"The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends."
"The audience bursts into laughter. With the tragic gag I don't expect the audience to laugh (if they do, I have failed) but I expect a black silence from them that is almost as violent: as laughter."
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Source: Two Screenplays: The Blood of a Poet. The Testament of Orpheus.
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