> 00:08:15,147 l, there! 114 00:08:15,785 --> 00:08:17,218 This is my place 115 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:19,520 You're offensive... THERE! 116 00:08:19,756 --> 00:08:20,313 ....HERE! 117 00:08:21,024 --> 00:08:23,185 You sick in the head?... Stop it! 118 00:08:23,393 --> 00:08:24,587 You stop! 119 00:08:42,379 --> 00:08:43,710 ....your attention please 120 00:08:45,181 --> 00:08:46,944 A distinguished guest: 121 00:08:47,650 --> 00:08:48,446 ....Television 122 00:08:49,119 --> 00:08:50,347 With technicians 123 00:08:50,987 --> 00:08:52,887 ....and director, for coverage 124 00:08:53,023 --> 00:08:54,183 ....of our orchestra rehearsal 125 00:08:55,759 --> 00:08:57,386 ....And interviews 126 00:08:58,061 --> 00:09:00,052 You're better off if we're not interviewed 127 00:09:00,597 --> 00:09:01,359 otherwise I'll tell 128 00:09:02,399 --> 00:09:03,491 Tell what? 129 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:05,431 That you get a kickback 130 00:09:06,302 --> 00:09:08,566 For your participation 131 00:09:08,705 --> 00:09:10,195 ....and your union representative agrees... 132 00:09:10,340 --> 00:09:11,500 Compensation: nix 133 00:09:12,442 --> 00:09:14,342 No one made any agreement 134 00:09:15,545 --> 00:09:18,776 It's a special job! For special rates! 135 00:09:19,249 --> 00:09:20,614 It's not special 136 00:09:20,917 --> 00:09:22,282 No, nothing doing! 137 00:09:23,319 --> 00:09:24,786 We're not in agreement 138 00:09:25,422 --> 00:09:27,481 Theoretically, we could even accept 139 00:09:27,724 --> 00:09:29,351 ....but not the Union 140 00:09:30,126 --> 00:09:31,991 It's the usual hedging with State Television 141 00:09:32,162 --> 00:09:33,356 that's never solved 142 00:09:33,797 --> 00:09:35,731 Let your representative tell you 143 00:09:36,266 --> 00:09:38,097 Calm down, people... 144 00:09:38,401 --> 00:09:40,631 We're already poorly paid... 145 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:41,996 ....but TV wants us for nothing 146 00:09:42,205 --> 00:09:50,840 The public loves music and the ones who play it. 147 00:09:51,481 --> 00:09:53,472 ....but the minute it becomes a program... 148 00:09:53,883 --> 00:09:55,817 For filming us, at least a token 149 00:09:56,052 --> 00:09:56,814 ....a gift 150 00:09:57,554 --> 00:09:59,021 No one is obliged 151 00:09:59,222 --> 00:10:01,622 ....whoever grants the interview 152 00:10:01,825 --> 00:10:03,486 ....grants it. Who doesn't want, doesn't grant 153 00:10:03,626 --> 00:10:04,149 How silly! Numbskulls! 154 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,624 Allow me to turn your attention to something... 155 00:10:06,796 --> 00:10:08,889 What kind of representative are you? 156 00:10:15,271 --> 00:10:17,535 What an insult! Dumb heads! 157 00:10:21,244 --> 00:10:24,042 I dreamt there was a horse in my room 158 00:10:24,447 --> 00:10:25,539 That's not good 159 00:10:26,049 --> 00:10:29,143 ....Though it depends on the horse's color 160 00:10:29,352 --> 00:10:30,046 Shitheads! 161 00:10:37,427 --> 00:10:39,019 You want to interview me? 162 00:10:40,463 --> 00:10:42,658 I prepared it 163 00:10:43,266 --> 00:10:44,824 ....he helped me with it through 164 00:10:46,236 --> 00:10:49,000 "The piano is like a king on a throne" 165 00:10:49,272 --> 00:10:51,502 "Immobile. One must go to it" 166 00:10:51,741 --> 00:10:54,972 "Bow down. Near the stool to it" 167 00:10:55,612 --> 00:10:58,604 "It's like a mythological creature"... his doing 168 00:10:59,415 --> 00:11:04,546 "A room with a piano becomes its room" 169 00:11:05,889 --> 00:11:07,948 "It's an instrument of royal courts" 170 00:11:08,291 --> 00:11:10,589 What was that, Sir? 171 00:11:12,195 --> 00:11:14,755 I said I once played at court 172 00:11:15,131 --> 00:11:17,691 Before Victor Emanuel III 173 00:11:18,001 --> 00:11:19,434 And you weren't shot? 174 00:11:22,705 --> 00:11:26,232 I don't want a piano, I mean I have one but... 175 00:11:26,442 --> 00:11:28,376 ....it needn't be mine 176 00:11:28,711 --> 00:11:31,043 All the pianos of the world are that piano 177 00:11:31,514 --> 00:11:33,573 To play mine alone... 178 00:11:33,917 --> 00:11:36,010 ....would be limiting... would be restrictive 179 00:11:36,586 --> 00:11:38,076 I think... 180 00:11:38,988 --> 00:11:42,014 ....that to realize one's self, one must... 181 00:11:42,358 --> 00:11:43,154 ....be aware 182 00:11:44,594 --> 00:11:46,459 ....that is, be more aware of people 183 00:11:46,663 --> 00:11:49,325 ....have more acquaintances 184 00:11:49,699 --> 00:11:52,327 Okay! I'm from Marina di Pisa 185 00:11:53,069 --> 00:11:54,764 ....but I took up the flute in California 186 00:11:55,505 --> 00:11:57,302 ....Where's it's played sweeter, less violently 187 00:11:57,607 --> 00:12:00,007 The flute is a delicate instrument 188 00:12:00,210 --> 00:12:03,008 The most similar to the human voice 189 00:12:03,179 --> 00:12:06,637 Even if they say that about the cello 190 00:12:06,816 --> 00:12:08,579 ....and saxophone 191 00:12:08,751 --> 00:12:10,616 ....and probably the drum! 192 00:12:12,855 --> 00:12:15,289 It's funny because choral groups say... 193 00:12:15,425 --> 00:12:18,519 ....they sound like an instrument! But really... 194 00:12:18,695 --> 00:12:20,856 ....only the flute has that human quality 195 00:12:21,431 --> 00:12:24,628 What a mysterious sound... supernatural! 196 00:12:25,201 --> 00:12:27,726 It even tames wild beasts 197 00:12:27,971 --> 00:12:30,405 Didn't Apollo use the flute to awaken the dead? 198 00:12:31,341 --> 00:12:35,835 It's the instrument of magic spells, both solar and lunar 199 00:12:36,045 --> 00:12:38,843 ....why flutists are all so batty 200 00:12:39,415 --> 00:12:42,350 It's true. That's what they say 201 00:12:42,752 --> 00:12:44,913 Maybe because they blow and blow... 202 00:12:45,255 --> 00:12:48,884 ....and all that wind goes to their heads, right? 203 00:12:49,659 --> 00:12:52,253 Everyone expects us to... 204 00:12:52,428 --> 00:12:54,521 ....do something strange, who knows why? 205 00:13:00,670 --> 00:13:02,433 The trombone is a unique instrument 206 00:13:03,339 --> 00:13:06,206 ....with a grave voice, that admonishes with kindness 207 00:13:06,643 --> 00:13:10,374 And also very comical, accompanying clowns 208 00:13:10,546 --> 00:13:12,377 ....as they squirt water and take falls 209 00:13:12,582 --> 00:13:14,243 It's the instrument of angels! 210 00:13:14,417 --> 00:13:18,183 That's true, in Renaissance paintings you'll see... 211 00:13:18,354 --> 00:13:19,412 ....angels with trombones 212 00:13:19,622 --> 00:13:21,681 Received by the Lord to trombone music... 213 00:13:21,858 --> 00:13:23,883 ....fantastic 214 00:13:24,093 --> 00:13:25,754 The trombone is the voice... 215 00:13:25,895 --> 00:13:27,362 ....of a solitary being 216 00:13:28,064 --> 00:13:30,430 I love to listen to it along the beach 217 00:13:30,633 --> 00:13:32,726 ....in wintertime 218 00:13:56,893 --> 00:14:00,260 I have nothing to say, really 219 00:14:00,496 --> 00:14:03,465 I was looking at that hanging cobweb 220 00:14:03,833 --> 00:14:06,301 5 or 6 yards long, isn't it? 221 00:14:06,569 --> 00:14:09,060 With the trombones blowing... 222 00:14:09,205 --> 00:14:11,867 ....it swayed back and forth. Look, look, see it? 223 00:14:12,075 --> 00:14:14,475 ....the spider, up there? 224 00:14:14,677 --> 00:14:15,837 ....hanging from the thread? 