A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
- PG
- Year:
- 1982
- 88 min
- 705 Views
(Mendelssohn's "Wedding March")
Ghosts? Little spirits or pixies?
I don't believe in 'em.
- Do you, Mr Foxx?
- No, sir.
You sound it, with all
your metaphysical gibberish.
I didn't mean ghosts as spirits, Professor.
Nothing is real but experience -
that which can be touched, tasted, felt
or, in some scientific fashion, proved.
We must never substitute
qualitative events
that are marked by similar properties
and recurrences for fixed substances.
Mr Snell, since these are the last few
moments before the summer vacation,
I would appreciate it if you could
remain awake until the final bell.
I'm sorry, sir.
I take it you rule out metaphysics
as unworthy of serious consideration.
in my latest paper,
metaphysical philosophers are men who
are too weak to accept the world as it is.
Their theories of the so-called
"mysteries of life"
are nothing more than projections
of their own inner uneasiness.
Apart from this world,
there are no realities.
But that leaves many basic
human needs unanswered.
I'm sorry. I did not create the cosmos.
(bell chimes the hour)
Leopold! Congratulations!
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Do you have a photo of the lucky woman?
- The wedding is tomorrow?
- The day after. Sunday.
We're going to my cousin's
for a country ceremony.
- She's magnificent!
- She'll be the final jewel in your crown.
Is it boorish of me to ask you
to inscribe your books?
I agree with you about Balzac.
He's vastly overrated.
- She has the face of an angel.
- And the disposition of one, as well.
As someone who has resolutely
resisted matrimony,
I now must admit to being
the fortunate individual
on whom fortune showers her favours.
She must appreciate what
an extraordinary catch she's getting.
- You flatter me, Ambrose.
- I flatter him!
A philosopher, an art critic, an astute
political theorist, an outspoken pacifist.
- A man of culture!
- And a singer of Schubert lieder.
Come now, am I to be overpraised
merely for being a civilised human?
What after the wedding?
We are only having one week of leisure,
which we will spend in London -
a long-awaited opportunity
to show her Thomas Carlyle's grave.
Following that,
we depart for the continent,
where I have consented to give
a series of lectures on Renaissance art.
It will be a pleasure to bring Tintoretto
into perspective for his many sycophants.
(birdsong)
(clattering)
(squawking)
- (woman) Andrew, are you all right?
- Yeah. No, I'm fine.
I can't seem to get airborne
with my wings for some reason.
And I've had wonderful success
with my flying bicycle.
Why does a beautiful day like today
give me such a sad feeling?
Adrian, I don't want to hear anything sad
now. I want this to be a terrific time for us.
I just wanna relax and have a good time
and go fishing
and work on my inventions,
and I don't wanna think about Wall Street.
This is supposed to be a vacation.
I never noticed this thing before,
Andrew. What is that?
That's my spirit ball. If it works - which
I doubt - it penetrates the unseen world.
Oh, yeah? Which unseen world is that?
You do admit that there's more to life
than meets the eye? Either that, or I weep.
- Yeah, well, like what?
- Like ectoplasm and various energies.
I want that thing to emit light rays,
and to capture the future and the past.
Incidentally, I'm putting my cousin
Leopold and his fiance in our bedroom.
We'll take the guest room for the night.
It'll be much nicer before their wedding.
Imagine sharing a bed before marriage.
It's a little bit depraved.
I'm very anxious to meet your cousin,
cos I tried to read both his books.
I couldn't get through the first one
or the second one.
Is Maxwell going to come up alone
or will he bring a guest?
Maxwell appear without
female companionship?
You know better than that.
You look adorable.
Oh, Andrew. Um...
I don't know where he comes up
with some of these women.
He's a doctor. These poor women in
the tubercular ward show him gratitude.
Don't think I don't notice you leering
I leer. I admit it.
I look. I leer. I salivate.
I salivated the day that I met you.
Andrew, what are you doing?
- Come on, Adrian.
- It's high noon!
This'll give you an appetite.
Oh, Maxwell.
Sweetheart, listen.
We can't go on like this.
Why not?
Because my husband is beginning to
realise there's nothing wrong with me.
It's medically sound
to have periodic checkups.
Yes, but not so many. The president
doesn't have this kind of healthcare.
- Come away with me this weekend.
- Oh, I can't!
- Why? You know how I feel about you.
- You know how much I wanna come,
but it's just not possible.
This is the best weekend
of the whole summer.
- Oh, Maxwell!
- What?
we'll have to have separate rooms...
That's OK. You can always
leave your door unlocked.
- I can't.
- We'd have fun.
It's impossible! Stop asking me.
Another...
Another time, I promise.
- You swear?
- I swear. Now I have to go out.
Thank you, Doctor.
It's all right, Charles.
It's only a muscle spasm.
Come in next Tuesday at three.
I'd like to take one more look.
What are you smiling at, Miss Ford?
I was thinking about something
I read in The Katzenjammer Kids.
- What are you doing this weekend?
- Me? Oh...
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