1 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:20,019 I... 2 00:00:21,062 --> 00:00:23,522 I forgive you for everything, Melizza. 3 00:00:24,524 --> 00:00:27,026 Do you hear? For everything. 4 00:00:29,446 --> 00:00:31,572 But... but now I need you. 5 00:00:32,782 --> 00:00:34,992 Just once more, I need you. 6 00:00:36,327 --> 00:00:38,537 You must come back to me, Melizza. 7 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:38,342 - Good night. - Good night. Ha-ha-ha-ha! 8 00:04:32,522 --> 00:04:34,731 Fantastic. 9 00:04:34,857 --> 00:04:37,818 - Yes, but of course... - Shh. Wait. 10 00:04:42,865 --> 00:04:46,034 - Amazing. - Yes, Bruno, it's really great. 11 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,036 I'm impressed. 12 00:04:48,162 --> 00:04:50,247 - Max, what do you think? - Interesting. 13 00:04:50,373 --> 00:04:53,000 Formal, but interesting. 14 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:54,835 - Formal? - Yeah, sure. 15 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:57,546 It is a bit formal, isn't it? 16 00:04:57,672 --> 00:05:00,257 Yes, Max is right. It's formal. 17 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:02,718 Oh, it's an experiment. 18 00:05:02,844 --> 00:05:05,012 What about the painting, Max? 19 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:08,515 What? You have a new painting, Max? 20 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:09,850 Yes, it's true. 21 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:12,936 And this time, he's promised that I'll be recognizable. 22 00:05:13,062 --> 00:05:15,772 And you have it here now? 23 00:05:15,898 --> 00:05:19,985 You're about to witness an historic occasion, 24 00:05:20,111 --> 00:05:23,488 the first public presentation of quantum painting. 25 00:05:23,614 --> 00:05:25,490 Quantum painting? 26 00:05:25,616 --> 00:05:29,369 I have perfected an instrument, a liquid gun, 27 00:05:29,495 --> 00:05:35,584 by which I am able to apply the laws of quantum physics to my art. 28 00:05:37,128 --> 00:05:38,837 Hey, Max. 29 00:05:38,963 --> 00:05:40,922 That's pretty good. 30 00:05:41,049 --> 00:05:45,886 So, you can paint a real picture after all. It even looks like me. 31 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:50,057 Max, I don't understand this. It's... it's formal. 32 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:54,019 It... it's a joke? 33 00:05:54,145 --> 00:05:55,145 A hoax? 34 00:05:55,271 --> 00:06:00,734 And because of the paradoxical nature of quantum theory, 35 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:05,238 it is necessary that the energy be superimposed 36 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:08,075 upon a completely formal image. 37 00:06:09,077 --> 00:06:13,288 This is achieved by means of the quantum gun. 38 00:06:15,073 --> 00:06:17,000 Signor Max, please. 39 00:06:17,126 --> 00:06:20,253 - Ha-ha-ha-ha! What... - Quiet, you fool! 40 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,382 I am about to astound the world. 41 00:06:26,677 --> 00:06:31,807 The quantum gun contains a tiny projectile loaded with pigment. 42 00:06:31,933 --> 00:06:35,477 When it strikes the canvas with tremendous velocity... 43 00:06:35,603 --> 00:06:37,979 But you shall see. 44 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:42,109 The canvas even now is ready to receive its quantum of energy. 45 00:06:43,277 --> 00:06:45,946 Hey, Max, what are you doing? Are you crazy? 46 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:51,368 Wow! Did you see that? 47 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:57,457 - This looks astounding! - I warn you! 48 00:06:57,583 --> 00:07:01,545 - Never seen anything like it. - Yes, Max, you've done it again. 49 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:03,046 Look! 50 00:07:03,172 --> 00:07:05,215 Millions of tiny little flicks. 51 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:09,928 - Like the universe. - That's my face, Max. 52 00:07:10,054 --> 00:07:13,598 - That isn't funny. - Of course it's not funny. 53 00:07:13,724 --> 00:07:16,393 It's... it's brilliant. It's tremendous. 54 00:07:16,519 --> 00:07:20,230 - It's pure quantum energy. - Well, I think it's puerile. 55 00:07:20,356 --> 00:07:23,900 You think? What does it matter what you think? I am the artist! 56 00:07:24,026 --> 00:07:28,029 Signor Max, please. I have a buyer, a professional buyer. 57 00:07:31,075 --> 00:07:33,577 Perhaps I can be of some assistance, madam? 58 00:07:33,703 --> 00:07:36,037 If there is any particular painting... 59 00:07:36,164 --> 00:07:38,957 Oh, there is. 60 00:07:39,083 --> 00:07:42,669 Have you anything by this fellow who paints these... 61 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:45,046 these dead red nudes? 62 00:07:45,173 --> 00:07:48,049 Ah, Antonio Sordi. 63 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:53,388 Madame, you... you are indeed fortunate. I... I have just one. 64 00:07:53,514 --> 00:07:55,557 The latest one, in fact. 65 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:12,532 Oh, yes! Exactly. 66 00:08:13,576 --> 00:08:16,745 - I'll take it. - The world is full of idiots. 67 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:20,624 Genuine Sordi. Genuine nobody. 68 00:08:22,084 --> 00:08:24,002 Dead red nudes. 69 00:08:24,128 --> 00:08:25,962 I think it's rather good. 70 00:08:26,088 --> 00:08:29,424 Very well. I shall paint your portrait. 