Murder in the Dark Page #6

someone was killed.

And he was the last

one to see Lily.

And it was his idea

to bring us all here.

You killed my sister.

Go to hell!

Stop!

Matthew!

Did you kill Taylor?

Ajay, listen to me?

Did you kill Taylor?

You killed Solo.

You poisoned Taylor.

Yes!

But I didn't kill the others.

I'm not a killer.

You killed her.

You just said that

you killed her.

You just said you killed her.

Why should we believe that you

didn't kill the other people?

You avenged your

sister's death,

and I killed to

save my wife, OK?

She was gonna ruin me.

Did you murder Lily?

No!

Lily was sacrificed

like the others.

And if you wanna know who

did it, we gotta find them.

There's somebody here she saw.

She saw!

Jessica's the only

one that knows.

We can work this out.

You murdered Solo!

I found this with Taylor.

He must've had it

the whole time.

He was trying to keep us here.

Ajay.

You're awake.

What are you doing?

It's a very exciting day.

I don't understand.

Look, transplant research.

Pretty simple, really.

It's all about the donors.

And a healthy recipient.

Kevin.

But he got away.

Yes, he did.

Of course, all the organs failed

by that point, unfortunately.

He was an ideal subject.

But Lily-- how could

you do this to Lily?

That wasn't the plan.

But-- science.

I:

You can't do this!

Calm down.

Lily.

You can't do this!

I needed her help.

She-- she didn't understand.

I had no choice.

[scream]

You can't imagine how hard it

was to keep everyone guessing.

You're sick.

But the organs must

be fresh, so I could

only take one at the time.

This isn't science.

It's a game.

Yes, you remember the game.

When I was forced to kill

Lily, I noticed the pattern.

Why did you do it like that?

Why?

What better way to do it?

[sobbing]

Please, it doesn't work.

You're just killing people.

Ajay.

- Shh.

Please.

Please.

This should help with the pain.

Try to focus on the

thousands of people

who will benefit

from the breakthrough

in organ regeneration.

[monitor beeping]

You understand, serving

the greater good, right?

[saw whirring]

Ajay, please.

You don't have to do this.

[scream]

[monitor flatlines]

[sobbing]

[heartbeat]

Jessica, it works.

You're alive.

Don't--

[scream]

[coughing]

[sobbing]

[music playing]

From the very beginning, this

was designed as an experiment.

We wanted, as filmmakers, to

create a situation where actors

could be in character,

experiencing events,

and conflict, and story

as it happened live.

And in that way, it's kind

of like the game Murder

in the Dark, where

they would have

to figure out who the murderer

was before they were killed.

So our experiment is going to

be involving getting information

to actors in such a way that

the dialogue can be unscripted,

the scenes can be unscripted.

The characters can

have a lot of movement

to do what those

characters would do.

But we're still getting

information to the actors.

Each individual will

know exactly what they

need to do at any given moment.

But they are not gonna know

what everyone else knows.

And we're not in

control of everything.

But even in our first

rehearsal with the actors,

it's pretty cool

how you give them

a little bit of information, but

steer them in the direction--

and we have great actors--

and how well they are already

finding paths that kind

of go in the direction

that we want them to

without us saying anything.

Calm down!

I was told, when I

got cast for this,

they were just like, so

you're doing a film in Italy,

and it's improv'd.

It's like, how do you know these

people just won't take you,

and you'll never come back?

I'm really excited

about the fact

that there's gonna be a plot.

I don't know

what's gonna happen.

I think something

bad's gonna happen,

or we wouldn't be

making a movie.

If this had not said it

was shooting in Italy,

I would have been like, hell no.

An experimental

ensemble thriller.

I don't know if anyone

actually knows what's going on.

Who knows what's

gonna happen with it?

Because what's the

worst that could happen?

Give me that!

We're in these insane ruins.

I have no idea where we are.

It's the coolest

set there ever was.

I've seen some

really amazing places,

but I have never seen

anything like this.

There's limitations

on the location

that we wouldn't expect based,

first, on just what our hopes

would be for location,

and secondly,

on what we've been promised.

Let's just make sure

that nobody, nobody,

not even for one single

shot, goes off the path

that we have agreed upon.

It's like a mystery.

It's like theater.

It's like doing a play, because

we're going continuously,

but we don't know the plot.

Why can't we get out of here?

Everything horrible about

me came out yesterday.

But for us, it was

complete chaos.

And for the first time today,

I'm thinking, I'm screwed.

My heart was pounding,

and tears were coming, even

after they blew the whistle.

Because I realized, oh,

sh*t, this is actually

what I got myself into.

Your mama won't care?

[whistle]

Crazy guys headed back

toward the upper plaza.

[shout]

And this dude walks

by with a pickaxe.

And I wasn't sure.

I thought maybe he was part

of the movie, 'cause who

walks around with a pickaxe?

He's here to protect us

in case these guys-- like,

they brought the pickaxe

to try to intimidate us.

Apparently, there are

two factions of locals.

There's the ones

that are supportive

of us, and then

the ones that are

trying to extort money from us.

They feel like

we are using them.

They freak out any

time they see a camera.

It's hard for me.

So there's a cultural gap

between me and people here.

You have saw through

some kind of negotiation.

What else can I do?

[shouting]

I've had less exciting days.

I actually was

scared out of my life.

We got to experience the

unfolding of the story

the same way the audience

does, where we didn't know

what was going to happen next.

Except the thing was

we were living it.

There's a method

to this madness.

Hey, we're gonna play

some games tonight.

It's called Murder in the Dark.

We can play a game

called Murder in the Dark.

[scream]

And I'm pretty sure that Lily's

dead right now 'cause she's

missing, and so is Johanna.

And any time that an

actor is missing--

While we were

shooting this film,

we, as characters

and actors, were also

trying to work out who the

killer was, who we should

trust, what we should do next.

[speaking italian]

Man, I'm kinda out there.

There'll be a few more people

killed by the time I get back.

Honestly, I don't know if I'm

going down today, but why would

they let me live?

I'm such a dickwad.

Maybe I will live.

You guys are all dead.

I'm dead.

You're dead.

I just died.

Jason's the killer.

I'm hoping.

I'm telling you that.

- Jason?

Oh, yeah.

From the crew?

Yep.

Told me that he could do a

really good Russian accent,

so I'm thinking he's

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