" Vexed, he explained that he didn""t like being misled to view a dance performance: "If I accept an invitation to a party, I do not expect to find myself at an audition," but then inquired why she liked to dance in a classic rhetorical exchange - and seemed to take an interest in the charming red-head when she answered that dancing was more important than life itself:Lermontov: Why do you want to dance?Vicky: Why do you want to live?Lermontov: WeIl, I don""t know exactly why, but, uh, I must.Vidor""s natural and uncompromising film tells the episodic, poignant story of the working and domestic life of an average, commonplace man in ""the crowd"" - John - with his wife Mary (played exquisitely by the director""s real-life wife Eleanor Boardman), chronicling their ups and downs, including their meeting, courtship, marriage, and family life...You got money you want to gamble, leave it here.You got a wife you wanna get rid of, get rid of her here.Extra atom bomb you don""t need, blow it up here.Nobody""s gonna mind in the slightest.The slogan of Nevada is ""Anything goes, but don""t complain if it went.""...I even left my Southern accent here....I love Nevada.You know, they don""t even have regular meal times here.Never met so many people didn""t own a watch.Might have two wives at the same ime, but no watch.Bless them all").Both Gay and Guido were immediately interested in he young voluptuous blonde woman, although she eventually fell in love with the gallant Langland - who was old enough to be her father.Peter escaped back into the ventilation shaft when the power went out, and although he was detected by a few of the bikers, he continued shooting at them and effectively picking them off one by one.