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A beautiful American woman infiltrates the home of a novelist and his wife so she can investigate the disappearance of her lover
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00:00:00Thank you for listening.
00:01:29I'll show you to your room.
00:01:38Quote, what is the monkey to man?
00:01:41Contemptuous mirth or painful truth?
00:01:43Unquote.
00:01:45He lowered the book and looked into her eyes, then continued.
00:01:48Quote, and what is man to the Superman?
00:01:52Still mirth, a painful truth?
00:01:54Unquote.
00:01:55New paragraph.
00:01:55Do you agree with Nietzsche?
00:02:14The woman, then.
00:02:16Tricks the brute and the Superman.
00:02:18You're staring at me.
00:02:22Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:02:23I didn't mean to.
00:02:24I assure you I'm not a ghost.
00:02:26No, it's just that I imagined you differently.
00:02:29Oh, how differently?
00:02:31Hmm?
00:02:31I don't know.
00:02:32Having read your books, I...
00:02:34Well, I...
00:02:35You imagined me to be a sea monster.
00:02:39With a hundred eyes and a cavernous mouth.
00:02:43You thought at night I grew hands long enough to slap the moon.
00:02:47But that if I should become little once again, I'd cry a river of tears.
00:02:51Now, isn't that so?
00:02:52Alas, you see me in this disguise.
00:02:58It's modesty that doesn't allow me to be myself.
00:03:03Come, I'll show you something.
00:03:11Now, you see that nail?
00:03:12I placed it there exactly five years ago.
00:03:15I knew what I wanted then.
00:03:17It's taken me five years, but I've got it now.
00:03:22It's mine.
00:03:25A masterpiece.
00:03:27The Bacchanal by Lorenzo Lotto.
00:03:31Do you know his work?
00:03:32No, I'm afraid not.
00:03:34Well, then let me introduce him to you.
00:03:37Lorenzo Lotto, painter.
00:03:39Born in Venice in the year 1480.
00:03:42And died in the year of...
00:03:44Nonsense.
00:03:46A true artist never dies.
00:03:48He's immortal.
00:03:49A young friend, my dear Eleonora's, read my books.
00:03:55All of them, as I understand.
00:03:57But I disappointed her today.
00:04:00She found me to be a very ordinary man.
00:04:02One could define you in many ways, but never ordinary.
00:04:06I didn't say anything of the kind.
00:04:07I just...
00:04:10Is that all, madam?
00:04:12Yes, you may go, Giovanni.
00:04:24Giovanni lives on Torcello, an island nearby.
00:04:27Richard prefers not to have the servants around at night.
00:04:29They have the ugly habit of eavesdropping.
00:04:32Oh, by the way, Sandro came last night with Christiane.
00:04:35Oh?
00:04:37Enjoy yourselves?
00:04:38The usual things.
00:04:40Nothing very exciting.
00:04:42You must be tired.
00:04:43You'd better get some rest.
00:04:46Yes, we'll see you tomorrow, Greta.
00:04:49Good night.
00:04:50Good night.
00:05:08Would you like a coffee?
00:05:24No, thanks.
00:05:25I'm trying to give it up.
00:05:27Now, you say that this Sally Reese left no forwarding address?
00:05:31Yes, that's right.
00:05:32And she gave no warning?
00:05:34Just left without a word?
00:05:35That's right.
00:05:36A lot of words of me, the servants, anything.
00:05:40Strange behavior for a secretary, Mr. Stewart, wouldn't you say?
00:05:43Very strange indeed.
00:05:46Although, a few days before she disappeared,
00:05:49we couldn't help noticing a change had come over her,
00:05:51as if she were being tormented by something.
00:05:55Perhaps it was just an impression.
00:05:58She never mentioned anything,
00:05:59and we were discreet enough not to ask.
00:06:02Left no personal effects, no baggage.
00:06:06No, not a thing.
00:06:09Tell me, Commissioner.
00:06:10Do you really think Sally may have been a victim of foul play?
00:06:13A girl doesn't vanish like that into thin air,
00:06:16without a plausible explanation.
