Harry Dawes
Remember Faust?
Kirk Edwards
I don't believe I do.
Harry Dawes
Faust was something like you, Kirk. Except that instead of having all the money in the world, he had all the knowledge. The one thing he never knew, like you, was a moment of real happiness. So he made a deal with the Devil. He'd trade his soul to the Devil in return for the one moment of real happiness.
Kirk Edwards
How'd it turn out?
Harry Dawes
Well God fought the Devil for the soul of Faust. It was a close fight. Most people think that God won. But I always thought it wound up a draw.
Kirk Edwards
I think its a silly story. No man with all the money and knowledge could never have been unhappy for a moment.
From 1954's The Barefoot Contessa.
