1 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,315 You smoke it. I don't know how. 2 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,358 Well done ! Bravo ! 3 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,156 You're the greatest ! 4 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:48,508 Divine ! 5 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,232 -Did he win ? -Yes, he won. 6 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,675 I knew he would ! 7 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,830 Jelly Roll Morton spent the rest of that trip locked in his cabin. 8 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,949 When we got to Southampton, he got off the ship and went back to America. 9 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:01,319 I remember Nineteen Hundred watched him as he walked off the dock 10 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,950 and all he said was : ''Fuck jazz,too !'' 11 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,672 That's just what he said : ''Fuck jazz,too !'' 12 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,799 -What an incredible story. -Did I miss anything important ? 13 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,916 -You could say that. -Damn ! 14 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,631 -He'll fill you in later. -You bet. 15 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,553 He's really good at telling tales. 16 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,358 This is no tale, my friend ! 17 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,511 Sure, I've done lots of stupid things in my life. 18 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,639 If you were to hang me upside down nothing would fall out my pockets. 19 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,633 I even sold my trumpet. Everything ! 20 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,270 But not this story, I haven't lost that. 21 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,353 I've decided to tell it only because I want to save him. 22 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,557 But there's no-one here. Nobody ! Understand ? 23 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,837 It's because there are too many of us, we've scared him. 24 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,992 That's enough. Now, you leave this ship or I'll have you arrested. 25 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,439 Get back to work. Quickly ! 26 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,160 -Give me one more chance. -Get lost, buddy. 27 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,550 At sunrise tomorrow this ship gets blown up ! 28 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,629 And yet . . . 29 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,433 -Here it is. -Stop or I'll shoot ! 30 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:32,033 -I've got you. -Hey, it's me. 31 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,156 Don't you recognise me ? 32 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,477 -Oh, it's you ! -Yeah, lower that canon, will you? 33 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,758 Sell your instrument and then steal it back, that's an old trick ! 34 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,072 -I should have known you're a thief. -No, I was looking for this. 35 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,596 -What do you need that for? -It's a matter of life or death. 36 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,718 --I need a gramophone, too. -A thief and a liar. 37 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,032 -Pops, I don't have time to lose. -I do, seeing as I have a gun. 38 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,271 Now that I think of it, since when were records made on board a ship ? 39 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:08,278 Impostor ! 40 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:13,594 If your friend really did play that music,then he got off the ship. 41 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,149 -Right ? -Impossible, Pops. 42 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,278 Nineteen Hundred cut this recording personally 43 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,398 which for me is one of his very best works, 44 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,358 but to do it he didn't jump ship. 45 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:30,469 It was an extraordinary, unique event in the history of record-making. 46 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,319 You can't imagine the advantages you'll obtain 47 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,439 if this record sells. You'll become famous, Mr Nineteen. 48 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,559 -Can I call you Nineteen ? -Is it painful ? 49 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,679 Right, gentlemen, silence please. On the count of three. 50 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:50,195 One, two, three. 51 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:44,589 Wonderful, Mr Nineteen ! An absolutely extraordinary piece. 52 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,718 Divine music, what's it called ? 53 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,839 It's going to have people crying buckets. 54 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:57,836 It's got to have the right title, like : ''Swinging in the breeze . . .'' 55 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,753 You were great, as usual. 56 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,995 You're going to be big time. 57 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,118 If only you'd decide to take the big step. 58 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,078 -The big step ? -Getting off ! 59 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:18,199 Getting off these lousy planks and going after. . . 60 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,716 Going after fame and fortune. 61 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:27,034 But if you wanted, thanks to our record company, with this, 62 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:32,877 you could have the success you deserve without leaving this ship. 63 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,871 We'll print millions of copies. 64 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,669 The whole world could listen to your wonderful music, Nineteen. 65 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:00,917 Mr Nineteen ? 66 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,958 I won't let my music go anywhere without me ! 67 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:10,036 -Hey, no ! Don't touch ! -What are you doing ? Is he mad ? 68 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,192 We have a contract, you can't go back now ! 69 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,316 I always go back. 70 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,792 Miss, 71 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,797 I'd be pleased if you . . . 72 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,953 Miss, I'd be . . . 73 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,150 I'd be pleased 74 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,956 if you would accept 75 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,991 this small token . . . 76 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,119 Hey, what are you doing there all by yourself, counting the waves ? 77 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,079 The captain says we'll soon go through the Tropic of Cancer. 78 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,073 At last there'll be something to see. 79 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,198 The sea changes colour ten times a day. 80 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,319 Even more. I could stay and watch it for days. 81 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,837 The peasants don't watch the sea at all. They're scared. 