225 00:14:16,145 --> 00:14:18,773 See it? 226 00:14:19,816 --> 00:14:21,579 Isn't it wonderful that we're here to make... 227 00:14:21,751 --> 00:14:24,117 ....a spider go on a swing 228 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,182 Take a look at it 229 00:14:27,523 --> 00:14:29,457 That little spider... 230 00:14:29,592 --> 00:14:31,389 ....while the trombones played... 231 00:14:35,264 --> 00:14:36,925 Can you spare a minute? 232 00:14:37,633 --> 00:14:38,827 ....for a frivolous question? 233 00:14:39,836 --> 00:14:42,066 Is it true there are likes and dislikes 234 00:14:42,271 --> 00:14:43,829 between instruments? 235 00:14:44,507 --> 00:14:46,270 Absolutely, definite likes and dislikes 236 00:14:46,442 --> 00:14:50,276 We get along with the bass 237 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,948 ....because it keeps time, tight and even 238 00:14:53,116 --> 00:14:57,280 Without flourishes, trills or "arpeggios" 239 00:14:57,487 --> 00:14:59,387 The piano is a chatterbox 240 00:14:59,622 --> 00:15:01,817 And violins bleed 241 00:15:01,991 --> 00:15:04,050 In Italy they concentrate less on rhythm 242 00:15:04,827 --> 00:15:08,285 More on singing. Neapolitans have a good sense of rhythm 243 00:15:08,498 --> 00:15:10,227 They're the best drummers 244 00:15:10,867 --> 00:15:12,528 Who invented the Tarantella? The Neapolitans 245 00:15:12,902 --> 00:15:16,599 I'd say the rhythm instruments... 246 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:17,970 ....are liked 247 00:15:18,007 --> 00:15:20,305 ....they got humor. Yeah, they're friendly 248 00:15:20,843 --> 00:15:22,606 What he says is true 249 00:15:22,745 --> 00:15:24,804 That air of sufficiency... 250 00:15:25,348 --> 00:15:26,747 The condescending tone... 251 00:15:27,617 --> 00:15:30,017 The haughtiness... of a violin, or a flute 252 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,318 ....as it takes its place, just doesn't exist with us 253 00:15:34,257 --> 00:15:35,918 Let a Neapolitan in an orchestra... 254 00:15:36,092 --> 00:15:38,822 and what's he become? The tympanist, the drummer 255 00:15:38,995 --> 00:15:41,691 ....it makes him feel happy 256 00:15:41,931 --> 00:15:45,594 A little rhythm even helps the Maestro... 257 00:15:45,768 --> 00:15:48,168 to get unwound. Even the oboe 258 00:15:48,337 --> 00:15:50,168 forgets that it's gloomy, and begins smiling 259 00:15:53,643 --> 00:15:56,168 I don't want to be interviewed, or photographed 260 00:15:56,345 --> 00:15:59,178 I don't want to be mistaken for someone else 261 00:16:01,150 --> 00:16:02,617 Try asking him 262 00:16:04,086 --> 00:16:04,745 Professor... 263 00:16:05,922 --> 00:16:07,685 Would you mind answering? 264 00:16:07,924 --> 00:16:09,516 Actually, you don't deserve it 265 00:16:09,859 --> 00:16:12,020 Without compensation, I shouldn't bother. However... 266 00:16:12,195 --> 00:16:14,129 ....go ahead 267 00:16:14,497 --> 00:16:16,897 Let's see... Tell me about your cello 268 00:16:17,133 --> 00:16:21,035 It's one of the essential instruments of an orchestra 269 00:16:21,270 --> 00:16:23,830 You might say that the violin and cello... 270 00:16:24,006 --> 00:16:26,474 ....are the foundations 271 00:16:26,642 --> 00:16:30,442 ....upon which all symphonic concerts are built 272 00:16:30,613 --> 00:16:32,843 The pillars. Am I wrong? -Yes... 273 00:16:34,217 --> 00:16:35,343 I'll explain the violin... 274 00:16:36,953 --> 00:16:40,150 The 1st violin is the brain, the heart of the orchestra 275 00:16:40,423 --> 00:16:42,152 And the clarinet is the cock! 276 00:16:46,362 --> 00:16:50,696 Look, I'd say the cello comes close... 277 00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:52,892 ....to being the "ideal friend". It's... 278 00:16:53,503 --> 00:16:56,495 ....the true friend ....discreet, faithful. 279 00:16:56,873 --> 00:16:58,135 Not like the violin 280 00:16:58,641 --> 00:17:00,734 The violin is seductive, fascinating 281 00:17:01,511 --> 00:17:02,535 ....but deceiving 282 00:17:02,845 --> 00:17:03,504 It's female 283 00:17:04,413 --> 00:17:05,710 Oh, what horseshit! 284 00:17:06,182 --> 00:17:07,843 You don't agree? 285 00:17:08,684 --> 00:17:13,018 No, I don't agree, because for us the violin... 286 00:17:13,189 --> 00:17:16,215 ....is the most virile instrument in the orchestra 287 00:17:16,626 --> 00:17:18,594 It's female! 288 00:17:18,861 --> 00:17:20,453 Isn't "she" always seducing? 289 00:17:20,863 --> 00:17:23,593 Well, if we want to play games... 290 00:17:23,766 --> 00:17:26,030 ....it's totally masculine 291 00:17:26,502 --> 00:17:28,436 ....it's penetrating, phallic! 292 00:17:29,839 --> 00:17:31,534 I agree with my gentle colleague 293 00:17:32,275 --> 00:17:34,869 It's not at all feminine, there's nothing... 294 00:17:35,044 --> 00:17:38,138 ....languid about it. It's vibrant and always modern 295 00:17:38,314 --> 00:17:41,909 In the Conservatories it is still the preferred... 296 00:17:42,084 --> 00:17:43,676 ....instrument 297 00:17:46,022 --> 00:17:48,252 The cello is chronically sad 298 00:17:48,457 --> 00:17:51,051 The violin is the true diva of the orchestra 299 00:17:51,394 --> 00:17:53,385 I was saying that the first violin... 300 00:17:53,596 --> 00:17:55,257 ....is the star of the orchestra 301 00:17:56,465 --> 00:18:01,368 When unfortunately we have a conductor who doesn't keep... 302 00:18:01,537 --> 00:18:02,936 ....the tempo, and misses his cues 303 00:18:03,306 --> 00:18:04,432 ....one who lacks authority 304 00:18:05,174 --> 00:18:07,335 ....and we can tell immediately 305 00:18:07,510 --> 00:18:09,205 as soon as he reaches the podium 306 00:18:09,378 --> 00:18:10,640 ....and raises the baton 307 00:18:11,180 --> 00:18:15,139 It's the first violin... ....who controls the situation 308 00:18:15,318 --> 00:18:17,411 ....and guides the orchestra 309 00:18:17,787 --> 00:18:20,881 ....literally substituting... ....the conductor 310 00:18:21,424 --> 00:18:23,483 Whose hand does the conductor shake 311 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,385 ....when the applause comes? 312 00:18:26,596 --> 00:18:28,086 The first violinist's 313 00:18:28,130 --> 00:18:30,462 I once told a conductor: 314 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,428 "You're in love with brass" 315 00:18:33,703 --> 00:18:34,635 "That's your speed: bandmaster!" 316 00:18:36,238 --> 00:18:38,172 How does that fit in? 317 00:18:39,008 --> 00:18:42,205 Getting back to the cello, it's certainly 318 00:18:42,378 --> 00:18:45,142 ....an instrument that will never betray you 319 00:18:45,514 --> 00:18:49,109 Once it has chosen you it remains faithful 320 00:18:50,786 --> 00:18:51,252 The bassoon... 321 00:18:52,221 --> 00:18:53,984 good for clowns 322 00:18:54,190 --> 00:18:56,158 I owe everything to the violin. 323 00:18:56,759 --> 00:18:58,920 It helped me take wing ahead of time 324 00:18:59,629 --> 00:19:00,857 In what sense? 325 00:19:01,931 --> 00:19:04,456 It helped me discover where dissonances lie 326 00:19:07,303 --> 00:19:10,033 You're interviewing me? Then I'll go there 327 00:19:10,506 --> 00:19:12,736 That's my place 328 00:19:13,042 --> 00:19:15,875 Comb your hair before the red light goes on, Curly 329 00:19:16,212 --> 00:19:16,678 Yes, certainly... 330 00:19:18,514 --> 00:19:19,572 The clarinet? 331 00:19:20,082 --> 00:19:23,415 It led me out of the fog of my hometown. 