Wednesday, 6 October 2021

It's Bad Business.






The SS will manage certain industries itself inside Plaszow.
A metalworks, brush factory,
another for reprocessing 
Jewish clothing from the ghettos 
for use by bombed-out families back home.

But it's Private Industry 
like yours that stands to benefit most
by moving inside The Wire of
Commandant Amon Goeth's camp...

Oskar Schindler :
No, no, no. Sit, sit. 
Julian, how are you?
Good to see you, my friend.

Oskar Schindler.
Leo John.

Oskar Schindler :
Franz, good to see you.

Hello, Oskar.
Glad you could join us.

Oskar Schindler :
My Pleasure. 
Julius. How are you?
You lost weight.

Only in the shoulders.
Please, everybody, sit down.

Oskar Schindler :
How are you doing?
Oskar Schindler.

We started without you.

Oskar Schindler :
Fine. I miss anything good?

I was explaining to Herr Bosch
and Herr Madritsch 
some of the benefits of moving
their factories into Plaszow.

Oskar Schindler :
I meant the food.

Since your labor is housed on-site,
it's available to you at all times.
You can work them all night if you want.

Your factory policies,
whatever they've been in the past,
they'll continue to be.
They'll be respected.

S.S. Commandant Amon Göth :
I have to know,
where do you get a suit like that?
What is that? Is that silk?

Oskar Schindler :
Of course.

S.S. Commandant Amon Göth :
Ja. It has a nice sheen about it.

Oskar Schindler :
Thank you.

S.S. Commandant Amon Göth :
Very nice.

Oskar Schindler :
I'd say I'd get you one, 
but the man who made it 
is probably dead. I don’t know.

•••••

Oskar Schindler :
I go to work the other day.
Nobody's there.

Nobody tells me about this. 
I have to find out.
I have to go in.

Everybody's gone.

S.S. Commandant Amon Göth :
No. No.
They're not Gone. 
They're Here.

They're mine! Every day that
goes by, I'm losing money.

Every worker that is
shot costs me money.

I have to find somebody else.
I have to train them.

We are going to be making so much money
that none of this is going to matter.

It's Bad Business.

S.S. Commandant Amon Göth :
Thank You.
Leave The Bottle.

Take that.
Lena, Thank You.


S.S. Commandant Amon Göth :
Scherner told me 
something else about you.

Oskar Schindler :
Yeah? What's that?

S.S. Commandant Amon Göth :
That you know the meaning
of the word "gratitude."

That it's not some vague thing 
with you like it is with others.

You want to stay where you are.
You've got things going on The Side.
Things are Good.

You don't want anybody
telling you What to Do.

I can understand all that, 
you know. I know you.

What you want is your own sub-camp.
Do you have any idea what is involved?
The paperwork alone,
and then you've got to
build the fucking thing.
Getting the fucking permits is
enough to drive you crazy.

Then The Engineers show up, 
they stand around, they argue about 
drainage, foundations, codes, 
exact specifications, 
parallel fences four kilometers long, 
1,200 kilograms of barbed wire, 
6,000 kilograms of electrified fences, 
ceramic insulators, 
three cubic meters of air space per prisoner.

I'm telling you, 
you want to shoot somebody. 
I've been through it, you know? 
I know.

Oskar Schindler :
Well, you know
You've been through it.
You could make things easier for me.
I'd be grateful.

Messy, Sexual and Difficult


Alexander Hamilton (to Burr) : 
God, I wish there was A War! 

Then we could prove that we're worth more than anyone bargained for...





Kneel before Me. 
I said KNEEL! 

Is •not• this SIMPLER? 
Is this •not• Your Natural State? 

It's The Unspoken Truth of Humanity, 
that you crave Subjugation. 

The bright lure of Freedom 
diminishes your Life's Joy 
in a mad scramble for Power, 
for IDENTITY. 

You were •made• to be RULED. 
In The End, you will •always• kneel.



