1 00:00:13,742 --> 00:00:18,116 ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL 2 00:01:36,194 --> 00:01:39,110 Ooooh! Go on... 3 00:01:40,019 --> 00:01:41,157 ...try it out 4 00:01:42,351 --> 00:01:44,292 The acoustics are marvelous 5 00:01:45,653 --> 00:01:46,898 It was an ancient oratory 6 00:01:48,471 --> 00:01:51,660 Along there, are the tombs of3 popes 7 00:01:52,052 --> 00:01:53,225 ...and 7 bishops 8 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:56,981 It's a graveyard in here 9 00:02:00,191 --> 00:02:02,239 In 1871... 10 00:02:03,006 --> 00:02:06,445 ...this oratory became a true auditorium 11 00:02:07,145 --> 00:02:09,610 ...for both vocal and instrumental concerts 12 00:02:10,169 --> 00:02:12,635 All the courts of Europe envied us for it 13 00:02:13,334 --> 00:02:15,931 For its acoustics 14 00:02:17,055 --> 00:02:19,485 Ooooh, hear it? 15 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:22,786 The sound is limpid, without echo 16 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:25,121 Ideal for listening to music 17 00:02:25,993 --> 00:02:28,068 Without any reverberation 18 00:02:30,688 --> 00:02:31,554 That podium was... 19 00:02:32,322 --> 00:02:35,239 ...for the world's great conductors... 20 00:02:35,452 --> 00:02:36,732 ...a mark of achievement 21 00:02:38,059 --> 00:02:39,269 What musicians! 22 00:02:39,729 --> 00:02:41,840 And the people! 23 00:02:42,234 --> 00:02:45,669 There were ministers, ambassadors, clergy 24 00:02:45,918 --> 00:02:47,614 They'd bring their own score... 25 00:02:48,109 --> 00:02:50,705 ...to follow the music 26 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:55,267 And what beautiful ladies... elegant 27 00:02:55,726 --> 00:02:56,757 ...audacious 28 00:02:57,951 --> 00:02:58,959 Playing tricks again? 29 00:03:01,082 --> 00:03:02,538 And the air was perfumed! 30 00:03:03,515 --> 00:03:05,009 ...there was another atmosphere... 31 00:03:05,776 --> 00:03:07,401 The public today is no longer the same 32 00:03:08,072 --> 00:03:10,430 I must be boring you with this chatter 33 00:03:16,766 --> 00:03:18,011 Everything is in place 34 00:03:20,278 --> 00:03:21,285 Beautiful, eh? 35 00:03:26,851 --> 00:03:30,217 But I'm only the copyist, second fiddle to everyone 36 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,295 Another year... 37 00:03:32,692 --> 00:03:34,493 ... and off into retirement 38 00:03:37,108 --> 00:03:37,973 I'll return... 39 00:03:38,256 --> 00:03:39,987 ...only to attend concerts 40 00:03:41,247 --> 00:03:42,077 That yes! 41 00:03:43,265 --> 00:03:44,686 I couldn't live without music 42 00:04:13,762 --> 00:04:15,779 Good morning to one and all! 43 00:04:16,161 --> 00:04:18,829 I heard some TV people are coming to do... 44 00:04:19,013 --> 00:04:22,416 ...a documentary about our orchestra. This beautiful... 45 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:25,998 ...auditorium was once a church 46 00:04:26,212 --> 00:04:27,978 ...of the 13th century, as you must know 47 00:04:28,262 --> 00:04:32,188 There, you can see ancient tombs and... 48 00:04:32,367 --> 00:04:34,241 I already told them 49 00:04:35,253 --> 00:04:36,912 Oh, I'm the first violinist 50 00:04:37,479 --> 00:04:40,739 Good morning, Mirella 51 00:04:42,486 --> 00:04:45,154 Can somebody help with this cover? It weighs a ton 52 00:04:45,373 --> 00:04:49,262 Here, let me 53 00:04:50,694 --> 00:04:53,846 Don't say anything. TV people are here 54 00:04:58,134 --> 00:05:00,731 I'd like to know what they do with these chairs! 55 00:05:01,925 --> 00:05:04,913 Dirty Filthy! 56 00:05:19,939 --> 00:05:20,484 They'll break! 57 00:05:23,244 --> 00:05:23,729 ...Break wind! 58 00:05:25,608 --> 00:05:27,445 I'm having a sauna at 4, no matter what 59 00:05:28,147 --> 00:05:31,265 ...a snake, a lion... about thirty positions in all 60 00:05:31,485 --> 00:05:34,818 ...but it's all a mental approach 61 00:05:35,138 --> 00:05:36,522 There's no hurry... 62 00:05:37,256 --> 00:05:38,502 ...You're doing wonderfully 63 00:05:39,552 --> 00:05:41,876 To me he looks worse than the last time 64 00:05:42,091 --> 00:05:46,123 Oh, Professor, with us again! 65 00:05:47,099 --> 00:05:49,174 I'll bet the Professor here... 66 00:05:49,603 --> 00:05:51,262 ...that within 4 months... 67 00:05:51,619 --> 00:05:53,872 Professor, my Uncle Quintilio... 68 00:05:54,366 --> 00:05:56,762 ...ravished them all for sixty years straight 69 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,891 Big eater. Drinker. Exceptional stud 70 00:06:00,940 --> 00:06:03,406 Everyone said: he can't last 71 00:06:03,582 --> 00:06:06,048 Well, let me tell you, he's 93 72 00:06:06,469 --> 00:06:10,394 ...and still going strong 73 00:06:12,346 --> 00:06:13,805 "One of Werther's sons?" 74 00:06:14,329 --> 00:06:15,538 ...begins with G 75 00:06:15,650 --> 00:06:18,224 What rotten people you run into... 76 00:06:19,299 --> 00:06:21,873 ...the light turned green 77 00:06:22,466 --> 00:06:24,518 ...but he just stood there 78 00:06:25,247 --> 00:06:28,401 I tapped the horn and said I was late for a rehearsal 79 00:06:28,864 --> 00:06:31,638 Then, as if eyeing a turd, he says: 80 00:06:31,959 --> 00:06:34,284 "What's there to rehearse? It's obvious..." 81 00:06:34,463 --> 00:06:36,122 "...you'll never learn" 82 00:06:40,618 --> 00:06:43,428 You're listening to the soccer game? Not me... 83 00:06:43,644 --> 00:06:44,995 ...I'm too nervous 84 00:06:45,626 --> 00:06:46,978 Your barometer? 85 00:06:47,261 --> 00:06:51,078 Let's see what old faithful says 86 00:06:51,260 --> 00:06:53,477 Oh, it's gone up another 15%%% 87 00:06:53,799 --> 00:06:57,023 ...the prospects aren't too good for my violin 88 00:06:57,485 --> 00:06:59,109 How's the octopus? 89 00:06:59,293 --> 00:07:02,066 Ah, it's a battle! The thing's always there... 90 00:07:02,630 --> 00:07:04,124 ...lying in ambush 91 00:07:04,335 --> 00:07:05,271 What a bitch! 92 00:07:05,830 --> 00:07:09,269 Go ahead keep up this shit about my nightmares 93 00:07:10,141 --> 00:07:12,537 Don't get pissed, Professor, it's bad for you 94 00:07:13,272 --> 00:07:16,569 Our neurosis is the that's strangling us 95 00:07:21,654 --> 00:07:24,428 We paid a fortune for him, but wasn't it worth it? 96 00:07:26,418 --> 00:07:26,904 What's that? 97 00:07:27,599 --> 00:07:30,137 A depressant 98 00:07:30,730 --> 00:07:32,353 I've tried them all, no improvement 99 00:07:33,685 --> 00:07:34,965 ...perhaps worse 100 00:07:38,832 --> 00:07:41,264 Why doesn't it play? - look... 101 00:07:57,715 --> 00:07:59,209 Assholes! 102 00:07:59,454 --> 00:08:02,679 "8 and a Half" is a psycho- analytical film? Get with it 103 00:08:02,895 --> 00:08:05,635 Brush up! What's with you? 104 00:08:05,958 --> 00:08:07,617 How can I play? Hey, barometer... 105 00:08:08,566 --> 00:08:11,268 ...put the chair where it belongs so I can play 106 00:08:12,774 --> 00:08:14,754 No, sorry... It's too close to the stand. 107 00:08:14,896 --> 00:08:17,041 I must sit there 108 00:08:17,502 --> 00:08:20,835 I must. Be courteous I forgot... 109 00:08:21,016 --> 00:08:23,376 ...my glasses 110 00:08:23,798 --> 00:08:26,988 I'm not here for courtesies, but to play! 111 00:08:27,551 --> 00:08:29,080 I, here! 112 00:08:29,708 --> 00:08:30,573 I, there! 113 00:08:31,238 --> 00:08:32,732 This is my place 114 00:08:33,152 --> 00:08:35,131 You're offensive... THERE! 115 00:08:35,377 --> 00:08:35,958 ...HERE! 116 00:08:36,699 --> 00:08:38,951 You sick in the head?... Stop it! 117 00:08:39,168 --> 00:08:40,412 You stop! 118 00:08:58,956 --> 00:09:00,343 ...your attention please 119 00:09:01,876 --> 00:09:03,714 A distinguished guest: 120 00:09:04,448 --> 00:09:05,279 ...Television 121 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:07,260 With technicians 122 00:09:07,927 --> 00:09:09,909 ...and director, for coverage 123 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:11,256 ...of our orchestra rehearsal 124 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:14,596 ...And interviews 125 00:09:15,299 --> 00:09:17,374 You're better off if we're not interviewed 126 00:09:17,942 --> 00:09:18,737 otherwise I'll tell 127 00:09:19,820 --> 00:09:20,959 Tell what? 128 00:09:21,593 --> 00:09:22,981 That you get a kickback 129 00:09:23,888 --> 00:09:26,248 For your participation 130 00:09:26,393 --> 00:09:27,946 ...and your union representative agrees... 