71 00:08:29,550 --> 00:08:32,385 Right now, for all posterity. 72 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:39,226 I shall entitle it, "Portrait of an Idiot". 73 00:08:40,561 --> 00:08:42,562 You will be famous. 74 00:08:46,108 --> 00:08:48,193 Portrait... 75 00:08:49,654 --> 00:08:51,571 of an... 76 00:08:52,573 --> 00:08:54,241 - ...idiot. - Hey! 77 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:58,286 Wait. Wait! Amazing! 78 00:08:59,497 --> 00:09:01,581 The form. The composition. 79 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:04,125 More! More! 80 00:09:04,252 --> 00:09:06,753 I shall astound the world. 81 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:08,588 Daisy? 82 00:09:52,383 --> 00:09:54,718 No, no, no, no. No, no, no. 83 00:09:54,844 --> 00:09:57,637 Darling, you do not understand. You do... 84 00:09:57,763 --> 00:10:00,557 The movement is mechanically simple, 85 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:03,643 but... but you must create the agony, 86 00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:06,187 the agony of the soul of the earth, 87 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:09,107 which is struggling, struggling to free itself 88 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:11,568 from... from the cosmic current 89 00:10:11,694 --> 00:10:17,407 which is binding it irresistibly to the primordial energy ocean. 90 00:10:17,533 --> 00:10:21,161 Now, darling, please. Please let's try again. Please. 91 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:23,121 I don't know if I understand it yet. 92 00:10:23,247 --> 00:10:25,874 Don't... don't say that, darling. Don't say that word, please. 93 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,126 Just remember the soul of the earth. 94 00:10:28,252 --> 00:10:30,378 Please, darling, let's try again. 95 00:10:40,931 --> 00:10:43,224 This is it! This is it! 96 00:10:43,351 --> 00:10:45,727 Darling, this is the soul of the earth. 97 00:10:45,853 --> 00:10:47,729 Girls, thank you very much. Good night. 98 00:10:47,855 --> 00:10:51,441 We will create again tomorrow. Thank you very much! 99 00:10:51,567 --> 00:10:53,485 Daisy, hi. 100 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:56,780 Dorean, what do you call that? 101 00:10:56,906 --> 00:11:01,576 That's a very serious moment in a very serious new ballet. 102 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:05,664 All very far out, you know. Come on, while I change. 103 00:11:05,790 --> 00:11:10,585 No, no, no, girls! You don't understand, girls! You do not... 104 00:11:10,711 --> 00:11:14,130 Speaking of crazy artists, how's that Max? 105 00:11:14,256 --> 00:11:17,092 Max? Oh, yeah, Max. 106 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:19,135 Well... 107 00:11:19,261 --> 00:11:22,180 Dorean, I was thinking about moving back into your place for a while. 108 00:11:22,306 --> 00:11:24,099 If it's alright with you. 109 00:11:24,225 --> 00:11:28,269 Oh, sure, Daisy, of course. Most of your stuff's still there anyway. 110 00:11:29,730 --> 00:11:34,442 Hey, Daisy, I'm glad. I think that Max is a kook anyway. 111 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:36,152 Got your keys? 112 00:11:36,278 --> 00:11:38,738 Yes. Aren't you coming home now? 113 00:11:39,949 --> 00:11:42,325 No, I'm meeting someone. 114 00:11:42,451 --> 00:11:46,621 Oh, I thought there were rules around here about ballet 115 00:11:46,747 --> 00:11:49,416 and, er... outside attachments. 116 00:11:50,668 --> 00:11:53,336 There are, but no one's gonna find out. 117 00:11:54,338 --> 00:11:56,923 I'm being very discreet. 118 00:11:57,049 --> 00:11:59,801 We have a secret meeting place down by the beach. 119 00:11:59,927 --> 00:12:04,013 Why are you being so discreet? You really should be careful. 120 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:06,391 You're a little naive when it comes to men. 121 00:14:34,331 --> 00:14:36,249 - Oh! - Oh, I... I'm sorry. 122 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:38,585 I frightened you. 123 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,753 Don't be afraid. I'll leave if you like. 124 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,131 Oh. Oh, no. I'm all right. 125 00:14:44,174 --> 00:14:45,174 Don't go. 126 00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:48,344 It's just that I was looking at those pictures in the window. 127 00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:51,639 They're kind of spooky and I... 128 00:14:54,768 --> 00:14:58,104 - Are you? - Mm, yes, Antonio Sordi. 129 00:14:59,356 --> 00:15:04,402 I, er... come here quite often to look at my lost children. 130 00:15:04,528 --> 00:15:07,238 Well, I can understand that. 131 00:15:07,364 --> 00:15:11,743 It was silly of me to be frightened. It's just that the pictures are so... 132 00:15:11,869 --> 00:15:14,037 Yes, I know, gruesome. 133 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:16,331 Yes. 134 00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,543 But fascinating. 135 00:15:21,545 --> 00:15:23,880 Like looking down from a high place. 136 00:15:25,341 --> 00:15:27,926 It... it frightens you because... 137 00:15:28,052 --> 00:15:30,970 it makes you realize that you'd like to jump off. 138 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:35,600 It shows you that the horror of death is that you... 139 00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:38,770 desire it. 140 00:15:38,896 --> 00:15:42,982 That's a very astute observation. Are you an artist? 