FILM * V Per Vendetta: 'Monologo - Il discorso di V alla nazione oppressa' (Cit. 1)
" - V: Buona sera, Londra. Prima di tutto vi prego di scusarmi per questa interruzione: come molti di voi, io apprezzo il benessere della routine quotidiana, la sicurezza di ciò che è familiare, la tranquillità della ripetizione; ne godo quanto chiunque altro. Ma nello spirito della commemorazione, affinché gli eventi importanti del passato, generalmente associati alla morte di qualcuno o al termine di una lotta atroce e cruenta vengano celebrati con una bella festa, ho pensato che avremmo potuto dare risalto a questo 5 novembre, un giorno ahimè sprofondato nell'oblio, sottraendo un po' di tempo alla vita quotidiana, per sederci e fare due chiacchiere. Alcuni vorranno toglierci la parola, sospetto che in questo momento stiano strillando ordini al telefono e che presto arriveranno gli uomini armati. Perché? Perché, mentre il manganello può sostituire il dialogo, le parole non perderanno mai il loro potere; perché esse sono il mezzo per giungere al significato, e per coloro che vorranno ascoltare, all'affermazione della verità. E la verità è che c'è qualcosa di terribilmente marcio in questo paese. Crudeltà e ingiustizia, intolleranza e oppressione. E lì dove una volta c'era la libertà di obiettare, di pensare, di parlare nel modo ritenuto più opportuno, lì ora avete censori e sistemi di sorveglianza, che vi costringono ad accondiscendere e sottomettervi. Com'è accaduto? Di chi è la colpa? Sicuramente ci sono alcuni più responsabili di altri che dovranno rispondere di tutto ciò; ma ancora una volta, a dire la verità, se cercate il colpevole… non c'è che da guardarsi allo specchio. Io so perché l'avete fatto: so che avevate paura, e chi non ne avrebbe avuta? Guerre, terrore, malattie: c'era una quantità enorme di problemi, una macchinazione diabolica atta a corrompere la vostra ragione e a privarvi del vostro buon senso. La paura si è impadronita di voi, e il Caos mentale ha fatto sì che vi rivolgeste all'attuale Alto Cancelliere: Adam Sutler. Vi ha promesso ordine e pace in cambio del vostro silenzioso, obbediente consenso. Ieri sera ho cercato di porre fine a questo silenzio. Ieri sera io ho distrutto il vecchio Bailey, per ricordare a questo paese quello che ha dimenticato. Più di quattrocento anni fa, un grande cittadino ha voluto imprimere per sempre nella nostra memoria il 5 novembre. La sua speranza, quella di ricordare al mondo che l'equità, la giustizia, la libertà sono più che parole: sono prospettive. Quindi, se non avete visto niente, se i crimini di questo governo vi rimangono ignoti, vi consiglio di lasciar passare inosservato il 5 novembre. Ma se vedete ciò che vedo io, se la pensate come la penso io, e se siete alla ricerca come lo sono io, vi chiedo di mettervi al mio fianco, a un anno da questa notte, fuori dai cancelli del Parlamento, e insieme offriremo loro un 5 novembre che non verrà mai più dimenticato. "
[ Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot. ]
[ Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot. ]
(Monologo tratto dal film "V Per Vendetta" | V For Vendetta | 2005, di James McTeigue)
Immagine del film 'V Per Vendetta': il protagonista V, interpretato da Hugo Weaving, indossa per tutto il film una maschera del rivoluzionario inglese Guy Fawkes, 1570-1606
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