131 00:09:28,097 --> 00:09:29,305 Compensation: nix 132 00:09:30,288 --> 00:09:32,268 No one made any agreement 133 00:09:33,522 --> 00:09:36,888 It's a special job! For special rates! 134 00:09:37,382 --> 00:09:38,805 It's not special 135 00:09:39,121 --> 00:09:40,543 No, nothing doing! 136 00:09:41,624 --> 00:09:43,153 We're not in agreement 137 00:09:43,816 --> 00:09:45,962 Theoretically, we could even accept 138 00:09:46,215 --> 00:09:47,911 ...but not the Union 139 00:09:48,719 --> 00:09:50,663 It's the usual hedging with State Television 140 00:09:50,841 --> 00:09:52,086 that's never solved 141 00:09:52,546 --> 00:09:54,559 Let your representative tell you 142 00:09:55,117 --> 00:09:57,026 Calm down, people... 143 00:09:57,342 --> 00:09:59,667 We're already poorly paid... 144 00:09:59,916 --> 00:10:01,089 ...but TV wants us for nothing 145 00:10:01,307 --> 00:10:10,308 The public loves music and the ones who play it. 146 00:10:10,975 --> 00:10:13,050 ...but the minute it becomes a program... 147 00:10:13,478 --> 00:10:15,494 For filming us, at least a token 148 00:10:15,739 --> 00:10:16,534 ...a gift 149 00:10:17,305 --> 00:10:18,833 No one is obliged 150 00:10:19,042 --> 00:10:21,544 ...whoever grants the interview 151 00:10:21,756 --> 00:10:23,487 ...grants it. Who doesn't want, doesn't grant 152 00:10:23,633 --> 00:10:24,178 How silly! Numbskulls! 153 00:10:24,398 --> 00:10:26,758 Allow me to turn your attention to something... 154 00:10:26,937 --> 00:10:29,118 What kind of representative are you? 155 00:10:35,771 --> 00:10:38,129 What an insult! Dumb heads! 156 00:10:41,995 --> 00:10:44,909 I dreamt there was a horse in my room 157 00:10:45,333 --> 00:10:46,471 That's not good 158 00:10:47,002 --> 00:10:50,227 ...Though it depends on the horse's color 159 00:10:50,445 --> 00:10:51,168 Shitheads! 160 00:10:58,861 --> 00:11:00,521 You want to interview me? 161 00:11:02,024 --> 00:11:04,313 I prepared it 162 00:11:04,947 --> 00:11:06,570 ...he helped me with it through 163 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:10,923 "The piano is like a king on a throne" 164 00:11:11,206 --> 00:11:13,530 "Immobile. One must go to it" 165 00:11:13,780 --> 00:11:17,147 "Bow down. Near the stool to it" 166 00:11:17,815 --> 00:11:20,932 "It's like a mythological creature"... his doing 167 00:11:21,777 --> 00:11:27,125 "A room with a piano becomes its room" 168 00:11:28,524 --> 00:11:30,670 "It's an instrument of royal courts" 169 00:11:31,028 --> 00:11:33,423 What was that, Sir? 170 00:11:35,097 --> 00:11:37,764 I said I once played at court 171 00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:40,825 Before Victor Emanuel III 172 00:11:41,148 --> 00:11:42,642 And you weren't shot? 173 00:11:46,051 --> 00:11:49,728 I don't want a piano, I mean I have one but... 174 00:11:49,946 --> 00:11:51,961 ...it needn't be mine 175 00:11:52,310 --> 00:11:54,741 All the pianos of the world are that piano 176 00:11:55,232 --> 00:11:57,378 To play mine alone... 177 00:11:57,736 --> 00:11:59,918 ...would be limiting... would be restrictive 178 00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:02,069 I think... 179 00:12:03,020 --> 00:12:06,174 ...that to realize one's self, one must... 180 00:12:06,533 --> 00:12:07,363 ...be aware 181 00:12:08,863 --> 00:12:10,806 ...that is, be more aware of people 182 00:12:11,020 --> 00:12:13,794 ...have more acquaintances 183 00:12:14,184 --> 00:12:16,923 Okay! I'm from Marina di Pisa 184 00:12:17,696 --> 00:12:19,463 ...but I took up the flute in California 185 00:12:20,235 --> 00:12:22,108 ...Where's it's played sweeter, less violently 186 00:12:22,426 --> 00:12:24,927 The flute is a delicate instrument 187 00:12:25,139 --> 00:12:28,054 The most similar to the human voice 188 00:12:28,232 --> 00:12:31,838 Even if they say that about the cello 189 00:12:32,024 --> 00:12:33,862 ...and saxophone 190 00:12:34,041 --> 00:12:35,985 ...and probably the drum! 191 00:12:38,318 --> 00:12:40,855 It's funny because choral groups say... 192 00:12:40,997 --> 00:12:44,223 ...they sound like an instrument! But really... 193 00:12:44,406 --> 00:12:46,655 ...only the flute has that human quality 194 00:12:47,256 --> 00:12:50,589 What a mysterious sound... supernatural! 195 00:12:51,185 --> 00:12:53,815 It even tames wild beasts 196 00:12:54,072 --> 00:12:56,609 Didn't Apollo use the flute to awaken the dead? 197 00:12:57,584 --> 00:13:02,268 It's the instrument of magic spells, both solar and lunar 198 00:13:02,487 --> 00:13:05,403 ...why flutists are all so batty 199 00:13:05,999 --> 00:13:09,059 It's true. That's what they say 200 00:13:09,478 --> 00:13:11,729 Maybe because they blow and blow... 201 00:13:12,086 --> 00:13:15,868 ...and all that wind goes to their heads, right? 202 00:13:16,676 --> 00:13:19,380 Everyone expects us to... 203 00:13:19,562 --> 00:13:21,743 ...do something strange, who knows why? 204 00:13:28,150 --> 00:13:29,989 The trombone is a unique instrument 205 00:13:30,933 --> 00:13:33,922 ...with a grave voice, that admonishes with kindness 206 00:13:34,377 --> 00:13:38,265 And also very comical, accompanying clowns 207 00:13:38,444 --> 00:13:40,352 ...as they squirt water and take falls 208 00:13:40,566 --> 00:13:42,298 It's the instrument of angels! 209 00:13:42,479 --> 00:13:46,403 That's true, in Renaissance paintings you'll see... 210 00:13:46,581 --> 00:13:47,685 ...angels with trombones 211 00:13:47,904 --> 00:13:50,050 Received by the Lord to trombone music... 212 00:13:50,234 --> 00:13:52,346 ...fantastic 213 00:13:52,564 --> 00:13:54,294 The trombone is the voice... 214 00:13:54,441 --> 00:13:55,971 ...of a solitary being 215 00:13:56,702 --> 00:13:59,168 I love to listen to it along the beach 216 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:01,561 ...in wintertime 217 00:14:26,748 --> 00:14:30,257 I have nothing to say, really 218 00:14:30,504 --> 00:14:33,598 I was looking at that hanging cobweb 219 00:14:33,981 --> 00:14:36,554 5 or 6 yards long, isn't it? 220 00:14:36,832 --> 00:14:39,429 With the trombones blowing... 221 00:14:39,580 --> 00:14:42,355 ...it swayed back and forth. Look, look, see it? 222 00:14:42,572 --> 00:14:45,074 ...the spider, up there? 223 00:14:45,284 --> 00:14:46,493 ...hanging from the thread? 224 00:14:46,814 --> 00:14:49,553 See it? 225 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,478 Isn't it wonderful that we're here to make... 226 00:14:52,657 --> 00:14:55,120 ...a spider go on a swing 227 00:14:55,540 --> 00:14:58,316 Take a look at it 228 00:14:58,671 --> 00:15:00,687 That little spider... 229 00:15:00,828 --> 00:15:02,701 ...while the trombones played... 230 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:08,470 Can you spare a minute? 231 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:10,454 ...for a frivolous question? 232 00:15:11,504 --> 00:15:13,829 Is it true there are likes and dislikes 233 00:15:14,042 --> 00:15:15,666 between instruments? 234 00:15:16,373 --> 00:15:18,211 Absolutely, definite likes and dislikes 235 00:15:18,390 --> 00:15:22,385 We get along with the bass 236 00:15:22,598 --> 00:15:25,170 ...because it keeps time, tight and even 237 00:15:25,345 --> 00:15:29,685 Without flourishes, trills or "arpeggios" 238 00:15:29,901 --> 00:15:31,881 The piano is a chatterbox 239 00:15:32,126 --> 00:15:34,414 And violins bleed 240 00:15:34,595 --> 00:15:36,739 In Italy they concentrate less on rhythm 241 00:15:37,549 --> 00:15:41,154 More on singing. Neapolitans have a good sense of rhythm 242 00:15:41,376 --> 00:15:43,178 They're the best drummers 243 00:15:43,845 --> 00:15:45,576 Who invented the Tarantella? The Neapolitans 244 00:15:45,966 --> 00:15:49,819 I'd say the rhythm instruments... 245 00:15:49,861 --> 00:15:51,248 ...are liked 246 00:15:51,287 --> 00:15:53,683 ...they got humor. Yeah, they're friendly 247 00:15:54,243 --> 00:15:56,079 What he says is true 248 00:15:56,224 --> 00:15:58,371 That air of sufficiency... 249 00:15:58,938 --> 00:16:00,397 The condescending tone... 250 00:16:01,303 --> 00:16:03,804 The haughtiness... of a violin, or a flute 251 00:16:04,329 --> 00:16:07,246 ...as it takes its place, just doesn't exist with us 252 00:16:08,223 --> 00:16:09,955 Let a Neapolitan in an orchestra... 