1:04:02
Were it even to give them
beautiful gifts.
1:04:06
But l doubt that the new Kingdom
has any gift for us.
1:04:15
Here, any action,
even the most violent,
1:04:19
represents a longing for oblivion.
1:04:26
Our sensuality
is a longing for oblivion.
1:04:31
We shoot and stab
because we long for death.
1:04:36
Our laziness, the penetrating
sweetness of our ice-cream
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are a longing
for voluptuous immobility.
1:04:43
That is, again, for death.
1:04:58
l'm afraid you're exaggerating,
Prince.
1:05:03
ln Turin, l met some Sicilians
who seemed everything but lazy.
1:05:09
l didn't make myself clear,
l'm sorry.
1:05:12
l said ''Sicilians'',
but l should have said ''Sicily''.
1:05:16
This environment,
the violence of the landscape,
1:05:20
the cruelty of the climate,
the ever-lasting tension...
1:05:23
The climate can be fought,
the landscape changed,
1:05:29
the remembrance of bad governments,
erased.
1:05:32
l'm sure Sicilians want
to better themselves.
1:05:35
l don't deny that if you bring
a Sicilian off this island
1:05:38
he might awake. But they must
go away while still young.
1:05:42
At 20 they're too old.
They've already been molded.
1:05:45
What you need is a man who's able
to make his personal interests
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and some vague public idealities
meet.
1:05:56
- May l suggest something ?
- Of course, Prince.