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Compulsion 1959*
- I wanna do something really dangerous. Something that'll have everybody talking, not just a few guys. With half the fatheaded cops in Chicago running around in circles wondering about it while we sat back and laughed at 'em.
- Yes, but together. Something perfect. Something brilliant. The true test of the superior intellect, with every little detail worked out. It must be done as an experiment. Detached, with no emotional involvement. And no reason for it, except to show that we can do it.
- These kids? A couple of powder puffs. They're too afraid of their fathers to do anything. And far too intelligent. If they'd have come up with the same stories right away. I might have thought something was fishy, but, anyway, how long can you hold 'em?
- I know. I wish I were as sure as you are, but those damned glasses keep bothering me.
" '...never before in the history of this city has such a vile cold, brutal, inexcusable premeditated murder been committed'. That's what State's Attorney has told this court. You Honor, I've been practicing law a good deal longer than I ought to. During all that time, I have never tried a case where the State's Attorney did not say it was the most cold blooded inexcusable case ever. Certainly, there was no excuse for the killing of little Paulie Kessler. There's also no reason for it. It wasn't for spite or hate or for money. The great misfortune of this case is money. If Your Honor shall doom these boys to die, it'll be because their parents are rich. I hope I don't need to mention, I'll fight as hard for the poor as the rich. If I'd come into this court alone with two ordinary, obscure defendants who'd done what these boys have done and hadn't been all this weirdness. And notoriety and this sensational publicity and I'd said, 'Your Honor, I'm willing to enter a plea of guilty and let you sentence them to life in imprisonment' do you suppose the State's Attorneys would raise their voices in protest? There's never been a case in Chicago when a plea of guilty a boy under 21 has been sentenced to death. Not one. Yet, for some reason in the case of these immature boys of diseased minds, as plain as day they say you can only get justice by shedding their last drop of blood. Isn't a lifetime behind prison bars enough for this mad act? And must this great public be regaled with a hanging? For the last three weeks I've heard nothing but the cry of blood in this room. I've heard nothing from the offices of the State's Attorney but ugly hatred. For God's sake, are we crazy? If you hang these boys it will mean that in this land of ours, a court of law could not help but bow down to public opinion. In as cruel a speech as he knew how to make the State's Attorney told this court that we're pleading guilty because we're afraid to do anything else. Your Honor, that's true. Of course I'm afraid to submit this case to a jury where the responsibility must be divided by 12. No, Your Honor if these boys must hang you must do it. It must be your own deliberate, cool, premeditated act. The State's Attorney has laughed at me for talking about children's fantasies but what does he know about childhood? What do I know? Is there anyone of us who hasn't been guilty of some kind of delinquency in his youth? How many men are there here today, lawyers and congressmen and judges and even State's Attorneys who haven't been guilty of some kind of wild act in youth? And if the consequences didn't amount to much and we didn't get caught that was our good luck, but this was something different this was the mad act of two sick children who belong in a psychopathic hospital. Do I need to argue it? Is there any man with a decent regard for human life with the slightest bit of heart that doesn't understand it? We're told it was a cold blooded killing because they planned and schemed. Yes, but here are officers of the state who for months have planned and schemed and contrived to take these boys' lives. Talk about scheming. Your Honor, I've become obsessed with this deep feeling of hate and anger. I've been fighting it, battling with it till it's fairly driven me mad. What about this matter of crime and punishment anyway? Through the centuries, our laws have been modified. Till now, men looked back with horror at the hangings and killings of the past. It's been proven that as the penalties are less barbarous the crimes are less frequent. Do I need to argue with Your Honor that cruelty only breeds cruelty? Every religious leader who's held up as an example has taught us that if there is any way to kill evil it's not by killing men. If there's any way of destroying hatred and all that goes with it it's not through evil and hatred and cruelty through charity, love, understanding. This is a Christian community so-called. Is there any doubt that these boys would be safe in the hands of the founder of the Christian religion? I think anyone who knows me knows how sorry I am for little Paulie Kessler knows that I'm not saying it simply to talk. Artie and Judd enticed him into a car and when he struggled, they hit him over the head and killed him. They did that. They poured acid on him to destroy his identity and put the naked body in a ditch. If killing these boys would bring him back to life I'd say, 'Let them go'. They must be isolated from society. I'm asking this court to shut them into a prison for life. This court is told to give them the same mercy that they gave their victim. Your Honor, if our state is not kinder, more human more considerate, more intelligent then the mad act of these two sick boys then I'm sorry that I've lived so long. The State's Attorney has pictured the putting of the poor, little dead body in a ditch. Your Honor, I can only think now of taking these two boys 18 and 19 penning them in a cell. Checking off the days and hours and minutes until their wakened in the gray of the morning and led to the scaffold their feet tied, black caps drawn over their heads stood on a trap, the hangman pressing the spring. I can see them fall through a space. I can see them stopped by the rope around their necks. It would be done, of course in the name of justice. Justice. Who knows what it is? Do I know? Does Your Honor know? Can Your Honor tell me what I deserve? Do you think you can cure the hatreds and maladjustments of the world by hanging them? The world has been one long slaughterhouse from the beginning until today and the killing goes on and on and on. Why not think instead of blindly shouting for death? It's taken the world a long, long time to get to even where it is today. Your Honor, if you hang these boys you turn back to the past. I'm pleading not for these two lives, but for life itself for a time when we can overcome hatred with love and we can learn that all life is worth saving and that mercy is the highest attribute of men"
*
Inspired by the Leopold and Loeb murder trial (watch<|>read)
Directed by Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954, Fantastic Voyage 1966, Doctor Dolittle 1967, The Boston Strangler 1968, The Last Run 1971, Amityville 3-D 1983, Conan the Destroyer 1984, Red Sonja 1985)
- I wanna do something really dangerous. Something that'll have everybody talking, not just a few guys. With half the fatheaded cops in Chicago running around in circles wondering about it while we sat back and laughed at 'em.
- Yes, but together. Something perfect. Something brilliant. The true test of the superior intellect, with every little detail worked out. It must be done as an experiment. Detached, with no emotional involvement. And no reason for it, except to show that we can do it.
- These kids? A couple of powder puffs. They're too afraid of their fathers to do anything. And far too intelligent. If they'd have come up with the same stories right away. I might have thought something was fishy, but, anyway, how long can you hold 'em?
- I know. I wish I were as sure as you are, but those damned glasses keep bothering me.