253 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:12,981 and what's he become? The tympanist, the drummer 254 00:16:13,162 --> 00:16:15,971 ...it makes him feel happy 255 00:16:16,222 --> 00:16:20,037 A little rhythm even helps the Maestro... 256 00:16:20,219 --> 00:16:22,721 to get unwound. Even the oboe 257 00:16:22,897 --> 00:16:24,806 forgets that it's gloomy, and begins smiling 258 00:16:28,426 --> 00:16:31,059 I don't want to be interviewed, or photographed 259 00:16:31,244 --> 00:16:34,196 I don't want to be mistaken for someone else 260 00:16:36,253 --> 00:16:37,781 Try asking him 261 00:16:39,312 --> 00:16:39,998 Professor... 262 00:16:41,225 --> 00:16:43,064 Would you mind answering? 263 00:16:43,313 --> 00:16:44,971 Actually, you don't deserve it 264 00:16:45,328 --> 00:16:47,581 Without compensation, I shouldn't bother. However... 265 00:16:47,763 --> 00:16:49,779 ...go ahead 266 00:16:50,163 --> 00:16:52,664 Let's see... Tell me about your cello 267 00:16:52,910 --> 00:16:56,976 It's one of the essential instruments of an orchestra 268 00:16:57,221 --> 00:16:59,890 You might say that the violin and cello... 269 00:17:00,073 --> 00:17:02,643 ...are the foundations 270 00:17:02,818 --> 00:17:06,780 ...upon which all symphonic concerts are built 271 00:17:06,958 --> 00:17:09,282 The pillars. Am I wrong? - Yes... 272 00:17:10,714 --> 00:17:11,888 I'll explain the violin... 273 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:16,898 The 1st violin is the brain, the heart of the orchestra 274 00:17:17,183 --> 00:17:18,986 And the clarinet is the cock! 275 00:17:23,373 --> 00:17:27,890 Look, I'd say the cello comes close... 276 00:17:28,068 --> 00:17:30,178 ...to being the "ideal friend". It's... 277 00:17:30,815 --> 00:17:33,934 ...the true friend ...discreet, faithful. 278 00:17:34,328 --> 00:17:35,643 Not like the violin 279 00:17:36,170 --> 00:17:38,352 The violin is seductive, fascinating 280 00:17:39,161 --> 00:17:40,229 ...but deceiving 281 00:17:40,552 --> 00:17:41,239 It's female 282 00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:43,538 Oh, what horseshit! 283 00:17:44,031 --> 00:17:45,759 You don't agree? 284 00:17:46,635 --> 00:17:51,155 No, I don't agree, because for us the violin... 285 00:17:51,333 --> 00:17:54,486 ...is the most virile instrument in the orchestra 286 00:17:54,914 --> 00:17:56,965 It's female! 287 00:17:57,243 --> 00:17:58,903 Isn't "she" always seducing? 288 00:17:59,330 --> 00:18:02,176 Well, if we want to play games... 289 00:18:02,357 --> 00:18:04,714 ...it's totally masculine 290 00:18:05,207 --> 00:18:07,223 ...it's penetrating, phallic! 291 00:18:08,685 --> 00:18:10,452 I agree with my gentle colleague 292 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:13,928 It's not at all feminine, there's nothing... 293 00:18:14,110 --> 00:18:17,335 ...languid about it. It's vibrant and always modern 294 00:18:17,518 --> 00:18:21,265 In the Conservatories it is still the preferred... 295 00:18:21,447 --> 00:18:23,107 ...instrument 296 00:18:25,552 --> 00:18:27,877 The cello is chronically sad 297 00:18:28,091 --> 00:18:30,792 The violin is the true diva of the orchestra 298 00:18:31,150 --> 00:18:33,225 I was saying that the first violin... 299 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:35,176 ...is the star of the orchestra 300 00:18:36,435 --> 00:18:41,545 When unfortunately we have a conductor who doesn't keep... 301 00:18:41,721 --> 00:18:43,179 ...the tempo, and misses his cues 302 00:18:43,565 --> 00:18:44,740 ...one who lacks authority 303 00:18:45,513 --> 00:18:47,763 ...and we can tell immediately 304 00:18:47,946 --> 00:18:49,713 as soon as he reaches the podium 305 00:18:49,894 --> 00:18:51,209 ...and raises the baton 306 00:18:51,773 --> 00:18:55,898 It's the first violin... ...who controls the situation 307 00:18:56,084 --> 00:18:58,266 ...and guides the orchestra 308 00:18:58,658 --> 00:19:01,882 ...literally substituting... ...the conductor 309 00:19:02,449 --> 00:19:04,594 Whose hand does the conductor shake 310 00:19:05,507 --> 00:19:07,619 ...when the applause comes? 311 00:19:07,839 --> 00:19:09,392 The first violinist's 312 00:19:09,438 --> 00:19:11,866 I once told a conductor: 313 00:19:12,218 --> 00:19:14,958 "You're in love with brass" 314 00:19:15,245 --> 00:19:16,216 "That's your speed: bandmaster!" 315 00:19:17,887 --> 00:19:19,903 How does that fit in? 316 00:19:20,774 --> 00:19:24,106 Getting back to the cello, it's certainly 317 00:19:24,287 --> 00:19:27,167 ...an instrument that will never betray you 318 00:19:27,556 --> 00:19:31,302 Once it has chosen you it remains faithful 319 00:19:33,050 --> 00:19:33,535 The bassoon... 320 00:19:34,545 --> 00:19:36,383 good for clowns 321 00:19:36,598 --> 00:19:38,649 I owe everything to the violin. 322 00:19:39,275 --> 00:19:41,527 It helped me take wing ahead of time 323 00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:43,546 In what sense? 324 00:19:44,666 --> 00:19:47,297 It helped me discover where dissonances lie 325 00:19:50,265 --> 00:19:53,111 You're interviewing me? Then I'll go there 326 00:19:53,604 --> 00:19:55,925 That's my place 327 00:19:56,245 --> 00:19:59,198 Comb your hair before the red light goes on, Curly 328 00:19:59,549 --> 00:20:00,036 Yes, certainly... 329 00:20:01,948 --> 00:20:03,050 The clarinet? 330 00:20:03,582 --> 00:20:07,056 It led me out of the fog of my hometown. 331 00:20:07,687 --> 00:20:10,427 A village... ...in the Po Valley: Gazoldo 332 00:20:10,469 --> 00:20:13,942 From August to April of the following year... 333 00:20:14,294 --> 00:20:15,609 ...it's invisible 334 00:20:15,928 --> 00:20:19,117 The bell tower vanishes, the school vanishes... and 335 00:20:19,197 --> 00:20:21,829 Let me explain: thanks to the clarinet... 336 00:20:22,014 --> 00:20:25,204 ...I traveled the world. And even met... 337 00:20:25,387 --> 00:20:28,091 ...the great Toscanini, who told me: 338 00:20:28,588 --> 00:20:30,947 "Bravo, young fellow, finally..." 339 00:20:31,125 --> 00:20:35,193 "I hear a nice clarinet sound." His words 340 00:20:36,030 --> 00:20:39,466 "Finally, I hear a nice clarinet sound!" 341 00:20:39,714 --> 00:20:42,809 And you said? - What could I say 342 00:20:43,158 --> 00:20:45,303 to a Toscanini who tells you: 343 00:20:45,453 --> 00:20:48,441 "Bravo, finally I hear a nice clarinet sound" 344 00:20:48,687 --> 00:20:50,275 What did he say? 345 00:20:51,364 --> 00:20:53,997 Didn't you hear? "Bravo, young fellow..." 346 00:20:54,182 --> 00:20:56,848 "finally I hear a nice clarinet sound" 347 00:20:57,450 --> 00:20:58,837 Who was playing? 348 00:20:59,119 --> 00:20:59,771 I was! 349 00:21:02,597 --> 00:21:04,613 ...a truly fantastic instrument 350 00:21:05,067 --> 00:21:08,256 ...engaging. Not only for its miraculous 351 00:21:08,439 --> 00:21:10,419 ...possibilities. With a trumpet... 352 00:21:11,257 --> 00:21:13,616 ...you can venture into incredible music acrobatics.. 353 00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:15,036 No! What's extraordinary... 354 00:21:15,951 --> 00:21:18,061 ...is that it allows you to express what's inside you 355 00:21:18,281 --> 00:21:22,347 ...joy, sadness... even silence 356 00:21:22,627 --> 00:21:27,737 Claudio, you better talk to this guy 357 00:21:28,782 --> 00:21:31,664 Pipe down, I'm being interviewed here! 358 00:21:32,747 --> 00:21:34,727 A mistake... it happens 359 00:21:35,390 --> 00:21:37,500 The trumpet is a passport to... 360 00:21:38,241 --> 00:21:39,627 a greater dimension 361 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:42,305 Who plays it, understands 362 00:21:43,041 --> 00:21:44,286 A dimension of fullness 363 00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:47,102 Everything is more intense, more sublime 364 00:21:47,945 --> 00:21:50,518 Ask any trumpet player... we're quite a few 365 00:21:51,526 --> 00:21:54,929 Tell him how we trumpets study harder than anyone 366 00:21:55,108 --> 00:21:56,352 What was that? 367 00:21:56,499 --> 00:21:59,095 It's true 368 00:21:59,351 --> 00:22:03,380 We spend hours making our lips supple 369 00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:04,980 ...before we begin playing 370 00:22:06,201 --> 00:22:08,454 The margin of error allowed to other instruments 371 00:22:08,810 --> 00:22:10,398 ...isn't tolerated for the trumpet 372 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,988 Aren't the strings just as demanding? 