The Mephisto Waltz (1971) Subtitles

00:02:36,281 --> 00:02:37,Myles.

00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,What's that horrible sound?

00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:46,Blue Jay.

00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:48,Why?

00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:50,Giving his wife hell.

00:02:51,129 --> 00:02:53,That beautiful thing?

00:02:53,924 --> 00:02:56,She let the cat into the garden.

00:03:04,142 --> 00:03:07,- Love, love, love?
- Love, love, love.

00:03:13,944 --> 00:03:16,- Myles.
- I'm asleep.

00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,What time is it?

00:03:27,833 --> 00:03:31,It's either a quarter to or 20 after 9.

00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:51,Darling. Would you mind
answering the phone?

00:03:54,109 --> 00:03:56,There's no reason to be scared.

00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:10,- Whom ** I speaking to?
- It's me. Abby.

00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:13,May I speak to Mr. Clarkson?

00:04:14,546 --> 00:04:19,Well, you see, Myles is asleep.
So is Paula. They're both asleep.

00:04:19,301 --> 00:04:21,They're always sleeping.

00:04:21,845 --> 00:04:25,- Who shall I say called?
- Duncan ely.

00:04:25,515 --> 00:04:27,Waitjust a minute.

00:04:31,813 --> 00:04:33,Would you mind spelling that for me?

00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:58,Myles. Myles.

00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:04,You forgot your tape recorder.
I love you.

00:05:04,554 --> 00:05:06,You mean. You love me anyway.

00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:56,- Yes?
- Myles clarkson. I have an appointment.

00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:58,Yes, of course.
Come this way, please.

00:05:58,817 --> 00:06:00,May I help you?

00:06:03,822 --> 00:06:06,You'll have to wait
until Mr. Ely is through playing.

00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:08,Oh, yes.

00:06:29,472 --> 00:06:32,We can go in now. This way, please.

00:06:40,525 --> 00:06:42,- Clarkson?
- Yes, sir.

00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:46,I let you come because I read your piece
on that Russian genius.

00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:48,- What's his name? Stravinsky.

00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:50,Yes. It wasn't good.

00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,But it wasn't too bad, either.

00:06:52,871 --> 00:06:54,Well, thank you.

00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:59,Did you recognise the piece
I just played?

00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:01,Late romantic. Liszt, I think.

00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:04,Not a bad guess. "Mephisto waltz."

00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:07,The devil dancing with his paramours.

00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:12,All right, I give you 30 minutes,
no more.

00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:20,Throw that disgusting cylinder away.

00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:38,Mr. Clarkson?

00:07:43,088 --> 00:07:44,May I see your hands?

00:07:47,926 --> 00:07:50,Turn it over.

00:07:52,847 --> 00:07:53,Now the other one.

00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:00,Stretch your fingers.

00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:17,Have you ever played the piano?

00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:20,I studied for four years at Juilliard.

00:08:22,711 --> 00:08:24,And?

00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:28,I had the usual first concert.

00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,Half family and half critics.

00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:34,I g***t a standing ovation
and seven New York City reviews.

00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,The kindest phrase I remember is:
"Indecently immature."

00:08:39,394 --> 00:08:41,I resented that. I was 20 years old.

00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:44,Critics. Even when they are right,
they are stupid.

00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:50,They don't understand that after a
concert, there's blood on the piano keys.

00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:54,- And there should be. Yes, Bennet.
- Here's something.

00:08:54,284 --> 00:08:56,Please ask Mrs. Delancey
to come down here.

00:08:56,828 --> 00:08:58,Very good, sir.

00:08:58,413 --> 00:09:02,I want my daughter
to see your hands.

00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:06,- Go ahead. Please.
- Well, for about the next year or so...

00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:09,I tried to end it all
with scotch on the rocks.

00:09:09,841 --> 00:09:13,So you took up the trade
common to retired admirals...

00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:16,Unhappy wives,
and exhausted poets.

00:09:16,848 --> 00:09:20,- You became a writer.
- A musical journalist.

00:09:24,314 --> 00:09:26,Can you stretch a tenth?

00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:31,No, here, the piano.

00:09:55,136 --> 00:10:01,Roxanne. He has great hands.
Rachmaninoff hands.

00:10:04,062 --> 00:10:06,Hey, you...

00:10:06,481 --> 00:10:08,- I forgot your name.
- Myles clarkson.

00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:15,I happen to be the greatest pianist alive.
And I tell you this, Mr. Myles clarkson.

