Dangerous Game Page #6

Synopsis: Eddie Israel is a moviemaker. He is beginning the shooting of "The mother of mirrors", starring Francis Burns and Sarah Jennings. "The mother of mirrors" is the story of the last night of a couple falling into decay. Eddie is very demanding with the actors, and the heavy atmosphere of the film acts upon the daily life of the protagonists.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Abel Ferrara
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
1993
108 min
195 Views


I don't know what you...

That's the point.

Where does it... What is it...

What's the difference

between acting and feeling?

I don't know. Look at him.

I can't look at him.

How do you feel it unless you act it?

You can't play a drunk

unless you drink, right?

So why?

You gotta be in love with someone

to be in love with someone.

You have to deserve the privilege.

- Right?

- Right.

"Deserve the privilege."

"Deserve the privilege."

It sounds like a tampon commercial.

- It does.

- Privilege Tampons.

A hygiene deodorant, or something...

for extra absorbency.

I'd like to give you

a Massengill douche about now.

For when there's a heavy

flow of bullshit, use...

What was the name?

What was the name

of my super absorbency tampon?

- Privilege.

- Privilege.

Thank you.

What did you say your name was?

Priv-ledger.

For that heavy flow of bullshit.

Extra heavy...

- flow...

- Are you on the rag or something?

It's kind of like how you want him to act.

- Like, flow, right?

- Yeah.

Except all he's given me

is toxic shock syndrome.

Hello?

- You got it?

- Yeah. It's for me.

Maddy, I don't want

to discuss anything now.

I just wanna concentrate

on my work. All right?

My father...

he had a heart attack.

He's dead.

I'm so sorry, Maddy.

I'll make a reservation

on the first flight home.

No.

Let me do it. Let me go on ahead...

and make all the arrangements.

- I love you.

- I love you, too.

You say do a pick-up, but...

- Because the first moment...

- The first moment is now.

- "No more, Russell."

- That's fine.

- Okay.

- You mind starting from the second thing?

Because I want it to be a separate beat.

The first beat, you got beautiful.

Let's let the camera get to position.

Camera's coming in.

You're gonna tell me when to go?

Keep going.

When it's in here,

'cause the camera was in...

I'll tell you when to start.

Just a little tighter.

Eddie, you like that?

Okay. You okay here?

- We're ready to go.

- Can you regard the gun?

- Then you let him have the line.

- Roll, please.

You're gonna do a thing like that,

do it when you're sober.

Be a man.

You're in no position to be

dictating comportment to me.

You're so smart, Russell.

You have it all figured out.

You blow my brains out,

you burn the house down.

You kill yourself.

All life's misery...

Sh*t, what's the line?

Okay, let's back it up again.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

- Let's back it up again.

- All right.

Keep in mind,

you're letting him have it, okay?

Yup.

- Same line?

- Yeah.

You're gonna do a thing like that,

do it when you're sober.

Be a man.

Be a man? What's a man to you?

Who the f*** are you to tell me

to be a man, Sarah?

You commercial piece of sh*t.

Who the f*** are you, you commercial

piece of sh*t, to tell me anything?

- Who the f*** am I?

- Yeah, do the lines.

You commercial piece of sh*t, do the lines.

Let's see if you can do them.

- What?

- Do the lines.

You think you're so smart.

Smarter than you.

You got it all figured out?

You blow my brains out, you burn

the house down, and then you kill yourself?

All life's problems solved

in an hour's worth of misery.

Is that what it is?

Let's go back again.

You commercial piece of sh*t,

tell me how smart you are.

Tell me how smart you are!

How dumb I am. Come on, put those lines.

Put those lines. I'm telling you what you are.

If I left you on TV, you'd be selling

toothpaste for the rest of your life.

- That's what you think.

- Yeah?

Well, how smart are you?

Who the f*** made you the smart one?

How smart are you?

Who the f*** are you?

- You need me, I don't need you.

- Oh, really?

I only need you for your money.

My life didn't begin when I f***ing met you.

Use the lines. Tell me.

You think you're so smart.

You got it all figured out.

You blow my brains out, you burn

the house down, you kill yourself.

All life's misery solved

in an hour's worth of effort.

Bravo!

And in the end,

we'll meet in one of the seven circles.

I'll be there for not doing

what I could to help you.

And you'll be there for doing

what you could to stop me.

- Is that what you want?

- Yeah.

Is that what you want?

Yeah. That's what I want.

Well, here, use this. Go ahead, come on.

I want to see blood on your hands.

You can't hide from the consequences

of what you do.

I want you to take a stand

for the horseshit you believe in.

Come on.

Okay, cut.

Rolling. Speak.

You take him in, you take the gun

and fire away, fuckface.

Action.

You like to see people hurt?

You like to see people in pain?

You like to ruin families?

You like to take a family and rip it apart?

In your f***ing search for who you are?

Don't make me laugh.

You want the truth?

You want reality? You want it to be real?

This is the truth.

This is the truth. Right here.

Cut.

You feel that?

Come on, Burns. Come back.

What the f*** are you doing?

Would you care for

some more wine, Mr. Israel?

Listen. I asked you before...

to throw away the scripts...

and to give me something

that was from you.

Why don't you pick up the knife

and stab this f***er!

Who is Claire?

You believe in that bullshit?

Listen to me!

You believe that Claire...

would honor these vows. ;

"Till death do we part"?

Do you believe Claire

would believe in God so much...

to honor that vow. ; "Till death do we part"?

What does it mean?

What kind of death are we talking about?

Physical death only?

There's a spiritual death also.

And you gave me Claire!

I don't know who the f*** Claire is!

I gave you an actress

who just got her throat f***ing cut, okay?

Will you shut up and listen to me a second?

You're not going to die, all right?

Listen, Sarah, you're a very famous person.

And people follow what you do.

Now, do you expect young girls...

Do you want young girls to do

what you do as Claire?

To let this f***ing brute beat you?

Shut up!

Do you expect young girls to allow...

Is that what you wanna teach them...

to let this f***ing brute beat you

'cause you believe in God?

I'm playing a character.

I don't want a character!

Who is God?

You mean, she does this because of God?

- I'm describing a way of life.

- Will you listen to me?

You're not gonna get it

unless you listen to me.

The marriage vow is, "Till death do we part."

He's killing her! Spiritually!

You think the only f***ing death

is physical?

Pick up that f***ing knife and stab him!

I asked you to throw the script away!

And give me something from you!

All you gave me was the script again.

You gave me back the horseshit I gave you!

- Hi, sweetheart.

- You made it.

- I caught the redeye.

- You're so cold.

I just have to get back tonight,

we're shooting tomorrow.

You should've told me you were coming,

I could've called a car or something.

- It's okay. You all right?

- Yeah. It's been a rough week.

Where's Tommy?

Still sleeping.

- What time's the funeral?

- 11:
00.

- Want some coffee or something?

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Nicholas St. John

For the American screenwriter, see Nicholas St. John (screenwriter). Nicholas St. John (by 1526 – 8 November 1589), was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Sir John St John of Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. He succeeded his father in 1576. He was a Gentleman pensioner by 1552 to 1560. He sat on the Wiltshire bench as a Justice of the Peace from c.1574 and was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1579–80. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Camelford in March 1553, Saltash in 1555, Cricklade in 1563, Great Bedwyn in 1571 and Marlborough in 1572. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, with whom he had 3 sons and 5 daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John. His second son, Oliver, was made Lord Deputy of Ireland and Viscount Grandison. more…

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