Gone with the Bullets Page #6

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- On film or for real?

- Both.

- But he is your friend.

No more than the inspector.

The law outweighs friendship.

He murdered a defenceless woman.

We must kill him!

I can't wait to see this movie.

- We'll shoot as soon as Ma Zouri arrives.

- If he is unwilling?

Leave it to Inspector Xiang.

I'm not so sure.

I'll give you an old story

that'll hook him right in.

I'm not good at telling tales.

- Memorise it!

- Attention!

- Salute!

- At ease.

Attention!

- Salute!

- At ease.

- Attention!

- Salute!

At ease.

You killed Wanyan, hid for two years.

You were free and clear.

But an actor insulted you.

So you beat him up, got arrested...

...and landed on death row.

That sounds about right.

Totally irrational.

If you saw this actor again,

would you still beat him up?

Of course!

You prefer death to insult?

You've got to come to your senses!

What's the point? I'm about to die.

Let me tell you a story...

...about facing death sensibly.

There was once a samurai in Japan...

...named Sukyohama Jr.

When he was 7,

his father got into big trouble...

...and was hunted down nationwide.

One moonless night, they showed him

a severed head and asked him:

"Is this your father?"

He shook his head, "No."

Another moonless night...

...they brought him another head.

"Is this your father?" Again the boy

said, "No, it's not my father."

One more moonless night.

One more head.

One more moonless night.

One more head.

They screamed at Sukyohama Jr.,

"Is this your father?"

He stared at it for a long time.

His face went pale

and he fell to his knees...

...stabbed himself with his own sword,

shouting, "Father...

...I'm coming with you!"

So...

...you gonna kill yourself for me?

- Ma Zouri!

- I don't need your help!

That was a classic samurai story.

About what?

About a simple-minded son?

No. A clever son...

...who saved his father.

Which of the heads was his father's?

None.

By committing suicide...

...he convinced the guards

of his father's death...

...and stopped the manhunt.

For the last two years...

...I have been executed

over and over in many plays.

- Why haven't I been saved?

- You know why?

- I don't have a son like that.

- You do.

You are Sukyohama Jr...

...and Sukyohama Sr.

Whether you can escape depends on

whether you can commit suicide.

You want me to live or die?

Be patient. People demand justice.

Act in our movie Executing Ma Zouri.

We'll show you committing the murder.

I'll pretend to shoot you on film,

but the real you...

...will live on as a Vietnamese.

Here's your new identity.

As your brother in arms...

...I am ever ready to risk my life

for you.

If you're willing, open up this envelope.

Tell Wu-Six to come and see me.

We got you a great acting coach.

Ma Zouri! Ma Zouri!

You stay true and honest,

and be a serious actor.

- Say it.

- Why?

You taught me, remember? Say it.

You stay true and honest,

and be a serious actor.

- Say it in Shanghainese.

- I don't speak it.

Stay true and honest.

Stay true and honest.

And be a serious actor.

- Actor.

- Now say it together.

Stay true and honest,

and be a serious actor.

How do you like my take

on the crime scene?

Romantic, grandiose, sentimental.

- Get changed.

- Ma Zouri! Ma Zouri!

Shut up, degenerates!

Keep cheering for a killer,

and I'll kick you out!

Hey, hey, hey!

Be nice.

- These are my friends.

- Now I get it.

- The kind of dear friends...

- I got it.

...who will pay to watch me direct.

Do you know why

you're dressed like this?

It sells tickets.

I envy you, little a**hole,

starring in a movie.

My friends, what is a movie?

Film is an art form

that can be appreciated by all.

There is a saying:

"Love is a universal language."

I disagree.

Does love sell tickets?

Love is nice,

but violence makes money!

So the universal language is violence.

With that outfit,

the audience immediately gets it.

You're a violent son of a b*tch.

Let's start shooting.

Get in the car, we start shooting.

Close your eyes. You're dead.

- I'm scared.

- Why?

Of him?

See all the French cops with

their guns? If he tries anything...

...he'll be shot dead in an instant! We'll

film the execution scene a day early!

- Slate!

- Executing Ma Zouri...

...Act 1, Scene 1, Take 1! Camera A!

Camera B!

- Camera C and D!

- Camera!

Start acting!

Your pacing is totally off.

Don't you remember what you've done?

Let me show you.

Just follow my instructions.

Here, open the car door!

Now pick her up.

Drag her behind the car.

Good. Good. Hurry!

Pull backward.

Lay her down.

Okay. Ma Zouri, catch!

Now chop!

Full swing. One, two...

...three. Go!

Do it!

Madam President

You had a change of heart

Okay. Excellent!

Now rape the body.

Now rape the body.

Put the chopper down first.

Move!

What's this?

Ma Zouri!

Police! French police!

Can I have a word with him, sir?

All right, you have two minutes.

Ma Zouri...

...do you have a death wish?

- Just kill me.

- Stop this macho bullshit.

Didn't Inspector Xiang explain to you?

You'll be released after the movie.

Yes, he did.

But I can't do this!

Are you afraid people will see

how evil you are?

I am not evil!

I am innocent.

Wanyan died because of me.

Have me shot, I deserve it.

But she shouldn't be humiliated.

She was a noble person.

- She had honour.

- So, what did you do...

- ...to cause her death that day?

- I can't tell you.

- Why?

- Because I don't remember!

She was very happy that day.

She asked me to say "I love you."

I didn't. She wanted me to marry her.

I wouldn't.

I gave her some opium.

I took her out for a drive.

That night the moon was...

...so big. So big.

She said:

"Let's race to the moon!"

And so we raced to the moon.

When I woke up,

the car was overturned.

She lay there.

Like she was asleep.

Take off the mask.

- No. No.

- Take it off.

- Take it off!

- No!

Ma Zouri...

...can I believe you?

Lights!

So much for our docu-drama.

Ma Zouri refuses to act.

We can still kill him on camera?

Half a masterpiece.

A half-assed masterpiece?

We're ruined.

Indeed.

- May I share a thought?

- Out with it!

Show a man's face...

...followed by a baby,

you see tenderness.

Show a man's face...

...followed by a naked woman,

it's perverse.

Show Ma Zouri's ugly mug...

...then a woman's corpse...

...the audience thinks

they saw the killing.

I love artists!

So from the audience's point of view...

- ...they've seen it all.

- Who kills Ma Zouri?

- You or me?

- A toast to Miss Wu!

- Cheers!

- Get lost.

- Who?

- All of you.

Go screw yourselves.

Why are you pissed at us?

Ma Zouri said he didn't kill anyone.

Yet here you are,

plotting his execution.

If I remember correctly,

you demanded we shoot him.

But only because

I thought he was guilty.

- Killing him is a popular demand.

- What?

The audience is never wrong, girl.

- Who are you talking to?

- I was--

Who do you think you are? Get up!

Get up!

Attention!

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