" '...never before in the history of this city has such a vile cold, brutal, inexcusable premeditated murder been committed'. That's what State's Attorney has told this court. You Honor, I've been practicing law a good deal longer than I ought to. During all that time, I have never tried a case where the State's Attorney did not say it was the most cold blooded inexcusable case ever. Certainly, there was no excuse for the killing of little Paulie Kessler. There's also no reason for it. It wasn't for spite or hate or for money. The great misfortune of this case is money. If Your Honor shall doom these boys to die, it'll be because their parents are rich. I hope I don't need to mention, I'll fight as hard for the poor as the rich. If I'd come into this court alone with two ordinary, obscure defendants who'd done what these boys have done and hadn't been all this weirdness. And notoriety and this sensational publicity and I'd said, 'Your Honor, I'm willing to enter a plea of guilty and let you sentence them to life in imprisonment' do you suppose the State's Attorneys would raise their voices in protest? There's never been a case in Chicago when a plea of guilty a boy under 21 has been sentenced to death. Not one. Yet, for some reason in the case of these immature boys of diseased minds, as plain as day they say you can only get justice by shedding their last drop of blood. Isn't a lifetime behind prison bars enough for this mad act? And must this great public be regaled with a hanging? For the last three weeks I've heard nothing but the cry of blood in this room. I've heard nothing from the offices of the State's Attorney but ugly hatred. For God's sake, are we crazy? If you hang these boys it will mean that in this land of ours, a court of law could not help but bow down to public opinion. In as cruel a speech as he knew how to make the State's Attorney told this court that we're pleading guilty because we're afraid to do anything else. Your Honor, that's true. Of course I'm afraid to submit this case to a jury where the responsibility must be divided by 12. No, Your Honor if these boys must hang you must do it. It must be your own deliberate, cool, premeditated act. The State's Attorney has laughed at me for talking about children's fantasies but what does he know about childhood? What do I know? Is there anyone of us who hasn't been guilty of some kind of delinquency in his youth? How many men are there here today, lawyers and congressmen and judges and even State's Attorneys who haven't been guilty of some kind of wild act in youth? And if the consequences didn't amount to much and we didn't get caught that was our good luck, but this was something different this was the mad act of two sick children who belong in a psychopathic hospital. Do I need to argue it? Is there any man with a decent regard for human life with the slightest bit of heart that doesn't understand it? We're told it was a cold blooded killing because they planned and schemed. Yes, but here are officers of the state who for months have planned and schemed and contrived to take these boys' lives. Talk about scheming. Your Honor, I've become obsessed with this deep feeling of hate and anger. I've been fighting it, battling with it till it's fairly driven me mad. What about this matter of crime and punishment anyway? Through the centuries, our laws have been modified. Till now, men looked back with horror at the hangings and killings of the past. It's been proven that as the penalties are less barbarous the crimes are less frequent. Do I need to argue with Your Honor that cruelty only breeds cruelty? Every religious leader who's held up as an example has taught us that if there is any way to kill evil it's not by killing men. If there's any way of destroying hatred and all that goes with it it's not through evil and hatred and cruelty through charity, love, understanding. This is a Christian community so-called. Is there any doubt that these boys would be safe in the hands of the founder of the Christian religion? I think anyone who knows me knows how sorry I am for little Paulie Kessler knows that I'm not saying it simply to talk. Artie and Judd enticed him into a car and when he struggled, they hit him over the head and killed him. They did that. They poured acid on him to destroy his identity and put the naked body in a ditch. If killing these boys would bring him back to life I'd say, 'Let them go'. They must be isolated from society. I'm asking this court to shut them into a prison for life. This court is told to give them the same mercy that they gave their victim. Your Honor, if our state is not kinder, more human more considerate, more intelligent then the mad act of these two sick boys then I'm sorry that I've lived so long. The State's Attorney has pictured the putting of the poor, little dead body in a ditch. Your Honor, I can only think now of taking these two boys 18 and 19 penning them in a cell. Checking off the days and hours and minutes until their wakened in the gray of the morning and led to the scaffold their feet tied, black caps drawn over their heads stood on a trap, the hangman pressing the spring. I can see them fall through a space. I can see them stopped by the rope around their necks. It would be done, of course in the name of justice. Justice. Who knows what it is? Do I know? Does Your Honor know? Can Your Honor tell me what I deserve? Do you think you can cure the hatreds and maladjustments of the world by hanging them? The world has been one long slaughterhouse from the beginning until today and the killing goes on and on and on. Why not think instead of blindly shouting for death? It's taken the world a long, long time to get to even where it is today. Your Honor, if you hang these boys you turn back to the past. I'm pleading not for these two lives, but for life itself for a time when we can overcome hatred with love and we can learn that all life is worth saving and that mercy is the highest attribute of men"
*
Inspired by the Leopold and Loeb murder trial (watch<|>read)
Directed by Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954, Fantastic Voyage 1966, Doctor Dolittle 1967, The Boston Strangler 1968, The Last Run 1971, Amityville 3-D 1983, Conan the Destroyer 1984, Red Sonja 1985)
Three Days of the Condor 1975*
- What is your designation?
- Condor. Section 9, department 1 7. The section's been hit.
- Level of damage.
- Everybody. I came back with lunch, and it was raining, and the whole house was murdered. Everybody is dead. Will you guys bring me in, please? I'm not a field agent. I just read books.
- Leave the area. Find a secure location. Avoid any place you're known.
- What are you scared for? You've got the gun!
- And it's not enough. Listen. I work for the CIA. I am not a spy. I just read books. We read everything that's published in the world. And we feed the plots, dirty tricks, codes into a computer, and the computer checks against actual CIA plans and operations. I look for leaks. I look for new ideas. People are trying to kill me! I don't know who, but there's a reason. And I just need some safe, quiet time to pull things together. You don't believe anything I've said, do you?
- I believe you're in trouble, danger, but I don't know what kind, and I'm not sure how much of it is made up, real but..
- I've got a plan. I don't know if it'll work or not, but I'll need your help.
- Do we have plans to invade the Middle East?
- No. Absolutely not. We have games. That's all. We play games. What if? How many men? What would it take? Is there a cheaper way to destabilize a regime? That's what we're paid to do.
- So Atwood just took the games too seriously. He was really going to do it, wasn't he? A renegade operation. What if there hadn't been any heat? Supposing I hadn't stumbled on their plan, say nobody had.
- Different ballgame. Fact is, there was nothing wrong with the plan. The plan was all right. The plan would've worked.
- What is it with you people? Do you think not getting caught on a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?
- No. It's simple economics.
- Seven people killed.
- The CIA didn't order it. Atwood did.
- And who the hell is Atwood? He's you. He's all you guys. Seven people killed! And you play fucking games!
- Right. And the other side does, too. That's why we can't let you stay outside.
*
Unpredictable: Three Days of the Condor, Information Theory, and The Remaking of Professional Ideology
Directed by Sydney Pollack (The Firm 1993, Sabrina 1995, Random Hearts 1999)
- What is your designation?
- Condor. Section 9, department 1 7. The section's been hit.
- Level of damage.
- Everybody. I came back with lunch, and it was raining, and the whole house was murdered. Everybody is dead. Will you guys bring me in, please? I'm not a field agent. I just read books.
- Leave the area. Find a secure location. Avoid any place you're known.
- What are you scared for? You've got the gun!
- And it's not enough. Listen. I work for the CIA. I am not a spy. I just read books. We read everything that's published in the world. And we feed the plots, dirty tricks, codes into a computer, and the computer checks against actual CIA plans and operations. I look for leaks. I look for new ideas. People are trying to kill me! I don't know who, but there's a reason. And I just need some safe, quiet time to pull things together. You don't believe anything I've said, do you?
- I believe you're in trouble, danger, but I don't know what kind, and I'm not sure how much of it is made up, real but..
