In the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, every other morning - except on free-entry Saturdays - the music philosopher Reger takes his place on the bench opposite Tintoretto's "Bearded Man." One day, the routine is interrupted: Reger asks his friend Atzbacher to meet him at the museum on a Saturday. However, before the reason for this unusual behavior is revealed, Reger indulges in wonderfully spirited tirades against art in general, painters in particular, condemning both Stifter and Heidegger, berating Vienna and the Viennese - all the while knowing that the only salvation lies in human interaction, in the "living person" in his case.