Orpheus (1950)
Henri Crémieux: L'éditeur
Quotes
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L'éditeur : The princess is very beautiful and very elegant. She's not from here, but she needs to be among us. Here is her review.
Orphée : Every page is blank?
L'éditeur : It's called "Nudism".
Orphée : It's absurd.
L'éditeur : Less absurd than if it were full of absurd writing. No excess is absurd.
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L'éditeur : I'm no longer in the battle. I gave up writing at 20. I had nothing new to say.
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L'éditeur : Orphée, your gravest fault is knowing just how far to go too far.
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Le commissaire : You were saying, sir, that this phrase is a poem. No one should know better than you.
L'éditeur : Orphée sent me the texts yesterday morning. I found them quite astonishing. I showed them to my friends.
The Poet : I noticed that one of them - quite an astonishing one - reminded me of something.
Le commissaire : I believe this is the text: "The bird sings with its fingers". I quote without prejudice.
