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Nero: My conflagration does not burn enough. And do you know why? I've never seen a burning city. You said one must - suffer an experience to re-create it. A sculptor has his model. I had no model.
Petronius: To burn a city in order to create an epic. That's carrying the principle of art for art's sake too far.
Nero: Soon the spring will be over. The summer heat will begin. What stenches will arise from Rome?
Petronius: To burn a city in order to create an epic. That's carrying the principle of art for art's sake too far.
Nero: Soon the spring will be over. The summer heat will begin. What stenches will arise from Rome?
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My conflagration does not burn enough
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And do you know why
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I've never seen a burning city
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You said one must suffer an experience to re create it
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A sculptor has his model I had no model
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To burn a city in order to create an epic
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That's carrying the principle of art for art's sake too far
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Soon the spring will be over
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The summer heat will begin
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What stenches will arise from Rome
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Movie Summary
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