- I've got a plan. I don't know if it'll work or not, but I'll need your help.
- Do we have plans to invade the Middle East?
- No. Absolutely not. We have games. That's all. We play games. What if? How many men? What would it take? Is there a cheaper way to destabilize a regime? That's what we're paid to do.
- So Atwood just took the games too seriously. He was really going to do it, wasn't he? A renegade operation. What if there hadn't been any heat? Supposing I hadn't stumbled on their plan, say nobody had.
- Different ballgame. Fact is, there was nothing wrong with the plan. The plan was all right. The plan would've worked.
- What is it with you people? Do you think not getting caught on a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?
- No. It's simple economics.
- Seven people killed.
- The CIA didn't order it. Atwood did.
- And who the hell is Atwood? He's you. He's all you guys. Seven people killed! And you play fucking games!
- Right. And the other side does, too. That's why we can't let you stay outside.
*
Unpredictable: Three Days of the Condor, Information Theory, and The Remaking of Professional Ideology
Directed by Sydney Pollack (The Firm 1993, Sabrina 1995, Random Hearts 1999)
A Man 2022*
- His name is not Daisuke Taniguchi. I didn't know it before either. I only found out after he passed away that it wasn't his name.
- What? Then who is he?
- Well, that's currently being investigated. Because he used someone else's identity, I consulted with a lawyer. Everything is still under investigation.
- I don't know how to address fake Daisuke, so let's temporarily call him Mr. X. ···According to the DNA test results, Mr. X is indeed not Daisuke Taniguchi. In that case, your actual marital relationship with him is invalid. You are no longer anyone's widow.
- Whose life did I actually become a part of ?
- Kenichi Kobayashi, The horrific murder of a family of three in Yomichi in '91, he was sentenced to death in the first trial. He was executed in 2003.
- But Mr. X died in a logging accident, right? And this person is much older than X, which is strange. Indeed, it's almost like a father and son age difference. Are you saying...
- That's right. This criminal has a son. His son's name is Makoto Hara. After the incident, his parents divorced, and he took his mother's surname.
- So then who is this guy, Sonezaki?... But if Mr. X is indeed the son of this death row inmate, he is likely on the run out of fear. I'm not saying crime is a heredity. but the family environment easily influences a child's life. You've been a lawyer for so many years, I assume you understand this?
- ···The conclusion is, Mr. X did not commit any crimes. Mr. X changed his name twice. First, he obtained Yoshihiko Sonezaki household registration. Then, he exchanged names with Daisuke Taniguchi. If the past can't be erased, then stack it on top so no one can discover it.
*
original title·····ある男 (Aru otoko)
language·········Japanese
- His name is not Daisuke Taniguchi. I didn't know it before either. I only found out after he passed away that it wasn't his name.
- What? Then who is he?
- Well, that's currently being investigated. Because he used someone else's identity, I consulted with a lawyer. Everything is still under investigation.
- I don't know how to address fake Daisuke, so let's temporarily call him Mr. X. ···According to the DNA test results, Mr. X is indeed not Daisuke Taniguchi. In that case, your actual marital relationship with him is invalid. You are no longer anyone's widow.
- Whose life did I actually become a part of ?
- Kenichi Kobayashi, The horrific murder of a family of three in Yomichi in '91, he was sentenced to death in the first trial. He was executed in 2003.
- But Mr. X died in a logging accident, right? And this person is much older than X, which is strange. Indeed, it's almost like a father and son age difference. Are you saying...
- That's right. This criminal has a son. His son's name is Makoto Hara. After the incident, his parents divorced, and he took his mother's surname.
- So then who is this guy, Sonezaki?... But if Mr. X is indeed the son of this death row inmate, he is likely on the run out of fear. I'm not saying crime is a heredity. but the family environment easily influences a child's life. You've been a lawyer for so many years, I assume you understand this?
- ···The conclusion is, Mr. X did not commit any crimes. Mr. X changed his name twice. First, he obtained Yoshihiko Sonezaki household registration. Then, he exchanged names with Daisuke Taniguchi. If the past can't be erased, then stack it on top so no one can discover it.
*
original title·····ある男 (Aru otoko)
language·········Japanese
Prizzi's Honor 1985*
"This drop of blood symbolizes your birth into our family. We are one until death. We protect you so must you protect Prizzi honor"
"It's about a woman. Met her in a church. It just happened. I knew she was the woman for me. She organized a scam in Vegas. I go looking for the bad guy, and it turns out to be my woman. Can you imagine this? Not only that, pop tells me she's the piece man for the Netturbino contract. Just the same, I love her. How can I live with this? I've got to do something about it. I've got to straighten it out. Do I ice her? Do I marry her? Which one of these?"
- The family decided that we got one week to give up the second man, or we'll be at war. War would cost us everything we got. Now, that could mean the end of the family. Charley, you shouldn't have married a woman that wasn't in the environment that wasn't smart. Might have been all right if she was straight, but she wasn't. She got to go and you got to do the job on her. If they take her alive, they're gonna make her talk, and then, if she talks, she's gonna drag us all to jail, maybe even to the chair. Filargi will go free. We will never get the bank. There is no choice here. Filargi will identify your wife's body. There will be no one to question. Everybody will get what they want, and we can all go back to doing business.
- But, Padrino... she's my wife. I can't kill her.
- You swore an oath of blood my blood and yours that you would always put the family before anything else in your life. So we are calling on you now to keep that sacred oath. Charley, she is a woman you have known for only a few weeks. She is your wife, we are your life. You failed in your oath when you covered up for her part in the Vegas scam. A great sin against your honor. For this, you must atone.
- I need her. Look at you. Padrino, you've been alone all my life. Is that what you want for me, to grow old, like you with nothing but bodyguards and money to keep me company?
- Charley, my beloved man you will be even more alone if you turn your back on us. We are your blood.
- I feel like I'm drowning or something. I mean. I covered up the Vegas scam to protect her. That's what I thought we did for our women. How could that be a sin against honor?
- She is a hitter and a thief! You must give her to us. What is your answer?
- The family is the only place I can be. I know that.
- It's business, Charley. It's only business.
*
Directed by John Huston (Moby Dick 1956, The Maltese Falcon 1941, The List of Adrian Messenger 1963, Casino Royale 1967)
"This drop of blood symbolizes your birth into our family. We are one until death. We protect you so must you protect Prizzi honor"
"It's about a woman. Met her in a church. It just happened. I knew she was the woman for me. She organized a scam in Vegas. I go looking for the bad guy, and it turns out to be my woman. Can you imagine this? Not only that, pop tells me she's the piece man for the Netturbino contract. Just the same, I love her. How can I live with this? I've got to do something about it. I've got to straighten it out. Do I ice her? Do I marry her? Which one of these?"
- The family decided that we got one week to give up the second man, or we'll be at war. War would cost us everything we got. Now, that could mean the end of the family. Charley, you shouldn't have married a woman that wasn't in the environment that wasn't smart. Might have been all right if she was straight, but she wasn't. She got to go and you got to do the job on her. If they take her alive, they're gonna make her talk, and then, if she talks, she's gonna drag us all to jail, maybe even to the chair. Filargi will go free. We will never get the bank. There is no choice here. Filargi will identify your wife's body. There will be no one to question. Everybody will get what they want, and we can all go back to doing business.
