His quirkiness, strange body movements and frequent gibberish mutterings have become his trademark. There was a momentary lull, and the curses shrank from shouts to mutterings. Almost entirely without dialogue, the film includes a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings. The man ceased his mutterings, and then a third bell was tapped. But by the middle of the twentieth century widespread mutterings were making themselves heard. There were mutterings that he was spreading republican ideas. Only using reason to make people submit will cause there to be no mutterings. The mutterings are recorded, but no-one can figure out the language.