332 00:19:24,020 --> 00:19:26,648 A village... ....in the Po Valley: Gazoldo 333 00:19:26,689 --> 00:19:30,022 From August to April of the following year... 334 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:31,621 ....it's invisible 335 00:19:31,927 --> 00:19:34,987 The bell tower vanishes, the school vanishes... and 336 00:19:35,064 --> 00:19:37,589 Let me explain: thanks to the clarinet... 337 00:19:37,767 --> 00:19:40,827 ....I traveled the world. And even met... 338 00:19:41,003 --> 00:19:43,597 ....the great Toscanini, who told me: 339 00:19:44,073 --> 00:19:46,337 "Bravo, young fellow, finally..." 340 00:19:46,509 --> 00:19:50,411 "I hear a nice clarinet sound." His words 341 00:19:51,213 --> 00:19:54,512 "Finally, I hear a nice clarinet sound!" 342 00:19:54,750 --> 00:19:57,719 And you said? -What could I say 343 00:19:58,054 --> 00:20:00,113 to a Toscanini who tells you: 344 00:20:00,256 --> 00:20:03,123 "Bravo, finally I hear a nice clarinet sound" 345 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:04,883 What did he say? 346 00:20:05,928 --> 00:20:08,453 Didn't you hear? "Bravo, young fellow..." 347 00:20:08,631 --> 00:20:11,191 "finally I hear a nice clarinet sound" 348 00:20:11,767 --> 00:20:13,098 Who was playing? 349 00:20:13,369 --> 00:20:13,994 I was! 350 00:20:16,706 --> 00:20:18,640 ....a truly fantastic instrument 351 00:20:19,075 --> 00:20:22,135 ....engaging. Not only for its miraculous 352 00:20:22,311 --> 00:20:24,211 ....possibilities. With a trumpet... 353 00:20:25,014 --> 00:20:27,278 ....you can venture into incredible music acrobatics.. 354 00:20:27,616 --> 00:20:28,640 No! What's extraordinary... 355 00:20:29,518 --> 00:20:31,543 ....is that it allows you to express what's inside you 356 00:20:31,754 --> 00:20:35,656 ....joy, sadness... even silence 357 00:20:35,925 --> 00:20:40,828 Claudio, you better talk to this guy 358 00:20:41,831 --> 00:20:44,595 Pipe down, I'm being interviewed here! 359 00:20:45,634 --> 00:20:47,534 A mistake... it happens 360 00:20:48,170 --> 00:20:50,195 The trumpet is a passport to... 361 00:20:50,906 --> 00:20:52,237 a greater dimension 362 00:20:53,008 --> 00:20:54,805 Who plays it, understands 363 00:20:55,511 --> 00:20:56,705 A dimension of fullness 364 00:20:57,747 --> 00:20:59,408 Everything is more intense, more sublime 365 00:21:00,216 --> 00:21:02,684 Ask any trumpet player... we're quite a few 366 00:21:03,652 --> 00:21:06,917 Tell him how we trumpets study harder than anyone 367 00:21:07,089 --> 00:21:08,283 What was that? 368 00:21:08,424 --> 00:21:10,915 It's true 369 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:15,028 We spend hours making our lips supple 370 00:21:15,197 --> 00:21:16,562 ....before we begin playing 371 00:21:17,733 --> 00:21:19,894 The margin of error allowed to other instruments 372 00:21:20,236 --> 00:21:21,760 ....isn't tolerated for the trumpet 373 00:21:22,338 --> 00:21:25,205 Aren't the strings just as demanding? 374 00:21:25,474 --> 00:21:28,841 A clinker on a trumpet is death 375 00:21:29,478 --> 00:21:31,275 ....it has become a mania... I can't sleep... 376 00:21:31,647 --> 00:21:34,582 ....I'm a sleepwalker... 377 00:21:34,784 --> 00:21:36,843 They found me wandering outside in pajamas 378 00:21:37,019 --> 00:21:38,919 ....playing the trumpet 379 00:21:40,222 --> 00:21:43,089 I'm always terrified of going sour 380 00:21:43,292 --> 00:21:44,782 You've worked quite a lot... 381 00:21:46,295 --> 00:21:49,059 Hey, "paragraph 9"! You've had it with me 382 00:21:49,231 --> 00:21:51,461 You can go play in a jukebox 383 00:21:52,001 --> 00:21:54,299 There's no muzzling in 384 00:21:54,436 --> 00:21:56,802 without getting cleared through personnel 385 00:21:56,972 --> 00:21:57,563 You understand? 386 00:22:12,288 --> 00:22:14,449 Yes, I'm the Union Representative 387 00:22:14,590 --> 00:22:15,989 for this category Glad to answer you. 388 00:22:17,593 --> 00:22:19,083 We've freed musicians... 389 00:22:19,295 --> 00:22:20,956 ....from a state of intolerable servility 390 00:22:21,463 --> 00:22:23,294 The music worker today has reestablished 391 00:22:23,799 --> 00:22:25,061 ....his dignity 392 00:22:25,467 --> 00:22:27,628 He's not a minstrel, or the puppet 393 00:22:27,870 --> 00:22:29,132 ....of conductors and agents 394 00:22:29,672 --> 00:22:32,163 But an integrated worker, conscious of his contribution 395 00:22:32,341 --> 00:22:33,399 ....to mass culture 396 00:22:34,076 --> 00:22:36,544 How did we achieve this? 397 00:22:36,679 --> 00:22:39,512 By safeguarding his prestige as a professional 398 00:22:39,682 --> 00:22:41,741 ....through union struggles 399 00:22:42,284 --> 00:22:46,914 From equitable salary demands to... 400 00:22:47,089 --> 00:22:48,351 ....the elimination of mediators! 401 00:22:48,490 --> 00:22:49,923 Keep quiet! 402 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,884 From reconstructing the organic whole... 403 00:22:53,062 --> 00:22:54,654 of the orchestra 404 00:22:55,264 --> 00:22:57,323 ....to the shifting of progressive objectives... 405 00:23:00,469 --> 00:23:02,596 I thought we agreed... What will I do with him... 406 00:23:02,671 --> 00:23:03,194 A mouse! 407 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,300 There! Behind the painting 408 00:23:08,110 --> 00:23:10,840 It's behind there. -It's huge! 409 00:23:11,647 --> 00:23:15,105 There it is! 410 00:23:16,352 --> 00:23:17,284 Don't kill it! 411 00:23:24,026 --> 00:23:25,789 They're opening all the sewers 412 00:23:25,928 --> 00:23:26,860 with their reconstructions 413 00:23:27,796 --> 00:23:29,320 Burn it! You gotta burn it! 414 00:23:32,001 --> 00:23:32,626 Let's fry it 415 00:23:33,702 --> 00:23:34,828 Careful! Catch it 416 00:23:35,371 --> 00:23:38,670 It won't die. It bites 417 00:23:40,476 --> 00:23:42,910 I don't want to see it! 418 00:23:43,946 --> 00:23:46,312 Let's stew it All right, throw it out. 419 00:23:47,082 --> 00:23:48,913 You're disgusting 420 00:23:48,984 --> 00:23:50,417 Hey! Are we insured against rats! 421 00:23:50,552 --> 00:23:52,315 To your places! 422 00:23:55,224 --> 00:23:56,782 In place! The Maestro's here 423 00:24:09,939 --> 00:24:11,372 Our respects, Maestro 424 00:24:17,346 --> 00:24:19,246 How terrible! Please, no time now 425 00:24:19,415 --> 00:24:23,146 Put out dat light. Ja, I know... 426 00:24:23,385 --> 00:24:24,818 ....you from TV, but I'm against it 427 00:24:26,488 --> 00:24:27,079 Oboe!... 428 00:24:28,190 --> 00:24:29,088 My feet are freezing 429 00:24:31,894 --> 00:24:34,590 I forgot my wool booties at home 430 00:24:35,264 --> 00:24:37,357 Why you interested in rehearsals? 431 00:24:37,633 --> 00:24:39,897 This is a workshop. Or it should be 432 00:24:40,035 --> 00:24:42,367 ....where we try to put something together 433 00:24:42,538 --> 00:24:45,006 What are we doing now? 434 00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:48,005 ....trying to construct something 435 00:24:48,310 --> 00:24:50,505 Exactly for what purpose, I've... 436 00:24:50,679 --> 00:24:52,909 ....never understood. You excuse me now 437 00:24:53,882 --> 00:24:55,941 We will talk after 438 00:24:58,253 --> 00:24:59,550 That light, please 439 00:25:03,025 --> 00:25:04,151 The strings, only strings 440 00:25:17,506 --> 00:25:19,838 Violins, what's wrong, had an argument? 441 00:25:20,209 --> 00:25:22,473 Everyone is playing... 