Orson Welles in F for Fake, Chartres

This is a very poignant reminder of the Buddhist concept of impermanence. Nothing lasts.

This is one of my very favorite passages in cinema - so simple and moving. Thank you for posting it.

"All our songs will be silenced... What of it? Go on singing!" I saw the film some 30 years ago while in university, and to this very day, this passage and these words are still etched in my memory. Sublime!

I agree that the audio is not great, but please listen again. Welles is saying that -- for all of the depressing aspects of life and the fact that all of us and our loved ones will one day die -- we all have song, music, art, and spirit within us. So we should keep living life to the fullest and find beauty in life.

You're kidding ... No resonating stir of emotion or cognitive dissonance or cosmic outpouring ... no internal ideation of any sortl? Nothin'??? Just "I don't get it, 'wats' so fascinating about this? Jeez, better have your doctor check you for a heartbeat. And get your damn hearing checked out too!

Let's face it -- Welles was a bad ass. That segment is touching and profound.  It is one of the best in cinema.

Unlike you for example, aimlessly wittering asinine nonsense in cyberspace. Idiot.

At 1:24 He sounds like Unicron .