Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate Page #4

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I will have Bannister.

I can't give him to you.

You see that man behind me?

I don't want to bring him

into this conversation...

but I will if you leave me

no other choice.

Alan!

Alan!

Do you remember the moment...

you first fell in love

with your husband?

Goodness. How can you answer

a question like that?

The pier?

Yes, the pier.

He had taken me down

to the pier.

It was springtime.

We were walking,

and he was going on...

This was during college?

Yes, I was in college...

and I remember,

I looked up at him...

and I thought,

this is the man...

I want to spend

the rest of my life with.

I just have one more question.

There was a man

at one of your parties.

- A man?

- Yes. A man with glasses.

You may have noticed them.

They're very thick glasses.

Thick glasses?

Mr. Hakman,

how is this relevant?

Minor people I don't even know

have no place in the Rememory.

Family...

career...

community.

That's all I want.

Cut everything else.

Maybe I could speak with Isabel?

Right now?

It would be very helpful.

Yes, of course.

Isabel?

Remember what I told you?

Mr. Hakman wants

to talk to you about Daddy.

It's for Daddy's Rememory.

Mrs. Bannister?

We have a problem

with the caterers.

Hi, Isabel.

Hello, Mr. Hakman.

"Mr. Hakman."

That's very formal.

My name is Alan.

Beautiful house.

What's going on in there?

Birthday party for Mr. Froggy.

Do you think Mr. Froggy

would mind...

if I took you away

from the party for a minute?

OK.

Who's that in your arms?

My doll.

Oh. What's her name?

She doesn't have a name.

She's just a doll. See?

Isabel, your daddy...

My daddy is the best daddy

in the world.

He had a really big meeting

one day...

but instead,

he took me horseback riding.

He would read me stories

before bed every night.

Sometimes he would make it up

as he went along...

and I knew, but I didn't care.

Your mom said I was here

to talk about your dad.

But we don't have to do that

if you don't want.

I don't want.

OK. Then we won't.

When I was a little older

than you...

I lost both my parents.

Not many people

know what you're feeling.

Not many people understand.

But I do.

You don't want me nosing around,

asking questions.

And you're right.

OK.

Alan...

it's not really

Mr. Froggy's birthday.

It's in a week.

Can I ask one question?

And then I'm gone.

There was a man at

one of your parents' parties.

The thing that's special

about this man...

is he wore glasses

that were very, very thick.

They're almost like the bottom

of a glass bottle.

Mr. Hunt.

I took him the invitation.

Mr. Hunt?

Was his name Louis Hunt?

He was my teacher.

Really? What does he teach?

He doesn't teach anymore.

He died in a car accident

a year ago.

It was very sad.

Did you have a Rememory,

like for your father?

I don't know.

We just had a day at school

where we talked about him.

Thank you, Isabel.

Alan?

Are you gonna fix

what my daddy can remember?

In a way... yes.

Can you make him forget

that I...

that I drew on

his contract with crayon?

I will.

And that I pulled

Dottie's hair so hard...

that she cried.

Will he forget that?

He'll forget.

But make sure you don't.

Hey, Alan...

would you relax?

There's nobody

following us, all right?

This is a really big favor

I'm doing for you.

You're lucky my cousin Karim

is working late tonight.

Thank you.

So, what's this guy's name?

Louis Hunt.

If he had an implant...

there will be a record

of it in here.

I could lose my job,

letting cutters in here.

Come on, Karim.

Would I get you in trouble?

They can track anyone

accessing data from a computer,

so this is the best I can do.

Please hurry.

Wait.

These are genealogies.

I don't know his family tree.

How do I use this?

Hard copies are

sorted by series numbers...

alphabetically on the boxes...

and then arranged

by implant date.

He's the same age as I am...

so it would be a 1500 series.

Hunt.

No Hunt.

Alan!

Alan, are you OK?

I'm fine.

OK.

Hello, Mr. And Mrs. Hakman...

and welcome

to the EYE Tech family.

You've made

an important decision.

You've purchased a Zoe implant

for your unborn son.

What does that mean?

Immortality.

No longer do our most cherished

moments together...

have to fade

and disappear over time.

Remember, the Zoe implant

is entirely organic...

and since it grows...

with your baby's brain

and nerve centers...

it's virtually undetectable.

When is the right time

to tell your child...

about their miraculous gift?

By their 21st birthday...

most carriers are

mature enough to understand...

and from then on,

your son can live his life...

knowing

that always and forever...

his experiences and adventures

will be revisited and relished,

and that's what

great memories are made of.

Congratulations.

Oh, my God. That's me, man.

That's me.

You take people's lives,

make lies out of them.

My daddy is the best daddy

in the world.

It's unbelievable

when you think about it.

One in twenty of these people

has an implant.

When is the right time

to tell your child...

about their miraculous gift?

What are people's lives like?

Do they make any sense?

It all seems so massive

and so random.

This is real life now.

Don't do that. We're not even

allowed to be here.

You take murderers

and make them saints.

Everybody's here!

- Just someone from my childhood.

- Remember for yourself!

What about the sin eater

bears the burden...

Get out of my head!

Oh, no.

Oh, Alan...

your phone call had me

so worried.

I saw the mirror.

What happened to you?

I saw something.

All right.

You cannot let your work

get to you like this.

Please don't leave.

What have you got to eat

in this dump?

Not much.

Try looking in the cupboards.

The cupboard.

I saw that in a project

I was working on.

An herbalist.

It looked interesting.

That's disgusting.

Well...

I guess we order out, then.

I want to show you something.

I've never shown it to anyone.

What is this?

Some implants have a defect.

They can't differentiate

between what the eye sees...

and what the mind sees.

What?

What were these? Dreams?

Yeah, dreams.

Daydreams. Hallucinations.

It's so beautiful.

Where are you off to, Alan?

Let's do this.

Oh, no. Not now.

There's somebody up there.

This has to be clean.

No mess.

Clean, dirty.

It's all the same to me.

I think he's a cutter.

You want to do him?

Yeah, I'll do him.

Hi.

You can follow her.

Now, you know how this works?

No, not at all.

OK. We draw synth tattoos...

with electrosynthetic ink.

And it creates

a magnetic field...

which interferes

with the Zoe implant...

blocking it from recording

audio or video...

from that point on.

Now, first

we do the audio tattoo...

and we wait a week.

If you don't get a migraine

and your system takes it...

then we'll do the video tattoo.

Do I have to cover

my whole face?

No.

Those guys...

they're just young and angry.

You want it discreet.

Very.

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