From Alexander Hamilton to Edward Stevens, 11 November 1769

To Edward Stevens
St Croix Novemr. 11th 1769

Dear Edward

This just serves to acknowledge receipt of yours per Cap Lowndes which was delivered me Yesterday. The truth of Cap Lightbourn & Lowndes information is now verifyd by the Presence of your Father and Sister for whose safe arrival I Pray, and that they may convey that Satisfaction to your Soul that must naturally flow from the sight of Absent Friends in health, and shall for news this way refer you to them. As to what you say respecting your having soon the happiness of seeing us all, I wish, for an accomplishment of your hopes provided they are Concomitant with your welfare, otherwise not, tho doubt whether I shall be Present or not for to confess my weakness, Ned, my Ambition is prevalent that I contemn the grov’ling and condition of a Clerk or the like, to which my Fortune &c. condemns me and would willingly risk my life tho’ not my Character to exalt my Station. Im confident, Ned that my Youth excludes me from any hopes of immediate Preferment nor do I desire it, but I mean to prepare the way for futurity. Im no Philosopher you see and may be jusly said to Build Castles in the Air. My Folly makes me ashamd and beg youll Conceal it, yet Neddy we have seen such Schemes successfull when the Projector is Constant I shall Conclude saying I wish there was a War.

I am   Dr Edward   Yours
Alex Hamilton

PS   I this moment receivd yours by William Smith and am pleasd to see you Give such Close Application to Study.



“It isn’t just that the self-appointed organizers of the ‘gay community’ have a particular view of politics. They also have a specific view of the alleged responsibilities that being gay brings with it


In 2013 the novelist Bret Easton Ellis was reprimanded and banned from the annual media awards dinner by the gay organization GLAAD. 


He had been found guilty of tweeting views about the asinine nature of gay television characters that GLAAD said ‘the gay community had responded negatively to’.


This censorious tone – the prim schoolmaster tone – is the same one Pink News unleashed with a straight face in 2018, with its list of ten ‘dos and don’ts’ for straight people on ‘how they should behave in gay bars’.


In all of these cases the normal instinct is to say ‘Just who the hell do you think you are?’ 


But after his reprimand for wrong-think Ellis managed to sum up what had become a whole part of the new gay problem. 


This was, as he said, that we had come to live in ‘The reign of The Gay Man as Magical Elf, who whenever he comes out appears before us as some kind of saintly E.T. whose sole purpose is to be put in the position of reminding us only about Tolerance and Our Own Prejudices and To Feel Good About Ourselves and to be A Symbol.’


The reign of the magical gay elf has indeed been settled for the time being as one of the acceptable ways in which society has made its peace with homosexuality. 


Gays can now marry like everybody, else can pretend that they have children in exactly the same way as everybody else, and in general prove – as Dustin Lance Black and Tom Daley do on their YouTube channel – that gays are unthreatening people who actually spend their lives being cute and making cupcakes. 


As Ellis wrote, ‘The Sweet and Sexually Unthreatening and Super-Successful Gay is supposed to be destined to transform The Hets into noble gay-loving protectors as long as the gay in question isn’t messy or sexual or difficult.’


The former enfant terrible of American fiction had put his finger on something here.”










The Hunger Dogs








Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew

At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table dealin' stud
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that Named Me ‘Sue’….

Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn out picture that my mother had
Knew that scar on
His cheek and his evil eye

He was big and bent and grey and old
And I looked at him and my
Blood ran cold, and I said
"My Name is SUE! HOW DO YOU DO?!?
Now you gonna DIE!"

Well, I hit him hard right
Between the eyes
And he went down but to my surprise
Came up with a knife and
Cut off a piece of my ear

Then I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through
The wall and into the street
Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud
And the blood and the beer

Well I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when
He kicked like a mule and
He bit like a crocodile

I heard him laugh and
Then I heard him cuss
And he reached for his gun but
I pulled mine first
He stood there lookin' at me and
I saw him smile

And he said
"Son, This World is Rough
And if A Man's gonna make
It he's gotta be Tough
And I know I wouldn't be
There to help you along

So I gave you That Mame
And I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to Get Tough or Die
And it's That Name that helped
To Make You Strong."

He said, "Now you just fought
One heck of a fight
And I know you hate me
And ya got The Right
To kill me now and I wouldn't
Blame you if you do

But you oughta Thank Me before I die
For the gravel in your gut
And the spit in the eye
'Cause •I'm• the Son of a Bitch 
That Named You Sue."

