Cinema Sex Politics: Bertolucci Makes 'The Dreamers' Page #5

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- Sure.

You know our parents have left.

They're going to be

in Trouves for a month.

We thought you might like

to move your things here.

- R-Really?

- Sure.

But you just met me two days ago.

You barely even know me.

This way we get to know you. You

don't have to stay in a hotel, do you?

- No.

- Then we'll go and pick up what you need...

with my Mobilette, okay?

- Come on.

- But... what about you?

It was my idea.

Whoa! You're scaring me right now!

Jesus.

I'm going to check out

the Cinmathque, just in case.

- Okay.

- Don't take too long.

Don't worry, I won't.

I don't have much stuff.

With us, you're not

going to need much.

Okay.

Oh, just don't forget

your toothbrush!

Okay.

"Dear Mom, I guess you're surprised

to be hearing from me...

"so soon after my last letter.

"But I've just moved out of my hotel

and into an apartment...

"belonging to a famous

French author...

"whose children are the same age as me

and have the same interests.

"I know how pleased you'll be to hear I'm

getting in with the right kind of people.

Say hello to Father.

I hope he's not still mad at me."

Listen to this, Matthew

"The difference between

Keaton and Chaplin...

"is the difference

between prose and poetry...

"between the aristocrat

and the tramp...

"between eccentricity

and mysticism...

between man as a machine

and man as animal."

Not bad, huh?

That's good. Except for me,

there's no comparison.

Why? 'Cause Chaplin's

incomparable?

No. Because Keaton

is incomparable.

Keaton? You think Keaton's

greater than Chaplin?

- Absolutely I do.

- Oh, you're not serious.

- Of course I am.

- You're crazy.

Come on. In the first place, you can't

deny that Keaton's funnier than Chaplin.

- Yes, I can.

- You don't think that Keaton

is funnier than Chaplin?

- I don't think anyone's funnier than Chaplin.

- Keaton is!

Even when he's not doing anything,

he's funny And he looks like Godard.

Keaton is a real filmmaker.

Chaplin, all he cares about

is his own performance...

- his own ego.

- That's bullshit.

- It's not bullshit.

- Yes, it is. Sometimes I think,

You Americans understand f***-all

about your own culture.

- No wonder you never got

the point of Jerry Lewis.

- Don't even get me started!

Listen, when Chaplin wanted

to have a beautiful shot, he knew how.

Better than Keaton,

better than anybody.

You remember the last shot

of City Lights?

He looks at the flower girl,

she looks at him...

and don't forget,

she'd been blind...

so she was seeing him

for the very first time.

It's as if, through her eyes,

we also see him for the very first time.

Charlie Chaplin, Charlot,

the most famous man in the world...

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