1:07:03
In fact, it was suggested
that someone be sent to bring him here.
1:07:07
That I be brought here?
Who had that brilliant idea?
1:07:10
Sondra Bizet.
1:07:13
The girl at the piano?
1:07:15
Yes. She has read your books
and has a profound admiration for you.
1:07:22
As have we all.
1:07:24
Of course, I've suspected
that our being here was no accident.
1:07:28
Furthermore, I have a feeling
we're never supposed to leave.
1:07:31
But that, for the moment,
doesn't concern me greatly.
1:07:33
I'll meet that when it comes.
1:07:36
What particularly interests me at present
is why was I brought here?
1:07:40
What possible use can I be
to an already thriving community?
1:07:44
We need men like you here...
1:07:46
...to be sure that our community
will continue to thrive.
1:07:50
In return for which
Shangri-La has much to give you.
1:07:55
You are still, by the world's standards,
a youngish man.
1:08:00
Yet in the normal course of existence...
1:08:03
...you can expect 20 or 30 years...
1:08:07
...of gradually diminishing activity.
1:08:13
Here, however, in Shangri-La...
1:08:17
...by our standards,
your life has just begun.
1:08:23
And may go on and on.
1:08:31
To be candid, Father,
a prolonged future doesn't excite me.
1:08:36
lt would have to have a point.
1:08:38
I sometimes doubted
whether life itseIf has any.
1:08:41
If that is so,
then long life must be even more pointless.
1:08:45
I'd need a much more definite reason
for going on and on.
1:08:50
We have reason.
1:08:53
It is the entire meaning
and purpose of Shangri-La.
1:08:57
lt came to me in a vision...