Yeah, what could I do?
I got all choked up and threw down my gun
Called him My Pa and he called me His Son
And I came away with a
Different point of view

And I think about him Now and Then
Every time I try and every time I win
And if I ever have A Boy
I'll name him —
Bill or George or Frank
Anything damn thing but Sue!


…..Hate that name

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Then Where Would I Be?




KITT
Of all the irresponsible behaviour — 
To leave Me with 
My Keys in The Ignition, 
and My Doors open.

Archangel Michael
Big Gesture• 
I’m SORRY, it WON’T happen again.

KITT —

• The Silence of God. •

KITT.

• The Silence of God. •

•sigh.• I SAID, I was Sorry.

• The Silence of God. •

WHADDAYA WANT FROM ME?

KITT
A Little Consideration 
would be A Beginning.

Archangel Michael
I have a LOT on My Mind; 
and We’ve got a Lot of Work to Do.

KITT :
If it weren’t for Me
You’d Be Walking.

Archangel Michael : 
If it weren’t for YouI’d be missing 
my most important rendezvous — 
The Whole Point of My Mission.

I am very, VERY 
Grateful to You.

KITT :
OUR Mission.

Archangel Michael : 
OUR Mission…..
Forgiven?

KITT :
…. I suppose so. After all,
We’re Only Human, right?

Archangel Michael
DON’T Press Your Luck.

KITT :
It was just A Thought.


It’s not Complaining, it’s Scolding
THERE’S A DIFFERENCE.

 I could try to read this, 
or I could eat my lunch while it's still hot. 
We're doing well? 

STERN :
Yes. 

Better this month than last? 

STERN :
Yes. 

Any reason to think 
next month will be worse? 

STERN :
The War could end. 


…..what? 

STERN :
There is a machinist outside who'd like to thank you personally for giving him a job. 

Every day he comes. 
He's very grateful. 

It'll just take a minute. 

Mr. Lowenstein? 

I want to thank you, sir, 
for giving me the opportunity to work. 

You're welcome. 
I'm sure you're doing a great job. 

The SS beat me up. 
They would have killed me, 
but I am essential to the war effort, thanks to you. 

That's great. 
I work hard for you. 

I'm sure you do. 

I'll continue to work hard for you. 

That's great. 
Thanks. 

God bless you, sir. 
All right. 

You are a good man. 
He saved my life. 

STERN :
Yes, he did. 

God Bless him. 

STERN :
Yeah. Come on. 


God Bless you. 

STERN :
I'm sorry, Herr Direktor, 
but you're running very late. 
This is for the Obersturmbannfuhrer, sir. 
And this is for his niece, Greta. 
It's her birthday. Greta as in Garbo. 

By the way, don't ever 
do that to me again. 

Go, go, drive! 
Don't bow. 

Did you happen to notice that 
that man had one arm

STERN :
Did he? 

What’s his use?

STERN :
Very useful. 

How

STERN :
Very useful! 
Success!


You shouldn't think of them as yours, Oskar. 
You need to understand that some of the officers here don't give a damn about production. 

To them, it's a matter 
of National Priority 
that Jews be made to shovel snow. 

It's got nothing to do with Reality, Oskar. 
You know it and I know it. 

Jews shoveling snow, 
it's got a ritual significance. 


Come with me. 

I am an essential worker. 
Essential worker? 

Yes. I work for Oskar Schindler. 

Essential worker for Oskar Schindler. 
A one-armed Jew? 
Twice as useless! Yes, yes. I lost a day of production, Rolf. I work for Oskar Schindler. Danka, look at the snow. Look at the snow. Look at the snow! 

I lost a worker. 
I expect to be compensated


File a grievance with 
The Economic Office. 
It's your right. 

Would it do any good? 

Of course not. 
A big shot from the SS Budget and Construction Office came to lunch, and he told us 
that to believe The Jewish skilled worker 
had a place in Reich Economics was a treasonable idea. 

A one-armed machinist, Oskar? 

He was a metal press operator
Quite skilled. 


Schindler is having sex in bed with one of his mistresses.

There is a determines knock at the door.

POLDEK :
Herr Direktor? 


Shit. I don't believe it. 
Stern, is that you? 