00:06:20I agree.
00:06:22Would you at least know if she was seeing someone?
00:06:25I mean, a man.
00:06:27Wife.
00:06:27I'm not in the habit of prying into my secretary's affairs.
00:06:31I'm sorry.
00:06:32I can't help you there.
00:06:42If you hear anything,
00:06:43please get in touch with me.
00:06:46Sorry to bother you,
00:06:47but you know how these formalities are.
00:06:48Certainly, Commissioner.
00:06:50Come, I'll show you out.
00:06:51There, that's my hairdresser.
00:07:07I'll meet you here in two hours.
00:07:10All right.
00:07:11Greta,
00:07:12I need a friend so badly at times.
00:07:15Someone to confide in.
00:07:18I feel so alone in that house.
00:07:22Sure you don't want to come with me?
00:07:24I really have a lot of things to do, Eleonora.
00:07:26I'm sorry.
00:08:28I assure you, young lady, I was only following through on a routine investigation.
00:08:35Sally Rees and I have known each other since school days.
00:08:40We used to work together, room together,
00:08:42until she decided to come to Venice.
00:08:47She used to write every week, then less and less.
00:08:51This is her last letter.
00:08:53You'll note it's dated shortly before they say she left.
00:08:56It's gotten to the point where I must tell someone.
00:09:03And who but you could I tell this to?
00:09:05Oh, Greta, I'm living in a world I never knew existed.
00:09:09At times I feel as if I were being driven by another will,
00:09:12a superior force that lures me even as it repels me.
00:09:16In my moments of sanity, such as now,
00:09:18when I realized to what depths I have sunk,
00:09:19I want to turn back, to flee from this house, run far, far away.
00:09:24But then I'm prey once again,
00:09:27mesmerized by their evil, unable to escape it,
00:09:30and then not wanting to escape it,
00:09:32a willing slave in this world of perverse pleasures.
00:09:35If I could only see you, I'd be able to explain what I feel.
00:09:39But sometimes I wonder if I'll ever see you again.
00:09:43Write to me, I beg you.
00:09:44But for God's sake, it's not to this address.
00:09:46Write in care of the post office.
00:09:47Please, Greta.
00:09:49Love, Sally.
00:09:51Doesn't really say very much.
00:09:53Just words.
00:09:54And somewhat disconnected at that.
00:09:56Mr. Richard Stewart is a very important man.
00:09:59Is that it?
00:10:00There are many ways one can interpret that letter.
00:10:02It's anything but precise.
00:10:04No direct accusation.
00:10:07What are you going to do now, signorina?
00:10:10I'm going to stay on in that house
00:10:12until I find out what happened to Sally.
00:10:14How did you manage to get employed there?
00:10:17Sally and I both work for Stratton,
00:10:19Richard Stewart's publisher.
00:10:20It was easy enough.
00:10:23If what you suggest is true,
00:10:25you're in considerable danger in that house, you know.
00:10:31I must go.
00:10:32I must go.
00:11:02I must go.
00:11:03I must go.
00:11:04Oh, my God.
00:11:34Oh, my God.
00:11:42Greta, Greta, what is it? It's me, Richard. Open the door.
00:11:48What happened?
00:11:50There's a man out there in the garden.
00:11:54What did he look like?
00:11:57He was a giant man. It was awful.
00:12:00Now get a hold of yourself. There's only Rocco, a fisherman who lives near here. He's perfectly harmless.
00:12:09The body of a giant and the brain of a child.
00:12:12Come. Try to get some rest now. I'll keep you company till you fall asleep.
00:12:26Good girl.
00:12:28No, really, Eleonora, I'm fine.
00:12:30Not another word. You've had a shock, Greta.
00:12:33Pleasant dreams.
00:13:03Amen.
00:13:05Oh.
00:13:13Yeah.
