Valentino

Get us a coffee while you're in there, will you? 539 00:45:38,083 --> 00:45:41,958 Anyway, it's terrible cliché to show death as man. 540 00:45:42,083 --> 00:45:43,500 Is it? 541 00:45:45,042 --> 00:45:48,625 - Well, where is he? - Over there. 542 00:45:48,750 --> 00:45:51,708 You will forgive me, Miss Nazimova, for saying so, 543 00:45:51,833 --> 00:45:55,292 but I don't think Rudy's really exactly in the mood for company. 544 00:45:55,417 --> 00:45:57,583 - I beg your pardon? - I am sorry. 545 00:45:57,708 --> 00:46:01,875 It's just that, well, he's had a letter from Italy this morning. 546 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,250 His mother just passed away. 547 00:46:22,750 --> 00:46:27,500 Natasha... we have found our Armand. 548 00:46:34,167 --> 00:46:37,542 We'll have to do something about those awful eyebrows. 549 00:46:37,667 --> 00:46:39,458 Ooh... 550 00:47:43,042 --> 00:47:48,000 Oh, that I could have sacrificed my life for him in reality 551 00:47:48,125 --> 00:47:52,833 as I sacrificed myself for him long ago in <i>Camille.</i> 552 00:47:52,958 --> 00:47:55,000 Do you ever plan on making a comeback, Nazimova? 553 00:47:55,125 --> 00:47:57,792 I am waiting for the right vehicle. 554 00:47:57,917 --> 00:47:59,417 A hearse yet. 555 00:47:59,542 --> 00:48:02,125 Did the failure of <i>Camille</i> set back Valentino's career? 556 00:48:02,250 --> 00:48:04,625 <i>Camille</i> was a triumph. 557 00:48:04,750 --> 00:48:09,167 Only money lenders equate box office receipts with artistic merit. 558 00:48:09,292 --> 00:48:11,542 <i>Camille</i> was turning point in Valentino's life. 559 00:48:11,667 --> 00:48:14,042 Is it right that he turned down the part of John the Baptist 560 00:48:14,167 --> 00:48:16,208 in your homosexual production of <i>Salome?</i> 561 00:48:16,333 --> 00:48:17,542 He was unavailable. 562 00:48:17,667 --> 00:48:20,083 - So, Rudy never worked with you again? - Oh, poppycock! 563 00:48:20,208 --> 00:48:22,917 We worked on <i>History of Dance</i> project. 564 00:48:23,042 --> 00:48:27,667 Russian ballet, Greek dancing. Big production. 565 00:48:27,792 --> 00:48:30,167 We even made storyboard in my own home. 566 00:48:30,292 --> 00:48:32,542 Isn't that so, Natasha? 567 00:48:32,667 --> 00:48:35,500 Only no studio would finance it. No vision. 568 00:48:35,625 --> 00:48:37,583 Were you the art director on that one, Natasha? 569 00:48:37,708 --> 00:48:41,750 Naturally! We were one big happy family. 570 00:48:41,875 --> 00:48:44,583 Oh, Natasha, <i>dyevushka.</i> 571 00:48:44,708 --> 00:48:46,958 Come to Nazimova. 572 00:48:47,083 --> 00:48:50,250 Come into my arms, my little one. 573 00:48:53,167 --> 00:48:56,250 Did Rudy's death come as a shock to you, Mrs Valentino? 574 00:48:56,375 --> 00:48:58,583 Nazimova never stops thinking about... 575 00:48:58,708 --> 00:49:00,958 Was he ill at the time of your separation? 576 00:49:01,083 --> 00:49:03,417 - We were never separated. - June! 577 00:49:03,542 --> 00:49:08,750 We were torn apart physically for a while by the evil forces in Hollywood. 578 00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:13,375 But we never lost contact on the spiritual plane. 579 00:49:13,500 --> 00:49:15,667 - Which ended with his death. - Not at all. 580 00:49:15,792 --> 00:49:18,833 Has Valentino any message for his host of worshippers? 581 00:49:21,292 --> 00:49:23,125 He has a message for everyone. 582 00:49:24,333 --> 00:49:27,708 "Dreaming when dawn's left hand was in the sky, 583 00:49:28,792 --> 00:49:31,875 "I heard a voice from out the heavens cry, 584 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:36,750 "awake my little one and fill the cup 585 00:49:36,875 --> 00:49:40,708 "before life's liquor in its flask be dry." 586 00:49:40,833 --> 00:49:43,250 He's advocating an end to prohibition? 587 00:49:43,375 --> 00:49:45,375 Is that a quote from his book of poems? 588 00:49:45,500 --> 00:49:47,958 Sounds more like the Rubáiyát than Rudy. 589 00:49:48,083 --> 00:49:51,250 Under my tutelage Valentino became both a poet 590 00:49:51,375 --> 00:49:54,083 and a disciple of Omar Khayyám. 591 00:49:54,208 --> 00:49:57,750 Is Omar the spirit medium through which you contact Rudy? 592 00:50:00,458 --> 00:50:02,250 Meselope. 593 00:50:02,375 --> 00:50:05,208 Meselope? Who's Meselope? 594 00:50:13,417 --> 00:50:16,875 Take the bones of Meselope and cast them in the sand before me. 595 00:50:18,458 --> 00:50:20,083 What is Meselope? 596 00:50:20,208 --> 00:50:23,500 A key from the past to unlock the mysteries of the future. 597 00:50:24,458 --> 00:50:30,125 Meselope was a High Priest to the God Osiris in Egypt, 3,000 years ago. 598 00:50:30,250 --> 00:50:31,625 <i>Sacra Madonna!</i> 599 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:35,042 What do you see? 600 00:50:37,500 --> 00:50:39,708 Do you see love? 601 00:50:47,458 --> 00:50:4