82 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,230 That's not true. 83 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,552 My father told me once that he heard the voice of the sea. 84 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,280 Really? And what did it say? 85 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,512 I can't tell you, it's a secret. 86 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:47,117 -Secrets should be kept. -It's pouring, let's go, quickly. 87 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:48,838 Come on ! 88 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,956 America 89 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:48,669 Damn it, I wanted to say it ! 90 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,078 Excuse me. 91 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,673 Excuse me. 92 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:20,675 Sorry. 93 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,640 -Miss ! -Are you in a hurry? 94 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,876 Excuse me, miss. 95 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,272 I have to talk to you. 96 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,232 -You're meeting your father, aren't you ? -Yes. 97 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,756 -How did you know? -I think I met him. 98 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,115 On this ship, quite a few years ago. 99 00:20:54,280 --> 00:21:00,355 -I don't know if he took this ship. -I'm sure it was this one. 100 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,714 Did he have a fisarmonica? 101 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,356 We played together. 102 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,119 I don't know if he'd remember me, but say hallo to him. 103 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,240 All right, I will. 104 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,632 But how did you know who I was ? It's very strange. 105 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,756 It's a secret. 106 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,918 And secrets should be kept. 107 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,514 Even if I think your father felt differently then. 108 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,472 -Move on, let me through. -Don't push ! 109 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,916 I'd be really pleased if you would accept . . . 110 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,308 What ? 111 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:08,598 I would like you to accept this small musical token. 112 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,951 -Good luck ! -Thank you. Good luck to you, too ! 113 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,679 Come and visit some day. We live on Mott Street, number 27. 114 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:32,197 -My father opened a fish shop ! -Maybe. 115 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,711 He never mentioned her to me again, and I never asked. 116 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,838 At least not for the next twelve crossings. 117 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,958 Besides, he was happy, as always. 118 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,270 His popularity was at its peak. 119 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:43,390 None of us could have imagined what was smoldering beneath his happiness. 120 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,311 Then, one evening in spring, halfway between Genoa and New York, 121 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,630 right in the middle of the ocean, 122 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:56,078 -the painting fell. -Meaning ? 123 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,755 Pops, have you ever asked yourself why paintings fall ? 124 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:00,875 No, not really. 125 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,998 I've always been impressed by this thing about paintings. 126 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,118 -What's the painting got to do with this ? -It does. 127 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,034 For Nineteen Hundred, that night went the way it does for paintings. 128 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:17,150 They hang there for years and then, without any warning . . . 129 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:20,509 They fall. 130 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,238 They're hanging there on that nail, no-one touches them, 131 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,152 but at a certain point . . . 132 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:33,198 Down they fall, in absolute silence. 133 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:38,032 With everything perfectly still around them. 134 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,596 Not even a fly moving around. 135 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:45,392 And they. . . 136 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,632 There's no reason. Why in that instant ? 137 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,556 Who knows ? 138 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,829 What happens to a nail 139 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:09,553 to make it decide that it just can't anymore ? 140 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,598 Does he have a soul, too, poor thing ? 141 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:18,472 -Does he make decisions ? -Let's sit down. 142 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,791 Did the nail discuss this at length with the painting ? 143 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:26,033 Were they unsure about doing it ? Had they talked about it for years ? 144 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:31,149 Did they then decide on a date, a time, a minute, a precise instant ? 145 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:37,358 Or did they both know about it from the start ? Was it all set up ? 146 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,877 -''I'm letting go in seven years.'' -''That's fine with me.'' 147 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,998 -''So it's all set for 13 May.'' -''Okay.'' 148 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,118 -''How about twelve noon ?'' -''Make it twelve forty five.'' 149 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,191 -''All right.'' -''So good night.'' 150 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,592 Seven years later, on 13 May, 151 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,876 at twelve forty five . . . 152 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:02,270 It's impossible to understand. 153 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,877 It's one of those things that it's better not to think about ! 154 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:11,591 When paintings fall,when you wake up one morning and you don't love her, 155 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,719 when you open a newspaper and read that war has broken out, 156 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,394 when you see a train and want to leave, 157 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,518 when you look in a mirror and realise you're old, 158 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:27,630 when one evening, in the middle of the ocean, Nineteen Hundred 159 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,638 looks up from his plate, looks me in the eye and . . . 