- But, Padrino... she's my wife. I can't kill her.
- You swore an oath of blood my blood and yours that you would always put the family before anything else in your life. So we are calling on you now to keep that sacred oath. Charley, she is a woman you have known for only a few weeks. She is your wife, we are your life. You failed in your oath when you covered up for her part in the Vegas scam. A great sin against your honor. For this, you must atone.
- I need her. Look at you. Padrino, you've been alone all my life. Is that what you want for me, to grow old, like you with nothing but bodyguards and money to keep me company?
- Charley, my beloved man you will be even more alone if you turn your back on us. We are your blood.
- I feel like I'm drowning or something. I mean. I covered up the Vegas scam to protect her. That's what I thought we did for our women. How could that be a sin against honor?
- She is a hitter and a thief! You must give her to us. What is your answer?
- The family is the only place I can be. I know that.
- It's business, Charley. It's only business.
*
Directed by John Huston (Moby Dick 1956, The Maltese Falcon 1941, The List of Adrian Messenger 1963, Casino Royale 1967)
The Disappeared 2008
- I was looking at some of the old news reports of Tom's disappearance. And I thought that I heard his voice on one of the tapes.
- Some spooky shit, man. I've seen sort of this. You know, used to brag about it the other day. Some sort of phenomenon where you get dead people's voices on tapes. People go around recording them and that.
"What do you think about the latest abductions? Do you believe rumors that it may be the work of a serial killer?"
- Maybe he's trying to warn you about something. Remember he's just a child. Maybe he's just angry with you because you weren't there for him when he needed you. Ghosts are about the unresolved. They never rest until they find an answer.
- Ghosts?
- This place is full of them.
- I was looking at some of the old news reports of Tom's disappearance. And I thought that I heard his voice on one of the tapes.
- Some spooky shit, man. I've seen sort of this. You know, used to brag about it the other day. Some sort of phenomenon where you get dead people's voices on tapes. People go around recording them and that.
"What do you think about the latest abductions? Do you believe rumors that it may be the work of a serial killer?"
- Maybe he's trying to warn you about something. Remember he's just a child. Maybe he's just angry with you because you weren't there for him when he needed you. Ghosts are about the unresolved. They never rest until they find an answer.
- Ghosts?
- This place is full of them.
The Blue Lamp 1950*
[What stands between the ordinary public and this outbreak of crime? What protection has the man in the street against this armed threat to his life? Mr Justice, in passing sentence for a crime of robbery with violence, gave this plain answer. "This is perhaps another illustration of the disaster caused by insufficient numbers of police. I have no doubt that one of the best preventives of crime is the regular uniformed police officer on the beat"]
[Restless youngsters have produced a type of delinquent which is partly responsible for the post war increase in crime. Some are content with pilfering and petty theft. Others with more bravado graduate to serious offenses. Youths with brain enough to plan and organize criminal adventures and yet who lack the code, experience and discipline of the professional thief which sets them as a class apart, all the more dangerous because of their immaturity. Young men such as these present a new problem to the police, men as yet without records, for natural cunning and a ruthless use of violence has so far kept them out of trouble]
- What's the trouble?
- Bogies are onto the boy that shot the copper. He's here somewhere.
*
Directed by Basil Dearden (The Gentle Gunman 1952, The League of Gentlemen 1960)
[What stands between the ordinary public and this outbreak of crime? What protection has the man in the street against this armed threat to his life? Mr Justice, in passing sentence for a crime of robbery with violence, gave this plain answer. "This is perhaps another illustration of the disaster caused by insufficient numbers of police. I have no doubt that one of the best preventives of crime is the regular uniformed police officer on the beat"]
[Restless youngsters have produced a type of delinquent which is partly responsible for the post war increase in crime. Some are content with pilfering and petty theft. Others with more bravado graduate to serious offenses. Youths with brain enough to plan and organize criminal adventures and yet who lack the code, experience and discipline of the professional thief which sets them as a class apart, all the more dangerous because of their immaturity. Young men such as these present a new problem to the police, men as yet without records, for natural cunning and a ruthless use of violence has so far kept them out of trouble]
- What's the trouble?
- Bogies are onto the boy that shot the copper. He's here somewhere.
*
Directed by Basil Dearden (The Gentle Gunman 1952, The League of Gentlemen 1960)
The Super 2017
- Who are you? I don't think I've ever met you before.
- Most people don't see me until it's their time.
- You and she can't be twins. Your dad said she's only seven.
- No, we were both seven the day she died.
- She can't be dead. Your dad talks about her.
- He sees her, and that weird janitor sees her ever since we moved here, and you'll see her too. It's been happening like this ever since she died, and I don't think she can be stopped. Don't you get it? She's evil. If you saw her, it means my dad's not far behind.
- The knowledge has been passed down for generations. Nisitas was the first. With a great fire, he summoned the unwanted souls. He forged a chain and sent back the cursed ones from where they came.
- Where is she?
- He protected us from the dead. Now it is me who must protect us.
- Where is she? Give her back to me!
- I'm trying to save you.
- Who are you? I don't think I've ever met you before.
- Most people don't see me until it's their time.
- You and she can't be twins. Your dad said she's only seven.
- No, we were both seven the day she died.
- She can't be dead. Your dad talks about her.
- He sees her, and that weird janitor sees her ever since we moved here, and you'll see her too. It's been happening like this ever since she died, and I don't think she can be stopped. Don't you get it? She's evil. If you saw her, it means my dad's not far behind.
- The knowledge has been passed down for generations. Nisitas was the first. With a great fire, he summoned the unwanted souls. He forged a chain and sent back the cursed ones from where they came.
- Where is she?
- He protected us from the dead. Now it is me who must protect us.
- Where is she? Give her back to me!
- I'm trying to save you.
Pale Flower 1964*
- [People... such strange animals. What are they living for? Their faces are lifeless, dead. They're desperately pretending to be alive. Why make such a big deal about slaughtering one of these dumb animals? I served three years for it]*
- Muraki! When did you get out?
- This morning. What's going on around here? I ran into some guys from the Yasuoka gang. Something seemed off.
- You haven't heard? We made a deal with Yasuoka gang while you were gone. Six months after you killed their guy Kijima. Things are getting complicated. There's a third party in the picture. The Imai gang from Osaka is gaining ground. Our boss and Yasuoka realized we had to modernize. The only option was to join forces.
- Your betting's out of control.
- So is yours. It's no fun anymore. The stakes are so small. I'm losing interest. I don't care if I win or lose.
- You really love to gamble. Why is that?
- I'm so bored with life*. Why do you do what you do? You went to prison for killing a man, right? A crime like that..
- It was no crime. Far more ordinary than that. I had no reason to kill him. It wasn't about honor, or duty, or saving face. It was just a matter of whose number came up, whose turn it was. But at the moment I killed him, I knew it was the only way I could survive. As I stabbed him, he said... "You don't have a wife and kids."* I really hated him right then. But when I stabbed him, I felt more alive than I ever had before.