442 00:25:22,644 --> 00:25:24,669 ....for himself. Maybe because 443 00:25:24,813 --> 00:25:25,939 ....you belong to different parties? 444 00:25:26,949 --> 00:25:28,177 Why bother answering him? 445 00:25:28,517 --> 00:25:29,677 Attention... 446 00:25:44,099 --> 00:25:45,498 Stop! Stop! 447 00:25:46,702 --> 00:25:49,102 With finesse! We're not in Amusement Park 448 00:25:49,238 --> 00:25:52,230 Sentiment, but with elegance. You're violins 449 00:25:52,408 --> 00:25:53,432 ....not trumpets! 450 00:25:55,711 --> 00:25:58,407 Flute, it's an E-flat 451 00:25:58,781 --> 00:25:59,543 ....not natural 452 00:26:00,482 --> 00:26:02,074 Here it says E natural 453 00:26:02,751 --> 00:26:03,513 It's an E-flat 454 00:26:04,153 --> 00:26:07,179 It's E natural 455 00:26:07,556 --> 00:26:08,352 Correct it... 456 00:26:09,792 --> 00:26:11,783 For you it's always the copyist's fault! 457 00:26:12,394 --> 00:26:16,956 Clarinet, not... uhaaa! 458 00:26:17,299 --> 00:26:19,631 ....more delicate, poetic 459 00:26:19,802 --> 00:26:20,791 Why laughing? 460 00:26:21,503 --> 00:26:22,731 ....not comic 461 00:26:23,272 --> 00:26:25,502 Maestro, the whole phrase is hilarious 462 00:26:25,874 --> 00:26:28,138 Composer's intention was not hilarity 463 00:26:28,310 --> 00:26:29,777 You laugh uselessly 464 00:26:29,945 --> 00:26:31,742 Listen... 465 00:26:36,285 --> 00:26:37,809 Even he's laughing 466 00:26:39,655 --> 00:26:40,781 It's very funny 467 00:26:41,523 --> 00:26:43,184 You're funnier than the music 468 00:26:48,297 --> 00:26:49,696 I'm sending you 4 clarinets 469 00:26:50,432 --> 00:26:52,866 Even if you need 1, you gotta take 4 470 00:27:01,009 --> 00:27:02,408 After, I'll tell you later 471 00:27:19,361 --> 00:27:21,352 Why didn't I stay in California? 472 00:28:11,146 --> 00:28:12,579 Where are we? 473 00:28:13,882 --> 00:28:15,110 ....on a soccer field? 474 00:28:15,784 --> 00:28:17,308 Take me for an umpire? 475 00:28:18,453 --> 00:28:20,318 Too strong! Too penetrating! 476 00:28:20,556 --> 00:28:21,853 Castrate yourselves 477 00:28:22,758 --> 00:28:25,454 He's right... the brass was too loud 478 00:28:29,064 --> 00:28:30,725 He's a riot! 479 00:28:35,370 --> 00:28:36,530 Put the sheets back, go on 480 00:28:38,574 --> 00:28:40,565 I'm also sending a certain Ciccio Calamida 481 00:28:41,577 --> 00:28:44,102 He plays nothing, but you gotta take him 482 00:28:44,379 --> 00:28:45,505 because the undersecretary... 483 00:28:45,914 --> 00:28:47,245 Why did he do that? 484 00:28:48,383 --> 00:28:50,112 To give us a little break? 485 00:28:50,953 --> 00:28:52,181 ....many thanks 486 00:28:53,288 --> 00:28:54,755 Remember the one who threw his watch at me? 487 00:28:55,257 --> 00:28:58,852 Tomorrow, though. If it's 400 I'll give you 20%%% 488 00:28:59,494 --> 00:29:02,429 Sunday at the beach and bring the kid 489 00:29:04,199 --> 00:29:05,860 Let's try the "Gallopade" 490 00:29:06,768 --> 00:29:07,632 ....from no. 15 491 00:29:29,658 --> 00:29:32,126 Alt! You got fear of strings? 492 00:29:32,294 --> 00:29:34,421 Or low blood pressure? Da capo! 493 00:29:59,021 --> 00:30:01,182 Alt! Oboe, too invading! 494 00:30:02,758 --> 00:30:05,022 ....give room to the others. Da capo! 495 00:30:30,152 --> 00:30:32,347 You tickle the strings 496 00:30:32,554 --> 00:30:35,421 ....you must slice! Saw! 497 00:30:35,857 --> 00:30:37,381 May I ask a question? 498 00:30:37,893 --> 00:30:39,884 Do you know what you're here for? 499 00:30:40,062 --> 00:30:44,021 I want compact sound. Da capo! 500 00:31:09,624 --> 00:31:11,182 That's it! Like that 501 00:31:11,793 --> 00:31:12,623 Go on! 502 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,621 I don't hear! More life 503 00:31:46,962 --> 00:31:48,054 Let me hear the bass! 504 00:31:50,532 --> 00:31:52,363 Don't fall behind! Weiter! 505 00:32:18,393 --> 00:32:20,486 Genauso! Break through! 506 00:32:20,796 --> 00:32:21,763 ....ACHTUNG! 507 00:33:02,804 --> 00:33:05,932 Toscanini clarinet, please be so kind... 508 00:33:06,107 --> 00:33:08,473 ....to repeat alone last four bars 509 00:33:08,643 --> 00:33:09,837 ....from no. 82 510 00:33:11,179 --> 00:33:14,842 No, I played it once then twice. The third time... 511 00:33:15,016 --> 00:33:16,950 ....by myself is against union regulations 512 00:33:17,519 --> 00:33:20,716 The passage must be executed by the entire orchestra 513 00:33:21,022 --> 00:33:23,115 What's he running, a school? 514 00:33:23,425 --> 00:33:27,122 I'd think less about unions and more... 515 00:33:27,295 --> 00:33:28,785 ....about music 516 00:33:31,466 --> 00:33:33,263 And yet I insist 517 00:33:33,435 --> 00:33:36,871 If Wagner had to worry about 518 00:33:37,038 --> 00:33:38,164 ....unions and strikes 519 00:33:38,807 --> 00:33:40,365 ....nix music and operas 520 00:33:40,742 --> 00:33:44,007 It's not the union's fault if he wrote lousy music 521 00:33:44,513 --> 00:33:45,980 Ja... there's no peace 522 00:33:46,615 --> 00:33:47,877 ....no calm, no silence 523 00:33:49,384 --> 00:33:50,715 It's a shit life 524 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,647 Smear that shit on your baton and then 525 00:33:53,822 --> 00:33:54,516 ....give it a lick 526 00:33:58,326 --> 00:33:59,623 From 5-3-0 527 00:34:00,061 --> 00:34:00,959 The saxhorn, please 528 00:34:03,365 --> 00:34:04,059 What was that? 529 00:34:04,266 --> 00:34:04,630 Saxhorn? 530 00:34:06,334 --> 00:34:09,633 Not here 531 00:34:09,938 --> 00:34:10,996 Meaning what? 532 00:34:11,806 --> 00:34:13,296 I don't know. He's not here 533 00:34:13,475 --> 00:34:17,809 He "couldn't" come, why is that? 534 00:34:18,079 --> 00:34:20,070 You asking me? 535 00:34:20,315 --> 00:34:22,681 I'll restate it 536 00:34:22,817 --> 00:34:24,842 Not he "couldn't", but he "wouldn't" come... 537 00:34:25,086 --> 00:34:26,110 ....in protest 538 00:34:26,855 --> 00:34:28,755 With the Union's approval 539 00:34:28,924 --> 00:34:30,789 So who plays, somebody's sister? 540 00:34:31,493 --> 00:34:34,155 Leave our sisters alone 541 00:34:34,396 --> 00:34:35,886 ....let's keep the families out 542 00:34:36,197 --> 00:34:38,631 You said, "somebody's sister" 543 00:34:38,900 --> 00:34:39,696 I only meant a... 544 00:34:40,802 --> 00:34:43,236 ....hypothetical saxhorn sister 545 00:34:43,505 --> 00:34:45,029 I don't grasp such subtle humor 546 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,409 You just worry about your baton 547 00:34:48,643 --> 00:34:50,941 ....and we'll take care of our relatives 548 00:34:56,751 --> 00:34:58,309 All right then, from 5-2-0 549 00:34:58,753 --> 00:35:01,779 Not now 550 00:35:02,223 --> 00:35:03,622 The orchestra is upset 551 00:35:04,459 --> 00:35:06,393 ....I doubt they can continue rehearsing 552 00:35:09,664 --> 00:35:12,462 What the devil do you want from me? 553 00:35:12,968 --> 00:35:15,596 See me lose my mind, you want? 554 00:35:15,837 --> 00:35:17,361 You want my ass? 555 00:35:17,906 --> 00:35:19,464 Here, you got it! 556 00:35:24,579 --> 00:35:26,740 The orchestra will take a double break 557 00:35:27,048 --> 00:35:27,776 ....20 minutes 558 00:35:54,776 --> 00:35:57,040 The conductor? He's not too bad 559 00:35:57,445 --> 00:35:58,639 Bit hysterical, but within reason 560 00:35:58,847 --> 00:36:00,906 There's no need for conductors like that 561 00:36:01,082 --> 00:36:03,380 A metronome's better 562 00:36:05,387 --> 00:36:07,821 The public should sit in with us 563 00:36:07,989 --> 00:36:10,014 They'd hear the orchestra as if watching a.... 564 00:36:10,191 --> 00:36:12,489 ....battle in a movie 565 00:36:12,861 --> 00:36:14,624 ....or watching a real battle 566 00:36:15,363 --> 00:36:17,558 Ascetic. Tormented. Authoritative 567 00:36:18,433 --> 00:36:21,596 Magnetic... the identity of a great conductor! 