《《The Midnight Guest (1923)》》Storyline
An inscription in early Latin text from the mid-12th century was translated: "...who drinks the water I shall give him, says the Lord, will have a spring inside him welling up for eternal life...Listen, you don""t know where you are.Here, everything goes backwards.People walk backwards and dance backwards and sing backwards, and even talk backwards.Constanze: That""s stupid.Mozart: Why? People fart backwards.(high-pitched, giggling laugh) Ssa-ym-ssik! Ssa-ym-ssik! [Sounded like "Say I""m sick," but was Translated: "Kiss my ass" - backwards]Constanze: Yes, you are.From the reetops, they scanned San Francisco Bay.Mid-End Credits SequenceA lethally-infected Hunsiker was seen leaving his home for the airport - he was a uniformed airline pilot.Jen used a hairbrush (another prop?) at a cob-web covered dressing table, while Bill added his own commentary: "Poor little Judith, helpless, brushing her hair, young and naked.The theme song of the film "The Call of the Faraway Hills" parallels the backdrop of the entire story.