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Mother, is this the house of God?

- You silly goose! - You silly goose!

Look, how cute he is, he looks like Robert!

This is a Lord of War!

- Do you think? - Yes.

It's wonderful.

It's fantastic to be able to see the whole world!

- This is crazy! - It's outrageous!

- Scandalous! - Good for the lovers!

- It's great that they kissed each other! - Come, let's go.

Look at them!

Let's go!

How awful!

The most sublime act of love should be private.

You're right.

Mayor,

Who gave the authorization for such a disgusting spectacle?

I do not have time for those trivialities.

Cinema is dirty!

You, old actresses,

stop laughing.

- The graveyards are empty. - Have you ever kissed a lady?

There! The voice of the devil!

That's the proof that the devil will corrupt all of you!

Never take me to the cinema again!

Or else, I will not marry you.

It hurts my soul, but I swear.

I cannot allow that in a city like ours

such images are showed.

I cannot allow that our city turn into

Sodom and Gomorrah.

The devil is amongst you.

What a stupid.

Ladies and gentlemen, the show is suspended by the mayor's order!

It has been invented the censorship.

This is the story of a young countess.

The germans went to her house and took her hostage.

She's a young girl with an unusual beaty.

- I saw it.

- Chicken soldier. - Lots of blood and sex.

and lots of battles.

But, of course, at this very moment in Germany

they may be projecting a movie in which a young and fragile german girl

is victim of lustful french soldiers.

My lady, don't talk like that about french soldiers!

We, the frech soldiers, are generous. We are gentlemen.

And for us, all women are just like Virgin Mary.

You're right.

But, tell me: when do we leave to the front?

We are cossacks, and if we don't fight, we get too nasty and rude.

You'll leave, Kisselev, you'll leave.

I confess that in such sad world, I get somewhat afraid.

Take my arm, miss, I'll protect you.

- Let me go to the war! - No, you have no arms nor legs.

You're boche!

Fall out for a woman like you're doing is filthy!

Hurray for the alpines!

We're going to tear you up!

Your place is not here. It's next to the soldiers.

That's a shame.

- You, who used to be a prince! - You're right.

But he's my idol.

General, I fear you.

Why you had to be so tough to that soldier?

- He'll be in the first row, at the war. - Perfect.

"If she doesn't want to decide,

the saber will do it; We'll duel!"

In the balls!

General, here we are, make of us the children of France!

Thank you, kids, and long live to France!

What are we doing here?

Let's go to war!

Let's go to the front.

Shut up!

Maciste!

Maciste!

Maciste!

Maciste!

Maciste!

Maciste was italian?

Hurray for war!

You're worse than the others.

And I'm crazy about you.

Bastard.

I've just spoke to the general.

He promises death, violence and plunders!

Why can't they show us a french movie?

The war is something serious.

Ladies and gentlemen,

With those planes I've fought all over Europe.

I saw incredible dawns and hideous battles.

That machine frights me!

There he is!

I was a pilot, too.

He'll kill himself!

Come to see the fantastic adventures of Pauline,

chased by a lecher!

My God!

Ladies and gentlemen,

Allow me to show you all the beauty of aviation.

- There he is! - The plane is moving!

Let's thanks this acrobat that risks his life.

He'll fall! He'll fall!

The Red Baron wins again.

Let them pass to the next session.

Go, go.

Let's go.

Faster.

And now, the Red Baron jump from the plane to save her,

looking down on danger!

It's a titanic fight.

The Baron move forward and come closer to the pilot, who got the heroine.

They fight on the wing

while the plain still flight a thousand feet high.

- Lady, aren't you going in? - No.

It's more exciting to see from here.

The story of my life is better than a movie.

- Are you fond of aviation? - Very much.

I went to riding school, drove racing cars, but...

I never learnt to pilot the steel birds.

Sir, the cinema is here?

You have to relax.

Put your hand on the gearshift, there.

Close your eyes. We're leaving.

We're flying!

We're flying!

Tonight, you'll have to go to the "O Sole Mio" Cinema.

They are going to show your movie.

It's a very popular neighborhood, so your presence will be very important.

Everyone is expecting you and I assure you they just love you.

They love us?

Are you sure?

But you have doubts?

No. You are always so naïve.

Naïve, but I finalize good deals.

"Orseolo and the prostitute Pantea!"

"The anger of the Duke's wike, who lost the love of Orseolo!"

End of first reel!

We'll start right away!

Spaguetti!

Pulcinella!

Boys, spaguetti!

Do me a favor.

Throw it on the face of those two insolent women.

- The two of them! - Yes.

Take it!

Why are we so unsympathetic to our audience?

