Fellinis roma 1 schizo
- He’s written from America.
- What’s he say?
- They eat everything
out of cans over there.
The first image of Rome
was a centuries-old stone…
…rising out of the fields
just outside my hometown.
Later on, at school, we were told
other interesting things about Rome.
- This is the Rubicon…
…the river Julius Caesar crossed,
saying, ” Alea iacta est!”
- Take off your shoes, children.
- Take off your shoes…
…and we’ll cross
the river together.
Alea iacta est!
- To Rome.
- To Rome!
“Now we’ve got another meanie
by the name of Mussolini.”
“Julius Caesar took a chance
and led his army into France.”
“In those days the French were Gauls
and Caesar a man with balls.”
Bring me then Metellus Cimbers’s
petition and I shall examine it.
And now, hands,
speak for me.
You too, Brutus.
My son.
Julius Caesar.
- Sir, if I may say so,
last night you had us all in tears.
It was a real
artistic performance.
Eternal gratitude
to our humble webfooted friends.
To our humble webfooted friends
with their excited quacking…
- It is always that one, sir.
Always the same one.
…woke the soldiers who picked up
their weapons and saved Rome.
And you can hear their descendants
quacking right outside the window.
- Careful, now. Careful.