Tolkien (2019)
Tom Glynn-Carney: Christopher Wiseman
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Quotes
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Edith Bratt : I love Wagner's Rheingold.
Robert Gilson : Christopher finds those too long.
Christopher Wiseman : No, I don't.
Robert Gilson : Well, nobody blames you. It shouldn't take six hours to tell a story about a magic ring.
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Robert Gilson : What you need to understand, Tolkien, you poor lawless orphan, is that we are your brothers. Through everything.
Geoffrey Smith : Yes, absolutely.
Christopher Wiseman : Exactly.
Robert Gilson : This is more than - just a friendship. It's an alliance. An invincible alliance.
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Christopher Wiseman : It's Greek, in a way. The love of comrades.
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Christopher Wiseman : Operas can be considered long and laborious but for my music, whatever the length, it is imperative that it has heart. A sensation of intoxication.
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J.R.R. Tolkien : I can't get into my stride. I feel - unfocused.
Christopher Wiseman : You know what I think that's a symptom of?
J.R.R. Tolkien : Constipation?
Christopher Wiseman : Ha-ha-ha. Love. Requited or otherwise.
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Robert Gilson : If Tolkien is betraying the brotherhood with a blank, I'm going to show you something utterly degenerate.
[shows some drawings of nude women]
Geoffrey Smith : This cannot be good.
Christopher Wiseman : Heavens above.
Robert Gilson : Copied, unfortunately. And what I need is life models. Not much chance of that, of course.