Before Night Falls Page #3

It made no judgments.

It made no judgments.

People that make art are|dangerous to any dictatorship.

They create beauty.

And beauty is the enemy.

Artists are escapists.

Artists are counter-|revolutionary,

and so you are a counter-|revolutionary, Reinaldo Arenas,

and you know why?

Because there's a man|that cannot govern

the terrain called beauty,|so he wants to eliminate it.

So, here we are, 400 years|of Cuban culture

about to become extinct|and everybody applauds.

And what happened to your lip?

I found somebody who doesn't|like French music, that's all.

Be careful.|Be careful.

No, no, no.|Keep it-

He would love for you|to have it.

There are 150 books that|contain everything

that literature has to offer.

You read them and you don't have|to read anything else.

So which book would|be the first?

"The Bible. "|You have to read the Bible.

Oh, croquettes.|Ooh, Mara Luisa.

These croquettes don't stick|to the roof of your mouth.

They are delicious.

What kind are they?

I n this country, you don't|ask that question.

We're all being placed|on an international diet.

Let's go back|to the Bible,

it's far|more interesting.

Now, I don't mean|to convert you.

Just read it like a novel.

I tell you what, I'm going|to give you five books-

Correction, I'm going to lend|you five books.

You return them,|then I'll give you five more.

"Moby Dick," Melville,

Robert Lewis Stevenson's|"Treasure Island,"

Proust's,|"Remembrance of Things Past"

Kafka's "Metamorphosis,"

Flaubert's,|"Sentimental Education. "

Mara Luisa,|coffee please.

One, two, three-

four, five.

Reinaldo, I don't mean|to be presumptuous,

but we've read your book.

We both think|it's far superior

to the one|that won first prize.

They robbed you|of the first prize.

But, to be frank,

there's always room|for improvement.

If you'll allow,

Virgilio would like|to help you clean it up.

Right now it's good,

but it's too good|not to be great.

Let's fix it.

Second prize|gets published too.

That's the real prize.

We both think that|you were born to write.

You can't be too careful.

This is the only possession|that you really need.

...de la vida.

Las lagartijas son muy grandes|en este baado.

Si t las vieras!|Las lagartijas...

tienen aqu distintas formas...

Where's Pepe?

He's getting supplies.

I don't have to work today.

Let's pick up|Nicolas and Juan.

Okay.

Look, look, Toms.|"Celestino Antes de Alba. "

Now, you are really a writer.

- You like that cover?|- I like it, it's beautiful.

I thank Virgilio|for this book.

He gave me a lesson|in literature and editing.

...my brothers Juan|and Nicholas are writers too.

Oh, come on.

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