The Mephisto Waltz (1971) Movie Subtitles

1 00:02:36,281 --> 00:02:37,908 Myles. 2 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,411 What's that horrible sound? 3 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:46,375 Blue Jay. 4 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:48,418 Why? 5 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:50,921 Giving his wife hell. 6 00:02:51,129 --> 00:02:53,382 That beautiful thing? 7 00:02:53,924 --> 00:02:56,760 She let the cat into the garden. 8 00:03:04,142 --> 00:03:07,896 - Love, love, love? - Love, love, love. 9 00:03:13,944 --> 00:03:16,530 - Myles. - I'm asleep. 10 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,618 What time is it? 11 00:03:27,833 --> 00:03:31,128 It's either a quarter to 4 or 20 after 9. 12 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:51,523 Darling. Would you mind answering the phone? 13 00:03:54,109 --> 00:03:56,945 There's no reason to be scared. 14 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:10,667 - Whom ** I speaking to? - It's me. Abby. 15 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:13,086 May I speak to Mr. Clarkson? 16 00:04:14,546 --> 00:04:19,092 Well, you see, Myles is asleep. So is Paula. They're both asleep. 17 00:04:19,301 --> 00:04:21,636 They're always sleeping. 18 00:04:21,845 --> 00:04:25,307 - Who shall I say called? - Duncan ely. 19 00:04:25,515 --> 00:04:27,476 Waitjust a minute. 20 00:04:31,813 --> 00:04:33,732 Would you mind spelling that for me? 21 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:58,173 Myles. Myles. 22 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:04,346 You forgot your tape recorder. I love you. 23 00:05:04,554 --> 00:05:06,681 You mean. You love me anyway. 24 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:56,523 - Yes? - Myles clarkson. I have an appointment. 25 00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:58,608 Yes, of course. Come this way, please. 26 00:05:58,817 --> 00:06:00,277 May I help you? 27 00:06:03,822 --> 00:06:06,741 You'll have to wait until Mr. Ely is through playing. 28 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:08,451 Oh, yes. 29 00:06:29,472 --> 00:06:32,267 We can go in now. This way, please. 30 00:06:40,525 --> 00:06:42,986 - Clarkson? - Yes, sir. 31 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:46,489 I let you come because I read your piece on that Russian genius. 32 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:48,533 - What's his name? Stravinsky. 33 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:50,035 Yes. It wasn't good. 34 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,120 But it wasn't too bad, either. 35 00:06:52,871 --> 00:06:54,789 Well, thank you. 36 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:59,169 Did you recognise the piece I just played? 37 00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:01,504 Late romantic. Liszt, I think. 38 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:04,883 Not a bad guess. "Mephisto waltz." 39 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:07,469 The devil dancing with his paramours. 40 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:12,849 All right, I give you 30 minutes, no more. 41 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:20,023 Throw that disgusting cylinder away. 42 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:38,249 Mr. Clarkson? 43 00:07:43,088 --> 00:07:44,255 May I see your hands? 44 00:07:47,926 --> 00:07:50,053 Turn it over. 45 00:07:52,847 --> 00:07:53,847 Now the other one. 46 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:00,646 Stretch your fingers. 47 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:17,539 Have you ever played the piano? 48 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:20,750 I studied for four years at Juilliard. 49 00:08:22,711 --> 00:08:24,295 And? 50 00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:28,967 I had the usual first concert. 51 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,636 Half family and half critics. 52 00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:34,681 I g***t a standing ovation and seven New York City reviews. 53 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,852 The kindest phrase I remember is: "Indecently immature." 54 00:08:39,394 --> 00:08:41,771 I resented that. I was 20 years old. 55 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:44,983 Critics. Even when they are right, they are stupid. 56 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:50,405 They don't understand that after a concert, there's blood on the piano keys. 57 00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:54,075 - And there should be. Yes, Bennet. - Here's something. 58 00:08:54,284 --> 00:08:56,619 Please ask Mrs. Delancey to come down here. 59 00:08:56,828 --> 00:08:58,204 Very good, sir. 60 00:08:58,413 --> 00:09:02,208 I want my daughter to see your hands. 61 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:06,963 - Go ahead. Please. - Well, for about the next year or so... 62 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:09,716 I tried to end it all with scotch on the rocks. 63 00:09:09,841 --> 00:09:13,303 So you took up the trade common to retired admirals... 64 00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:16,639 Unhappy wives, and exhausted poets. 65 00:09:16,848 --> 00:09:20,101 - You became a writer. - A musical journalist. 66 00:09:24,314 --> 00:09:26,733 Can you stretch a tenth? 67 00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:31,571 No, here, the piano. 68 00:09:55,136 --> 00:10:01,351 Roxanne. He has great hands. Rachmaninoff hands. 69 00:10:04,062 --> 00:10:06,147 Hey, you... 70 00:10:06,481 --> 00:10:08,608 - I forgot your name. - Myles clarkson. 71 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:15,782 I happen to be the greatest pianist alive. And I tell you this, Mr. Myles clarkson. 72 00:10:15,990 --> 00:10:18,284 Hands like yours... 73 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:22,122 Are one in a hundred thousand. 