POLDEK :
No, it's Poldek. 
It's about Stern. 

Leave your luggage on The Platform. 
Clearly label it. 
Given name first, 
then your surname. 

Do not bring your baggage with you. 
It will follow you later. 
Leave your luggage on the platform. 
Clearly label it. 

Stern? He's on The List. 

He is? Well, let's find him. 

TAUBER :
I'm sorry. You can't have him. 
He's on The List. 
If he were an essential worker 
he would not be on The List. 

I'm talking to a clerk. 
What is Your Name? 

TAUBER :
Sir, The List is correct

I didn't ask you about The List. 
I asked you Your Name

TAUBER :
Klaus Tauber. Tauber. 
Hauptscharfuhrer, this gentleman thinks a mistake's been made. 


My Plant Manager is 
somewhere on this train. 
If it leaves with him on it, 
it'll disrupt production 
and the Armaments Board 
will want to know why

Is he on The List? 

TAUBER :
Yes, sir. Itzhak Stern. 

Well, The List is correct, sir. 
There is nothing I can do. 

What is Your Name? 

TAUBER :
Close and secure all doors.

KUNDER :
 My Name? My Name is Kunder. This train is now leaving. 
Kunder. Hauptscharfuhrer Kunder. 

K-U-N-D-E-R. 

KUNDER :
And what's yours? 

Schindler. 

KUNDER :
S-C-H-I-N-D-L-E-R. 

Gentlemen, thank you very much. 
I think I can guarantee you 
you'll both be in Southern Russia 
before the end of the month. 
Good day. 

Zamykac dokladnie drzwi. Dokladnie zamykac drzwi. 
Stern! Stern! Stern! Itzhak Stern! 
Stern! Itzhak Stern! Stern! Stern! 
Itzhak Stern! Stern! 

Sir? 

Stern! 

STERN :
Herr Direktor. My apologies. 

Stop The Train! He's here! 

STERN :
I apologize. 

Stop the train! 
Stop the train! Stop it! 

KUNDER :
Sign here. Initial there. 
Makes no difference to us
you understand. 
This one, that one. 

It's the inconvenience 
to The List. 
It's the paperwork

STERN :
I somehow left 
my work card at home. 
I tried to explain Them 
it was a mistake, but... 
I'm sorry, it was stupid

SCHINDLER :
What if I got here 5 minutes later? 
Then where would I be?

I Can See Now, it Wasn't Me that Failed — Something was Missing.

I am Oskar Schindler,
of The Sudetenland —
and I am filled with 
GLORIOUS Purpose.




Emilie Schindler :
It's not a charade, all this?

How could it be a charade?
The clothes, the car, the apartment.

Wait a minute.
Take a guess how many
people are on my payroll.

Emilie Schindler :
Oskar.

My Father, at the height of His
Success, had 50. I've got 350.

300 and 50 workers on the factory floor, with one purpose.

Emilie Schindler :
To make pots and pans?

To make money. For me.

Does anyone ask about me?
Back home? 

Everybody. All the time.

Hmm.

They won't soon forget The Name
Schindler here, I can tell you that.

"Oskar Schindler," they'll say.
"Everybody remembers him.
He did something extraordinary.

He did something no one else did.

He came here with nothing, a suitcase, and built a bankrupt company into a major manufactory.

And left with a steamer trunk —
TWO steamer trunks full of money.
All The Riches of The World."

Hmm.

It's comforting to see that 
nothing's changed.

You're wrong, Emilie.

There's no way I could 
have known this before, 
but there was always 
something missing.

In every business I tried, 
I can see now, it wasn't 
Me that Failed.

Something was Missing.

Even if I'd known what it was, 
there's nothing I could 
have done about it, 
because you can't 
create this thing.

And it makes all the difference in The World 
between Success and Failure.

“Luck?”

WAR.

Monday, 4 October 2021

Taming









Andre Gregory :
“….And then one day, in the early fall...
I was out in The Country,
walking in a field...
and I suddenly heard 
A Voice say, "Little Prince".

Of course, The Little Prince
was a book that I always thought of
as disgusting, childish treacle.

But still, I thought, 
“Well, you know, if 
A Voice comes to me in a field --
-- this was the first voice 
I had ever heard --

-- Maybe I should go 
and read The Book.