We make such effort to make them dream...

Don't say it, makes me want to cry.

- You're so dull. - Now, I'm going.

I'll come back with the gnocchi.

Water! Fresh water!

Fresh water!

You pig!

We reacted just like them.

The blond is truly stupid.

I don't understand! How can they be friends?

The blond is just stupid, but the brunette is a murderess.

- She made 8 movies in which she's a killer. - That's true.

I'll tell her something.

If we lose the the movie, I don't care, I want to be in peace with myself.

Let's go.

Come, Pulcinella! I'll tell you a secret.

We're here to tell you that you're stupid.

And you, you're murderous.

The last time, you'd put a snake on her bed!

That's cruel.

But, in this movie, she's the slut.

Let's make it clear, ladies.

- Who stole my husband? - Slut!

Come, the more the best.

You're disgusting.

Have you no shame at all, in front of the kids?

You are a whore, but you are an idiot!

What a commotion!

"Each stroke on the doll

will become a wound in the wonderful body of Pantea!"

A witchcraft.

Oh, my God!

They're burning her alive!

I believe we should keep going on strike.

- Well said! - We're almost there!

But our children are hungry.

Those who are on strike, come with me.

To the cinema!

Faster!

This seat is mine.

By your side.

This was my seat!

What's going on?

There's a lady here and you're fighting!

- Why are you acting that way? - This is an educational cinema.

Alright?

Dance with me, gorgeous! Look!

I'm sure one day I'll be a star.

To me, you're the prettiest star!

"Eagerly travelling over the wagon trail to the

land of the golden west".

"The campo of a roving tribe of red skins

more dreaded by... by the pioneers

than any other natural... "

"Chief Swift Wind,

whose ruthless cunning had sent many a pioneer over the great divide."

Believe me, one thing is certain, men aren't as clever as women.

Well, we are paying you to teach us english!

It's not my fault! It's too short!

In a democracy, everybody can go and see movies,

not just old folks like they are.

The man is right!

They should organize special showings for children!

"His sister, Starlight, a devoted admirer of her brother's... "

Hey! It's too fast! Slow it down, will ya?

Hey, don't disturbe the audience.

The indians are coming!

Get up, get up! Hurry up!

On your horses!

Kill'em all!

That's enough!

Kids, stop all that noise!

Just... stop it! Shut up!

And you! Get out of here!

Can't you have that thing a little slower?

You have to understand what we need.

We're here to teach english to the new american citizens.

You kids, get out of here. I'm only doing my job.

My language is spanish. But I've learned english by coming to see these films.

- But these are silent movies! - Oh, it doesn't matter.

You know, you can read the subtitles and see the way they move their mouths.

Valentino, burn me! Burn my soul!

Gallardo...

Kiss me, Kiss me!

Hold me.

I love you, Gallardo.

I'm the sheik of the desert.

I'm the fire in your soul!

- Valentino... - I'll burn you! I'll scorch you.

Don't touch me!

I'm a virgin.

- I'll be gentle. - No, don't touch me!

Don't touch me, please!

Oh, my love! You're as tender as a woman!

I'm Valentino!

- Bye bye, Valentino. - Bye bye.

My husband is dead.

I'm much less permissive.

This is a very important day for me.

Because my husband, who passed away three months ago,

wanted this celebration.

All of this babies were conceived in this cinema.

My husband died very happy because he knew that these weddings

would be here to celebrate it.

You'll understand that...

is impossible for us to check everything.

I'm always afraid that nobody come.

And then, the miracle.

- That's the magic of the cinema. - Magic? Those chickens?

I got no money, only chickens!

We'll make a living on that?

You were right, the magic again.

Don't bring us anymore chicken, we need money!

I have to pay the distributor in cash, not in chickens...

Do you get it?

I could start a grange.

I now announce that this session is dedicated to D'Annunzio.

"Love, as you know, is like this lamp".

"If I break it... "

"See! Like the passion, its flames rises to the sky"

and dazzle... but it lasts a second".

"Take your pick!"

"Make me burn!"

"Make my soul burn!"

The film ended, but we have something else.

My wife will perform a magic dance:

The moth dance.

I don't understand. Speak english!

I speak no english.

My son he speak no english no.

But you must speak english.

Sorry.

Catania!

- Catania. - Budapeste.

It's wonderful.

Had you any luck?

It's hard to find a nice job, even part-time,

but I'm still looking, it will come someday, I'm sure it will.

I'm you Father Christmas today.

Does everyone have their little piece of sunshine?

My father is always drunk!

So let's get started with the party!

- What party? - We want the movie!

Papá, when did the italian cinema sprout?