141 00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:45,109 Oh, no. 142 00:15:45,235 --> 00:15:47,654 But I often contribute to the work of... 143 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,572 others. 144 00:15:49,698 --> 00:15:52,659 I suppose I should introduce myself. 145 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:56,120 My name is Daisy Allen and I'm a student of this and that 146 00:15:56,246 --> 00:15:57,664 and... 147 00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:00,750 I'm talking an awful lot, aren't I? 148 00:16:00,876 --> 00:16:03,378 I'm afraid I had a little too much to drink. 149 00:16:03,504 --> 00:16:06,047 No, no, not at all. 150 00:16:06,173 --> 00:16:08,841 I'm pleased that you're no longer frightened. 151 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:12,345 You may even criticize my work, if you like. 152 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:14,555 Well, I certainly shall. 153 00:16:15,683 --> 00:16:18,017 Now, the trouble is... 154 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:20,436 I don't see enough of it. 155 00:16:20,562 --> 00:16:22,981 Why aren't you home working right now? 156 00:16:23,107 --> 00:16:25,149 You're quite right. I should be. 157 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:29,654 But it seems my muse has been avoiding me. 158 00:16:29,780 --> 00:16:31,656 You need... 159 00:16:32,908 --> 00:16:34,534 a subject. 160 00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:44,419 Oh, what a marvelous place to work in! 161 00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:47,797 It certainly seems suited to your style. 162 00:16:47,923 --> 00:16:49,716 It's more cheerful during the day. 163 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,521 No doubt. 164 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:55,221 Say, those bells really get to you, don't they? 165 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:59,183 Oh, yes, the bells. I hardly notice them anymore. 166 00:16:59,309 --> 00:17:01,602 They're right above us in the tower. 167 00:17:01,729 --> 00:17:06,274 You know, they've rung every hour on the hour since the 11th century. 168 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,444 Except for once, when there wasn't a Sordi to wind the mechanism. 169 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:12,155 Sordi? 170 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:14,866 This some kind of ancestral home of yours? 171 00:17:14,992 --> 00:17:15,992 Yes, at one time. 172 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:20,747 Now it's a museum, and I'm allowed to rent this miserable corner... 173 00:17:22,082 --> 00:17:23,624 and wind the clock. 174 00:17:23,751 --> 00:17:26,878 But these are so much better than any I've seen in the shop. 175 00:17:27,004 --> 00:17:29,255 Such brilliant darkness and death. 176 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:32,091 That's the essence of what I'm after, 177 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:36,387 to bring death to the canvas, as others seek to give it life. 178 00:17:36,513 --> 00:17:38,973 The dead red nudes, they're called. 179 00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:43,061 - Do you know that? - Oh, it doesn't matter. 180 00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:45,938 These are only steps along the way. 181 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,983 I haven't achieved what I'm after yet. 182 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:51,444 Soon, perhaps. 183 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:54,906 Well, anyway, you still have to work from a live model, don't you? 184 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:56,908 Of course. 185 00:17:58,869 --> 00:18:00,953 So, where would you like me? 186 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,206 Here, try this. 187 00:18:12,883 --> 00:18:15,259 Just take a relaxed pose, 188 00:18:15,385 --> 00:18:18,471 anything that seems normal and comfortable. 189 00:18:34,571 --> 00:18:36,364 Are you going to paint me dead? 190 00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:38,908 I never plan a picture. 191 00:18:39,034 --> 00:18:42,829 It must be allowed to grow according to its own natural law. 192 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:46,332 - Is this all right? - It's perfect. 193 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:49,335 It's a pleasure to have a model who understands composition. 194 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:53,256 Well, it's the way you've arranged the pillows. It feels so natural. 195 00:18:57,302 --> 00:18:59,053 What made the clock stop? 196 00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:01,222 What's that? 197 00:19:01,348 --> 00:19:04,016 The clock up above, with the bell. 198 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:06,352 You said it stopped once. 199 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:09,230 Oh, yes, that's right. 200 00:19:09,356 --> 00:19:10,398 Well, it was in the 15th century, 201 00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:13,860 at the time of Erno Sordi, an ancestor of mine. 202 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:16,070 He was a great artist, a genius. 