568 00:36:21,836 --> 00:36:23,633 Then there are the mystics, the priest-like 569 00:36:23,805 --> 00:36:24,794 The acrobatic 570 00:36:25,573 --> 00:36:27,905 How 'bout that lion tamer? 571 00:36:28,176 --> 00:36:31,339 He'd turn into a harp, a violin, the drum 572 00:36:31,713 --> 00:36:34,181 ....a kettledrum, even the bassoon, what a riot! 573 00:36:34,382 --> 00:36:35,849 When there's a TV camera... 574 00:36:36,184 --> 00:36:37,412 .... you can't shut up 575 00:36:38,319 --> 00:36:40,446 My Maestro up there has to look at me 576 00:36:40,622 --> 00:36:42,146 ....otherwise I'm jealous 577 00:36:47,395 --> 00:36:49,329 I'm on camera? 578 00:36:49,464 --> 00:36:51,830 "We're the lilies of the valley" 579 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:54,195 "We're pure Romans" 580 00:36:54,703 --> 00:36:56,967 ....who's got friends? Who sees anybody? 581 00:36:57,872 --> 00:37:00,204 You come in, punch a card 582 00:37:00,442 --> 00:37:01,739 ....and pick it up later 583 00:37:01,910 --> 00:37:02,535 It's a factory 584 00:37:03,545 --> 00:37:04,011 Me? 585 00:37:05,013 --> 00:37:07,106 I thought I'd tour the world with this 586 00:37:07,982 --> 00:37:08,971 ....but I'm always here 587 00:37:10,418 --> 00:37:11,851 I'm sick of it... 588 00:37:12,387 --> 00:37:13,911 ....this ridiculous fart horn... 589 00:37:14,956 --> 00:37:17,220 It makes me feel useless, it should be eliminated 590 00:37:17,992 --> 00:37:19,357 What's it good for? 591 00:37:19,961 --> 00:37:21,792 It can even be dangerous 592 00:37:21,963 --> 00:37:24,557 I give my all to shape a sound 593 00:37:24,733 --> 00:37:27,793 ....and out comes another fart 594 00:37:29,404 --> 00:37:30,871 I think... 595 00:37:31,473 --> 00:37:33,998 ....it's the very symbol of obtuseness 596 00:37:34,242 --> 00:37:35,971 ....of a stolid mentality 597 00:37:36,111 --> 00:37:38,477 Of those relationships... 598 00:37:39,114 --> 00:37:40,741 ....in an orchestra, that inhibit 599 00:37:42,250 --> 00:37:43,342 ....any sort of contact 600 00:37:46,221 --> 00:37:48,189 I wanted to say that many of us are from the provinces 601 00:37:48,623 --> 00:37:49,555 What province?... 602 00:37:50,492 --> 00:37:52,255 I'm from Naples: "vaffanculo" 603 00:37:53,561 --> 00:37:55,290 The actual truth though 604 00:37:55,430 --> 00:37:57,193 ....is that we're limited 605 00:37:57,999 --> 00:37:59,193 ....culturally 606 00:38:00,068 --> 00:38:02,468 We've no real interests in anything 607 00:38:02,604 --> 00:38:05,300 We spend our lives with a piece of wood or tin 608 00:38:05,473 --> 00:38:07,839 ....blowing away, or plucking 609 00:38:08,009 --> 00:38:10,807 Blow your philosophy someplace else 610 00:38:12,380 --> 00:38:13,176 Anyway... 611 00:38:14,015 --> 00:38:15,141 All your gabbing about 612 00:38:16,151 --> 00:38:18,949 ....Unions, the organic whole, politics 613 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,083 ....brass section, strings 614 00:38:21,222 --> 00:38:23,213 ....this or that conductor 615 00:38:23,391 --> 00:38:25,052 ....couldn't interest me less 616 00:38:25,727 --> 00:38:29,390 Because I can't get it up anymore 617 00:38:30,398 --> 00:38:31,228 That's the real tragedy 618 00:38:45,780 --> 00:38:48,408 Drink, drink, it's great for the liver and the brain 619 00:38:49,584 --> 00:38:50,573 Just a drop of wine... 620 00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:52,518 ....picks me up 621 00:38:52,854 --> 00:38:54,515 A little drop can't hurt 622 00:38:54,889 --> 00:38:58,825 It's whiskey, I saw it 623 00:38:59,027 --> 00:39:01,689 ....and I even smell it 624 00:39:02,130 --> 00:39:06,328 Each to his own vices. Better to drink... 625 00:39:06,534 --> 00:39:07,899 ....than go molesting little girls 626 00:39:08,837 --> 00:39:12,295 They'll catch you one day. That's worse... 627 00:39:12,473 --> 00:39:12,962 ....than whiskey 628 00:39:15,076 --> 00:39:16,839 I didn't choose the tuba 629 00:39:17,545 --> 00:39:18,842 ....it chose me 630 00:39:19,981 --> 00:39:23,075 I loved the trumpet. It gave me goose pimples 631 00:39:23,484 --> 00:39:25,179 You remember in the army... 632 00:39:25,420 --> 00:39:26,751 ....when they played taps 633 00:39:36,531 --> 00:39:38,328 I'd get a lump in my throat 634 00:39:38,566 --> 00:39:40,659 ....and then go AWOL. 635 00:39:40,902 --> 00:39:42,062 I'm very sensitive 636 00:39:42,637 --> 00:39:43,865 All art makes me cry 637 00:39:45,306 --> 00:39:46,330 And that's not all... 638 00:39:47,709 --> 00:39:49,267 At times I could die 639 00:39:49,811 --> 00:39:50,641 Why? 640 00:39:50,812 --> 00:39:54,077 The world is evil 641 00:39:54,983 --> 00:39:56,245 Now I miss my father! 642 00:39:57,051 --> 00:39:58,416 What the fuck you saying? 643 00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:01,011 Let's talk about the instrument 644 00:40:01,422 --> 00:40:03,447 The fact that everybody refused it, moved me 645 00:40:04,292 --> 00:40:06,123 Poor tuba... like a stray dog 646 00:40:06,494 --> 00:40:09,793 I felt akin to it 647 00:40:10,498 --> 00:40:11,465 ....sad, and solitary... 648 00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:13,897 It's awkward like me 649 00:40:14,068 --> 00:40:16,696 We had to get together 650 00:40:17,272 --> 00:40:20,298 And we did. I did well, it was destiny! 651 00:40:21,376 --> 00:40:22,673 ....I'm attached to it 652 00:40:23,745 --> 00:40:24,734 ....we're true friends 653 00:40:27,515 --> 00:40:29,983 When things are down we go by the window 654 00:40:30,218 --> 00:40:32,152 ....look up at the moon 655 00:40:33,421 --> 00:40:35,321 ....and play a little solo from Verdi 656 00:40:35,657 --> 00:40:37,887 Like to hear it? Eh? 657 00:40:38,993 --> 00:40:40,392 A little piece, why not 658 00:41:03,184 --> 00:41:05,744 People react and interpret sounds, each in their own way 659 00:41:06,454 --> 00:41:07,785 It's a personal thing 660 00:41:08,156 --> 00:41:11,523 An F-sharp, or a B-flat 661 00:41:11,693 --> 00:41:13,320 ....can make some people swoon 662 00:41:14,362 --> 00:41:16,455 ....and others vomit. That's the way the ball bounces 663 00:41:17,131 --> 00:41:19,031 Yes, true 664 00:41:19,534 --> 00:41:21,502 What a magnificent instrument the oboe is 665 00:41:22,370 --> 00:41:23,701 It's the oldest of all 666 00:41:24,472 --> 00:41:25,939 ....invented by the Chinese 667 00:41:27,375 --> 00:41:28,307 The most difficult 668 00:41:29,277 --> 00:41:30,039 The most delicate 669 00:41:31,512 --> 00:41:32,444 ....and most alone 670 00:41:33,247 --> 00:41:34,680 We oboists are isolated 671 00:41:35,249 --> 00:41:37,376 Envied, even disliked 672 00:41:39,087 --> 00:41:42,523 The orchestra has to reckon with the oboe 673 00:41:43,725 --> 00:41:45,886 The oboe sets down the laws 674 00:41:46,127 --> 00:41:49,221 The oboe established the diapason 675 00:41:49,530 --> 00:41:50,963 ....between the highest pitch 676 00:41:51,733 --> 00:41:53,394 ....and the lowest 677 00:41:54,335 --> 00:41:56,132 It's owing to this privilege 678 00:41:56,537 --> 00:41:58,164 ....that the violin hates the oboe 679 00:41:58,873 --> 00:42:02,741 ....and the oboe the violin 680 00:42:03,444 --> 00:42:05,469 It's an instrument 681 00:42:08,616 --> 00:42:11,312 ....of great spirituality 682 00:42:12,820 --> 00:42:14,617 He who plays it, develops... 