373 00:22:14,269 --> 00:22:17,778 A clinker on a trumpet is death 374 00:22:18,442 --> 00:22:20,315 ...it has become a mania... I can't sleep... 375 00:22:20,702 --> 00:22:23,761 ...I'm a sleepwalker... 376 00:22:23,972 --> 00:22:26,118 They found me wandering outside in pajamas 377 00:22:26,302 --> 00:22:28,282 ...playing the trumpet 378 00:22:29,639 --> 00:22:32,628 I'm always terrified of going sour 379 00:22:32,839 --> 00:22:34,392 You've worked quite a lot... 380 00:22:35,969 --> 00:22:38,850 Hey, "paragraph 9"! You've had it with me 381 00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:41,353 You can go play in a jukebox 382 00:22:41,916 --> 00:22:44,312 There's no muzzling in 383 00:22:44,455 --> 00:22:46,918 without getting cleared through personnel 384 00:22:47,095 --> 00:22:47,711 You understand? 385 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:05,310 Yes, I'm the Union Representative 386 00:23:05,457 --> 00:23:06,917 for this category Glad to answer you. 387 00:23:08,588 --> 00:23:10,142 We've freed musicians... 388 00:23:10,363 --> 00:23:12,092 ...from a state of intolerable servility 389 00:23:12,621 --> 00:23:14,530 The music worker today has reestablished 390 00:23:15,056 --> 00:23:16,373 ...his dignity 391 00:23:16,795 --> 00:23:19,047 He's not a minstrel, or the puppet 392 00:23:19,299 --> 00:23:20,615 ...of conductors and agents 393 00:23:21,178 --> 00:23:23,774 But an integrated worker, conscious of his contribution 394 00:23:23,959 --> 00:23:25,062 ...to mass culture 395 00:23:25,768 --> 00:23:28,341 How did we achieve this? 396 00:23:28,482 --> 00:23:31,432 By safeguarding his prestige as a professional 397 00:23:31,609 --> 00:23:33,755 ...through union struggles 398 00:23:34,322 --> 00:23:39,147 From equitable salary demands to... 399 00:23:39,329 --> 00:23:40,645 ...the elimination of mediators! 400 00:23:40,790 --> 00:23:42,283 Keep quiet! 401 00:23:42,737 --> 00:23:45,370 From reconstructing the organic whole... 402 00:23:45,556 --> 00:23:47,214 of the orchestra 403 00:23:47,849 --> 00:23:49,996 ...to the shifting of progressive objectives... 404 00:23:53,276 --> 00:23:55,490 I thought we agreed... What will I do with him... 405 00:23:55,569 --> 00:23:56,115 A mouse! 406 00:23:57,205 --> 00:24:00,394 There! Behind the painting 407 00:24:01,238 --> 00:24:04,084 It's behind there. - It's huge! 408 00:24:04,925 --> 00:24:08,529 There it is! 409 00:24:09,829 --> 00:24:10,801 Don't kill it! 410 00:24:17,827 --> 00:24:19,663 They're opening all the sewers 411 00:24:19,808 --> 00:24:20,779 with their reconstructions 412 00:24:21,755 --> 00:24:23,343 Burn it! You gotta burn it! 413 00:24:26,138 --> 00:24:26,789 Let's fry it 414 00:24:27,912 --> 00:24:29,084 Careful! Catch it 415 00:24:29,650 --> 00:24:33,088 It won't die. It bites 416 00:24:34,971 --> 00:24:37,508 I don't want to see it! 417 00:24:38,586 --> 00:24:41,053 Let's stew it All right, throw it out. 418 00:24:41,856 --> 00:24:43,764 You're disgusting 419 00:24:43,838 --> 00:24:45,332 Hey! Are we insured against rats! 420 00:24:45,472 --> 00:24:47,310 To your places! 421 00:24:50,342 --> 00:24:51,966 In place! The Maestro's here 422 00:25:05,677 --> 00:25:07,170 Our respects, Maestro 423 00:25:13,396 --> 00:25:15,378 How terrible! Please, no time now 424 00:25:15,554 --> 00:25:19,442 Put out dat light. Ja, I know... 425 00:25:19,691 --> 00:25:21,184 ...you from TV, but I'm against it 426 00:25:22,925 --> 00:25:23,541 Oboe!... 427 00:25:24,699 --> 00:25:25,635 My feet are freezing 428 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,370 I forgot my wool booties at home 429 00:25:32,071 --> 00:25:34,254 Why you interested in rehearsals? 430 00:25:34,541 --> 00:25:36,902 This is a workshop. Or it should be 431 00:25:37,046 --> 00:25:39,474 ...where we try to put something together 432 00:25:39,652 --> 00:25:42,225 What are we doing now? 433 00:25:43,479 --> 00:25:45,350 ...trying to construct something 434 00:25:45,668 --> 00:25:47,956 Exactly for what purpose, I've... 435 00:25:48,137 --> 00:25:50,462 ...never understood. You excuse me now 436 00:25:51,476 --> 00:25:53,622 We will talk after 437 00:25:56,031 --> 00:25:57,383 That light, please 438 00:26:01,006 --> 00:26:02,180 The strings, only strings 439 00:26:16,098 --> 00:26:18,528 Violins, what's wrong, had an argument? 440 00:26:18,916 --> 00:26:21,273 Everyone is playing... 441 00:26:21,451 --> 00:26:23,562 ...for himself. Maybe because 442 00:26:23,712 --> 00:26:24,886 ...you belong to different parties? 443 00:26:25,939 --> 00:26:27,218 Why bother answering him? 444 00:26:27,573 --> 00:26:28,782 Attention... 445 00:26:43,813 --> 00:26:45,271 Stop! Stop! 446 00:26:46,525 --> 00:26:49,027 With finesse! We're not in Amusement Park 447 00:26:49,169 --> 00:26:52,288 Sentiment, but with elegance. You're violins 448 00:26:52,473 --> 00:26:53,540 ...not trumpets! 449 00:26:55,916 --> 00:26:58,726 Flute, it's an E-flat 450 00:26:59,115 --> 00:26:59,910 ...not natural 451 00:27:00,888 --> 00:27:02,548 Here it says E natural 452 00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:04,045 It's an E-flat 453 00:27:04,712 --> 00:27:07,867 It's E natural 454 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:09,091 Correct it... 455 00:27:10,591 --> 00:27:12,666 For you it's always the copyist's fault! 456 00:27:13,302 --> 00:27:18,057 Clarinet, not... uhaaa! 457 00:27:18,415 --> 00:27:20,845 ...more delicate, poetic 458 00:27:21,023 --> 00:27:22,053 Why laughing? 459 00:27:22,795 --> 00:27:24,076 ...not comic 460 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,965 Maestro, the whole phrase is hilarious 461 00:27:27,353 --> 00:27:29,711 Composer's intention was not hilarity 462 00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:31,420 You laugh uselessly 463 00:27:31,595 --> 00:27:33,468 Listen... 464 00:27:38,203 --> 00:27:39,791 Even he's laughing 465 00:27:41,715 --> 00:27:42,889 It's very funny 466 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:45,394 You're funnier than the music 467 00:27:50,721 --> 00:27:52,180 I'm sending you 4 clarinets 468 00:27:52,946 --> 00:27:55,483 Even if you need 1, you gotta take 4 469 00:28:03,970 --> 00:28:05,427 After, I'll tell you later 470 00:28:23,097 --> 00:28:25,173 Why didn't I stay in California? 471 00:29:17,068 --> 00:29:18,562 Where are we? 472 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,199 ...on a soccer field? 473 00:29:21,902 --> 00:29:23,490 Take me for an umpire? 474 00:29:24,683 --> 00:29:26,628 Too strong! Too penetrating! 475 00:29:26,876 --> 00:29:28,227 Castrate yourselves 476 00:29:29,172 --> 00:29:31,981 He's right... the brass was too loud 477 00:29:35,744 --> 00:29:37,474 He's a riot! 478 00:29:42,315 --> 00:29:43,524 Put the sheets back, go on 479 00:29:45,655 --> 00:29:47,730 I'm also sending a certain Ciccio Calamida 480 00:29:48,785 --> 00:29:51,416 He plays nothing, but you gotta take him 481 00:29:51,705 --> 00:29:52,879 because the undersecretary... 482 00:29:53,305 --> 00:29:54,693 Why did he do that? 483 00:29:55,876 --> 00:29:57,679 To give us a little break? 484 00:29:58,556 --> 00:29:59,836 ...many thanks 485 00:30:00,990 --> 00:30:02,518 Remember the one who threw his watch at me? 486 00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:06,788 Tomorrow, though. If it's 400 I'll give you 20%%% 487 00:30:07,458 --> 00:30:10,517 Sunday at the beach and bring the kid 488 00:30:12,362 --> 00:30:14,091 Let's try the "Gallopade" 489 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:15,939 ...from no. 15 490 00:30:38,894 --> 00:30:41,467 Alt! You got fear of strings? 491 00:30:41,642 --> 00:30:43,860 Or low blood pressure? Da capo! 492 00:31:09,498 --> 00:31:11,751 Alt! Oboe, too invading! 493 00:31:13,393 --> 00:31:15,753 ...give room to the others. Da capo! 494 00:31:41,943 --> 00:31:44,231 You tickle the strings 495 00:31:44,448 --> 00:31:47,434 ...you must slice! Saw! 496 00:31:47,888 --> 00:31:49,478 May I ask a question? 497 00:31:50,011 --> 00:31:52,086 Do you know what you're here for? 498 00:31:52,272 --> 00:31:56,398 I want compact sound. Da capo! 499 00:32:23,081 --> 00:32:24,706 That's it! Like that 500 00:32:25,342 --> 00:32:26,208 Go on! 501 00:32:59,910 --> 00:33:01,641 I don't hear! More life 502 00:33:01,996 --> 00:33:03,135 Let me hear the bass! 503 00:33:05,716 --> 00:33:07,625 Don't fall behind! Weiter! 