No, speak english, italian no.

When you eat, you eat in english.

You're stinking!

Come, I'll wash you.

There is about anything here...

I'm a real american individualist!

Yes.

Yes.

No, no, no! We eat already.

But you must eat. They are full of vitamines.

You go home? To Budapeste?

You see? You must learn english!

Are you man or woman?

I am a boy.

The electric chair was again cheated when Dillinger was brought

to this northside Chicago theater by the woman in red

to see "Manhattan Melodrama", a then very popular gangster picture.

Imagine Dillinger watching the screen gangster as he began to walk the last mile.

As Dillinger, Gable in his role was a swaggering fellow.

What thoughts must have pass through the mind of the woman sitting by Dillinger side?

It was pass this door that he and his girlfriend walked as they left the theater.

Suddendly, he went into action, for the last time.

He ran for this alley, reaching for his gun.

Bullets flew in his mad rush. But guns of his assailants shot through.

Why didn't we drop the judge?

What? It's impossible. What are you talking about? Friends are for life.

Dillinger was dead, he landed in a pool of his own blood in the filth of an alley.

His body rushed to the morgue of the police headquarters.

He was definitely identified as the former public enemy number one.

Close the first sarcophagus.

Irene!

Watch out, Irene!

- Don't worry, it's alright. - I'm afraid.

Iwet myself.

Shut up! Shut up!

- Have you thrown the guns away? - Yes, I threw them in the sewer.

There they are! We got them!

The Gestapo, jump!

- Hold me tight. - Jump!

- I'm afraid. - jump!

Come on!

Hold them!

Let me out!

We do not protect scumbags!

Why do you mind them?

They're criminals.

Continue watching the movie.

Dump the sarcophagus! What's going on?

They're on the left, on the right... How can we get out?

What is that?

Be copy now to men of lesser blood

and teach them how to war.

and you, good yeomen whose limbs were made in England

show us here the mickle of you...

your...

your...

The storm is coming.

Don't be afraid, I'm here.

I'm not afraid, I love the thunders.

Are we going to have children?

Come on, let's go.

The lightning has stricken too close.

Oh, bright angel,

for thou are more glorious than the night,

being over my head as a winged messanger of heaven

and to the white upturned eyes of the mortals,

that look back, and gaze on him

who bestrides the lazy pacing clouds.

My breasts are hotter than the ember

that turn red in the cyclops' oven

when, inside the volcano,

they forge the rage of Jupiter with mighty strokes.

Are we going to rent a little villa?

Let's just stay calm.

Justice is with us.

And our fathers are with us.

I'm not the same guy who left home four years ago.

I feel like a bigger guy.

"In God we trust."

In God all of us trusted.

Ship all those niggers back to Africa!

- Get you black asses out of here! - Atention, please!

Shut up!

The time has come for us to stand up and defend ourselves.

Exactly 80 years ago, the yankee troops came looking for us

to fight alongside white men.

Remember:

tenths of thousands of black men were killed in Gettysburg.

What is this?

I am an officer, sit your asses down!

These men will be in court-martial.

We'd been asked to enlist in the American Army, give up our lives one more time.

And something tells me it's not the last time.

Somebody can explain to me why our wives cannot go to the movies.

Sit down!

The moment has come to fulfill the promises of democracy,

The moment has come to rise

from the dark and desolate valleys of segregation

to tread the sunlit path of racial justice.

The moment has come to pull our nation

out of the quicksands of the racial injustices.

That soldier is saying, word for word,

the speech Martin Luther King will make 20 years from now!

What do you think I should do about that?

- Will it be a very famous speech? - Ah... so-so.

Then take my advice: don't do anything. In that way, you'll minimize the publicity.

...under God,

shall have a new birth of freedom

and a government of the People,

by the People,

for the People

shall not perish from the Earth.

That was Lincoln's America and it's my America.

And it's your America.

You know one thing?

You aint no good at all.

You've been laughing and griddin' in my face.

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You

Now, I brought you into my home; You wouldn't leave my wife alone;

I'll Be Glad, You Rascal You

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You

I'll be tickled to death when you leave this earth, you dog!

I took you for my friend, and you tried to drink all my gin, you rascal you

Action!

Traitor!

Skinny!

- Famished! - Screw you!

Stop, stop, it's no good. Move away.

Montuori! Get out, girl...

Montuori, come here.

I believe this kid cannot have a violent reaction.

After such a sad and hard day

he really shouldn't throw the rock, don't you think?

Besides, let's shoot in that other alley.

Gentlemen, please, let us work!

Cry!

Enzo, if you are a smart kid,

you can't remain uncaring towards this scene.