160 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,950 Tomorrow, in New York, I'm leaving this ship. 161 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,557 I was flabbergasted. 162 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,316 Has the cat got your tongue ? 163 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,349 No, I'm pleased. 164 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:54,032 But it's so sudden ! Just like that ! 165 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,953 Right, just like that ! 166 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,198 Good ! Finally ! 167 00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,237 I have to see something. 168 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,516 -What ? -The ocean. 169 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,716 -The ocean ? -The ocean. 170 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,356 You're pulling my leg ? You've seen nothing else for 32 years. 171 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:26,469 From here. I want to see it from there, it's not the same thing. 172 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,231 Wait till we dock, lean over the side and take a good look. 173 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:37,155 No, it's not the same thing. You can hear its voice from the land. 174 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,470 You can't from a ship. 175 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,792 -What do you mean ''hear its voice?'' -Its voice. 176 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,755 The voice is . . . more than a big scream. 177 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,118 It tells you that life is immense. 178 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:03,434 Once you've heard it, you know what you have to do to go on living. 179 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,313 I could stay here for years, 180 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,351 but the sea wouldn't tell me anything. 181 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:18,149 But if I get off, live on land for a couple of years, I'd be normal, 182 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,396 like all the others. 183 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,396 Then one day I'll leave, get to a coast, 184 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,519 look up, see the ocean and I'll hear it scream. 185 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,391 I don't know who's been bullshitting you, or if you're making it up, 186 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:44,511 but I think the real reason you want to leave this ship 187 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,796 is that girl. 188 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,713 It's always a girl. 189 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:54,476 But even if that's not the reason, it's fine with me. Know why? 190 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:59,589 I've always wanted you to play for the people on land, 191 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,718 marry a nice woman and have children 192 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:07,635 and all those things in life which perhaps aren't immense 193 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,116 but are worth the effort. 194 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,197 You'll come and visit me, Max, on land ? 195 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,752 Sure I will. 196 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,954 That way you'll introduce me to the mother of your children. 197 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,078 And invite me to lunch. 198 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,198 I'll bring the dessert and a bottle of wine. 199 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,114 You'll tell me that I shouldn't have bothered and, 200 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,072 while you're showing me around your house, shaped like a ship. 201 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,712 your wife will be cooking a turkey. Then we'll sit at the table. 202 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,950 I'll tell her she's an excellent cook 203 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,669 and she'll tell me that you often talk about me. 204 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,959 I want to give you my camel coat. 205 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,076 You'll cut a fine figure when you get down there. 206 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,837 You think I could have a family with a horse ? 207 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,036 -Nineteen Hundred ! -Hey ! 208 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:33,149 I've seen so many people saying goodbye on the docks without caring. 209 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,151 But when I said goodbye to Nineteen Hundred, it was a real blow. 210 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,710 Look after yourself, all right ? 211 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,516 Take care. 212 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,638 We laughed, we kept saying ''see you soon'', 213 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,877 but we knew we'd never see each other again. 214 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,396 There was nothing we could do about it, it had to happen. 215 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,795 And now it was happening. 216 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,110 How do you get off? 217 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,958 -Here he is. -Goodbye, Nineteen Hundred ! 218 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,754 -Bye ! -Don't forget us. 219 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,631 Wear your woollen vest. 220 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,110 Write to us sometimes. 221 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,196 Good luck ! 222 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:06,598 -What's up ? Did he step in shit? -Maybe he forgot something. 223 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,991 Perhaps he's forgotten why he's getting off. 224 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,236 What's he doing ? 225 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,989 Whatever he saw from that damned gangplank, 226 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:51,438 what kind of thoughts crossed his mind standing up there, 227 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,556 he never told me. 228 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,556 -No, go away ! -Wait ! 229 00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:02,156 I'll give you all the money I have, take it. 230 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:09,829 He was strange for a long time. He wouldn't talk to anyone. 231 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,471 He preferred to be alone for days and days. 232 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,598 He seemed taken up with very personal matters. 233 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,638 Then, one day while I was sitting at the bar. . . 234 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,758 Thanks for the coat, Max. It fit like a glove. 235 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,438 It was a real shame. 236 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,471 But I'm better now, it's all done with. 237 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,118 He looked like someone who wasn't kidding, 238 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,238 someone who knew exactly where he was going. 239 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,198 Like when he'd sit at the piano and start to play. 240 00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:06,280 There were no doubts in his hands. 