504 00:33:34,754 --> 00:33:36,935 Genauso! Break through! 505 00:33:37,259 --> 00:33:38,266 ...ACHTUNG! 506 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,300 Toscanini clarinet, please be so kind... 507 00:34:24,483 --> 00:34:26,949 ...to repeat alone last four bars 508 00:34:27,126 --> 00:34:28,370 ...from no. 82 509 00:34:29,770 --> 00:34:33,587 No, I played it once then twice. The third time... 510 00:34:33,768 --> 00:34:35,784 ...by myself is against union regulations 511 00:34:36,378 --> 00:34:39,709 The passage must be executed by the entire orchestra 512 00:34:40,028 --> 00:34:42,209 What's he running, a school? 513 00:34:42,532 --> 00:34:46,385 I'd think less about unions and more... 514 00:34:46,566 --> 00:34:48,119 ...about music 515 00:34:50,913 --> 00:34:52,786 And yet I insist 516 00:34:52,965 --> 00:34:56,544 If Wagner had to worry about 517 00:34:56,718 --> 00:34:57,893 ...unions and strikes 518 00:34:58,563 --> 00:35:00,187 ...nix music and operas 519 00:35:00,580 --> 00:35:03,983 It's not the union's fault if he wrote lousy music 520 00:35:04,509 --> 00:35:06,039 Ja... there's no peace 521 00:35:06,701 --> 00:35:08,015 ...no calm, no silence 522 00:35:09,587 --> 00:35:10,974 It's a shit life 523 00:35:11,813 --> 00:35:14,030 Smear that shit on your baton and then 524 00:35:14,211 --> 00:35:14,935 ...give it a lick 525 00:35:18,907 --> 00:35:20,258 From 5-3-0 526 00:35:20,715 --> 00:35:21,650 The saxhorn, please 527 00:35:24,159 --> 00:35:24,882 What was that? 528 00:35:25,098 --> 00:35:25,477 Saxhorn? 529 00:35:27,253 --> 00:35:30,691 Not here 530 00:35:31,009 --> 00:35:32,112 Meaning what? 531 00:35:32,955 --> 00:35:34,509 I don't know. He's not here 532 00:35:34,696 --> 00:35:39,211 He "couldn't" come, why is that? 533 00:35:39,492 --> 00:35:41,568 You asking me? 534 00:35:41,824 --> 00:35:44,291 I'll restate it 535 00:35:44,432 --> 00:35:46,542 Not he "couldn't", but he "wouldn't" come... 536 00:35:46,796 --> 00:35:47,863 ...in protest 537 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,620 With the Union's approval 538 00:35:50,796 --> 00:35:52,740 So who plays, somebody's sister? 539 00:35:53,474 --> 00:35:56,248 Leave our sisters alone 540 00:35:56,499 --> 00:35:58,051 ...let's keep the families out 541 00:35:58,376 --> 00:36:00,913 You said, "somebody's sister" 542 00:36:01,194 --> 00:36:02,024 I only meant a... 543 00:36:03,177 --> 00:36:05,713 ...hypothetical saxhorn sister 544 00:36:05,993 --> 00:36:07,582 I don't grasp such subtle humor 545 00:36:08,010 --> 00:36:11,104 You just worry about your baton 546 00:36:11,348 --> 00:36:13,743 ...and we'll take care of our relatives 547 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,424 All right then, from 5-2-0 548 00:36:21,883 --> 00:36:25,038 Not now 549 00:36:25,501 --> 00:36:26,960 The orchestra is upset 550 00:36:27,831 --> 00:36:29,847 ...I doubt they can continue rehearsing 551 00:36:33,256 --> 00:36:36,173 What the devil do you want from me? 552 00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:39,439 See me lose my mind, you want? 553 00:36:39,690 --> 00:36:41,278 You want my ass? 554 00:36:41,846 --> 00:36:43,470 Here, you got it! 555 00:36:48,801 --> 00:36:51,054 The orchestra will take a double break 556 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:52,134 ...20 minutes 557 00:37:20,273 --> 00:37:22,633 The conductor? He's not too bad 558 00:37:23,054 --> 00:37:24,299 Bit hysterical, but within reason 559 00:37:24,516 --> 00:37:26,662 There's no need for conductors like that 560 00:37:26,845 --> 00:37:29,241 A metronome's better 561 00:37:31,331 --> 00:37:33,869 The public should sit in with us 562 00:37:34,044 --> 00:37:36,155 They'd hear the orchestra as if watching a... 563 00:37:36,339 --> 00:37:38,735 ...battle in a movie 564 00:37:39,122 --> 00:37:40,960 ...or watching a real battle 565 00:37:41,729 --> 00:37:44,017 Ascetic. Tormented. Authoritative 566 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:48,224 Magnetic... the identity of a great conductor! 567 00:37:48,474 --> 00:37:50,348 Then there are the mystics, the priest-like 568 00:37:50,527 --> 00:37:51,558 The acrobatic 569 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:54,801 How 'bout that lion tamer? 570 00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:58,380 He'd turn into a harp, a violin, the drum 571 00:37:58,769 --> 00:38:01,342 ...a kettledrum, even the bassoon, what a riot! 572 00:38:01,551 --> 00:38:03,080 When there's a TV camera... 573 00:38:03,429 --> 00:38:04,709 ... you can't shut up 574 00:38:05,655 --> 00:38:07,871 My Maestro up there has to look at me 575 00:38:08,055 --> 00:38:09,643 ...otherwise I'm jealous 576 00:38:15,114 --> 00:38:17,130 I'm on camera? 577 00:38:17,270 --> 00:38:19,736 "We're the lilies of the valley" 578 00:38:20,435 --> 00:38:22,201 "We're pure Romans" 579 00:38:22,731 --> 00:38:25,090 ...who's got friends? Who sees anybody? 580 00:38:26,034 --> 00:38:28,464 You come in, punch a card 581 00:38:28,713 --> 00:38:30,065 ...and pick it up later 582 00:38:30,243 --> 00:38:30,892 It's a factory 583 00:38:31,944 --> 00:38:32,431 Me? 584 00:38:33,475 --> 00:38:35,657 I thought I'd tour the world with this 585 00:38:36,570 --> 00:38:37,600 ...but I'm always here 586 00:38:39,108 --> 00:38:40,602 I'm sick of it... 587 00:38:41,161 --> 00:38:42,748 ...this ridiculous fart horn... 588 00:38:43,838 --> 00:38:46,198 It makes me feel useless, it should be eliminated 589 00:38:47,003 --> 00:38:48,425 What's it good for? 590 00:38:49,054 --> 00:38:50,963 It can even be dangerous 591 00:38:51,141 --> 00:38:53,846 I give my all to shape a sound 592 00:38:54,029 --> 00:38:57,218 ...and out comes another fart 593 00:38:58,897 --> 00:39:00,426 I think... 594 00:39:01,053 --> 00:39:03,685 ...it's the very symbol of obtuseness 595 00:39:03,939 --> 00:39:05,741 ...of a stolid mentality 596 00:39:05,887 --> 00:39:08,353 Of those relationships... 597 00:39:09,017 --> 00:39:10,713 ...in an orchestra, that inhibit 598 00:39:12,286 --> 00:39:13,421 ...any sort of contact 599 00:39:16,423 --> 00:39:18,474 I wanted to say that many of us are from the provinces 600 00:39:18,927 --> 00:39:19,898 What province?... 601 00:39:20,874 --> 00:39:22,712 I'm from Naples: "vaffanculo" 602 00:39:24,073 --> 00:39:25,875 The actual truth though 603 00:39:26,021 --> 00:39:27,859 ...is that we're limited 604 00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:29,944 ...culturally 605 00:39:30,855 --> 00:39:33,356 We've no real interests in anything 606 00:39:33,498 --> 00:39:36,308 We spend our lives with a piece of wood or tin 607 00:39:36,488 --> 00:39:38,954 ...blowing away, or plucking 608 00:39:39,130 --> 00:39:42,048 Blow your philosophy someplace else 609 00:39:43,687 --> 00:39:44,517 Anyway... 610 00:39:45,391 --> 00:39:46,565 All your gabbing about 611 00:39:47,618 --> 00:39:50,533 ...Unions, the organic whole, politics 612 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,758 ...brass section, strings 613 00:39:52,903 --> 00:39:54,979 ...this or that conductor 614 00:39:55,164 --> 00:39:56,892 ...couldn't interest me less 615 00:39:57,596 --> 00:40:01,415 Because I can't get it up anymore 616 00:40:02,465 --> 00:40:03,330 That's the real tragedy 617 00:40:18,497 --> 00:40:21,236 Drink, drink, it's great for the liver and the brain 618 00:40:22,461 --> 00:40:23,493 Just a drop of wine... 619 00:40:24,062 --> 00:40:25,520 ...picks me up 620 00:40:25,870 --> 00:40:27,601 A little drop can't hurt 621 00:40:27,991 --> 00:40:32,093 It's whiskey, I saw it 622 00:40:32,304 --> 00:40:35,078 ...and I even smell it 623 00:40:35,538 --> 00:40:39,911 Each to his own vices. Better to drink... 624 00:40:40,126 --> 00:40:41,549 ...than go molesting little girls 625 00:40:42,527 --> 00:40:46,131 They'll catch you one day. That's worse... 