- Did you feel happy?
- I suppose so.
- And now?
- I play cards. What else is there?
- Isn't there some decent way for people to live?
- Ask anyone: I'm no good. Even I think so. I'm the scum of the earth. I have nothing in common with ordinary society. But still I forgive myself.
- I know. No matter what others say, I forgive myself too.
- Just stay away from dope. Got that? I'll show you something even better than dope. I'm going to kill a man. Want to come?
- It's so pointless.
- Yeah, it is. The Wild Goose. That's where he's gonna be. I loved watching wild geese fly when I was a kid. Don't see many these days. They're all gone.* There's a bitter taste in my mouth but I feel almost giddy. I'm about to do a job it feels I was meant to do. Fate, you might say. It's something I need to do. It's no big deal. It'll be over soon.
- That's right. It'll be over soon. You know, I really like you.
*
A nihilistic exploration of the subjective and societal consequences of a blossoming consumerism on Japanese subjectivity.
original title·····乾いた花 (kawaita hana)
language·········Japanese
- [People... such strange animals. What are they living for? Their faces are lifeless, dead. They're desperately pretending to be alive. Why make such a big deal about slaughtering one of these dumb animals? I served three years for it]*
- Muraki! When did you get out?
- This morning. What's going on around here? I ran into some guys from the Yasuoka gang. Something seemed off.
- You haven't heard? We made a deal with Yasuoka gang while you were gone. Six months after you killed their guy Kijima. Things are getting complicated. There's a third party in the picture. The Imai gang from Osaka is gaining ground. Our boss and Yasuoka realized we had to modernize. The only option was to join forces.
- Your betting's out of control.
- So is yours. It's no fun anymore. The stakes are so small. I'm losing interest. I don't care if I win or lose.
- You really love to gamble. Why is that?
- I'm so bored with life*. Why do you do what you do? You went to prison for killing a man, right? A crime like that..
- It was no crime. Far more ordinary than that. I had no reason to kill him. It wasn't about honor, or duty, or saving face. It was just a matter of whose number came up, whose turn it was. But at the moment I killed him, I knew it was the only way I could survive. As I stabbed him, he said... "You don't have a wife and kids."* I really hated him right then. But when I stabbed him, I felt more alive than I ever had before.
- Did you feel happy?
- I suppose so.
- And now?
- I play cards. What else is there?
- Isn't there some decent way for people to live?
- Ask anyone: I'm no good. Even I think so. I'm the scum of the earth. I have nothing in common with ordinary society. But still I forgive myself.
- I know. No matter what others say, I forgive myself too.
- Just stay away from dope. Got that? I'll show you something even better than dope. I'm going to kill a man. Want to come?
- It's so pointless.
- Yeah, it is. The Wild Goose. That's where he's gonna be. I loved watching wild geese fly when I was a kid. Don't see many these days. They're all gone.* There's a bitter taste in my mouth but I feel almost giddy. I'm about to do a job it feels I was meant to do. Fate, you might say. It's something I need to do. It's no big deal. It'll be over soon.
- That's right. It'll be over soon. You know, I really like you.
*
A nihilistic exploration of the subjective and societal consequences of a blossoming consumerism on Japanese subjectivity.
original title·····乾いた花 (kawaita hana)
language·········Japanese
Custody 2023*
"It will be a problem if I get stuck here. Do you know the number of murders he committed? He threw a bomb at Kakinada station and killed an SI. Do you understand what I am saying? Four years ago, the gas leakage at Morampudi junction, was not an accident! He was behind it. Not just that. Forty innocent lives were lost in the blast. Do you remember? He was behind it! Look up the old cases if you want. You will know who Raj is. He should be handed over to the CBI court in two days. He has the government's backing. We shouldn't be staying here"
- Raju has escaped with a constable called Shiva. I think Shiva has some past connection with Raju. That's why he bashed up everyone at the station and took off with Raju.
- We are running short of time. If Raju is caught, you, me and everyone will be caught. You have time till tonight. Use the entire police department or do whatever you want. If the police department is not enough, use the goons and all the party activists. I want Raju dead!
- You are central government. I am state government. You are legal. I am illegal. That's the only difference. Our jobs are the same.
- I don't work for politicians like you.
- You work for politicians too. Only you don't see it. ···Every man I raised is trying to become Raju. Every man I trust, is trying to kill me. Though no way connected, you are trying to save me. I will show what I am…
- What will you do? Kill them? How many will you kill? They will keep coming. They want you dead. If you want to show what you are, confess to the court.
- If I do? Will they be convicted? They have Chief minister behind them. They will get out in the next moment.
- CM or PM how many times did the court make them stand in the dock? Come to the court and try telling the truth for once. For justice.
- If you take me with you, you will be dead. Take her and go away.
- Where do you want me to go? Back to the police whom I beat up? Or to my dad whom I promised justice for my brother's death? I will take you to the court and hand you over. Or I will die trying. Truth wins. It takes time. But it wins.
*
original title·····కస్టడీ | கஸ்டடி
language·········Telugu·Tamil
Written and directed by Venkat Prabhu (Biriyani 2013, Maanaadu 2021)
"It will be a problem if I get stuck here. Do you know the number of murders he committed? He threw a bomb at Kakinada station and killed an SI. Do you understand what I am saying? Four years ago, the gas leakage at Morampudi junction, was not an accident! He was behind it. Not just that. Forty innocent lives were lost in the blast. Do you remember? He was behind it! Look up the old cases if you want. You will know who Raj is. He should be handed over to the CBI court in two days. He has the government's backing. We shouldn't be staying here"
- Raju has escaped with a constable called Shiva. I think Shiva has some past connection with Raju. That's why he bashed up everyone at the station and took off with Raju.
- We are running short of time. If Raju is caught, you, me and everyone will be caught. You have time till tonight. Use the entire police department or do whatever you want. If the police department is not enough, use the goons and all the party activists. I want Raju dead!
- You are central government. I am state government. You are legal. I am illegal. That's the only difference. Our jobs are the same.
- I don't work for politicians like you.
- You work for politicians too. Only you don't see it. ···Every man I raised is trying to become Raju. Every man I trust, is trying to kill me. Though no way connected, you are trying to save me. I will show what I am…
- What will you do? Kill them? How many will you kill? They will keep coming. They want you dead. If you want to show what you are, confess to the court.
- If I do? Will they be convicted? They have Chief minister behind them. They will get out in the next moment.
- CM or PM how many times did the court make them stand in the dock? Come to the court and try telling the truth for once. For justice.
- If you take me with you, you will be dead. Take her and go away.
- Where do you want me to go? Back to the police whom I beat up? Or to my dad whom I promised justice for my brother's death? I will take you to the court and hand you over. Or I will die trying. Truth wins. It takes time. But it wins.