683 00:42:15,723 --> 00:42:17,418 ....a sort of special power 684 00:42:19,994 --> 00:42:21,894 An interior vision 685 00:42:22,363 --> 00:42:23,625 ....which permits him 686 00:42:24,365 --> 00:42:26,265 ....to perceive the color of sound 687 00:42:27,568 --> 00:42:28,330 I play... 688 00:42:29,437 --> 00:42:30,096 ....and see 689 00:42:31,305 --> 00:42:33,000 ....an aura of gold 690 00:42:33,608 --> 00:42:34,905 ....luminous 691 00:42:35,143 --> 00:42:36,508 ....the color of sunlight... 692 00:42:38,546 --> 00:42:40,639 like a spreading reflection It's true... 693 00:42:41,182 --> 00:42:43,412 I once saw a thing... 694 00:42:43,684 --> 00:42:45,515 ....like a long streamer 695 00:42:47,121 --> 00:42:49,783 A supernatural experience! 696 00:42:50,525 --> 00:42:53,016 Let him hear. You care to hear? 697 00:42:53,227 --> 00:42:55,718 Certainly, if you're not bored 698 00:43:05,907 --> 00:43:06,999 Maestro?... Excuse me 699 00:43:10,478 --> 00:43:11,445 Another minute... 700 00:43:12,213 --> 00:43:13,202 ....he's taking a shower 701 00:43:15,616 --> 00:43:18,346 With the permanent conductor they once had... 702 00:43:19,020 --> 00:43:21,011 ....the musicians didn't carry on like this 703 00:43:22,623 --> 00:43:24,113 Everyone wore a tie! 704 00:43:24,759 --> 00:43:26,852 You were in trouble if you didn't 705 00:43:28,162 --> 00:43:31,825 Now I wouldn't be surprised if they soaked their feet... 706 00:43:31,999 --> 00:43:34,058 ....while playing. We had a strict rule 707 00:43:34,235 --> 00:43:37,398 Whoever went flat or missed his cue 708 00:43:37,972 --> 00:43:40,031 ....had to play standing 709 00:43:40,475 --> 00:43:42,636 For the length of the entire concert 710 00:43:43,044 --> 00:43:44,136 ....as punishment 711 00:43:45,613 --> 00:43:48,548 What? Sessions? Hour shifts? 712 00:43:48,716 --> 00:43:50,149 ....you worked all night 713 00:43:51,185 --> 00:43:53,483 Ah, how often I had to wait till dawn 714 00:43:54,455 --> 00:43:56,855 And the musicians, at dawn, dead tired... 715 00:43:57,825 --> 00:43:59,156 ....would applaud the conductor 716 00:43:59,827 --> 00:44:00,953 ....and thank him 717 00:44:02,396 --> 00:44:03,886 Oh, he was phenomenal 718 00:44:04,999 --> 00:44:07,729 ....he conducted with eyes closed, as if in a trance 719 00:44:08,035 --> 00:44:10,196 ....and yet saw everything. How?... 720 00:44:13,541 --> 00:44:16,704 When he had to give a player a calling down 721 00:44:17,378 --> 00:44:20,779 ....he could find words that would skin him alive 722 00:44:21,582 --> 00:44:23,550 And make him ill for a month 723 00:44:25,019 --> 00:44:27,510 And with his baton? Such lashings... 724 00:44:27,688 --> 00:44:29,121 ....on the hands and fingers of those players 725 00:44:29,290 --> 00:44:30,814 who made a mistake 726 00:44:31,459 --> 00:44:33,427 It would hiss! 727 00:44:34,061 --> 00:44:37,428 Yet, you know something? They were happy 728 00:44:38,166 --> 00:44:40,691 ....for those hand raps 729 00:44:42,069 --> 00:44:44,128 They'd come up like school children 730 00:44:45,106 --> 00:44:46,835 ....hands held out and say: 731 00:44:47,275 --> 00:44:49,038 "My fault" 732 00:44:49,377 --> 00:44:51,436 "Hit me too... Me too, I was wrong" 733 00:44:51,979 --> 00:44:53,844 Those were the days! 734 00:44:55,683 --> 00:44:57,548 You see what he's doing? 735 00:44:58,252 --> 00:44:59,913 TAKE YOUR STICK AND CONDUCT MY PRICK 736 00:45:01,756 --> 00:45:02,723 You think that's right? 737 00:45:03,391 --> 00:45:04,858 Maybe now it's right 738 00:45:05,826 --> 00:45:06,952 No one knows anymore 739 00:45:15,436 --> 00:45:16,425 Maestro, there are... 740 00:45:17,305 --> 00:45:18,670 What else you want to know? 741 00:45:19,941 --> 00:45:22,466 I ask you: does music exist? No? 742 00:45:22,910 --> 00:45:25,936 Then the world doesn't exist. Only our habits do 743 00:45:26,113 --> 00:45:27,239 You may go... 744 00:45:30,218 --> 00:45:32,015 What meaning has music today? 745 00:45:33,387 --> 00:45:36,322 You think people know what music is? 746 00:45:37,491 --> 00:45:39,982 They consider themselves intelligent because they feel 747 00:45:40,161 --> 00:45:42,755 ....emotion in the gut. They're participating 748 00:45:43,364 --> 00:45:46,197 Beethoven makes them feel like knights in armor 749 00:45:48,336 --> 00:45:50,770 Some seem to be jumping out of their seats 750 00:45:55,576 --> 00:45:57,567 When I'm conducting, I'm always feeling ridiculous 751 00:45:59,947 --> 00:46:01,881 As if dead. I feel like a ghost 752 00:46:02,583 --> 00:46:05,279 Better I don't say these things. Cancel it! 753 00:46:06,187 --> 00:46:08,246 Today nothing is forgiven. One must be... 754 00:46:08,556 --> 00:46:10,183 ....always intelligent 755 00:46:11,225 --> 00:46:14,991 So let us say: music is... ....the world 756 00:46:15,463 --> 00:46:18,261 When I conduct I own the world. 757 00:46:18,399 --> 00:46:19,627 I am a king 758 00:46:20,601 --> 00:46:23,161 You want to know really how I feel? 759 00:46:24,372 --> 00:46:27,830 Like a sergeant who must go kicking... 760 00:46:28,009 --> 00:46:28,634 ....everybody in the ass 761 00:46:29,844 --> 00:46:31,971 But absurd laws forbid me... 762 00:46:32,146 --> 00:46:33,374 ....to be a sergeant 763 00:46:35,349 --> 00:46:37,044 Certainly we have taken advantage of 764 00:46:37,218 --> 00:46:38,515 our privileged positions 765 00:46:38,753 --> 00:46:39,720 Excuse me... 766 00:46:41,555 --> 00:46:42,681 Ach, warm as usual 767 00:46:43,224 --> 00:46:44,452 ....no ice 768 00:46:46,794 --> 00:46:49,490 Talent is the child of whims and eccentricity 769 00:46:51,799 --> 00:46:54,597 I once asked a musician to remove his ring 770 00:46:54,769 --> 00:46:57,431 ....the twinkling of the stone bothered me 771 00:46:58,773 --> 00:47:02,038 And this seemed a caprice, the whim of a divo 772 00:47:02,443 --> 00:47:03,410 That may even be 773 00:47:04,745 --> 00:47:07,339 But an exuberant character for an artist 774 00:47:07,548 --> 00:47:10,073 ....is a vital charge 775 00:47:10,251 --> 00:47:12,082 ....for leading others, for interpreting symphonies 776 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:13,443 Prosit 777 00:47:17,992 --> 00:47:20,085 But now this unique charge of the conductor 778 00:47:20,261 --> 00:47:21,023 is being contested 779 00:47:22,396 --> 00:47:23,192 The musicians?... 780 00:47:24,498 --> 00:47:26,125 ....don't look at them, don't see them 781 00:47:27,535 --> 00:47:29,901 Sometimes they have unbearable face 782 00:47:32,139 --> 00:47:33,163 I'd put... 783 00:47:33,374 --> 00:47:35,842 ....a screen in front of some of them 784 00:47:37,011 --> 00:47:38,137 They're like wild dogs 785 00:47:39,213 --> 00:47:40,737 With wild eyes... No! 786 00:47:41,582 --> 00:47:42,606 Better cancel that too 787 00:47:44,118 --> 00:47:45,107 ....or they shoot my legs 788 00:47:47,421 --> 00:47:49,412 The time of greatness is "Kaputt" 789 00:47:52,493 --> 00:47:55,553 I remember the first time I took my place at the podium 790 00:47:56,130 --> 00:47:58,724 My first, great impression was... 791 00:47:58,966 --> 00:48:01,400 ....the enormous silence that fell before me 792 00:48:03,604 --> 00:48:04,969 As I signaled to begin... 