626 00:40:46,317 --> 00:40:46,826 ...than whiskey 627 00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:50,867 I didn't choose the tuba 628 00:40:51,602 --> 00:40:52,955 ...it chose me 629 00:40:54,142 --> 00:40:57,367 I loved the trumpet. It gave me goose pimples 630 00:40:57,792 --> 00:40:59,559 You remember in the army... 631 00:40:59,811 --> 00:41:01,198 ...when they played taps 632 00:41:11,391 --> 00:41:13,265 I'd get a lump in my throat 633 00:41:13,512 --> 00:41:15,693 ...and then go AWOL. 634 00:41:15,946 --> 00:41:17,156 I'm very sensitive 635 00:41:17,755 --> 00:41:19,035 All art makes me cry 636 00:41:20,538 --> 00:41:21,605 And that's not all... 637 00:41:23,039 --> 00:41:24,664 At times I could die 638 00:41:25,231 --> 00:41:26,096 Why? 639 00:41:26,274 --> 00:41:29,677 The world is evil 640 00:41:30,622 --> 00:41:31,937 Now I miss my father! 641 00:41:32,777 --> 00:41:34,200 What the fuck you saying? 642 00:41:34,829 --> 00:41:36,904 Let's talk about the instrument 643 00:41:37,333 --> 00:41:39,443 The fact that everybody refused it, moved me 644 00:41:40,324 --> 00:41:42,232 Poor tuba... like a stray dog 645 00:41:42,619 --> 00:41:46,058 I felt akin to it 646 00:41:46,792 --> 00:41:47,800 ...sad, and solitary... 647 00:41:48,461 --> 00:41:50,335 It's awkward like me 648 00:41:50,513 --> 00:41:53,252 We had to get together 649 00:41:53,852 --> 00:41:57,006 And we did. I did well, it was destiny! 650 00:41:58,130 --> 00:41:59,480 ...I'm attached to it 651 00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:01,629 ...we're true friends 652 00:42:04,529 --> 00:42:07,099 When things are down we go by the window 653 00:42:07,344 --> 00:42:09,360 ...look up at the moon 654 00:42:10,683 --> 00:42:12,663 ...and play a little solo from Verdi 655 00:42:13,013 --> 00:42:15,337 Like to hear it? Eh? 656 00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:17,948 A little piece, why not 657 00:42:41,703 --> 00:42:44,371 People react and interpret sounds, each in their own way 658 00:42:45,111 --> 00:42:46,499 It's a personal thing 659 00:42:46,886 --> 00:42:50,393 An F-sharp, or a B-flat 660 00:42:50,570 --> 00:42:52,266 ...can make some people swoon 661 00:42:53,353 --> 00:42:55,533 ...and others vomit. That's the way the ball bounces 662 00:42:56,238 --> 00:42:58,218 Yes, true 663 00:42:58,742 --> 00:43:00,794 What a magnificent instrument the oboe is 664 00:43:01,698 --> 00:43:03,085 It's the oldest of all 665 00:43:03,889 --> 00:43:05,418 ...invented by the Chinese 666 00:43:06,914 --> 00:43:07,886 The most difficult 667 00:43:08,897 --> 00:43:09,691 The most delicate 668 00:43:11,227 --> 00:43:12,199 ...and most alone 669 00:43:13,035 --> 00:43:14,527 We oboists are isolated 670 00:43:15,121 --> 00:43:17,338 Envied, even disliked 671 00:43:19,121 --> 00:43:22,703 The orchestra has to reckon with the oboe 672 00:43:23,955 --> 00:43:26,208 The oboe sets down the laws 673 00:43:26,459 --> 00:43:29,685 The oboe established the diapason 674 00:43:30,007 --> 00:43:31,497 ...between the highest pitch 675 00:43:32,300 --> 00:43:34,032 ...and the lowest 676 00:43:35,013 --> 00:43:36,886 It's owing to this privilege 677 00:43:37,308 --> 00:43:39,003 ...that the violin hates the oboe 678 00:43:39,741 --> 00:43:43,774 ...and the oboe the violin 679 00:43:44,506 --> 00:43:46,617 It's an instrument 680 00:43:49,896 --> 00:43:52,707 ...of great spirituality 681 00:43:54,279 --> 00:43:56,151 He who plays it, develops... 682 00:43:57,303 --> 00:43:59,071 ...a sort of special power 683 00:44:01,756 --> 00:44:03,736 An interior vision 684 00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:05,540 ...which permits him 685 00:44:06,311 --> 00:44:08,290 ...to perceive the color of sound 686 00:44:09,649 --> 00:44:10,444 I play... 687 00:44:11,597 --> 00:44:12,285 ...and see 688 00:44:13,545 --> 00:44:15,309 ...an aura of gold 689 00:44:15,944 --> 00:44:17,295 ...luminous 690 00:44:17,543 --> 00:44:18,966 ...the color of sunlight... 691 00:44:21,090 --> 00:44:23,272 like a spreading reflection It's true... 692 00:44:23,838 --> 00:44:26,161 I once saw a thing... 693 00:44:26,445 --> 00:44:28,354 ...like a long streamer 694 00:44:30,028 --> 00:44:32,801 A supernatural experience! 695 00:44:33,575 --> 00:44:36,172 Let him hear. You care to hear? 696 00:44:36,391 --> 00:44:38,988 Certainly, if you're not bored 697 00:44:49,607 --> 00:44:50,744 Maestro?... Excuse me 698 00:44:54,371 --> 00:44:55,380 Another minute... 699 00:44:56,180 --> 00:44:57,208 ...he's taking a shower 700 00:44:59,725 --> 00:45:02,572 With the permanent conductor they once had... 701 00:45:03,273 --> 00:45:05,347 ...the musicians didn't carry on like this 702 00:45:07,028 --> 00:45:08,581 Everyone wore a tie! 703 00:45:09,255 --> 00:45:11,436 You were in trouble if you didn't 704 00:45:12,801 --> 00:45:16,619 Now I wouldn't be surprised if they soaked their feet... 705 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,946 ...while playing. We had a strict rule 706 00:45:19,131 --> 00:45:22,427 Whoever went flat or missed his cue 707 00:45:23,025 --> 00:45:25,172 ...had to play standing 708 00:45:25,634 --> 00:45:27,887 For the length of the entire concert 709 00:45:28,312 --> 00:45:29,450 ...as punishment 710 00:45:30,990 --> 00:45:34,047 What? Sessions? Hour shifts? 711 00:45:34,223 --> 00:45:35,717 ...you worked all night 712 00:45:36,797 --> 00:45:39,193 Ah, how often I had to wait till dawn 713 00:45:40,203 --> 00:45:42,705 And the musicians, at dawn, dead tired... 714 00:45:43,716 --> 00:45:45,105 ...would applaud the conductor 715 00:45:45,803 --> 00:45:46,977 ...and thank him 716 00:45:48,479 --> 00:45:50,033 Oh, he was phenomenal 717 00:45:51,193 --> 00:45:54,039 ...he conducted with eyes closed, as if in a trance 718 00:45:54,358 --> 00:45:56,611 ...and yet saw everything. How?... 719 00:46:00,096 --> 00:46:03,394 When he had to give a player a calling down 720 00:46:04,096 --> 00:46:07,640 ...he could find words that would skin him alive 721 00:46:08,477 --> 00:46:10,528 And make him ill for a month 722 00:46:12,059 --> 00:46:14,655 And with his baton? Such lashings... 723 00:46:14,841 --> 00:46:16,334 ...on the hands and fingers of those players 724 00:46:16,510 --> 00:46:18,099 who made a mistake 725 00:46:18,771 --> 00:46:20,823 It would hiss! 726 00:46:21,484 --> 00:46:24,991 Yet, you know something? They were happy 727 00:46:25,761 --> 00:46:28,393 ...for those hand raps 728 00:46:29,828 --> 00:46:31,974 They'd come up like school children 729 00:46:32,994 --> 00:46:34,796 ...hands held out and say: 730 00:46:35,254 --> 00:46:37,092 "My fault" 731 00:46:37,445 --> 00:46:39,592 "Hit me too... Me too, I was wrong" 732 00:46:40,157 --> 00:46:42,100 Those were the days! 733 00:46:44,018 --> 00:46:45,962 You see what he's doing? 734 00:46:46,696 --> 00:46:48,425 TAKE YOUR STICK AND CONDUCT MY PRICK 735 00:46:50,347 --> 00:46:51,355 You think that's right? 736 00:46:52,051 --> 00:46:53,580 Maybe now it's right 737 00:46:54,589 --> 00:46:55,763 No one knows anymore 738 00:47:04,606 --> 00:47:05,634 Maestro, there are... 739 00:47:06,551 --> 00:47:07,975 What else you want to know? 740 00:47:09,299 --> 00:47:11,931 I ask you: does music exist? No? 741 00:47:12,394 --> 00:47:15,548 Then the world doesn't exist. Only our habits do 742 00:47:15,732 --> 00:47:16,906 You may go... 743 00:47:20,010 --> 00:47:21,884 What meaning has music today? 744 00:47:23,313 --> 00:47:26,372 You think people know what music is? 745 00:47:27,591 --> 00:47:30,187 They consider themselves intelligent because they feel 746 00:47:30,374 --> 00:47:33,077 ...emotion in the gut. They're participating 747 00:47:33,712 --> 00:47:36,665 Beethoven makes them feel like knights in armor 748 00:47:38,894 --> 00:47:41,431 Some seem to be jumping out of their seats 749 00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:48,513 When I'm conducting, I'm always feeling ridiculous 750 00:47:50,994 --> 00:47:53,010 As if dead. I feel like a ghost 751 00:47:53,742 --> 00:47:56,552 Better I don't say these things. Cancel it! 752 00:47:57,498 --> 00:47:59,644 Today nothing is forgiven. One must be... 753 00:47:59,967 --> 00:48:01,663 ...always intelligent 754 00:48:02,749 --> 00:48:06,674 So let us say: music is... ...the world 755 00:48:07,165 --> 00:48:10,082 When I conduct I own the world. 756 00:48:10,226 --> 00:48:11,506 I am a king 757 00:48:12,522 --> 00:48:15,188 You want to know really how I feel? 758 00:48:16,451 --> 00:48:20,055 Like a sergeant who must go kicking... 