Now, that same morning 
I'd got a letter from a young woman
who'd been in my group in Poland.

And in her letter she'd written,
"You have dominated me." --
--You know, she spoke very awkward English.
-- so, she'd gone 
to The Dictionary,
and she'd crossed out 
The Word "dominated"...
and she'd said, 
"No. The correct word 
is "Tamed".

And then, 
when I went to Town
and Bought The Book 
and started to read it, 
I saw that "taming" was 
The Most Important Word 
in The Whole Book.

By the end of the book, 
I was in tears
I was so moved 
by The Story.

And then I went and tried to write
An Answer to her letter 'cause 
she'd written Me a very long letter.

But I just couldn't find the right words
so finally I took my hand...
I put it on a piece of paper,
I outlined it with a pen...
and I wrote in the centre, something
like, "Your Heart is in My Hand."

....something like that.

Then I went over to 
my brother's house 
to swim 'cause he lives nearby 
in The Country and 
he has a pool.

And he wasn't home. 
I went into His Library...
and he had bought at an auction
the collected issues of Minotaure.

You know, the surrealist magazine? 
Oh, it's a great, great surrealist 
magazine of the '20s and '30s.

And I never, you know,
I consider myself 
a bit of a surrealist.

I had never, ever seen 
a copy of Minotaure.

And here they all were,
bound, year after year.

So, at random,
I picked one out, 
I opened it up...
and there was a 
full-page reproduction 
of the letter ‘A’ from 
Tenniel's Alice in Wonderland.

And I thought that, 'Well, you know,
it's been A Day of Coincidences...
but that's not unusual that 
The Surrealists would have 
been interested in Alice...
And I did A Play of Alice,

So at randomI opened to another page... 
and there were four handprints.

One was André Breton,
another was André Derain...
The Third was André - I've got it 
written down somewhere.

It's not Malraux
It's, like, someone...
Another of The Surrealists.

All A's, and the fourth
was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
who wrote The Little Prince.

And they'd shown these handprints
to some kind of expert,
without saying whose 
hands they belonged to.

And under Exupéry'sit said that 
He was An Artist,
with very powerful eyes,
who was A Tamer 
of Wild Animals.

I thought, "This is 
incredible, you know."

And I looked back to see
when the issue came out :

It came out on the newsstands
May 12th, 1934...
and I was born during the day
of May 11,1934.

So, well, that's what started me on,
Saint-Exupéry and 
The Little Prince.

Now, of course today...
today I think there's a very fascistic 
thing under The Little Prince.

You know, I...
Well, no, I think 
there's a kind of...

I think a kind of S.S.-totalitarian
sentimentality in there somewhere.

You know, there's something
you know, that… that love of...
Well, that masculine love
of a certain kind 
of oily muscle.

You know what I mean?
I mean, I can't quite 
put my finger on it.

But I can just imagine
some beautiful S.S.-Man 
loving The Little Prince.

Now, I don't know why, but there's
something wrong with it. It stinks.

Wally Shawn :
Well, didn't George tell Me that You were gonna 
Do A Play that was based on The Little Prince?

Hmm. Well, what happened, Wally was 
that fall I was in New York and 
I met this young Japanese Buddhist priest 
named Kozan and I thought He was Puck 
from the Midsummer Night's Dream --

You know, he had this 
beautiful, delicate smile.

I thought He was 
The Little Prince.

So, naturally, I decided to 
go off to The Sahara Desert
to work on The Little Prince
with two actors and 
this Japanese monk.

Wally Shawn :
You did?

Well, I mean, I was still in 
a very peculiar state 
at that time, Wally.

Cruel









Lord Byron (yes, it's very old) called this the 'under look'.

Many animals will express their aggression by taking this position. If an animal flattens their ears back while giving a Kubrick Stare, they may be planning to attack.

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers describes his "seductive stare" as the "Classic Kiedis Chin Tilt". Needless to say, it is very much a Kubrick Stare




“Bond is a masculine fantasy, but of course, he ALSO appeals to women,  though he ought to look like Bad News.