203 00:19:16,196 --> 00:19:20,283 Hundreds of years ahead of his time. He worked here in this very room. 204 00:19:21,451 --> 00:19:25,496 Erno Sordi? I don't think I know the name. 205 00:19:25,622 --> 00:19:28,416 Almost none of his paintings are in existence today. 206 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:30,626 Even copies are rare. 207 00:19:30,752 --> 00:19:33,963 But he was greater than Rembrandt, greater than Titian. 208 00:19:34,089 --> 00:19:36,924 They painted the flesh and sometimes the soul. 209 00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:39,093 Erno Sordi went deeper. 210 00:19:39,219 --> 00:19:41,345 Beyond the soul. 211 00:19:42,472 --> 00:19:44,640 Of course, he had to be destroyed. 212 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:48,769 - You don't want to hear all this. - Oh, please. 213 00:19:50,397 --> 00:19:51,606 I'm fascinated. 214 00:19:51,732 --> 00:19:53,441 Oh. 215 00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:58,905 Erno Sordi's paintings apparently had a sort of magical power 216 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:01,157 to affect the viewer. 217 00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:05,119 Modern psychologists would say that he... 218 00:20:05,245 --> 00:20:08,289 depicted the contents of the unconscious mind. 219 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:11,792 The Church expressed it in much the same way 220 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,212 by saying he was in league with the devil, 221 00:20:14,338 --> 00:20:16,780 and only Satan could have inspired it. 222 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:28,142 He was tried by an ecclesiastical court 223 00:20:28,268 --> 00:20:30,645 and charged with sorcery. 224 00:20:33,273 --> 00:20:38,985 The chief witness against him was a remarkably beautiful woman. 225 00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:42,531 His mistress... 226 00:20:43,951 --> 00:20:45,952 Melizza. 227 00:20:50,123 --> 00:20:52,458 He was burned at the stake. 228 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:58,047 All his priceless paintings were thrown on the fire with him. 229 00:20:58,173 --> 00:21:03,928 His accuser, Melizza, danced around the flames, laughing hideously... 230 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:08,031 while the flesh boiled from his body. 231 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:11,978 He painted a portrait of Melizza. 232 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:15,898 It had such compelling power, 233 00:21:16,024 --> 00:21:19,485 she thought he'd somehow stolen her soul 234 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:21,988 and sealed it in the painting. 235 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:25,199 She was mad. 236 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:01,188 Tony, where were you? I waited all night. 237 00:24:01,314 --> 00:24:05,443 I'm sorry. You'll forgive me when you know I finished another painting. 238 00:24:05,569 --> 00:24:07,570 That's wonderful. Of course I forgive you. 239 00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:12,533 Anyway, you're here now and I'm awfully glad to see you. 240 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:23,502 You know, I was dreaming just then that I was in your studio, 241 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,129 dusting a statue, 242 00:24:25,255 --> 00:24:27,506 and you were standing in a big beam of sunlight, 243 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:30,551 painting a bright yellow picture. 244 00:24:30,677 --> 00:24:32,428 Then what happened? 245 00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:35,072 You turned around, looked at me and winked. 246 00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:42,521 Tony, what's your studio really like? 247 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:47,943 Well, it's not at all like you dreamed, I assure you. 248 00:24:48,069 --> 00:24:50,070 You must be exhausted. 249 00:24:51,114 --> 00:24:53,782 Being an artist, painting a picture. 250 00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:56,702 Really creating something fine. 251 00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:59,663 It's almost like giving birth to a child, isn't it? 252 00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:03,209 Tony? 253 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:05,544 Why can't I come to your studio? 254 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:09,840 It's not the place for you, when I work. Soon, perhaps. 255 00:25:09,966 --> 00:25:13,427 We won't talk about it now. I've got just the thing for you. 256 00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:15,679 - You hungry? - Mm-hm, very. 257 00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:18,057 A jug of wine, 258 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,392 a loaf of bread and thou. 259 00:25:22,145 --> 00:25:24,396 Come here. You'll cut yourself. 260 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:26,607 I never can do that. 261 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:43,415 Do you remember the first day we met? 262 00:25:45,001 --> 00:25:48,546 - How long ago was that? - Don't you know? 263 00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:51,340 Exactly 15 days and six hours ago. 264 00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:53,884 Is that all? 265 00:25:54,010 --> 00:25:57,179 I remember watching you from up on the cliffs. 