793 00:48:05,973 --> 00:48:07,338 ....I suddenly realized, with great emotion, 794 00:48:07,742 --> 00:48:09,175 that my conductor's baton 795 00:48:10,077 --> 00:48:11,908 ....was tied to the sound of the orchestra 796 00:48:12,747 --> 00:48:14,214 Its voice came from within my hand 797 00:48:15,516 --> 00:48:17,746 It would pull the orchestra out of silence 798 00:48:18,152 --> 00:48:20,211 ....and to silence make it return 799 00:48:21,922 --> 00:48:24,322 This voice would rise... 800 00:48:24,492 --> 00:48:26,892 ....like a sea wave together with my arm 801 00:48:27,027 --> 00:48:29,757 ....moving through the air like a bird's wing 802 00:48:31,132 --> 00:48:34,499 And when my arm lowered, this harmonic voice... 803 00:48:35,336 --> 00:48:36,428 ....would fade again into silence 804 00:48:39,039 --> 00:48:41,633 But now everyone is equal, and I should resemble... 805 00:48:41,842 --> 00:48:43,969 ....the first violinist with his butcher's hands 806 00:48:45,379 --> 00:48:47,142 So I have fits of rage 807 00:48:48,182 --> 00:48:48,978 And buy houses 808 00:48:53,187 --> 00:48:53,915 Two in America 809 00:48:55,356 --> 00:48:57,347 One in Tokyo, in London, and Berlin... 810 00:48:58,826 --> 00:49:01,124 In Paris, no houses. That's because... 811 00:49:01,295 --> 00:49:04,355 I do not go along with the music of France 812 00:49:05,266 --> 00:49:07,757 That's why, maybe, the Customs at Orly... 813 00:49:08,302 --> 00:49:10,031 ....is always frisking me 814 00:49:10,204 --> 00:49:12,468 ....from head to foot 815 00:49:15,476 --> 00:49:17,535 You have your interview? That's enough 816 00:49:19,647 --> 00:49:23,606 You say "the conductor" but this word... 817 00:49:23,984 --> 00:49:24,814 ....has no meaning anymore 818 00:49:26,220 --> 00:49:28,154 A true conductor is like a priest 819 00:49:29,423 --> 00:49:30,947 He must have a church... with believers 820 00:49:31,459 --> 00:49:35,486 ....but when the faithful all become 821 00:49:35,663 --> 00:49:36,561 ....atheists... 822 00:49:37,898 --> 00:49:40,867 I remember Koplensky my great maestro 823 00:49:41,836 --> 00:49:43,599 ....I was first violinist 824 00:49:44,371 --> 00:49:46,498 When he took the podium, everything was silence 825 00:49:47,274 --> 00:49:48,673 He would only look around... 826 00:49:49,376 --> 00:49:52,345 ....distractedly. But he already knew 827 00:49:52,513 --> 00:49:54,743 ....every line of the score in front of him 828 00:49:56,350 --> 00:49:58,011 He was music personified 829 00:49:59,019 --> 00:50:03,649 And we followed him happily, with absolute reverence 830 00:50:03,824 --> 00:50:05,291 To enact the rite of transubstantiation 831 00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:07,622 ....to change the wine into blood... 832 00:50:08,696 --> 00:50:09,628 ....the bread into flesh... 833 00:50:10,764 --> 00:50:11,628 You laugh? 834 00:50:12,633 --> 00:50:13,361 ....I hope not 835 00:50:14,969 --> 00:50:15,958 Music is always sacred 836 00:50:17,471 --> 00:50:18,665 Every concert is a Mass 837 00:50:20,908 --> 00:50:22,569 We were enthralled, and we... 838 00:50:24,378 --> 00:50:26,403 ....would forget all worries... 839 00:50:26,647 --> 00:50:29,309 ....at the first sign of his baton 840 00:50:29,517 --> 00:50:32,350 ....We were but one breath, we and our instruments 841 00:50:32,653 --> 00:50:34,644 ....a single vital force 842 00:50:35,956 --> 00:50:37,253 He would begin! 843 00:50:39,026 --> 00:50:40,618 Nothing was more beautiful than his authority 844 00:50:42,796 --> 00:50:43,888 We trembled... 845 00:50:45,132 --> 00:50:45,860 ....at the thought 846 00:50:47,434 --> 00:50:49,959 ....of a mistake in performing this rite 847 00:50:51,539 --> 00:50:53,029 An overwhelming emotion 848 00:50:53,874 --> 00:50:55,432 ....an immense happiness 849 00:50:56,310 --> 00:50:58,369 We could feel... 850 00:50:58,646 --> 00:51:01,615 ....our joy transmitting itself 851 00:51:02,082 --> 00:51:05,051 ....to the audience, which was immobile, holding its breath 852 00:51:05,753 --> 00:51:08,415 We didn't watch the conductor it wasn't necessary 853 00:51:09,356 --> 00:51:11,153 He was there, and we knew it 854 00:51:11,559 --> 00:51:12,890 ....we felt it 855 00:51:16,997 --> 00:51:19,022 He was... within us 856 00:51:20,801 --> 00:51:22,701 ....so much love passed between him and us 857 00:51:24,738 --> 00:51:26,296 A love which you can see... 858 00:51:27,141 --> 00:51:28,165 ....is now lost 859 00:51:30,844 --> 00:51:33,836 I and my musicians only feel diffidence for each other 860 00:51:34,949 --> 00:51:36,644 The doubting... 861 00:51:36,884 --> 00:51:37,976 ....which destroys belief 862 00:51:38,953 --> 00:51:41,547 And then there's a lack of respect 863 00:51:41,689 --> 00:51:43,816 There's resentment. Because something has been lost 864 00:51:43,991 --> 00:51:45,583 ....never to be found 865 00:51:49,229 --> 00:51:50,423 That's how we play together 866 00:51:52,566 --> 00:51:55,091 United by a mutual hatred 867 00:51:57,204 --> 00:51:58,671 ....like a family in ruin 868 00:52:24,031 --> 00:52:26,591 Maestro, the lights have gone out 869 00:52:26,967 --> 00:52:27,592 I know 870 00:52:28,435 --> 00:52:29,197 What now? 871 00:52:30,404 --> 00:52:32,235 The break is over, we rehearse! 872 00:52:38,078 --> 00:52:41,104 Go ahead, walk. Light my way 873 00:52:51,959 --> 00:52:53,085 "Conductor, conductor..." 874 00:52:53,694 --> 00:52:54,888 "Conductor, no more!" 875 00:52:56,063 --> 00:52:57,894 "You'll only conduct us Bowed to the floor" 876 00:53:22,156 --> 00:53:24,647 Claudio... you gotta do something 877 00:53:30,698 --> 00:53:31,596 Now, the other eye! 878 00:53:32,099 --> 00:53:33,623 Boys, what are you doing? 879 00:53:35,169 --> 00:53:36,261 ....listen 880 00:53:36,837 --> 00:53:38,498 "Conductor, conductor... Conductor, no more" 881 00:53:39,173 --> 00:53:41,607 "You'll only conduct us Bowed to the floor" 882 00:53:56,990 --> 00:53:59,618 Conductor no more! No conducting allowed! 883 00:54:03,630 --> 00:54:04,688 We were idiots... 884 00:54:05,332 --> 00:54:06,390 ....to study 885 00:54:07,568 --> 00:54:08,762 ....to spend a lifetime in a Conservatory 886 00:54:09,336 --> 00:54:10,360 That's right! 887 00:54:11,638 --> 00:54:13,697 We don't need conductors, don't need music 888 00:54:14,108 --> 00:54:16,736 Nothing. Just a ring... 889 00:54:16,977 --> 00:54:18,274 ....in our nose like savages 890 00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:22,074 Music is a public service. It belongs to everyone 891 00:54:22,249 --> 00:54:23,841 Without class distinction 892 00:54:26,019 --> 00:54:27,213 Maestro... 893 00:54:27,955 --> 00:54:28,922 ....how did this happen? 894 00:54:29,723 --> 00:54:31,281 "Conductor, conductor..." 895 00:54:31,925 --> 00:54:33,222 "Conductor no more" 896 00:54:34,294 --> 00:54:36,489 "You'll only conduct us Bowed to the floor" 897 00:54:48,342 --> 00:54:50,276 What are you doing? 898 00:54:51,612 --> 00:54:52,601 You're crazy! 899 00:54:55,015 --> 00:54:55,481 How nice... 900 00:54:56,750 --> 00:54:57,546 ....you're all sweated... 901 00:55:03,991 --> 00:55:05,686 "Conductor, Conductor..." 902 00:55:06,994 --> 00:55:08,120 What's falling here? 903 00:55:09,196 --> 00:55:12,188 What's happening? -Worse yet, you're shifty, 904 00:55:12,232 --> 00:55:13,290 and corrupt. You've been bought 905 00:55:13,333 --> 00:55:14,925 You signed too 906 00:55:15,169 --> 00:55:17,797 I'm reporting you the Association. Immediately 907 00:55:18,105 --> 00:55:19,629 Down with music power! 