00:16:17Well, how long must I wait don't be impatient what I promise I deliver
00:16:47Since you can't sleep why don't you join us please come Richard is expecting you
00:17:13I don't bother you
00:17:43Breathe deep, chérie Don't bogart that joint, my friend
00:17:59This is great
00:18:08You really mean that she can type right and take shorthand too
00:18:23I'm glad you decided to join us
00:18:28Especially for you to warm you up
00:18:41Leave it if you don't feel like it
00:18:53Good girl, you're a very single-minded person, aren't you?
00:19:02It's about time I introduced you to Eleonora's friends
00:19:08I'm rather more curious about Eleonora
00:19:10A lady's a mystery I'd rather not solve
00:19:13And yourself?
00:19:15I'm just a composite of what they are
00:19:20Decadent, corrupt, lost in the myriad facades of a doomed city
00:19:26I love them all, as I love the reflection of Venice painted on the water
00:19:33We're going to be good friends
00:19:47What makes you think so?
00:19:49Maybe it's just something about Richard's secretaries
00:19:54Do you mean that you knew the one before me?
00:19:57Sally?
00:19:58Oh, she was the darling of my heart
00:20:00We loved each other profoundly
00:20:02We were inseparable
00:20:04Do you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood?
00:20:22We eat the French and the fish-up-on
00:20:34Poor movie
00:20:35Sandra, could you get the light, please?
00:20:46I was in the mood for a movie
00:20:49As a woman, I'd like your opinion
00:20:51Yes
00:20:53It was Little Red, what?
00:20:55Blue is more to the point
00:21:02Oh, I love fairies' tales
00:21:05Keep your eye up there
00:21:09Grandma, I want a long walk you round
00:21:14Oh, that's too terrible, I can't watch
00:21:16Watch me
00:21:17Oh, a French
00:21:19Oh, a French
00:21:28Drop whatever you're doing, Greta
00:21:30I've got an opening for a new story
00:21:31And I'd like you to type it out
00:21:34Ready?
00:21:36Well then
00:21:39When she realized the danger, it was already too late
00:21:42For her own violent death hovered near
00:21:45She'd wanted to uncover the truth about her friend's disappearance
00:21:47That's why she maneuvered to get the job
00:21:49Just a pretext to enter that house
00:21:52For it was there that her friend was last seen alive
00:21:55What did you think of my introductory paragraph?
00:21:56I wouldn't know yet
00:21:57It's only an idea, of course, but it could be developed, don't you think?
00:22:01What story are you talking about?
00:22:03I have decided to write a whodunit
00:22:05You're joking, Richard, a writer of your standing
00:22:07Nonsense, the idea is rather exhilarating
00:22:10A perfect crime, my dear, is possible
00:22:13For a superior mind, of course
00:22:15I've already plotted the events in chronological order
00:22:19They won't be too pleasant for our heroine
00:22:21You know, Greta, an author has a way of acquiring an almost morbid affection for the heroine he creates
00:22:24It's painful to see her suffer
00:22:26But I've decided to leave her at the moment
00:22:28I would like to know if she was the character
00:22:29You have to know how he was the character
00:22:31Well, Greta, a writer of your standing
00:22:32Nonsense
00:22:33The idea's rather exhilarating
00:22:35A perfect crime, my dear, is possible
00:22:37For a superior mind, of course
00:22:39I've already plotted the events in chronological order
00:22:42They won't be too pleasant for our heroine
00:22:44You know, Greta
00:22:46An author has a way of acquiring an almost morbid affection for the heroine he creates
00:22:47It's painful to see her suffer.
00:22:52I'll be forced to have her die.
00:22:57You're a New Yorker, aren't you?
00:22:59Yes.
00:22:59How long have you been with Stratton Publishers?
00:23:02Over four years.
00:23:03Oh.
00:23:04Well, then you must have known Sally.
00:23:06Sally Reese.
00:23:08Not necessarily.
00:23:10I mean, there are more than 300 employees at Stratton's.
00:23:14New York.
00:23:15Fabulous city.
00:23:17I lived there for many years, just after the war.
00:23:21All was magic then.
00:23:22Good morning.
00:23:23Good morning.
00:23:23Good morning.
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