Light Years Away | movie | 1981 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds | dG1fZ2c5UU9La3JWVWc

Transcript

00:00If I couldn't stand the potency anymore, with my illustrious colleague, the surgeon

00:10Louis, we have thought of this machine.

00:12The convicts will be beheaded by the effect of this simple mechanism.

00:15We feel practically nothing, all the more the impression of a fresh breath on the neck,

00:21a minimum of suffering to which everyone has the right.

00:24It's clean, fast and effective.

00:28I am impressed, Mr. Guillotin, but maybe I can make a little suggestion.

00:50I am told that he is a good mechanic.

00:54I would be honoured to have your Majesty's opinion.

00:59The flaw is here.

01:02To better cut the blade, instead of being shaped in a croissant, it should be triangular

01:13and cut in pieces, like a saw.

01:23C'est admirable, sire.