266 00:25:57,305 --> 00:26:00,766 I enjoyed seeing you play in the water. 267 00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:03,102 You looked like a little child. 268 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:07,106 I can hardly remember my life before I met you. 269 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:10,150 Hey, I've got the whole evening off. Let's go to the opera. 270 00:26:10,277 --> 00:26:13,070 Yeah, I'd love that. 271 00:26:13,196 --> 00:26:17,032 I'm sorry. I can't. I have to see somebody about business tonight. 272 00:26:17,158 --> 00:26:19,910 - I'll see you tomorrow, won't I? - Yes, of course. 273 00:26:20,036 --> 00:26:21,579 - Let's go down to the water. - No. 274 00:26:21,705 --> 00:26:25,291 - Oh, come on. - No, I like watching you. Go ahead. 275 00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:50,441 So, with the model herself applied directly to the canvas, 276 00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:54,570 eliminating the necessity for artificial media such as a brush, 277 00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:57,281 - we can... - Yes, I see it. 278 00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:59,199 It's magnificent. 279 00:26:59,326 --> 00:27:03,412 The artist directly manipulates the model on to the canvas, 280 00:27:03,538 --> 00:27:05,664 as he would manipulate a brush. 281 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:09,335 Exactly. Of course, this is only an exercise. 282 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:14,465 Obviously, the next step is to apply the technique to a full figure study, 283 00:27:14,591 --> 00:27:15,883 possibly even a group. 284 00:27:16,009 --> 00:27:18,177 Right, and by all means a self-portrait. 285 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,471 A group. 286 00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:24,224 It needs something, a towel for the model. 287 00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:29,688 Mm. 288 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:32,650 Another dead red one. They're good. 289 00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:35,152 The usual terms? 290 00:27:35,278 --> 00:27:39,657 Oh, signor, this time I... I'm going to need the money right away. 291 00:27:39,783 --> 00:27:43,410 Oh, well, in that case, I would be taking a risk 292 00:27:43,536 --> 00:27:46,789 so, well, the best I can do is 75. 293 00:27:46,915 --> 00:27:48,707 75? 294 00:27:53,546 --> 00:27:56,340 All right, you thief, just give me the money and let me get out of here 295 00:27:56,466 --> 00:28:00,094 so I don't have to look at your greasy face. 296 00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:04,598 An interesting technique. Quite valid, of course. 297 00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:07,309 But it needs something. 298 00:28:07,435 --> 00:28:10,229 Yes, it does. Max is quite right. It needs something. 299 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:14,525 There is something lacking. But, Bruno, you must see that. 300 00:28:14,651 --> 00:28:16,568 Well, you may be right, but... 301 00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:19,029 Perhaps the element of quantum energy. 302 00:28:19,155 --> 00:28:20,906 Perhaps, but... 303 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:23,534 Allow me, gentlemen. 304 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:25,661 - Magnificent! - Fantastic! 305 00:28:25,787 --> 00:28:27,788 Quantum! 306 00:28:27,914 --> 00:28:30,541 Sordi. We meet at last. 307 00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:34,878 How dare you deface another man's work? 308 00:28:35,004 --> 00:28:37,548 You commercial hack! 309 00:28:37,674 --> 00:28:40,509 I think I'm beginning to understand. 310 00:28:40,635 --> 00:28:43,011 It's really quite interesting. Ingenious. 311 00:28:43,138 --> 00:28:45,597 - What? - You see how it catches the light? 312 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,182 Idiots. 313 00:28:47,308 --> 00:28:50,144 Yes, and oozes just like it was alive. 314 00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:53,856 Fools! 315 00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:56,024 Ah, the fools! 316 00:29:02,782 --> 00:29:05,826 Daisy! Et tu? 317 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,437 It's getting cold. Would you like to come in? 318 00:29:33,563 --> 00:29:35,773 I think I'd rather stay here a while. 319 00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:38,650 - Coming? - Why not? Will you excuse us? 320 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,209 Hello? 321 00:30:20,472 --> 00:30:22,246 Hello? 322 00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:10,534 Pam? 323 00:31:11,911 --> 00:31:14,329 - Pamela? - What's wrong? 324 00:31:14,455 --> 00:31:16,623 She's not here. 325 00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:21,211 The ground's wet. Maybe she's gone in swimming. 326 00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:30,345 That's odd. There's a pair of women's shoes in the pool. 327 00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:19,645 - Max! - Exactly. 328 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:22,189 Where have you been? 329 00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:25,192 Anywhere I'm wanted. 