:53:01
You always believe everything
that dumb bitch tells you?
:53:09
There! It's Gore Vidal,
the American writer. Let's ask him.
:53:12
Good evening, Mr. Vidal.
:53:14
Mind if we disturb you
for just two minutes?
:53:20
Well, you ask me why an American writer
would want to live in Rome.
:53:25
First of all,
because I like the Romans.
:53:28
They don't give a damn
whether you're dead or alive.
:53:31
They're neutral, like the cats!
:53:33
Rome is the city of illusions.
:53:36
Not only by chance, you have here
the church, the government, the cinema.
:53:39
They each produce illusions...
:53:42
like you do and like I do.
:53:45
We're getting closer and closer
to the end of the world...
:53:48
because of too many people.
:53:51
Too many cars, poisons.
:53:53
And what better city than Rome,
which has been reborn so often?
:53:58
What place could be more peaceful...
:54:00
to wait for the end
from pollution and overpopulation?
:54:04
It's the ideal city for waiting to see
if it will really come to an end or not.
:54:08
To the end!
:54:28
Get out! Clear the piazza!
:54:30
Why?
We weren't bothering anybody!
:54:32
Hurry up! Move! Move! Move!
:54:41
If you don't mind,
I would like to say this:
:54:43
Despite the recent
and incredibly permissive laws...
:54:47
which protect the guilty man
more than the innocent...
:54:51
the restraining measures of
our police force are successful...
:54:54
in keeping at an acceptable minimum
the outbreak of delinquency...
:54:58
in a city, or in a society,
where protest movements, drugs...