241 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,796 It was like the keys had been waiting for those notes. 242 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,918 It seemed like he'd made them up then and there, 243 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:17,835 but somewhere in his head, those notes had been written all along. 244 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:23,472 Nineteen Hundred on that day, had decided to sit at the keyboard 245 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,118 of his life and start playing his most absurd music. 246 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:32,715 That this music would have marked the rest of his days. 247 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:31,679 Look at that guy with the trumpet, he must be drunk or half crazy. 248 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,389 -Which one ? -The trumpeter. He's crying ! 249 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:03,075 I left the Virginian on 21 August, 1933, 250 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:08,274 with my leave papers and back pay. Everything in order. 251 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:13,309 I knew that sooner or later I'd have been through with the ocean. 252 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:17,234 I heard no more about Nineteen Hundred and the Virginian. 253 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,358 Not that I ever forgot them. On the contrary. 254 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,636 During the war, I asked myself : 255 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,714 ''Who knows what Nineteen Hundred would do if he were here, 256 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,678 who knows what he'd say.'' 257 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,070 ''Fuck war'', he'd say ! 258 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:36,994 But said by me, it wasn't the same thing. 259 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:02,039 A lot of time's gone by, maybe he's gone. 260 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,112 Maybe he went to Mott Street, to that girl. 261 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,916 Perhaps. 262 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:11,277 Hey, Conn, what's the problem ? Did you lose your sealegs ? 263 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,598 Where the hell did you find that record ? 264 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,158 What have you been up to all these years ? 265 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,436 -Making music. -Even during the war? 266 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,351 Even when no-one was dancing. 267 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:51,153 Even when the bombs were falling. 268 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,953 The music helped them get better. 269 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,636 The wounded, I mean. 270 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,159 Or else it kept them entertained, 271 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,916 as they slipped away into another world. 272 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:19,758 Sometimes they didn't even mind the voyage 273 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:22,673 if they could listen to the music. 274 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,318 Mine was the last face they saw. 275 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,558 I kept playing till the ship got here. 276 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,433 Call this a ship ? 277 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:46,959 It's more like a mountain of dynamite about to explode. 278 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,316 A bit dangerous, don't you think ? 279 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:57,592 And you, Max ? 280 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:00,798 Where's your Conn ? 281 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,631 I gave it up as well, a while back. 282 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,759 But now I'm in the mood for starting again. 283 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,638 I'm busting with new ideas. 284 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,558 Let's start a duo, you and me. 285 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,000 Or our own band : 286 00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:27,917 The ''Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred Big Band !'' 287 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:32,116 It gets the blood going ! What a smash we'd be. 288 00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:41,237 Come with me. Let's watch the big bang from the pier. 289 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,358 Then we'll start again from scratch. 290 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:50,958 Sometimes you have to go right back to the beginning. 291 00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:07,712 ''You're never really done for as long as you've got a good story 292 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:11,873 and someone to tell it to''. Remember? 293 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,430 You told me that. 294 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,632 Imagine how many stories you've got to tell now ! 295 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:30,353 The world would hang on your every word, they'd go mad for your music. 296 00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:34,833 Believe me. 297 00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:43,075 All that city. . . 298 00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,278 You just couldn't see an end to it. 299 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:54,552 The end ! 300 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:59,552 Please, could you showme where it ends ? 301 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,831 It was all very fine on that gangway 302 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,356 and I was grand, too, in my overcoat. 303 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,438 I cut quite a figure 304 00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:18,354 and I had no doubts about getting off. 305 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,313 No problem. 306 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,798 It wasn't what I saw that stopped me. 307 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:35,592 It was what I didn't see. Can you understand that ? 308 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,480 What I didn't see. 309 00:47:41,720 --> 00:47:45,679 In all that sprawling city, there was everything except an end. 310 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:49,956 There was everything. 311 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:53,836 But there wasn't an end. 312 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,959 What I couldn't see was where all that came to an end. 313 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,760 The end of the world. 314 00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,353 Take a piano. 315 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,591 The keys begin, the keys end. 316 00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:21,679 You know there are 88 of them and no-one can tell you differently. 317 00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:25,594 They are not infinite, you are infinite. 318 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:31,319 And onthose 88 keys the music that you can make is infinite. 