They are arresting your father like a common thief!

Cry!

Enzo, come on, cry.

You don't give me back I lend you, and you steal my jewels.

Pimp!

The way you go on for a chain and a ring!

On sunday, I'll go to the country side without jewelry!

They'll think I'm starving to death...

But I'm handsome.

Where can you find such a greek profile?

The beauty costs money! Money!

- Do you understand? - Yes, you're pretty.

But me too, I do please the men.

When they see me going down the street, their look could kill me!

Yeah, sure! Where are you going to find someone like me?

Where? Everywhere!

You have no idea what kind of things Adelina is capable of!

Right now, I'll go to the movies and throw myself into the arms of the first one I see!

You know what? I'll throw myself into the arms of them all! Idiot!

Yeah, yeah...

Adelina, stop!

You'll look for me but you won't find me!

You will cry.

Poor thing.

Adelina, stop!

Don't make me call the cops!

- I have to follow the rules. - Do we have less rights?

Look that ass!

Good morning, lady! Congratulations to your mother!

You cannot enter the cinema, I'm sorry. That's the rules.

But why? We've bought the ticket.

- Sorry, but who bought the tickets? - I did.

If we'd seen this convention, we wouldn't let you in.

- It's a matter of safety. - Have pity!

They are right! We all have the right to see a movie!

Even the paralytics!

Don't make me call the cops...

- have you got a light? - Yeah, yeah.

And you?

Well, come sit in front.

He looks somewhat paralytic...

Are you scared?

Don't you know I'm a tigress?

I got blood on my fingernails.

And what about our rights?

So?

Ok! Ok! But just for today!

- But it doesn't set a precedent! - Thank you, thank you!

We won!

We won!

Yes, you won...

You're just a boy...

Excuse me.

Hi.

Pleased to meet you.

What a beautiful face you have.

- I'm Adelina. And you? - Alfonso.

What a romantic name!

And you're very neat, this tie fits you fine!

Will you kiss me?

Please...

No.

Today is not a good day!

I'm so downhearted, please...

Hey, Adelina has never begged anyone!

In front of Moses crossing through the Red Sea?

It'd bring bad luck.

And I've been unlucky enough.

So, if I take you away from God's eyes, will you kiss me?

And more.

- So, you wanna make love? - Sure.

D'you think that, just because I'm here, I wouldn't know how to make love?

What a surprise!

You've promised, right?

You're tender and...

and skillfully in the kitchen.

- Isn't it true, Ugo? - Yeah, yeah.

It's preposterous! Why can't our son watch this movie?

C'mmon, let it be.

But you cannot die by eating! The three of you are bloody castrated!

You are the castrated! You've just proved it!

You are!

An actor such as Marcello, allowing to be seen in the toilet!

There should be a limit to vileness...

Vileness? This is vile?

I don't need it!

You should freshen your heads!

Look at that!

Disgusting!

- What kind of movie is that? - Shut up, come on!

You always have to make a spectacle of yourself!

It's disgusting!

You enjoy only american movies...

Excuse me. But what about the legal authority of the parents?

If we decided that he's able to get in, so he is!

But it isn't possible, and you know it. It's forbidden.

Please, I want 19 tickets.

- How old are you? - 18.

Are you aware this is a x-rated movie?

Yes.

- Kids, let's see your papers, please? - Are you a cop?

If you're a day less, out!

- Our teacher told us to see this movie. - There are many anarchist teachers.

You took me to that other movie and we almost broke up.

And now you bring me to this one?

You're stupid. Stupid and misogynous!

Misogynous?

If you enjoy a movie like that, you're misogynous.

- You say that just to fuck her. - I fuck who I want to.

Goodbye, Charlot.

Charlie, you are fantastic.

He made it!

Three and a half million dollar.

This is America!

Oh, I'm so ashamed!

It's terrible!

I just peed in my pants!

Is there any doctor here?

She's pregnant. Take her away.

D'You want a piece of watermelon? It's delicious.

I'm giving her my chesterfield sofa.

I'd like to stay here more.

I'm going to call an ambulance, ok?

- I want to see the film. - No, you can't, ok?

I paid the ticket, too.

If the lady wants to sit on, she can take my seat.

Charlot converted me. Giving birth isn't that difficult.

I'm just gonna sit there, ok?

If you need me, just call me.

- alright? - ok.

Silence! Silence!

Take her to a hospital or give her money back.

What sweet are the music of a mother's screams!

What's on that rocket? We are watching the film!

Get out of here! Beat it!

What a nice lady.

How beautiful!

How lucky is my baby!

he'll be born laughing!

Do you have your identity cards?

- What identity card? - This is a private club.