74 00:10:22,247 --> 00:10:24,874 Don't you agree, Roxanne? 75 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,011 Yes. 76 00:10:58,366 --> 00:11:00,660 Our father is no longer in heaven, my dear. 77 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:04,122 God exists. And the devil is his vice president. 78 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:05,748 Or is it vice versa? 79 00:11:05,957 --> 00:11:07,709 A dreadful pun in there somewhere. 80 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:09,794 Unintended, my dear. 81 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:14,215 Roxanne. Have you visited Kurt's new villa at cap ferrat? It's lovely. 82 00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:17,343 No, darling. I've been spending my days in South America. 83 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:19,888 We have a working ranch in Chile, a family thing. 84 00:11:20,138 --> 00:11:21,681 Oh, that's very interesting. 85 00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:26,811 I... I saw your last picture. At least I hope it was your last picture. 86 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:30,023 My dear boy, you really should make them use doubles for you. 87 00:11:30,273 --> 00:11:31,941 Especially in those nude scenes. 88 00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:33,526 And a total bore. 89 00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:36,571 I've discovered that the beach in winter at coney island... 90 00:11:36,738 --> 00:11:39,407 Is absolutely enchanting. No one's discovered it yet. 91 00:11:39,574 --> 00:11:43,286 I see, I have an axiom to grind: "Cliche is king." 92 00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:47,373 - Now, wouldn't you agree? - No, I don't. 93 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:51,336 Death. Nothing more popular than death. 94 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,922 Death is corny. It really is. 95 00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:57,300 Absurd. Ridiculous and corny. 96 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,137 What were you like as a child? 97 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:05,558 At Abby's age. I was beautiful and precocious. 98 00:12:06,768 --> 00:12:10,230 - And at, say. 17? - I was merely beautiful. 99 00:12:10,647 --> 00:12:13,983 - You then were still in London? - Why are you so interested in me? 100 00:12:15,485 --> 00:12:17,445 - Aren't you? - No. 101 00:12:17,695 --> 00:12:20,907 - Why not? - Well, I know too much. 102 00:12:28,456 --> 00:12:30,667 Oh, thank you. I'm having some terrific wine. 103 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:34,003 It's really delicious. Thank you, thank you. It's delicious. 104 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:36,547 You see this callous on my finger? 105 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,342 That just proves one thing, that my wife does the typing. 106 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:42,095 I think you should be an actor or a pianist. 107 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:46,266 - So the great Duncan tells me. - He's right. He's always right. 108 00:12:46,391 --> 00:12:48,226 But he's a little bit insufferable. 109 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:52,480 He's forced me to play the piano with him this evening. A duet. 110 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:55,483 Forgive me. Mozart. For I know not what I do. 111 00:14:07,805 --> 00:14:09,265 - Bravo. - Bravo. 112 00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:12,143 - That was wonderful. - Congratulations, young man. 113 00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:15,480 - Thank you very much. - Now I know what Duncan meant. 114 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:18,733 - We must discuss your career. - Thank you, thank you. 115 00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:20,276 How was I? Rotten? 116 00:14:20,485 --> 00:14:23,321 With a lot of work, you'd become a third-rate piano player. 117 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,697 Oh, that good, huh? 118 00:14:24,822 --> 00:14:27,992 But, Myles, say you leafed eight hours a day at your writing. 119 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:31,245 - You could be a half-decent novelist. - I have and I'm not. 120 00:14:32,413 --> 00:14:33,956 Myles, you're giving me a headache. 121 00:14:34,165 --> 00:14:36,417 - Let me get you something. - And I wanna go home. 122 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,419 - Good night. - Good night, Myles. 123 00:14:38,586 --> 00:14:39,962 Good night, Roxanne, darling. 124 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:41,798 Hope to see you soon. 125 00:14:41,923 --> 00:14:44,008 Very soon. 126 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:48,304 Robin, sit. 127 00:14:49,013 --> 00:14:52,225 This is Robin. Isn't he a beautiful creature? 128 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:55,353 Robin, I would like you to meet Mrs. Clarkson. 129 00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:20,378 Oh, shut up. I'm not a customer. 130 00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:27,635 Time is it? 131 00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:32,932 It's 11 days before Christmas. 132 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:36,644 Know what our total sales are? Plus sales tax. 133 00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:38,563 No, I don't want to. 134 00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:41,232 Eleven dollars and twenty-five cents. 135 00:15:44,986 --> 00:15:51,242 - Well... it's a nice neighbourhood, anyway. - So is the rent. 136 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:53,744 Five more minutes. We're gonna close up shop... 137 00:15:53,911 --> 00:15:59,250 Go home. Serve dinner. Write a note of apology to our dear husbands... 138 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:03,254 Take 100 sleeping pills and hang ourselves in the upstairs...