00:10:15,990 --> 00:10:18,Hands like yours...

00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:22,Are one in a hundred thousand.

00:10:22,247 --> 00:10:24,Don't you agree, Roxanne?

00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,Yes.

00:10:58,366 --> 00:11:00,Our father is no longer in heaven,
my dear.

00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:04,God exists.
And the devil is his vice president.

00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:05,Or is it vice versa?

00:11:05,957 --> 00:11:07,A dreadful pun in there somewhere.

00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:09,Unintended, my dear.

00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:14,Roxanne. Have you visited Kurt's
new villa at cap ferrat? It's lovely.

00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:17,No, darling. I've been spending
my days in South America.

00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:19,We have a working ranch in Chile,
a family thing.

00:11:20,138 --> 00:11:21,Oh, that's very interesting.

00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:26,I... I saw your last picture.
At least I hope it was your last picture.

00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:30,My dear boy, you really should
make them use doubles for you.

00:11:30,273 --> 00:11:31,Especially in those nude scenes.

00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:33,And a total bore.

00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:36,I've discovered that the beach
in winter at coney island...

00:11:36,738 --> 00:11:39,Is absolutely enchanting.
No one's discovered it yet.

00:11:39,574 --> 00:11:43,I see, I have an axiom to grind:
"Cliche is king."

00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:47,- Now, wouldn't you agree?
- No, I don't.

00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:51,Death. Nothing more popular
than death.

00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,Death is corny. It really is.

00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:57,Absurd. Ridiculous and corny.

00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,What were you like as a child?

00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:05,At Abby's age.
I was beautiful and precocious.

00:12:06,768 --> 00:12:10,- And at, say. 17?
- I was merely beautiful.

00:12:10,647 --> 00:12:13,- You then were still in London?
- Why are you so interested in me?

00:12:15,485 --> 00:12:17,- Aren't you?
- No.

00:12:17,695 --> 00:12:20,- Why not?
- Well, I know too much.

00:12:28,456 --> 00:12:30,Oh, thank you.
I'm having some terrific wine.

00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:34,It's really delicious.
Thank you, thank you. It's delicious.

00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:36,You see this callous on my finger?

00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,That just proves one thing,
that my wife does the typing.

00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:42,I think you should be an actor
or a pianist.

00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:46,- So the great Duncan tells me.
- He's right. He's always right.

00:12:46,391 --> 00:12:48,But he's a little bit insufferable.

00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:52,He's forced me to play the piano
with him this evening. A duet.

00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:55,Forgive me. Mozart.
For I know not what I do.

00:14:07,805 --> 00:14:09,- Bravo.
- Bravo.

00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:12,- That was wonderful.
- Congratulations, young man.

00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:15,- Thank you very much.
- Now I know what Duncan meant.

00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:18,- We must discuss your career.
- Thank you, thank you.

00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:20,How was I? Rotten?

00:14:20,485 --> 00:14:23,With a lot of work, you'd
become a third-rate piano player.

00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,Oh, that good, huh?

00:14:24,822 --> 00:14:27,But, Myles, say you leafed
eight hours a day at your writing.

00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:31,- You could be a half-decent novelist.
- I have and I'm not.

00:14:32,413 --> 00:14:33,Myles, you're giving me a headache.

00:14:34,165 --> 00:14:36,- Let me get you something.
- And I wanna go home.

00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,- Good night.
- Good night, Myles.

00:14:38,586 --> 00:14:39,Good night, Roxanne, darling.

00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:41,Hope to see you soon.

00:14:41,923 --> 00:14:44,Very soon.

00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:48,Robin, sit.

00:14:49,013 --> 00:14:52,This is Robin.
Isn't he a beautiful creature?

00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:55,Robin, I would like you to meet
Mrs. Clarkson.

00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:20,Oh, shut up. I'm not a customer.

00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:27,Time is it?

00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:32,It's 11 days before Christmas.

00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:36,Know what our total sales are?
Plus sales tax.

00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:38,No, I don't want to.

00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:41,Eleven dollars and twenty-five cents.

00:15:44,986 --> 00:15:51,- Well... it's a nice neighbourhood, anyway.
- So is the rent.

00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:53,Five more minutes.
We're gonna close up shop...

00:15:53,911 --> 00:15:59,Go home. Serve dinner. Write a note
of apology to our dear husbands...

00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:03,Take 100 sleeping pills and
hang ourselves in the upstairs...