*
original title·····కస్టడీ | கஸ்டடி
language·········Telugu·Tamil
Written and directed by Venkat Prabhu (Biriyani 2013, Maanaadu 2021)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970*
"Water to men, sheep, and hogs 10 cents. Horses, mules, and cows 2 bits. In advance. Which means, you pay before you drink or I'll bury you"
Let tomorrow be the song you sing
And yesterday won't mean a thing
Make today your next day's dawn
And you'll still be here grinnin' when today's all gone
Let tomorrow steal the song I sing
Good or bad, whatever it brings
Got no choice, greet the day
And whatever debt I owe to fate. I'll make fate pay
"It's me! Cable Hogue! Right here! Waitin' Right here!"
"... Cable Hogue was born into this world. Nobody knows when or where. He came stumbling out of the wilderness like a prophet of old. Out of the barren wastes, he carved himself a one man kingdom. Some said he was ruthless. He wasn't really a good man, he wasn't a bad man, but Lord, he was a man. He charged too much. He was as stingy as they come. Yes, he might have cheated, but he was square about it. Rich or poor, he gouged them all the same. There wasn't an animal in the desert he didn't know. There wasn't a star in the firmament he hadn't named. There wasn't a man he was afraid of. Now the sand he fought and loved so long has covered him at last. Now he is gone into the whole torrent of the years of the souls that passed, and never stop. In some ways, he was your dim reflection, Lord, and right or wrong, I feel he is worth consideration. But if you feel he is not, you should know that Hogue lived and died here in the desert, and I'm sure hell will never be too hot for him. He never went to church. He didn't need to. The whole desert was his cathedral. Hogue loved the desert. Loved it deeper than he'd ever say. He built his empire, but was man enough to give it up for love when the time came. Lord, as the day draws toward evening, this life grows to an end for us all. We say adieu to our friend. Take him, Lord but knowing Cable, I suggest you do not take him lightly. Amen"
*
Directed by Sam Peckinpah (Ride the High Country 1962, The Getaway 1972, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid 1973)
"Water to men, sheep, and hogs 10 cents. Horses, mules, and cows 2 bits. In advance. Which means, you pay before you drink or I'll bury you"
Let tomorrow be the song you sing
And yesterday won't mean a thing
Make today your next day's dawn
And you'll still be here grinnin' when today's all gone
Let tomorrow steal the song I sing
Good or bad, whatever it brings
Got no choice, greet the day
And whatever debt I owe to fate. I'll make fate pay
"It's me! Cable Hogue! Right here! Waitin' Right here!"
"... Cable Hogue was born into this world. Nobody knows when or where. He came stumbling out of the wilderness like a prophet of old. Out of the barren wastes, he carved himself a one man kingdom. Some said he was ruthless. He wasn't really a good man, he wasn't a bad man, but Lord, he was a man. He charged too much. He was as stingy as they come. Yes, he might have cheated, but he was square about it. Rich or poor, he gouged them all the same. There wasn't an animal in the desert he didn't know. There wasn't a star in the firmament he hadn't named. There wasn't a man he was afraid of. Now the sand he fought and loved so long has covered him at last. Now he is gone into the whole torrent of the years of the souls that passed, and never stop. In some ways, he was your dim reflection, Lord, and right or wrong, I feel he is worth consideration. But if you feel he is not, you should know that Hogue lived and died here in the desert, and I'm sure hell will never be too hot for him. He never went to church. He didn't need to. The whole desert was his cathedral. Hogue loved the desert. Loved it deeper than he'd ever say. He built his empire, but was man enough to give it up for love when the time came. Lord, as the day draws toward evening, this life grows to an end for us all. We say adieu to our friend. Take him, Lord but knowing Cable, I suggest you do not take him lightly. Amen"
*
Directed by Sam Peckinpah (Ride the High Country 1962, The Getaway 1972, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid 1973)
Agent Harry Palmer I: The Ipcress File 1965*
- "Insubordinate, insolent and a trickster perhaps with criminal tendencies"
- Yes, that's a pretty fair appraisal. Sir.
- Good. That last quality might be useful. But if I have any trouble with you Palmer, I shall bite you so hard you'll go right back to where we found you.
- The psychiatrist says he's suffering from some form of amnesia. Physically, he's perfectly normal but he can no longer function as a physicist. Apparently, that part of his life is a complete blank.
- Scientist suddenly becoming non productive, eh? Seems to fit in with your brain drain idea.
- ···Palmer's found a dead American agent in his flat.
- Did he do it?
- He says not. Claims he's being framed.
- Where is he now?
- I don't know.
- Your department has developed a remarkably high casualty rate.
- I wonder why.
- "Induction of psychoneuroses by conditioned reflex under stress." What does that mean?
- It means I know why 17 scientists ceased to function.
*
Directed by Sidney J. Furie (The Entity 1982, Detention 2003, Direct Action 2004)
- "Insubordinate, insolent and a trickster perhaps with criminal tendencies"
- Yes, that's a pretty fair appraisal. Sir.
- Good. That last quality might be useful. But if I have any trouble with you Palmer, I shall bite you so hard you'll go right back to where we found you.
- The psychiatrist says he's suffering from some form of amnesia. Physically, he's perfectly normal but he can no longer function as a physicist. Apparently, that part of his life is a complete blank.
- Scientist suddenly becoming non productive, eh? Seems to fit in with your brain drain idea.
- ···Palmer's found a dead American agent in his flat.
- Did he do it?
- He says not. Claims he's being framed.
- Where is he now?
- I don't know.
- Your department has developed a remarkably high casualty rate.
- I wonder why.
- "Induction of psychoneuroses by conditioned reflex under stress." What does that mean?
- It means I know why 17 scientists ceased to function.
*
Directed by Sidney J. Furie (The Entity 1982, Detention 2003, Direct Action 2004)
Agent Harry Palmer II: Funeral in Berlin 1966*
- Her majesty's government seems to be doing good business in the West Berlin. I won't ask where the profits go.
- If you're going to have a cover, it might as well be profitable. ···You're going to the East Berlin. You have the address?
- Yep. And my luger pistol, and my cyanide pills, and my inflatable Batman suit.
- I like you, English. You're not as stupid as you look. I wanted to see how well you were trained. My offer is perfectly serious. My wall has been penetrated too many times in the last year. My department is being investigated. I'm being watched. When the ax is falling, there is no use pleading not guilty. And for you, it is a propaganda victory. My name is worth a headline.
- Will you cooperate? Information?
- Yes. But there are limits. I'm not a traitor. I'm still a good communist. I must have a foolproof method of escape. Organized by a professional, like Otto kreutzman. He's organized all the most important escapes. He's responsible for my troubles. Now let him get me out.
- Do you mean that her majesty's government employs ex Nazis, sir?
- And thieves, Palmer. Now where are those documents?
*
Directed by Guy Hamilton (James Bond III: Goldfinger 1964, James Bond VII: Diamonds are Forever 1971, James Bond VIII: Live and Let Die 1973, James Bond IX: The Man with the Golden Gun 1974)
- Her majesty's government seems to be doing good business in the West Berlin. I won't ask where the profits go.
- If you're going to have a cover, it might as well be profitable. ···You're going to the East Berlin. You have the address?
- Yep. And my luger pistol, and my cyanide pills, and my inflatable Batman suit.
