Marco Polo (TV Series)

Feast (2014)

Lorenzo Richelmy: Marco Polo

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Hundred Eyes : In Kung Fu, we say "One hand lies,

  [attempting blows] 

  Hundred Eyes : the other hand tells the truth."

  [counter-strikes] 

  Marco Polo : Try that again.

  Hundred Eyes : If you one day you make it back to the West, what will you tell men of this strange word, "Kung Fu?" Will you tell them that it means to fight? Or will you say, like a monk from Shaolin

  [inhales sharply] 

  Hundred Eyes : to summon the spirit of the crane and the tiger?

  Hundred Eyes : [both grunting and panting]  Kung Fu. It means, "supreme skill from hard work."

  Hundred Eyes : A great poet has reached Kung Fu. The painter, the calligrapher, they can be said to have Kung Fu. Even the cook, the one who sweeps steps, or a masterful servant, can have Kung Fu. Practice. Preparation. Endless repetition. Until your mind is weary, and your bones ache. Until you're too tired to sweat. Too wasted to breathe.

  Hundred Eyes : [continues dueling]  That is the way, the only way one acquires Kung Fu. Unfortunately boy, you have not.

• Kublai Khan : Do you have brothers?

  Marco Polo : I wish I had. Someone to play with.

  Kublai Khan : Someone to conspire with. Brothers sometime blessing, sometime curse. Like those in your holy book. Cain and Abel? Tell me of them.

  Marco Polo : Sons of Adam. Cain was the first man to be born. Abel, the first to die.

  Kublai Khan : By the blade of his brother, yes?

  Marco Polo : Envious of God's love for Abel, Cain killed his brother, concealed his body and lied to the Lord above.

  Kublai Khan : What became of the murderer?

  Marco Polo : He bore the mark of Cain and was cursed to roam the Earth, endlessly.

  Kublai Khan : To this day?

  Marco Polo : No. He wandered until he could wander no more. So he took a wife, built a house and lived there until it collapsed and crushed him dead. Some say this is an invented story, nothing more. Meant to impart a greater lesson.

  Kublai Khan : Which is?

  Marco Polo : The scholars and historians of Venice are superior to all others across the land. I have not the studies to begin to explore such questions.

  Kublai Khan : Try.

  Marco Polo : It is in our nature to seek our brother's possessions. And be willing to destroy to obtain them.

• Khutulun : Marco Polo. What does that mean?

  Marco Polo : "The Great Explorer."

  Khutulun : No. I think it means "Pale Flower."

  Marco Polo : "Flower"?

  Khutulun : You look delicate to the touch.

  Marco Polo : I have killed hundreds of men in battle.

  Khutulun : I didn't say the Pale Flower didn't have thorns.

  Marco Polo : Sharper than a Mongolian's arrow.

  Khutulun : Should I be afraid?

  Marco Polo : Only if you insult me.

  Khutulun : Then I must watch my words. And the women you have conquered. Did they melt in your hands?

  Marco Polo : Like snow in the desert.

  Khutulun : Take me in your hands.

  [but laughs and slaps him away] 

  Khutulun : Not that! Do you wrestle in Venice?

  Marco Polo : Of course.

  Khutulun : Show me.

  [wrestling turns to passion] 

• Kaidu : Tell us, Marco, do your feasts compare to this?

  Marco Polo : They are different.

  Byamba : Here, we eat the pig. In Venice, they dance with it.