One of the adjectives Fleming repeatedly uses about Bond is “cruel.” And he IS cruel. He kills nearly 40 people in the adventures described by Fleming.”






Charlie:
We're gonna resign, Leona. 
It's what has to happen now. 
Elliot Hirsch, Sloan Sabbith, 
Terry Smith, Dayside ACN, ACN. 
We understand the integrity of the news is more important--

Leona Lansing:
Than one individual. 
That is beautiful. 
Not as beautiful as Daniel Craig.

Charlie:
Leona.

Leona Lansing:
I'd have sent my plane.

Charlie:
We're not f***ing around.

Leona Lansing:
You will resign when I fire you 
out of petty malice and not before.

Charlie:
Our trust numbers are--

Leona Lansing:
Yeah, they're bad.

Charlie:
They're fatal.

Will:
Firing Jerry was obviously the right thing to do, 
but it wasn't enough 
and we've known that for two months. 
Charlie and I have to go.

Leona Lansing:
And Twiggy over here?

Mac:
It was my fault.

Leona Lansing:
McMac. Can I call you McMac? 
Doesn't matter, I'm gonna anyway, 
McMac. Your head's up your ass.

Mac:
Mrs. Lansing.

Leona Lansing:
Guy comes in here into my hizzy-- guy comes in here, cooks an interview, no remorse. It goes on air. You, I don't know what you'd do to Sherlock Holmes this thing. I wouldn't be able to figure it out and I'm the smartest person in the room.
Will:
Well, I wouldn't go that--

Leona Lansing:
Oh, shut the f*** up, 
you Daniel Craig wannabe.

Will:
I don't want to be Daniel Craig.

Leona Lansing:
Well, you should want 
to be Daniel Craig. 

Everybody should.
Will:
Leona, are you stoned?

Leona Lansing:
[catching sight of her own reflection in a window] 
You know, my makeup 
lasts a long time.

Will:
Oh, jeez.

Mac:
Mrs. Lansing.

Leona Lansing:
No, no, please, call me-- Continue to call me Mrs. Lansing.
Will:
Leona--

Leona Lansing:
Guy comes into my house which I love
Which I bet you guys didn't know. 
But I love it. I love ACN. 
You don't make me a nickel 
and you cause headaches for the divisions that do, 
but you make me-- 
You make me so proud. 

God, guy comes in here, 
cooks an interview, 
and this ends up with-- 
'Cause he's unemployable 
he gets a $5 million settlement 
and the three of you leave

Oh, I don't think so. 

And McMac. 
That's a name that's really starting to grow on me. 
She doesn't have to go. 
Nobody's ever heard of her. 
But she's going to do the honorable thing. 

And what's expected of me, huh? 
Not to do the honorable thing? 
What's expected of me? 

No, I do not accept your resignations! 

And Jerry Dantana's not gonna get one f***ing dollar! 
I got some kick-ass courtroom outfits.

Will:
You have to accept our resignations 
and you have to settle. 
He'll take it to trial and win. 
There was an institutional failure 
and he was the only one fired.

Rebecca Halliday:
Then you'll need a good lawyer. 
Lee, don't accept their resignations.

Leona Lansing:
I already wasn't accepting their resignations, Becca. 
Don't horn in on my honorable thing. 
God, I mean, can't a lady have--

Charlie:
[in desperation] 
Leona, we don't have the trust of the public anymore!

Leona Lansing:
Get it back!

Turn This Clown Upside-Down









Batman
[after kicking Joker]  
You're pathetic! 

The Joker
Oh, that's rich... coming from someone 
who runs in the dark, wearing a cape... 
and A MASK! 

Batman
[grabbing Joker
 We both wear masks! 

The Joker
Look at my face! 

This is Who I AM
My... 'Mask' is permanent

You have A Choice. 

Batman
You made your choice 
a long time ago, Joker. 

The Joker
NO! YOU did this to me! 

And you condemned me to that asylum, 
like some BASTARD CHILD 
that YOU refuse 
to take responsibility for! 

THAT’S why you'll 
never Kill Me, Bats! 

You MADE Me... 
Daddy! 

Batman
Criminal Scum like you... 
made ME! 


[he slams Joker against the wall, Joker laughs insanely]  
Batman
You're going back to Arkham!