- I like you, English. You're not as stupid as you look. I wanted to see how well you were trained. My offer is perfectly serious. My wall has been penetrated too many times in the last year. My department is being investigated. I'm being watched. When the ax is falling, there is no use pleading not guilty. And for you, it is a propaganda victory. My name is worth a headline.
- Will you cooperate? Information?
- Yes. But there are limits. I'm not a traitor. I'm still a good communist. I must have a foolproof method of escape. Organized by a professional, like Otto kreutzman. He's organized all the most important escapes. He's responsible for my troubles. Now let him get me out.
- Do you mean that her majesty's government employs ex Nazis, sir?
- And thieves, Palmer. Now where are those documents?
*
Directed by Guy Hamilton (James Bond III: Goldfinger 1964, James Bond VII: Diamonds are Forever 1971, James Bond VIII: Live and Let Die 1973, James Bond IX: The Man with the Golden Gun 1974)
Agent Harry Palmer III: Billion Dollar Brain 1967*
"First get those stolen eggs back to our research laboratory at Porton. They're full of rather nasty viruses. You are mixed up with an organization known as the Crusade for Freedom. It is financed by an oil millionaire in Texas by the name of Midwinter. Nobody knows any more. Not even the CIA. We did have a contact who penetrated the organization. His name was Kaarna. He was to report to me with the eggs. You will replace him. Now, your duties. You're to join this organization, to report direct to me. I want a full L-141 on this"
"Listen to me, English. This organization, they are a bunch of nutcases and criminals. Intelligence work is one thing, but using hooligans to try to break up the country is another. They think the Latvians are on the verge of overthrowing their tyrannical overlords. They think the people on the street are dreaming of the moment they can become capitalist serfs again. They think we all lie awake dreaming of going to America. They think they can distribute pamphlets and gold and a vast monarchist army will materialize overnight. This is what I call fantastic dreams. I warn you, English, we know how to deal with counter revolutionaries"
- You don't know what's going on in the world. There's only one important issue today: Communism. That's the threat. You Europeans don't know anything about it. You've all been brainwashed, just like those politicians in Washington. Communism threatens Europe and Europe has got to fight back.
- Where are we going?
- Into the 21st century. This is how wars are gonna be fought.
- It's quite modern then?
- Modern? It makes the Pentagon look like a room in the Alamo. This here I'm gonna show you now is gonna knock you right off your pins. My Brain. Cost me one billion dollars. This is the center of the operation. This is the program for revolution. When we feed them into this machine, Latvia is gonna be in turmoil. We're working out plans for countries dominated by the Commies. These send out orders to our agents to begin the uprisings. Thanks to you we have quite a supply of viruses already in Latvia. Harry, you're gonna learn to spread those viruses quick. My Brain says the hour is at hand and my Brain is never wrong.
- You mean you really are going to try to start a revolution?
- When the people of Latvia rise up and call for help my organization with all its resources will be right there. Once we have shown the way, all the governments of the free world will follow.
- If you go through with this, there won't be any free world.
*
Directed by Ken Russell (Altered States 1980)
"First get those stolen eggs back to our research laboratory at Porton. They're full of rather nasty viruses. You are mixed up with an organization known as the Crusade for Freedom. It is financed by an oil millionaire in Texas by the name of Midwinter. Nobody knows any more. Not even the CIA. We did have a contact who penetrated the organization. His name was Kaarna. He was to report to me with the eggs. You will replace him. Now, your duties. You're to join this organization, to report direct to me. I want a full L-141 on this"
"Listen to me, English. This organization, they are a bunch of nutcases and criminals. Intelligence work is one thing, but using hooligans to try to break up the country is another. They think the Latvians are on the verge of overthrowing their tyrannical overlords. They think the people on the street are dreaming of the moment they can become capitalist serfs again. They think we all lie awake dreaming of going to America. They think they can distribute pamphlets and gold and a vast monarchist army will materialize overnight. This is what I call fantastic dreams. I warn you, English, we know how to deal with counter revolutionaries"
- You don't know what's going on in the world. There's only one important issue today: Communism. That's the threat. You Europeans don't know anything about it. You've all been brainwashed, just like those politicians in Washington. Communism threatens Europe and Europe has got to fight back.
- Where are we going?
- Into the 21st century. This is how wars are gonna be fought.
- It's quite modern then?
- Modern? It makes the Pentagon look like a room in the Alamo. This here I'm gonna show you now is gonna knock you right off your pins. My Brain. Cost me one billion dollars. This is the center of the operation. This is the program for revolution. When we feed them into this machine, Latvia is gonna be in turmoil. We're working out plans for countries dominated by the Commies. These send out orders to our agents to begin the uprisings. Thanks to you we have quite a supply of viruses already in Latvia. Harry, you're gonna learn to spread those viruses quick. My Brain says the hour is at hand and my Brain is never wrong.
- You mean you really are going to try to start a revolution?
- When the people of Latvia rise up and call for help my organization with all its resources will be right there. Once we have shown the way, all the governments of the free world will follow.
- If you go through with this, there won't be any free world.
*
Directed by Ken Russell (Altered States 1980)
Agent Harry Palmer IV: Bullet to Beijing 1995
"The code name of our project was Alorex. One single drop of Alorex is enough to mutate and destroy the entire population of a city of 1 million souls. That is why we call it the Red Death. Alorex is a binary product. Made up of two separate substances. It's only when these are combined together it becomes dangerous. Last week, we discovered that our sample was missing, along with a certain Professor. Well, our information tells us that it's a certain ambitious but politically unacceptable power. Our information is, the Alorex has not yet reached the customer. That's why you're here, Mr. Palmer. Bring the Alorex back by whatever means you find necessary. I'm not being over dramatic, Mr. Palmer, when I tell you the fate of the world could be in your hands"
"What did they say at airport security? Is this your bag? Did you pack it yourself? Did anyone give you a present? Take the Bullet to Beijing. The Alorex will be on board. No wonder Louis knew it would be on board. The Bullet to Beijing. And I thought it was a fucking train"
"Finance your cause? Finance it with heroin? Because that's what it was. I saw it. Or didn't Alex tell you that? It was real heroin and real Alorex. Kim Soo asked me for my passport. I always carry two. I gave him one, and this is the one that I handed in at the hotel. The one that Alex knew I had to take with me. And this is what Alex left inside. The formula for Alorex. And you know where he got it? From the passport that you and the old lady lifted off Kulbitsky's body. Yeah, I saw you. You were in London. Were you saving Russia then? Do you know how much that's worth? Millions of dollars on the open market. And it could cost millions of lives. Give me your lighter. I'll show you what I think of it. It's not Alex who is saving Russia. It's you who should be saving Russia from Alex. There's one more thing that I'd like to ask you. Why did you take such a risk in Beijing to phone and get me out?"