319 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,396 I like that. 320 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,190 That I can live by. 321 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,920 But you get me up on that gangway 322 00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:45,039 and roll out a keyboard with millions of keys, 323 00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,476 and that's the truth, there's no end to them, 324 00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,360 that keyboard is infinite. 325 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:56,949 But if that keyboard is infinite there's no music you can play. 326 00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,958 You're sitting on the wrong bench. 327 00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:05,079 That's God's piano. 328 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:11,151 Christ, did you see the streets ? There were thousands of them ! 329 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,151 How do you choose just one ? 330 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:20,110 One woman, one house, 331 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,959 one piece of land to call your own, one landscape to look at, 332 00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,390 one way to die. 333 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:37,357 All that world weighing down on you without you knowing where it ends. 334 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:41,479 Aren't you scared of just breaking apart 335 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,598 just thinking about it, the enormity of living in it ? 336 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:51,118 I was born on this ship. 337 00:49:54,080 --> 00:50:00,235 The world passed me by, but two thousand people at a time. 338 00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:05,353 And there were wishes here, 339 00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:10,229 but nevermore than could fit on a ship, 340 00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,915 between prow and stern. 341 00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:17,631 You played out your happiness on a piano that was not infinite. 342 00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,758 I learned to live that way. 343 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:25,952 Land 344 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,878 is a ship too big for me. 345 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:36,638 It's a woman too beautiful. 346 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:41,999 It's a voyage too long. Perfume too strong. 347 00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,958 It's music I don't know how to make. 348 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,753 I can't get off this ship. 349 00:50:56,480 --> 00:51:00,473 At best, I can step off my life. 350 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,959 After all, it's as though I never existed. 351 00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:14,033 You're the exception, Max. 352 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,553 You're the only one who knows that I'm here. 353 00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:23,749 You're a minority. 354 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,878 You'd better get used to it. 355 00:51:31,240 --> 00:51:33,800 Forgive me, my friend. 356 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,190 But I'm not getting off. 357 00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:05,158 Max. 358 00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:09,710 I can picture the scene up there. 359 00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:13,839 Some poor guy searching a list for my name and not finding it. 360 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,551 -What did you say your name was ? -Nineteen Hundred. 361 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:21,558 Niemann, Nightingale, 362 00:53:21,720 --> 00:53:24,871 Ninestock, Nittledeen. 363 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:30,239 -You see, sir, I was born on a ship. -l beg your pardon ? 364 00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:34,359 Born, raised and died on a ship, maybe I'm registered there. 365 00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:39,349 -Shipwreck ? -No, six and a half tons of dynamite. 366 00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:44,199 Are you feeling better now? 367 00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:48,148 Yeah,fine except that I lost an arm. 368 00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:52,158 -An arm ? -Yes, in the explosion. 369 00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:57,598 You should be able to find one up there. 370 00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:01,478 -Which one do you say is missing ? -The left, sir. 371 00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:05,318 I'm so sorry ! 372 00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:10,752 We only seem to have two rights. 373 00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:13,275 -Two right arms ? -Yes. 374 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,353 I'm afraid so. 375 00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:19,354 Would you mind awfully taking . . . 376 00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:25,675 -Taking what ? -A right arm instead of a left ? 377 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:34,349 Well, all things considered, better a right arm than nothing at all. 378 00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:36,479 I couldn't agree more. 379 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:42,630 By the way,we have one black arm and one white arm. 380 00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:45,360 Oh, matching arms, please. 381 00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:50,389 I have nothing against negroes, it's just a question of aesthetics. 382 00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:56,395 It's no laughing matter, Max. 383 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:02,878 What a cock-up, spending eternity with two right arms ! 384 00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:05,996 How wouldyou make the sign of the cross ? 385 00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:23,318 Max. 386 00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:28,278 Imagine the music I could play with two right arms. 387 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:32,358 I only hope I can find a piano up there ! 388 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,956 Okay, that's fine like that. 389 00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,475 -Slowly. -Get hold of it there. 390 00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,275 What would you have done in my place ? 391 00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:29,356 I don't know. 392 00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:35,631 I would probably have felt quite useless. 393 00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:47,549 Sooner or later all stories end, and there's nothing else to add. 394 00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:55,035 Anyhow,thanks. 395 00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:20,754 Conn, there's something I don't understand. 396 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:25,349 Who hid the broken record inside the piano ? 397 00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:34,038 -You're looking at him. -So,you weren't useless afterall. 398 00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:45,838 Conn. 399 00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:51,438 Wait. 400 00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:58,559 Here, take your trumpet. I think you'll need it. 401 00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:04,633 -But I . . . -Fuck the money ! 402 00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:07,758 A good story is worth more than an old trumpet. 403 00:59:15,360 --> 00:59:17,316 Okay, Pops.