- Let us in... to try it. - I'm sorry.

The movie is great: Rossellini, Bergman...

and the spaghetti is free.

But you make the sauce with ketchup! It's disgusting!

They are hideous.

Everything is hideous.

They don't know what they're doing,

but I'm worse.

Ingrid Bergman is wonderful, Rossellini is wonderful,

but no one come here.

We screen it to ourselves. And we stuff ourselves with spaghetti.

Whose was the idea of giving spaghetti to the audience?

I don't care about the spaghetti!

I look at Bergman and practice self-knowledge.

Enough of so much respect for the movies. This is not a museum.

We must demystify the movies!

Enough of authors and masterpieces.

The cinema isn't an art, but a trade, like any other.

A machine to make money flow

and make people politically bewildered.

Go to the movies is like eating or crapping.

It's a physiological action.

It's a urban guerrilla...

We should screen 20, 40 movies at the same time,

on the walls, on the faces.

Feed them.

We have to crush the cinema: cut up scenes, advertising,

porno movies, super 8...

We should screen anything!

I want to show Rossellini backwards,

dismantle it and set it up again, from the end to the beggining.

The volcano will not erupt just for Ingrid.

We need to stab the american cinema.

Make it bleed.

If they won't see Stromboli, Stromboli will see them.

Mind the extension cord.

- Let's go to the end of the world! - Yes, let's go!

- Take the plates! - Guys, let's go out.

We'll shoot them all! It's the movie revolution!

If you don't go to the movies, the movies go to you!

The movies should watch their audience!

- This is a political act! - No, it's publicity.

Stop eating and look at Bergman!

Bergman is the light itself!

Where are you going, Lucia?

Bergman, enlighten me!

I caught you!

Me, me!

Let them eat alone.

- Ladies and gentlemen, Ingrid Bergman. - Look how beautiful she is.

Have the honor of being possessed

by the unique and immortal Ingrid Bergman.

Which eat you!

Pizza Bergman!

Dear members of the audience,

according to the new rules there are no continual showing.

- We'll start again within 10 minutes. - You may, please, leave.

You, out!

It's cold outside, and my children are asleep.

- Children? - This is not dormitory. Out, please.

Where would I go with my children, at midnight?

It's not our problem.

This room will be full in 5 minutes!

- I can see nothing from here! - You know this is the best spot.

Haven't you understood? This is a new decree.

You have to go back to the cashier.

Come on, out!

What are you waiting for?

You are thieves!

He's sleeping.

The eternal rest.

- Is he dead? - A heart attack.

What should we do?

Nothing. There's no time.

You can stay, but just for tonight.

Daddy is very gentle.

Thanks. It's cold outside.

We'll not show the eight o'clock news because of the strike.

Riccardino, I need you.

Put your shirt.

My heart is broken, I don't want to die alone.

Can I go with you?

We won't let you die.

One moment.

Helo.

What are you looking for? This is not Africa.

- Wanna make love to me? - I make love with myself.

Go to the bathrooms at the station.

What's the matter?

You do it for free, I do it for the money.

If rent boys start to come here, the young boys would be scared

and this place would become a point of old fags.

At last, even we would have to pay for getting something.

No more love, no more flasks of coffee.

Let him be, he's nice.

With you, I'll do it for free.,

but don't you cry, ok?

Don't be like that, laugh with me.

I'll call the cops.

They'll arrest you first!

Hey, what's all this noise?

They're finishing drilling holes for the dynamites.

'Cos next week they'll blow the whole building.

But you see, tonight, we are doing big business.

Let's, ahn, have a look.

Real big business.

There's another free seat, if you want.

- Well, do you think it'll be ok? - I think this place is thrilling taken.

D'you like chinese films?

I just love them. I used to like italian films, Rossellini, Pasolini...

Now I like chinese films.

It's not chinese. It's from Taiwan.

Come on, come on.

No, not now. It's the Lundgen scene.

And what will you be doing?

I don't know.

Maybe I'll go to the University of Pasadena

to specialize in the study on the life of butterflies.

Why don't we watch this nice chinese film together?

Why not? Anyway, I'm already out of the job...

And you, who are you?

Where did you come from?

I used to sing, and cry.

Cry, and sing.

I'm crying.

You'd sing and cry, but never help us.

I don't like this movie. When they'll sing?

You're not allowed to come to the movies alone!

What's going on?

We want to see the movie!

We are hungry, we want to fuck!

You shouldn't bring the children! Can't you see this is not good for them?

No! It's good! Because, in cinema, they'll learn to talk argentino!

You're an evil woman, always have intelligent answers.

Don't make me ashamed! You're my son!