The Pacifist (1970)
Monica Vitti: Barbara
Quotes
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Barbara : Above all think! Think, think, think - thoughts! You're thinking, Barbara? Yes, I'm thinking, my sweet! What are you thinking, Barbara? Thinking, thoughtfully that - I don't remember what I was thinking!
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Barbara : The Communists are serious. They believe, never laugh. They're boring, don't even make revolution!
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Barbara : What should I do? Come on, Barbara, you're big and strong! Do you need others? Go on, blonde Roman woman! You're scared of someone who runs when he sees you! Stand up, beautiful Viking. Fight back!
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Barbara : Today fashion is everywhere, even in churches - especially desecrated ones. The models, these abstract characters that don't seem to have a real life, who knows if they take part in our problems, our emotions. Do they buy broccoli? Pay the bills? Cheer for Rome? It's useless to ask them since the models you see here are all foreign and don't speak our language.
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Barbara : That's why I'm afraid, it's absurd! Fanatics, the possessed, those who scream and kill to make the world, have they ever killed for logical reasons? No, screw them, never! Always for absurd reasons. The most incredible! You ask if they have political goals. They don't. They just kill you! Because I'm a Communist, because you're a pederast, because we're not like them. And what do you do when you're dead? Cite them for damages? I'm afraid.
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Barbara : A little wine, alright? No, no, stay there. Don't be embarrassed. It sounds strange, but in China, the woman always serves the man. Like in Italy!
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Barbara : The night agitates me, what can I do? I dreamed that a brute came in and - well, you know what brutes do, no? But someone was coming and he stopped! Halfway! Understand? Brutus Interrupts!
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Barbara : You're a priest, what do you think of the protest?
Priest : Very good. They're young, pure, in a material world, with naked women, no God - they protest. They want God.
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Barbara : What noise a pistol makes. But we must make noise to be heard.