908 00:55:20,274 --> 00:55:21,639 Down with assembly line music! 909 00:55:22,376 --> 00:55:23,707 It's gotta stop! 910 00:55:24,578 --> 00:55:26,512 Stop! 911 00:55:33,020 --> 00:55:34,351 Take a look, what's on my head? 912 00:55:36,223 --> 00:55:37,383 Let me taste 913 00:55:40,093 --> 00:55:41,617 What is it you want? 914 00:55:42,996 --> 00:55:44,486 Moron, it's raining! 915 00:55:44,865 --> 00:55:46,730 I'll not be insulted! 916 00:55:52,139 --> 00:55:53,106 What's he doing? 917 00:55:55,075 --> 00:55:57,100 Look at how one can ruin his life... 918 00:56:00,614 --> 00:56:01,273 Again... 919 00:56:02,883 --> 00:56:03,372 Another? 920 00:56:08,322 --> 00:56:09,653 Down with the baton! 921 00:56:09,957 --> 00:56:11,390 Music belongs to us! 922 00:56:12,292 --> 00:56:14,726 You don't exist! Who is he? 923 00:56:14,995 --> 00:56:16,724 I ask you, who is he? 924 00:56:17,464 --> 00:56:20,331 He doesn't exist. And if he does, he shouldn't! 925 00:56:27,140 --> 00:56:29,267 There's blood. Wretches! Madmen! 926 00:56:29,476 --> 00:56:31,171 "You're fucked, you're through" 927 00:56:31,345 --> 00:56:32,812 "It's all over for you" 928 00:56:34,147 --> 00:56:36,172 May I sit down for the interview? 929 00:56:43,957 --> 00:56:45,481 I was first aware of the harp... 930 00:56:46,260 --> 00:56:47,989 ....in a dream. I was very little 931 00:56:48,495 --> 00:56:51,328 I didn't know what to think... 932 00:56:51,498 --> 00:56:53,796 ....of that small gold cage 933 00:56:56,637 --> 00:56:58,195 One day, in a book... 934 00:56:58,272 --> 00:56:59,796 ....I saw Nero, and Rome that was burning 935 00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,975 ....and the instrument I had dreamt 936 00:57:04,511 --> 00:57:07,480 And then in a perfumed calendar there was... 937 00:57:07,648 --> 00:57:10,640 ....an angel flying and he played the same harp... 938 00:57:10,951 --> 00:57:12,350 ....of my dreams 939 00:57:13,387 --> 00:57:14,149 The harp! 940 00:57:14,588 --> 00:57:16,488 For me it's a human presence 941 00:57:17,157 --> 00:57:20,752 I couldn't live in a house without a 60 harp 942 00:57:21,762 --> 00:57:23,821 I'd never fall asleep if I didn't know... 943 00:57:24,865 --> 00:57:27,129 ....it was nearby in the next room 944 00:57:28,735 --> 00:57:30,999 At times hands seem to run across it 945 00:57:31,972 --> 00:57:32,700 I hear it play 946 00:57:33,974 --> 00:57:34,770 ....it could be the wind 947 00:57:43,550 --> 00:57:45,245 The harp is my very life 948 00:57:46,687 --> 00:57:48,450 Not only for what I have earned 949 00:57:49,323 --> 00:57:50,756 ....but it's my refuge 950 00:57:51,658 --> 00:57:52,454 ....my friend 951 00:57:53,994 --> 00:57:56,792 I've always lived alone. No men 952 00:57:57,731 --> 00:57:58,663 No one 953 00:57:59,399 --> 00:58:00,093 ....only the harp 954 00:58:01,068 --> 00:58:02,660 We confide, we talk... 955 00:58:03,337 --> 00:58:05,532 ....it answers me, I receive sensations 956 00:58:05,973 --> 00:58:09,204 ....fantasies... an overwhelming sense of joy 957 00:58:09,876 --> 00:58:11,002 ....and of sadness 958 00:58:12,145 --> 00:58:15,137 Mostly, it gives one... 959 00:58:15,415 --> 00:58:16,040 ....faith 960 00:58:16,984 --> 00:58:17,973 You become aware... 961 00:58:18,151 --> 00:58:20,142 ....that other dimensions exist 962 00:58:25,058 --> 00:58:26,286 A child once asked: 963 00:58:26,493 --> 00:58:28,358 "Where does music go when it's over?" 964 00:58:29,696 --> 00:58:31,323 ....only a child could ask that 965 00:58:33,033 --> 00:58:35,661 "Orchestra - terror Conductor - death" 966 00:58:36,069 --> 00:58:38,970 "Orchestra - terror Conductor - death" 967 00:58:39,539 --> 00:58:42,474 "Orchestra - terror Who plays is a traitor" 968 00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:08,700 Here's our new conductor! 969 00:59:18,311 --> 00:59:19,938 Long live the Metronome! 970 00:59:21,615 --> 00:59:24,448 "Metronome metronomous... Musicians - autonomous" 971 00:59:46,940 --> 00:59:49,704 "Musicians at last freed from the past" 972 00:59:53,180 --> 00:59:55,273 Down with the metronome. We'll establish... 973 00:59:55,415 --> 00:59:57,440 ....the tempo, the rhythm, the cadence 974 00:59:57,617 --> 01:00:01,314 We've had enough of their music 975 01:00:01,555 --> 01:00:06,822 ....it's degrading! We play it, we'll create it, 976 01:00:06,993 --> 01:00:07,687 we'll manage it 977 01:00:08,562 --> 01:00:09,722 I'll not... 978 01:00:10,330 --> 01:00:11,797 ....be directed by anyone! 979 01:00:11,998 --> 01:00:13,898 Death! 980 01:00:14,067 --> 01:00:14,897 ....to the metronome! 981 01:01:09,656 --> 01:01:11,351 Idiot! Give me that gun 982 01:01:11,725 --> 01:01:12,521 ....gimme 983 01:01:15,862 --> 01:01:18,353 You're hurting me. I have a permit 984 01:01:19,166 --> 01:01:20,793 Look in my wallet 985 01:01:21,868 --> 01:01:23,233 All right let's see it 986 01:01:27,541 --> 01:01:28,701 ....in his name 987 01:01:29,676 --> 01:01:32,907 A regular firearm permit 988 01:01:34,114 --> 01:01:34,808 Get up... 989 01:01:39,352 --> 01:01:40,114 A Smith & Wesson! 990 01:02:00,207 --> 01:02:02,767 Look up there... up there! 991 01:02:08,715 --> 01:02:09,409 Look! 992 01:02:17,290 --> 01:02:18,814 Everything's... 993 01:02:18,992 --> 01:02:19,890 ....crumbling! 994 01:02:25,665 --> 01:02:26,529 Help me... 995 01:03:04,804 --> 01:03:05,566 Help me... 996 01:03:26,092 --> 01:03:26,786 Oh, why? 997 01:03:36,636 --> 01:03:37,500 ....you are here... 998 01:03:39,139 --> 01:03:39,901 ....and I'm here... 999 01:04:04,130 --> 01:04:06,598 Everyone must give undivided attention to his instrument 1000 01:04:08,735 --> 01:04:11,033 ....that is all we can do now 1001 01:04:12,906 --> 01:04:14,305 Somebody can help me? 1002 01:04:15,008 --> 01:04:15,599 ....please 1003 01:04:26,820 --> 01:04:28,310 The notes are saving us 1004 01:04:31,124 --> 01:04:32,022 Music saves us 1005 01:04:33,226 --> 01:04:34,352 Hang on to the notes 1006 01:04:37,430 --> 01:04:38,454 Follow the notes 1007 01:04:41,301 --> 01:04:42,290 ....one after the other... 1008 01:04:43,970 --> 01:04:45,301 In the way my hand... 1009 01:04:46,673 --> 01:04:47,605 ....can indicate 1010 01:04:49,909 --> 01:04:51,274 We are musicians... 1011 01:04:53,380 --> 01:04:55,075 You are musicians... 1012 01:05:07,026 --> 01:05:07,788 ....and we're here 1013 01:05:08,728 --> 01:05:09,251 ....to rehearse 1014 01:05:20,573 --> 01:05:22,632 Have no fear. The rehearsal continues 1015 01:05:23,710 --> 01:05:24,642 To your places! 1016 01:05:25,512 --> 01:05:26,376 In place, please 1017 01:05:30,950 --> 01:05:31,644 ....thank you... 1018 01:08:18,885 --> 01:08:21,183 You must do less coloring with sounds 1019 01:08:21,588 --> 01:08:23,852 Noise is not music 1020 01:08:24,424 --> 01:08:26,085 Not a trolley car, I heard pots and pans 1021 01:08:26,426 --> 01:08:28,223 Where are we? 1022 01:08:29,062 --> 01:08:32,225 ....one a soccer field? You think I'm an umpire? 1023 01:08:33,333 --> 01:08:35,062 And where has the brass gone? 1024 01:08:35,435 --> 01:08:37,300 What's happened to your little lungs? 1025 01:08:38,605 --> 01:08:39,936 Where is all your breath? 1026 01:08:40,773 --> 01:08:42,263 ....used it for stupid chatter? 1027 01:08:43,209 --> 01:08:44,267 Sustain the notes! 1028 01:08:57,290 --> 01:08:58,951 Gentlemen... 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