"do you remember?" "Ballabio!" "Ballabio!" "between Denges and Denezy a soldier goes back to his country has walked has walked a great deal" "he's congratulated upon his arrival is given gilded emblems he's eager to share stray dogs without collars cats turned out injured birds and others still" "come, victims, said Fernandel but victory is not in hand thanks must be given again" "it's odd to give out an award for Swiss cinema since there is no Swiss cinema, oh there are Swiss films, there are Bulgarian films too," "Finnish films, African films, but cinema is something else." "the Greeks had four elements, modern physics the same:" "the four walls of the house of the world:" "gravity, the weak forces, and the strong forces, the electromagnetic forces:" "four walls in the West for keeping propped up, somewhat, the XXIst century but no roof overhead, no you and me," "and entire populations without the protection of the imaginary whereas a hundred years ago the... the four great cinematographies – the Russian, the German, the French, and the American – assured nations' faith in themselves" "time passes, time passes, and the USA – as a result... and the USA – as a result of the Cold War with Stalin – the Americans discover that as a result of quantity, you can get away from quality," "they speak Hollywood, don't they, and they take their breath under cover of civil wars" "excuse me, but there's something else still:" "how is it that a Federal Council can legislate in the name of a Confederation?" "yes, no doubt the world's going to hell, isn't it – therefore, I prefer to think that all these gilded emblems will come from the inheritance of past confédérés;" "four will suffice here, too:" "that of Jura and Humbert-Droz, that of a very young Eve whose blood Michael Servetus spread all over, and what's more," "Major Abraham Davel's blood, and I'll add poor Winkelried, they say there must be a reason and so I'm going home with The Ashes of Gramsci a poem by Pasolini it speaks of humble corruption"