"The code name of our project was Alorex. One single drop of Alorex is enough to mutate and destroy the entire population of a city of 1 million souls. That is why we call it the Red Death. Alorex is a binary product. Made up of two separate substances. It's only when these are combined together it becomes dangerous. Last week, we discovered that our sample was missing, along with a certain Professor. Well, our information tells us that it's a certain ambitious but politically unacceptable power. Our information is, the Alorex has not yet reached the customer. That's why you're here, Mr. Palmer. Bring the Alorex back by whatever means you find necessary. I'm not being over dramatic, Mr. Palmer, when I tell you the fate of the world could be in your hands"
"What did they say at airport security? Is this your bag? Did you pack it yourself? Did anyone give you a present? Take the Bullet to Beijing. The Alorex will be on board. No wonder Louis knew it would be on board. The Bullet to Beijing. And I thought it was a fucking train"
"Finance your cause? Finance it with heroin? Because that's what it was. I saw it. Or didn't Alex tell you that? It was real heroin and real Alorex. Kim Soo asked me for my passport. I always carry two. I gave him one, and this is the one that I handed in at the hotel. The one that Alex knew I had to take with me. And this is what Alex left inside. The formula for Alorex. And you know where he got it? From the passport that you and the old lady lifted off Kulbitsky's body. Yeah, I saw you. You were in London. Were you saving Russia then? Do you know how much that's worth? Millions of dollars on the open market. And it could cost millions of lives. Give me your lighter. I'll show you what I think of it. It's not Alex who is saving Russia. It's you who should be saving Russia from Alex. There's one more thing that I'd like to ask you. Why did you take such a risk in Beijing to phone and get me out?"
Agent Harry Palmer V: Midnight in Saint Petersburg 1996
- Harry, there's a fax from Vienna, the Atomic Energy Authority. You were absolutely right about the missing Plutonium. The message and the check came through their secret undercover branch. Now the Authority wants us on the job immediately. It's official. The deal is set to close within 48 hours in Saint Petersburg.
- I make that midnight Friday. Any leads?
- The informant may be able to help. Oh, a word of warning. There's been a leak in Vienna. And the Russians know that we've been hired for it.
- Does the name Hans Schreiber ring a bell? You used to have a lot of contacts with the Stasi.
- Yes. In fact, I'm doing him a small favour. He's in the film business, making a movie in Helsinki. Had problems with Russian customs, needs to bring some props out of a film studio here. to make sure there won't be any delays at the border.
- Was the shipment leaving tonight?
- So I understand, but it's small stuff.
- Small stuff? What is the price of 1,000 grams of enriched Plutonium?
- He never said anything about Plutonium.
- Plus the treasures of the Hermitage not for sale, for ransom 5 million bucks, give or take a million. I have an idea, a combined operation.
- Harry, there's a fax from Vienna, the Atomic Energy Authority. You were absolutely right about the missing Plutonium. The message and the check came through their secret undercover branch. Now the Authority wants us on the job immediately. It's official. The deal is set to close within 48 hours in Saint Petersburg.
- I make that midnight Friday. Any leads?
- The informant may be able to help. Oh, a word of warning. There's been a leak in Vienna. And the Russians know that we've been hired for it.
- Does the name Hans Schreiber ring a bell? You used to have a lot of contacts with the Stasi.
- Yes. In fact, I'm doing him a small favour. He's in the film business, making a movie in Helsinki. Had problems with Russian customs, needs to bring some props out of a film studio here. to make sure there won't be any delays at the border.
- Was the shipment leaving tonight?
- So I understand, but it's small stuff.
- Small stuff? What is the price of 1,000 grams of enriched Plutonium?
- He never said anything about Plutonium.
- Plus the treasures of the Hermitage not for sale, for ransom 5 million bucks, give or take a million. I have an idea, a combined operation.
Neelavelicham 2023
- But there are no vacant houses by the road. O God... Is it Bhargavi Nilayam? That mansion was shut for a very long time. It is a house where a gruesome unnatural death happened. The only thing there now is a bloodthirsty ghost! People are scared to go to that mansion even during the day.
- Ghost? Whose ghost?
- The daughter of that house! She killed herself.
- Why?
- Love failure! Her lover lived right next to Bhargavi Nilayam. They were in a platonic love! After a while, as their love bloomed, on a fine beautiful day, He fled the town. And Bhargavi jumped into the well and died. A letter was found by the well, of her lover's. Saying he married someone else. Anyway, you should be careful. Bhargavi Nilayam is a cursed place. Many of her things are still there in a room. At night, she would turn into a rodent, a dog, or a cat!
"Bhargavikutty... We are not acquainted yet. I am a humble writer. A lone traveller. I am the new tenant here. I heard varied stories today. Actually, why did you kill yourself? Bhargavikutti... If you had lived a lot longer, hugging you tightly and giving thousands of kisses, there would have been someone to love you in abundance. Bhargavikutty. I was thinking, what if I write your story? Not those false tales people tell. Your true story. What do you say?"
- When did you realise that I killed them, Mr Writer? Here and there, some errors are present. Yet your work is commendable. You are quite something! But you are not going to live much longer, Mister.
- You have committed two heinous murders. Now you say that you will kill me too! If this story is your problem, you may take it.
- This is not my problem. But... the brain that wrote this! No matter who you kill, it is not easy to get the girl you love. You know, right? Even then, I am the villain of this story! A murderer! Do you have any last wish? Then, your story ends here. Bhargavi said, she will avenge even if she dies! To hell with her avenge! So, your time ends here! I have no grudge against you. But I have no other choice, but killing you!
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original title·····നീലവെളിച്ചം (Moonlight)
language·········Malayalam
- But there are no vacant houses by the road. O God... Is it Bhargavi Nilayam? That mansion was shut for a very long time. It is a house where a gruesome unnatural death happened. The only thing there now is a bloodthirsty ghost! People are scared to go to that mansion even during the day.
- Ghost? Whose ghost?
- The daughter of that house! She killed herself.
- Why?
- Love failure! Her lover lived right next to Bhargavi Nilayam. They were in a platonic love! After a while, as their love bloomed, on a fine beautiful day, He fled the town. And Bhargavi jumped into the well and died. A letter was found by the well, of her lover's. Saying he married someone else. Anyway, you should be careful. Bhargavi Nilayam is a cursed place. Many of her things are still there in a room. At night, she would turn into a rodent, a dog, or a cat!
"Bhargavikutty... We are not acquainted yet. I am a humble writer. A lone traveller. I am the new tenant here. I heard varied stories today. Actually, why did you kill yourself? Bhargavikutti... If you had lived a lot longer, hugging you tightly and giving thousands of kisses, there would have been someone to love you in abundance. Bhargavikutty. I was thinking, what if I write your story? Not those false tales people tell. Your true story. What do you say?"
- When did you realise that I killed them, Mr Writer? Here and there, some errors are present. Yet your work is commendable. You are quite something! But you are not going to live much longer, Mister.
- You have committed two heinous murders. Now you say that you will kill me too! If this story is your problem, you may take it.
- This is not my problem. But... the brain that wrote this! No matter who you kill, it is not easy to get the girl you love. You know, right? Even then, I am the villain of this story! A murderer! Do you have any last wish? Then, your story ends here. Bhargavi said, she will avenge even if she dies! To hell with her avenge! So, your time ends here! I have no grudge against you. But I have no other choice, but killing you!
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original title·····നീലവെളിച്ചം (Moonlight)
language·········Malayalam