759 00:48:20,242 --> 00:48:20,893 ...everybody in the ass 760 00:48:22,154 --> 00:48:24,371 But absurd laws forbid me... 761 00:48:24,554 --> 00:48:25,833 ...to be a sergeant 762 00:48:27,892 --> 00:48:29,660 Certainly we have taken advantage of 763 00:48:29,841 --> 00:48:31,193 our privileged positions 764 00:48:31,438 --> 00:48:32,446 Excuse me... 765 00:48:34,359 --> 00:48:35,533 Ach, warm as usual 766 00:48:36,099 --> 00:48:37,379 ...no ice 767 00:48:39,819 --> 00:48:42,629 Talent is the child of whims and eccentricity 768 00:48:45,036 --> 00:48:47,953 I once asked a musician to remove his ring 769 00:48:48,132 --> 00:48:50,905 ...the twinkling of the stone bothered me 770 00:48:52,304 --> 00:48:55,708 And this seemed a caprice, the whim of a divo 771 00:48:56,130 --> 00:48:57,136 That may even be 772 00:48:58,529 --> 00:49:01,232 But an exuberant character for an artist 773 00:49:01,450 --> 00:49:04,082 ...is a vital charge 774 00:49:04,267 --> 00:49:06,176 ...for leading others, for interpreting symphonies 775 00:49:07,049 --> 00:49:07,594 Prosit 776 00:49:12,335 --> 00:49:14,515 But now this unique charge of the conductor 777 00:49:14,698 --> 00:49:15,492 is being contested 778 00:49:16,924 --> 00:49:17,754 The musicians?... 779 00:49:19,115 --> 00:49:20,811 ...don't look at them, don't see them 780 00:49:22,281 --> 00:49:24,746 Sometimes they have unbearable face 781 00:49:27,079 --> 00:49:28,146 I'd put... 782 00:49:28,366 --> 00:49:30,939 ...a screen in front of some of them 783 00:49:32,157 --> 00:49:33,329 They're like wild dogs 784 00:49:34,452 --> 00:49:36,040 With wild eyes... No! 785 00:49:36,921 --> 00:49:37,989 Better cancel that too 786 00:49:39,564 --> 00:49:40,594 ...or they shoot my legs 787 00:49:43,007 --> 00:49:45,082 The time of greatness is "Kaputt" 788 00:49:48,294 --> 00:49:51,481 I remember the first time I took my place at the podium 789 00:49:52,084 --> 00:49:54,787 My first, great impression was... 790 00:49:55,039 --> 00:49:57,574 ...the enormous silence that fell before me 791 00:49:59,872 --> 00:50:01,295 As I signaled to begin... 792 00:50:02,341 --> 00:50:03,764 ...I suddenly realized, with great emotion, 793 00:50:04,185 --> 00:50:05,679 that my conductor's baton 794 00:50:06,619 --> 00:50:08,527 ...was tied to the sound of the orchestra 795 00:50:09,402 --> 00:50:10,930 Its voice came from within my hand 796 00:50:12,287 --> 00:50:14,612 It would pull the orchestra out of silence 797 00:50:15,035 --> 00:50:17,181 ...and to silence make it return 798 00:50:18,964 --> 00:50:21,466 This voice would rise... 799 00:50:21,644 --> 00:50:24,144 ...like a sea wave together with my arm 800 00:50:24,285 --> 00:50:27,130 ...moving through the air like a bird's wing 801 00:50:28,563 --> 00:50:32,072 And when my arm lowered, this harmonic voice... 802 00:50:32,945 --> 00:50:34,082 ...would fade again into silence 803 00:50:36,804 --> 00:50:39,509 But now everyone is equal, and I should resemble... 804 00:50:39,727 --> 00:50:41,941 ...the first violinist with his butcher's hands 805 00:50:43,411 --> 00:50:45,249 So I have fits of rage 806 00:50:46,332 --> 00:50:47,162 And buy houses 807 00:50:51,549 --> 00:50:52,308 Two in America 808 00:50:53,810 --> 00:50:55,885 One in Tokyo, in London, and Berlin... 809 00:50:57,426 --> 00:50:59,821 In Paris, no houses. That's because... 810 00:50:59,999 --> 00:51:03,189 I do not go along with the music of France 811 00:51:04,139 --> 00:51:06,733 That's why, maybe, the Customs at Orly... 812 00:51:07,302 --> 00:51:09,104 ...is always frisking me 813 00:51:09,285 --> 00:51:11,644 ...from head to foot 814 00:51:14,779 --> 00:51:16,924 You have your interview? That's enough 815 00:51:19,127 --> 00:51:23,251 You say "the conductor" but this word... 816 00:51:23,645 --> 00:51:24,510 ...has no meaning anymore 817 00:51:25,976 --> 00:51:27,992 A true conductor is like a priest 818 00:51:29,315 --> 00:51:30,903 He must have a church... with believers 819 00:51:31,437 --> 00:51:35,634 ...but when the faithful all become 820 00:51:35,818 --> 00:51:36,754 ...atheists... 821 00:51:38,148 --> 00:51:41,242 I remember Koplensky my great maestro 822 00:51:42,251 --> 00:51:44,090 ...I was first violinist 823 00:51:44,894 --> 00:51:47,112 When he took the podium, everything was silence 824 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:49,377 He would only look around... 825 00:51:50,111 --> 00:51:53,205 ...distractedly. But he already knew 826 00:51:53,380 --> 00:51:55,704 ...every line of the score in front of him 827 00:51:57,380 --> 00:51:59,110 He was music personified 828 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:04,988 And we followed him happily, with absolute reverence 829 00:52:05,170 --> 00:52:06,696 To enact the rite of transubstantiation 830 00:52:07,811 --> 00:52:09,126 ...to change the wine into blood... 831 00:52:10,246 --> 00:52:11,217 ...the bread into flesh... 832 00:52:12,401 --> 00:52:13,302 You laugh? 833 00:52:14,349 --> 00:52:15,108 ...I hope not 834 00:52:16,784 --> 00:52:17,815 Music is always sacred 835 00:52:19,391 --> 00:52:20,636 Every concert is a Mass 836 00:52:22,975 --> 00:52:24,704 We were enthralled, and we... 837 00:52:26,590 --> 00:52:28,701 ...would forget all worries... 838 00:52:28,955 --> 00:52:31,730 ...at the first sign of his baton 839 00:52:31,945 --> 00:52:34,899 ...We were but one breath, we and our instruments 840 00:52:35,215 --> 00:52:37,290 ...a single vital force 841 00:52:38,657 --> 00:52:40,010 He would begin! 842 00:52:41,857 --> 00:52:43,515 Nothing was more beautiful than his authority 843 00:52:45,786 --> 00:52:46,924 We trembled... 844 00:52:48,222 --> 00:52:48,978 ...at the thought 845 00:52:50,618 --> 00:52:53,251 ...of a mistake in performing this rite 846 00:52:54,899 --> 00:52:56,451 An overwhelming emotion 847 00:52:57,331 --> 00:52:58,955 ...an immense happiness 848 00:52:59,870 --> 00:53:02,016 We could feel... 849 00:53:02,305 --> 00:53:05,400 ...our joy transmitting itself 850 00:53:05,887 --> 00:53:08,980 ...to the audience, which was immobile, holding its breath 851 00:53:09,712 --> 00:53:12,488 We didn't watch the conductor it wasn't necessary 852 00:53:13,467 --> 00:53:15,339 He was there, and we knew it 853 00:53:15,763 --> 00:53:17,151 ...we felt it 854 00:53:21,431 --> 00:53:23,542 He was... within us 855 00:53:25,396 --> 00:53:27,376 ...so much love passed between him and us 856 00:53:29,499 --> 00:53:31,124 A love which you can see... 857 00:53:32,002 --> 00:53:33,069 ...is now lost 858 00:53:35,862 --> 00:53:38,980 I and my musicians only feel diffidence for each other 859 00:53:40,140 --> 00:53:41,907 The doubting... 860 00:53:42,157 --> 00:53:43,295 ...which destroys belief 861 00:53:44,313 --> 00:53:47,017 And then there's a lack of respect 862 00:53:47,165 --> 00:53:49,382 There's resentment. Because something has been lost 863 00:53:49,564 --> 00:53:51,223 ...never to be found 864 00:53:55,024 --> 00:53:56,269 That's how we play together 865 00:53:58,501 --> 00:54:01,133 United by a mutual hatred 866 00:54:03,336 --> 00:54:04,865 ...like a family in ruin 867 00:54:31,296 --> 00:54:33,962 Maestro, the lights have gone out 868 00:54:34,354 --> 00:54:35,006 I know 869 00:54:35,885 --> 00:54:36,679 What now? 870 00:54:37,937 --> 00:54:39,846 The break is over, we rehearse! 871 00:54:45,935 --> 00:54:49,090 Go ahead, walk. Light my way 872 00:55:00,402 --> 00:55:01,575 "Conductor, conductor..." 873 00:55:02,210 --> 00:55:03,455 "Conductor, no more!" 874 00:55:04,679 --> 00:55:06,586 "You'll only conduct us Bowed to the floor" 875 00:55:31,875 --> 00:55:34,471 Claudio... you gotta do something 876 00:55:40,775 --> 00:55:41,711 Now, the other eye! 877 00:55:42,235 --> 00:55:43,825 Boys, what are you doing? 878 00:55:45,436 --> 00:55:46,575 ...listen 879 00:55:47,175 --> 00:55:48,906 "Conductor, conductor... Conductor, no more" 880 00:55:49,609 --> 00:55:52,146 "You'll only conduct us Bowed to the floor" 881 00:56:08,179 --> 00:56:10,918 Conductor no more! No conducting allowed! 882 00:56:15,099 --> 00:56:16,202 We were idiots... 883 00:56:16,873 --> 00:56:17,975 ...to study 884 00:56:19,204 --> 00:56:20,448 ...to spend a lifetime in a Conservatory 885 00:56:21,047 --> 00:56:22,115 That's right! 