330 00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:30,656 Well, you're always welcome here, Max. You know that. 331 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:34,785 Well, you may say so, but what about Daisy? 332 00:32:34,911 --> 00:32:36,954 Well, why wouldn't she? 333 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,872 Is she here now? Could I talk to her? 334 00:32:38,998 --> 00:32:42,668 Well, she isn't here. I haven't seen her for days. 335 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:45,921 - I thought she was with you. - No. 336 00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:50,717 It's not like her to just run off like that, without saying anything. 337 00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:53,512 I wonder if something's wrong. 338 00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:56,807 - I know someone who's seen her. - Oh? 339 00:32:56,933 --> 00:33:01,186 Yesterday I saw a new painting of her done by that hack Sordi. 340 00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:02,980 I thought she only posed for you. 341 00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:07,317 Well, she did, but we had a little disagreement. 342 00:33:07,443 --> 00:33:10,278 As a matter of fact, it was more like a fight. 343 00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:14,408 Anyway, I... I haven't seen her since and... 344 00:33:14,534 --> 00:33:16,868 Well, I miss her. I'd like to patch things up. 345 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,204 Well, what about whatshisname, who just painted her? 346 00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:22,124 Maybe he knows where she is. Why don't you ask him? 347 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,835 Sordi? Out of the question. Never. 348 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,215 It... it's bad enough that Daisy posed for him. 349 00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:34,136 But if I have to go to him and ask where she is, well... 350 00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:36,763 it's just out of the question. 351 00:33:45,231 --> 00:33:49,484 This isn't any time to be proud, Max, if you really want her back. 352 00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:53,697 Yes, but there are just some things a man can't do. 353 00:33:55,658 --> 00:33:57,367 Do you think maybe you could ask him? 354 00:33:57,493 --> 00:34:00,120 Well, I would like to know where she is. 355 00:34:00,246 --> 00:34:03,123 All right, I'll do it. 356 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,893 - Who's there? - Mr. Sordi? 357 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:24,269 Yes. What do you want? 358 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:28,023 I'm looking for my sister Daisy Allen. Do you know who I mean? 359 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:31,401 She posed for you recently, and I thought you might know where she is. 360 00:34:31,527 --> 00:34:34,863 What makes you think I know her? 361 00:34:34,989 --> 00:34:37,491 Well, a friend of mine saw the painting you did of her. 362 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:39,326 I don't know anybody by that name. 363 00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:41,495 Are you sure? 364 00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:45,231 - She has dark hair and... - I never heard of her. 365 00:35:09,524 --> 00:35:12,484 - Some tower, huh? - Yes. 366 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:15,612 Visitors used to come from all around, just to see it. 367 00:35:15,738 --> 00:35:18,031 But now nobody comes anymore. 368 00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:20,700 Guess the old ones have forgotten all about it. 369 00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:23,537 And the young ones. What do they know? 370 00:35:25,164 --> 00:35:26,915 I bet you you don't even know anything about it. 371 00:35:27,041 --> 00:35:29,543 - Know what? - She says, "Know what?" 372 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:32,337 The legend. What else? That's the trouble with you young people. 373 00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:35,549 You think you know everything. You never listen. 374 00:35:35,675 --> 00:35:39,302 You're just like my son. He never listens either. 375 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:43,723 A lot of peculiar things happened up in there. 376 00:35:43,850 --> 00:35:47,435 But I can't tell you about 'em, 'cause you're just too smart. 377 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:49,312 But I'd like to know about the legend. 378 00:35:49,438 --> 00:35:52,941 So, find out for yourself. Don't come bothering me. 379 00:35:53,067 --> 00:35:55,068 I got my own problems. 380 00:36:06,914 --> 00:36:09,541 "Be ye warned, else it happen again. 381 00:36:11,043 --> 00:36:13,295 "In another time, when the world was young, 382 00:36:13,421 --> 00:36:16,965 "there came to pass an occurrence most curious and vile. 383 00:36:17,091 --> 00:36:22,429 "One Erno Sordi, a painter, was burnt to death at the stake 384 00:36:22,555 --> 00:36:27,017 "for casting a spell on his beloved, the beauteous Melizza. 385 00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:30,645 "Beneath his dwelling, they did bury his ashes. 386 00:36:30,771 --> 00:36:33,315 "Time passed and all was forgotten. 