«A nation which
does not remember what it was
yesterday
does not know where it is today.»
Scene no 90: The overall commander of the
Confederate States Army (COMANSI toys, Legendary personages of The Wild West,
hand painted figurines, ref. 19500) and the General Lee 1969 Dodge Charger car from
the television series The Dukes of Hazzard (NOREV toys, Charger, 1:43 Metal).
The quote: Famous statement of Robert E. Lee.
«The Ocean has its silent caves,
Deep, quiet, an alone;
Though there be fury on the waves,
Beneath them there is none.
The awful spirits of the deep
Hold their communion there;
And there are those for whom we weep,
The young, the bright, the fair.»
Scene no 89: Warships (Unknown manufacturer, wooden small models) that are sailing in a raging sea (IMAI plastic models, Operation Sail).
The verses: The first two stanzas from the poem The Ocean, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
«Our lives are indestructible.
Immortal!
Though waves break and blood flies, never shrink.
Though my body falls, never quail.
Though
my eyes shut, my lips close…
Do not fear.
In that world of rebirth,
I’m still your Father.
In that world and all worlds,
You are my Son!
We are Father and Child!
Forever!»
Scene no 88: Itto Ogami and son Daigoro (Improvized
models and scenery by an unknown artist) abandoned the way of men to walk the
demon path to hell. Always surrounded by enemies (Aoshima Japan History
Miniature Model Series).
The text: From the twenty-eighth and final volume
of the epic LONE WOLF AND CUB by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima.
«So we sailed on to the sun
Till we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine.»
Scene no 87: The legendary submarine (Sutcliffe model, The Sea Wolf Atomic Submarine, boxed tinplate clockwork toy) is preparing to dive into the green sea of 60s pop music (McFARLANE Toys, The Beatles Yellow Submarine, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band).
Lyrics: From the song “Yellow Submarine” by The Beatles.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
Feared by their breed and famous by their birth,
Renowned for their deeds as far from home
For Christian service and true chivalry.
Scene no 86: English knights (Britains Swoppets, 15 th
Century Knights, The Wars of the Roses, 10 different plastic figures) protect
the throne which encloses the Stone of Scone (Britains Toys, Coronation Chair).
The lyrics of the play: By William Shakespeare. From «Richard II», Act
2, scene 1.
«Elsewhere is a negative mirror.
The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have.»
«“Memory’s
images once they are fixed in words, are erased” Polo said.
“Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at
once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already
lost it, little by little.” »
Scene no 85: Elizabethan swordsmen (Cherilea Toys, 4 different plastic
figures) duel in the flowerbed (Britains Toys, Floral Garden), in front of
Desdemona's mansion. (Signor Blum Wooden Toys, Palazzo Contarini-Fasan puzzle).
The text excerpts: From “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino.
«This is the command deck of the space-ship “Asteroid” and YOU are the captain,
seated in the centre there in front of your impressive
array of instruments.»
Scene no 84: Venusians (Manurba Toys, astronauts, 3 different plastic
figures) have just disembarked from their alien spaceship (Cherilea Toys, Mechanoid Space
Pod). In the background the command deck of the Earthlings’ spaceship (Three dimensional
pop-up picture from the book INTO SPACE WITH ACE BRAVE!)
The text: The first sentence from the aforementioned pop-up book
(Birn Brothers Ltd. London 1955. Illustrated by Ron Turner.)
