10 May 2020

re. pointing at a painting


TAR at The Death of Stalin (2017) :

Khrushchev and Svetlana Stalina are talking in Joseph Stalin’s dacha office. Stalin lies unconscious in the bedroom next door.

Mikoyan rushes in :  'I’m sorry . Quick. The boss is back.'

(All three hurry back to Stalin. The committee members are gathered around his bed.)

Kaganovich : 'A miracle! Stalin is invincible!'

Malenkov : 'The Man Of Steel! He lives!'

Mikoyan : 'The force has sent death back to the salt mine.'

Beria rushes in, confused and concerned at this further turn of events : 'What’s  happening? This is impossible.... and... wonderful...'

Stalin gestures with his finger.


Khrushchev : 'He’s pointing. What is it chief?'

Mikoyan : 'Maybe he’s appointing his successor.'

Khrushchev : 'Do you think?'

Stalin's finger shakily passes across all the committee members then stops, points to Matryona his longtime maid.

Mikoyan : 'Maybe not.'

Stalin points past her. 


TAR : 'The painting. It’s the painting. He’s pointing to the painting.'


Malenkov : 'Hold on. You know what he’s saying. He’s saying, he is saying "I am the lamb. I am the lamb and you, my children, have given me life."'

Matryona : 'Yes!'

Mikoyan : 'Or.... Or the lamb is the people and the milk is Socialism.'

Malenkov : 'Maybe he’s the milk?'

Mikoyan to Malenkov  : 'Maybe you’re the tit.'

Bulganin : 'Maybe he just wants a drink...'

TAR : murmur of general agreement  

Mikoyan shouts a summons : 'Ah, milk here!'

Bulganin : 'Not milk, water. Water.'

Mikoyan : 'Water. Not in a horn, in a glass.'


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