387 00:36:33,441 --> 00:36:36,151 "Then was the town besieged by a vampire, 388 00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:40,322 "whose foul deeds did fill the populace with fear and disgust. 389 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:45,744 "It was the same Sordi, returned from the dead, bound for vengeance. 390 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:50,665 "Each night, for many weeks, he did feast upon the blood of a maid, 391 00:36:50,791 --> 00:36:54,544 "yet even then did the artist live on in the creature. 392 00:36:54,670 --> 00:36:57,047 "When he had blood enough to suffice, 393 00:36:57,173 --> 00:36:59,883 "then would he take the insensate forms of his victims 394 00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:03,011 "to the bell tower of the house, where once he dwelt, 395 00:37:03,137 --> 00:37:05,680 "and there paint them in the final agony of death. 396 00:37:05,806 --> 00:37:09,017 "But there came a night when the moon was full 397 00:37:09,143 --> 00:37:12,395 "and the townsmen did find the track of the vampire 398 00:37:12,521 --> 00:37:15,065 "and follow him to his lair, high in the tower. 399 00:37:15,191 --> 00:37:18,944 "There, in great haste, they smote him down, 400 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,862 "driving a stake through his heart, 401 00:37:20,988 --> 00:37:25,784 "whereupon he... he expired and crumbled unto dust." 402 00:37:45,638 --> 00:37:48,139 Very colorful folklore. 403 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:50,433 Is that all you can say? 404 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:53,103 Don't you see the parallel between this legend 405 00:37:53,229 --> 00:37:56,356 and all those stories in the papers lately about women disappearing? 406 00:37:56,482 --> 00:37:58,566 And the kind of painting Sordi does. 407 00:37:58,693 --> 00:38:01,152 And one of them looking like Daisy. 408 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,989 And he's living in the tower that's in the legend. 409 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:05,949 And his name. 410 00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:10,453 Are you suggesting that Sordi is a vampire, who abducts women? 411 00:38:10,579 --> 00:38:14,040 I don't know, but there are no other clues about Daisy. 412 00:38:14,166 --> 00:38:17,252 I'm afraid there's nothing more we can do. It's up to the police now. 413 00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:20,422 But they don't think the picture proves anything. 414 00:38:20,548 --> 00:38:22,424 Well, maybe they're right. 415 00:38:22,550 --> 00:38:25,260 Maybe it's not Daisy, just someone who looks like her. 416 00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:27,554 You don't really believe that, do you? 417 00:38:29,265 --> 00:38:30,265 No. 418 00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:33,184 Why don't we try to find out for ourselves? 419 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:36,271 Maybe there's something in the legend that we don't understand 420 00:38:36,397 --> 00:38:39,941 that would become more clear if we knew more about him. 421 00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:43,945 I think we should follow him, watch him very carefully... 422 00:38:45,531 --> 00:38:48,283 and see what he does with his time. 423 00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:49,576 Count me out. 424 00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:55,081 I'm sure that Sordi is many things, but a vampire is not one of them. 425 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:49,320 Oh, no! 426 00:40:58,414 --> 00:40:59,956 - Look here! - I'm sorry. 427 00:41:00,082 --> 00:41:01,499 What's your hurry? 428 00:41:04,211 --> 00:41:06,946 - Come on. - Why don't you sing something? 429 00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:11,259 Come on, just one. 430 00:41:11,385 --> 00:41:13,261 Come and have a drink. 431 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:16,864 - Hey, look what I found. - Whoo-hoo! 432 00:41:19,226 --> 00:41:21,561 - Hey! - Whoa! 433 00:41:25,107 --> 00:41:27,442 Hello! 434 00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:30,445 Hey, come on. 435 00:41:31,780 --> 00:41:33,615 Hey. 436 00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:48,963 Hey, come on back! We didn't mean anything! Honest! 437 00:41:49,089 --> 00:41:52,425 Don't be a spoilsport. At least give her a head start. Ha-ha! 438 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:57,305 Man, look at those fangs! They're better than mine. 439 00:42:03,103 --> 00:42:05,480 That guy's got no sense of humor. 440 00:43:21,056 --> 00:43:23,391 - Please help me! - Sorry. 441 00:43:23,517 --> 00:43:26,102 That man, he's following me. 442 00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:30,023 Grab her! She's gonna jump! 443 00:44:37,132 --> 00:44:39,550 Come on, honey. The ride's over. 444 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:07,954 - Tony? - Hm? 445 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,957 Do you make love to lots of women? 446 00:45:11,083 --> 00:45:14,210 Now, what kind of a question is that to ask? 447 00:45:14,336 --> 00:45:17,296 I bet you make love to all the women that pose for your pictures, 448 00:45:17,423 --> 00:45:18,965 don't you? 449 00:45:19,091 --> 00:45:21,759 That's why you never want me to come to your studio. 450 00:45:21,885 --> 00:45:26,389 You're exactly right. I keep several there at all times. 