886 00:56:23,447 --> 00:56:25,591 We don't need conductors, don't need music 887 00:56:26,019 --> 00:56:28,758 Nothing. Just a ring... 888 00:56:29,010 --> 00:56:30,361 ...in our nose like savages 889 00:56:31,618 --> 00:56:34,322 Music is a public service. It belongs to everyone 890 00:56:34,504 --> 00:56:36,163 Without class distinction 891 00:56:38,433 --> 00:56:39,679 Maestro... 892 00:56:40,452 --> 00:56:41,459 ...how did this happen? 893 00:56:42,293 --> 00:56:43,918 "Conductor, conductor..." 894 00:56:44,589 --> 00:56:45,941 "Conductor no more" 895 00:56:47,059 --> 00:56:49,345 "You'll only conduct us Bowed to the floor" 896 00:57:01,699 --> 00:57:03,715 What are you doing? 897 00:57:05,108 --> 00:57:06,139 You're crazy! 898 00:57:08,653 --> 00:57:09,139 How nice... 899 00:57:10,462 --> 00:57:11,291 ...you're all sweated... 900 00:57:18,008 --> 00:57:19,775 "Conductor, Conductor..." 901 00:57:21,138 --> 00:57:22,312 What's falling here? 902 00:57:23,434 --> 00:57:26,552 What's happening? - Worse yet, you're shifty, 903 00:57:26,598 --> 00:57:27,700 and corrupt. You've been bought 904 00:57:27,745 --> 00:57:29,404 You signed too 905 00:57:29,659 --> 00:57:32,397 I'm reporting you the Association. Immediately 906 00:57:32,718 --> 00:57:34,307 Down with music power! 907 00:57:34,979 --> 00:57:36,402 Down with assembly line music! 908 00:57:37,170 --> 00:57:38,557 It's gotta stop! 909 00:57:39,465 --> 00:57:41,481 Stop! 910 00:57:48,265 --> 00:57:49,649 Take a look, what's on my head? 911 00:57:51,601 --> 00:57:52,810 Let me taste 912 00:57:55,635 --> 00:57:57,223 What is it you want? 913 00:57:58,660 --> 00:58:00,213 Moron, it's raining! 914 00:58:00,608 --> 00:58:02,552 I'll not be insulted! 915 00:58:08,188 --> 00:58:09,197 What's he doing? 916 00:58:11,249 --> 00:58:13,361 Look at how one can ruin his life... 917 00:58:17,022 --> 00:58:17,709 Again... 918 00:58:19,387 --> 00:58:19,898 Another? 919 00:58:25,056 --> 00:58:26,442 Down with the baton! 920 00:58:26,759 --> 00:58:28,254 Music belongs to us! 921 00:58:29,194 --> 00:58:31,732 You don't exist! Who is he? 922 00:58:32,012 --> 00:58:33,811 I ask you, who is he? 923 00:58:34,583 --> 00:58:37,571 He doesn't exist. And if he does, he shouldn't! 924 00:58:44,667 --> 00:58:46,885 There's blood. Wretches! Madmen! 925 00:58:47,103 --> 00:58:48,870 "You're fucked, you're through" 926 00:58:49,052 --> 00:58:50,580 "It's all over for you" 927 00:58:51,970 --> 00:58:54,082 May I sit down for the interview? 928 00:59:02,195 --> 00:59:03,784 I was first aware of the harp... 929 00:59:04,596 --> 00:59:06,399 ...in a dream. I was very little 930 00:59:06,925 --> 00:59:09,877 I didn't know what to think... 931 00:59:10,055 --> 00:59:12,450 ...of that small gold cage 932 00:59:15,409 --> 00:59:17,033 One day, in a book... 933 00:59:17,114 --> 00:59:18,703 ...I saw Nero, and Rome that was burning 934 00:59:18,957 --> 00:59:22,016 ...and the instrument I had dreamt 935 00:59:23,617 --> 00:59:26,711 And then in a perfumed calendar there was... 936 00:59:26,886 --> 00:59:30,005 ...an angel flying and he played the same harp... 937 00:59:30,329 --> 00:59:31,788 ...of my dreams 938 00:59:32,868 --> 00:59:33,661 The harp! 939 00:59:34,118 --> 00:59:36,100 For me it's a human presence 940 00:59:36,797 --> 00:59:40,544 I couldn't live in a house without a 60 harp 941 00:59:41,596 --> 00:59:43,743 I'd never fall asleep if I didn't know... 942 00:59:44,831 --> 00:59:47,190 ...it was nearby in the next room 943 00:59:48,864 --> 00:59:51,224 At times hands seem to run across it 944 00:59:52,237 --> 00:59:52,997 I hear it play 945 00:59:54,324 --> 00:59:55,154 ...it could be the wind 946 01:00:04,305 --> 01:00:06,071 The harp is my very life 947 01:00:07,573 --> 01:00:09,411 Not only for what I have earned 948 01:00:10,321 --> 01:00:11,814 ...but it's my refuge 949 01:00:12,754 --> 01:00:13,584 ...my friend 950 01:00:15,190 --> 01:00:18,105 I've always lived alone. No men 951 01:00:19,084 --> 01:00:20,055 No one 952 01:00:20,823 --> 01:00:21,547 ...only the harp 953 01:00:22,563 --> 01:00:24,220 We confide, we talk... 954 01:00:24,926 --> 01:00:27,215 ...it answers me, I receive sensations 955 01:00:27,674 --> 01:00:31,042 ...fantasies... an overwhelming sense of joy 956 01:00:31,742 --> 01:00:32,916 ...and of sadness 957 01:00:34,107 --> 01:00:37,225 Mostly, it gives one... 958 01:00:37,515 --> 01:00:38,167 ...faith 959 01:00:39,150 --> 01:00:40,182 You become aware... 960 01:00:40,368 --> 01:00:42,440 ...that other dimensions exist 961 01:00:47,564 --> 01:00:48,844 A child once asked: 962 01:00:49,060 --> 01:00:51,004 "Where does music go when it's over?" 963 01:00:52,398 --> 01:00:54,094 ...only a child could ask that 964 01:00:55,876 --> 01:00:58,615 "Orchestra - terror Conductor - death" 965 01:00:59,041 --> 01:01:02,064 "Orchestra - terror Conductor - death" 966 01:01:02,657 --> 01:01:05,716 "Orchestra - terror Who plays is a traitor" 967 01:01:31,069 --> 01:01:33,049 Here's our new conductor! 968 01:01:43,065 --> 01:01:44,762 Long live the Metronome! 969 01:01:46,510 --> 01:01:49,462 "Metronome metronomous... Musicians - autonomous" 970 01:02:12,905 --> 01:02:15,783 "Musicians at last freed from the past" 971 01:02:19,406 --> 01:02:21,589 Down with the metronome. We'll establish... 972 01:02:21,737 --> 01:02:23,848 ...the tempo, the rhythm, the cadence 973 01:02:24,033 --> 01:02:27,885 We've had enough of their music 974 01:02:28,136 --> 01:02:33,624 ...it's degrading! We play it, we'll create it, 975 01:02:33,804 --> 01:02:34,527 we'll manage it 976 01:02:35,439 --> 01:02:36,648 I'll not... 977 01:02:37,282 --> 01:02:38,811 ...be directed by anyone! 978 01:02:39,020 --> 01:02:41,001 Death! 979 01:02:41,178 --> 01:02:42,042 ...to the metronome! 980 01:03:39,112 --> 01:03:40,878 Idiot! Give me that gun 981 01:03:41,268 --> 01:03:42,098 ...gimme 982 01:03:45,580 --> 01:03:48,176 You're hurting me. I have a permit 983 01:03:49,025 --> 01:03:50,719 Look in my wallet 984 01:03:51,839 --> 01:03:53,262 All right let's see it 985 01:03:57,752 --> 01:03:58,960 ...in his name 986 01:03:59,978 --> 01:04:03,346 A regular firearm permit 987 01:04:04,603 --> 01:04:05,326 Get up... 988 01:04:10,061 --> 01:04:10,857 A Smith and Wesson! 989 01:04:31,797 --> 01:04:34,465 Look up there... up there! 990 01:04:40,665 --> 01:04:41,388 Look! 991 01:04:49,602 --> 01:04:51,190 Everything's... 992 01:04:51,376 --> 01:04:52,312 ...crumbling! 993 01:04:58,332 --> 01:04:59,229 Help me... 994 01:05:39,122 --> 01:05:39,917 Help me... 995 01:06:01,309 --> 01:06:02,032 Oh, why? 996 01:06:12,298 --> 01:06:13,199 ...you are here... 997 01:06:14,907 --> 01:06:15,702 ...and I'm here... 998 01:06:40,954 --> 01:06:43,524 Everyone must give undivided attention to his instrument 999 01:06:45,752 --> 01:06:48,148 ...that is all we can do now 1000 01:06:50,099 --> 01:06:51,557 Somebody can help me? 1001 01:06:52,290 --> 01:06:52,906 ...please 1002 01:07:04,601 --> 01:07:06,155 The notes are saving us 1003 01:07:09,085 --> 01:07:10,022 Music saves us 1004 01:07:11,277 --> 01:07:12,450 Hang on to the notes 1005 01:07:15,658 --> 01:07:16,726 Follow the notes 1006 01:07:19,693 --> 01:07:20,724 ...one after the other... 1007 01:07:22,475 --> 01:07:23,863 In the way my hand... 1008 01:07:25,292 --> 01:07:26,262 ...can indicate 1009 01:07:28,664 --> 01:07:30,087 We are musicians... 1010 01:07:32,282 --> 01:07:34,048 You are musicians... 1011 01:07:46,505 --> 01:07:47,299 ...and we're here 1012 01:07:48,278 --> 01:07:48,825 ...to rehearse 1013 01:08:00,623 --> 01:08:02,768 Have no fear. The rehearsal continues 1014 01:08:03,892 --> 01:08:04,864 To your places! 1015 01:08:05,770 --> 01:08:06,672 In place, please 1016 01:08:11,438 --> 01:08:12,162 ...thank you... 1017 01:11:06,465 --> 01:11:08,858 You must do less coloring with sounds 1018 01:11:09,281 --> 01:11:11,640 Noise is not music 1019 01:11:12,237 --> 01:11:13,968 Not a trolley car, I heard pots and pans 1020 01:11:14,323 --> 01:11:16,197 Where are we? 1021 01:11:17,071 --> 01:11:20,367 ...one a soccer field? You think I'm an umpire? 1022 01:11:21,522 --> 01:11:23,325 And where has the brass gone? 1023 01:11:23,714 --> 01:11:25,655 What's happened to your little lungs? 1024 01:11:27,016 --> 01:11:28,403 Where is all your breath? 1025 01:11:29,275 --> 01:11:30,829 ...used it for stupid chatter? 1026 01:11:31,814 --> 01:11:32,917 Sustain the notes! 1027 01:11:46,490 --> 01:11:48,221 Gentlemen... DA CAPO!