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Here again, we love
Richard's irony, in a way.
:26:05
We know he's as hard as nails,
that he's only pretending to be religious.
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PACINO: They canvass like politicians.
Complete with lies and innuendo...
:26:14
... they manage...
:26:16
... to malign this young prince,
who is the rightful heir to the throne.
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And they know it.
:26:24
Infer the bastardy of Edward's children.
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And they say he was a bastard...
:26:29
... that his father was a bastard.
:26:31
It's an act, and these people buy it.
It's a complete lie.
:26:35
SPACEY:
We heartily solicit you...
:26:37
...to take on the kingly government
of this your land...
:26:40
...not as protector, steward, substitute,
or lowly factor for another's gain.
:26:45
But as successively
from blood to blood...
:26:48
...your right of birth,
your empery, your own.
:26:56
Since you will buckle fortune
on my back...
:27:00
...to bear her burden,
whether I will or no...
:27:06
...I must have patience
to endure the load.
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CROWD: Long live Richard,
England's worthy king!
:27:14
Long live King Richard!
:27:16
In the midst of these noble concepts,
these treaties and diplomatic pacts...
:27:22
...he was saying
the truth beneath all this...
:27:25
...is absolutely the opposite.
:27:28
The truth is that those in power...
:27:31
...have total contempt
for everything they promise...
:27:35
...everything they pledge.
:27:37
And that's what Shakespeare's
great play is about.
:27:41
The reason why Shakespeare
is really important...
:27:44
...is because, in the Talmudic theme...
:27:47
I've taken Lady Macbeth
and put her in a rock 'n' roll context.
:27:51
She's singing the blues.
:27:53
- Which is really a yin-yang or Chinese.
:27:56
Hamlet's like every kid
who's freaked out...
:27:59
...his mother, his father...