451 00:45:26,515 --> 00:45:28,641 I wouldn't be surprised. 452 00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:32,395 Tony? 453 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:35,440 Why don't you ever... 454 00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:38,276 you know, make a pass at me? 455 00:45:40,279 --> 00:45:41,738 I... 456 00:45:41,864 --> 00:45:44,073 I have too much respect for you. 457 00:45:44,199 --> 00:45:47,827 But I don't want you to respect me, not that kind. 458 00:45:49,037 --> 00:45:51,080 I want you to love me, really. 459 00:45:51,206 --> 00:45:53,207 But I do. You know that. 460 00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:57,378 I never knew what happiness was till I saw you. Don't spoil it. 461 00:45:57,504 --> 00:46:00,214 Oh, kiss me, Tony. Kiss me. 462 00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:02,258 Oh, Tony. 463 00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:08,890 Oh! 464 00:46:10,851 --> 00:46:13,894 Tony! Tony! 465 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:26,032 Please! Tony! 466 00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:32,497 Give me time! You've got to give me time! 467 00:49:10,197 --> 00:49:13,950 Observe. Quantum is not merely decorative. 468 00:49:14,076 --> 00:49:16,661 It has social utility too. 469 00:49:19,665 --> 00:49:22,083 - Dorean! What's the hurry, girl? - Max! 470 00:49:22,209 --> 00:49:25,294 A man! He's been chasing me all the way from the beach! 471 00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:31,217 Get him! 472 00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:35,888 Is there somewhere you can go, where you'll be safe? 473 00:49:36,890 --> 00:49:40,309 - Dorean? - Yes. I guess so. 474 00:49:40,435 --> 00:49:41,435 Good. 475 00:49:41,561 --> 00:49:44,730 I have a friend who lives in the bell tower in the old part of the city. 476 00:49:44,856 --> 00:49:46,816 I'll go there. 477 00:52:22,889 --> 00:52:26,100 - Did you see his face? - Yeah. Why? 478 00:52:26,226 --> 00:52:28,352 I've never seen anything like it before. 479 00:52:28,478 --> 00:52:32,690 - What do you mean? - He looked just like a vampire. 480 00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:36,318 What are you talking about? Hey! He's gone! 481 00:52:37,362 --> 00:52:40,865 - I can't believe it. - I can. 482 00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:44,994 Maybe there was something in that old legend Donna was reading me. 483 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:48,205 He was chasing Dorean. Hey, wait a minute! 484 00:52:48,331 --> 00:52:49,456 What? 485 00:52:49,583 --> 00:52:53,794 She said she was going to the old bell tower. That's where Sordi lives. 486 00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:56,463 What's he got to do with this? I thought we were chasing that... 487 00:52:56,590 --> 00:52:58,340 that vampire. 488 00:52:58,466 --> 00:53:00,926 Exactly. Come on. 489 00:54:45,782 --> 00:54:47,825 I... 490 00:54:48,994 --> 00:54:52,746 I forgive you for everything, Melizza. Do you hear? 491 00:54:53,665 --> 00:54:55,833 For everything. 492 00:54:57,043 --> 00:54:59,086 But... but now I need you. 493 00:55:00,297 --> 00:55:02,756 Just once more, I need you. 494 00:55:03,883 --> 00:55:05,884 You must come back to me, Melizza. 495 00:55:18,189 --> 00:55:19,231 Melizza? 496 00:57:23,606 --> 00:57:25,816 You've come back to me, just like I knew you would. 497 00:57:25,942 --> 00:57:28,277 We shall work together again, just as before. 498 00:57:28,403 --> 00:57:30,487 We shall create death together. 499 00:57:39,330 --> 00:57:41,832 This is the moment we've both been waiting for, isn't it? 500 00:57:42,750 --> 00:57:47,254 No more accusations, no more betrayals, doubts. 501 00:57:47,380 --> 00:57:48,505 It's all forgotten, forgiven, 502 00:57:48,631 --> 00:57:52,134 so that now, at last, we can achieve together what was always meant to be. 503 00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:56,096 Tonight, Sordi shall paint again like Sordi. 504 00:58:01,102 --> 00:58:03,187 That's all trash! 505 00:58:06,107 --> 00:58:08,859 Thank God I can still destroy them. 506 00:58:10,195 --> 00:58:14,490 Now no one shall know Sordi except for the artist Sordi. 507 00:58:14,616 --> 00:58:18,619 This could be the first new work worthy of his name. 508 00:58:22,165 --> 00:58:24,750 And so a great new era in the hist... 509 00:58:26,294 --> 00:58:28,879 history of art begins. 510 00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:31,507 And you're to be a part of it, Melizza, 511 00:58:31,633 --> 00:58:34,468 an indispensable part. 512 00:58:34,594 --> 00:58:36,386 Think of it, Melizza. 513 00:58:36,513 --> 00:58:40,390 What an honor, to be preserved forever like the Mona Lisa, 514 00:58:40,517 --> 00:58:45,521 beautiful beyond description, untouched by time and age. 515 00:58:47,398 --> 00:58:49,399 See? 516 00:58:49,526 --> 00:58:51,568 How clean, 517 00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:53,779 how sharp, how painless. 518 00:58:57,033 --> 00:58:59,660 Just one quick caress. 519 00:59:01,454 --> 00:59:03,455 Then peace, 520 00:59:03,581 --> 00:59:05,624 immortality. 521 01:00:03,808 --> 01:00:06,393 No. 522 01:01:27,016 --> 01:01:28,850 Come on now! Come on! 523 01:01:28,976 --> 01:01:30,644 Daisy! 524 01:01:30,770 --> 01:01:33,563 - Good Lord! - No! 525 01:01:38,277 --> 01:01:40,320 Dorean, what happened?