«For the knight the castle is of crucial
importance. Here the lord lives, and his wealth and prestige attract to him as
members of his household landless knights to form his retinue, clerics to
administer his estate and a host of servants needed to support his activities.»
Scene no 69:
The castle (Starlux toys, hand painted construction with wood and papier-mache) and the
Paladins (Elastolin toys, composition figures).
«I am talking about the general psychological health of the species, man.
He needs the existence of mysteries. Not their solution.»
Scene no 68:
The Druid and the Soothsayer (Leblon-Delienne, hand-painted resin statues. Panoramix no 356/1500, and Le Devin no 447/999).
The text: From THE MAGUS, by John Fowles.
«Hitler came to power in Germany early in 1933,
and he immediately identified Grand Prix racing as a powerful tool in
propagating the image of Aryan superiority. Backed by Nazi subsidies,
Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union entered the competition with revolutionary new
models in 1934 that rendered the various Italian and French machinery
completely obsolete.»
Scene no 67:
The Silberpfeile of Auto Union (Schuco Studio II) and Mercedes-Benz (Schuco
Studio), under the Hakenkreuz Flag and the Reich Eagle (John Player & Sons
cigarette cards, National Flags and Arms, Germany, no 19 from a series of 50). Next
to the racing cars, their legendary drivers Bernd Rosemeyer and Rudolf
Caracciola (Preiser 57108, Racing drivers, 1:24).
The text: From The Complete Unofficial Encyclopedia of FORMULA ONE, by Mark Hughes.
An allegory on Christian Salvation – and more.
Scene no 66: The Knight (Pewter figure, made in Nuremberg) rides on ignoring Death (skeleton from the Hanging Tree, THE CUT Series 1, Jun Planning action figures) and the Devil (Preiser HO 29078, Teufel), to the Kingdom of Heaven on the hill (Wood carving, made in Corfu).
The masterpiece: Knight, Death and the Devil, by Albrecht Dürer.
“That’s one small step for a man,
one giant leap for mankind.”
Scene no 65:
Neal Armstrong (Louis Marx & co. toys, plastic 6 inch Astronaut figure, made
in U.S.A.) on the surface of the Moon (Jean toys, Lunar landscape, made in
Germany), near the Lunar Module (Daishin toys, battery operated Apollo 11
American Eagle LM, made in Japan).
The statement:
Armstrong’s first words on the Moon.
“Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck
Oh, Aqualung
Sun streaking cold
An old man wandering lonely
Taking time the only way he knows
Leg hurting bad
As he bends to pick a dog-end
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet.”
Scene no 64:
A homeless long-haired, bearded man in shabby clothes (LEPI original
woodcut figure) with a stray dog (Starlux toys) on the city streets (Unidentified
painting on wood).
The lyrics:
From the title song Aqualung, from Jethro Tull’s fourth studio album.
“A well regulated Militia,
being necessary to the security of a free
State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
shall not be infringed.”
Scene no 63:
An authentic submachine gun (Mettoy toys), easy to operate. No caps! No
batteries!
The text: The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
