Red Lights Page #9

Synopsis: The skeptical psychologist Dr. Margaret Matheson and her assistant, physicist Tom Buckley, are specialists in disclosing fraudulent paranormal phenomena. When the famous psychic Simon Silver reappears to his public after many years of absence, Tom becomes singularly obsessed in determining whether Silver is a fraud or not.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Rodrigo Cortés
Production: Millenium Entertainment
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
R
Year:
2012
114 min
$49,251
Website
1,222 Views


I'd like to know

what the hell is--

There! Stop!

Sh*t, Sally. It's a

recording, you know?

We can go back and forth

as much as we want.

We can chill out.

- Are you sure they're synchronized?

- Yes.

- Completely?

- Completely.

What are you looking for? They

don't have the same time.

What are the chances

that Silver and the sender

are both wearing

analogical watches

and that both are

synchronized second by second

in millimetric precision?

hear what I just said?

The watches don't tell

the same time.

Second by second.

Sh*t. It's a code.

They divide.

They just have to divide the dial

of the watch into ten sections,

one for each number.

When the second hand reaches

the corresponding section--

--the sender presses

the button.

Silver just has to know

where the second hand is

when he hears the signal

and translate it

to the position.

They're in it together.

Dr. Buckley was right.

It's a fraud.

Silver never

touched the hands.

The simpler,

the better.

Okay, it's right here

in front of us.

What was it Matheson

used to say?

Results appear when there

is defective methodology,

important data is

inadvertently included...

...or improper controls

are in place.

They've taken

something for granted.

Oh, sh*t.

Silver can see.

Simon Silver!

Simon Silver.

Did you really

need to go this far?

You will

know the truth,

but the truth will

make you furious.

Ladies and gentlemen, and

I don't think I'm wrong

when I say

we have a distinguished

guest amongst us.

It's okay.

The young and persistent

Thomas Buckley,

as many of you

may know,

decided some time ago

to devote part of his life

to making mine

as difficult as possible.

Am I going too far

if I say he seems

somewhat out of sorts?

I wasn't able.

In the end I

just wasn't able.

But you know that,

don't you?

You can't deny yourself.

You can't live

in denial forever!

I tried with

all my strength.

Today it will be over.

For you and for me.

- I just hope we're both ready.

- You're a fool, Buckley.

Are you threatening me

in front of everyone?

I'm not like you. You can't hurt me.

I am the life force!

I come with the wind

and I go with the wind.

Do you want me

to hurt you?

Get out of here

now while you can.

I don't want to

interrupt anything

but I'd really

like to sit down.

My arm is hurting.

Then put it down. There's

nothing stopping you.

I just--just I--

I simply can't.

Don't believe everything

they tell you.

You'd be better

off sitting down.

Buckley, how dare you?

Are you challenging me? Are

you questioning my power?

We fill our

heads with noise.

Stay where you are. Do

you want me to hurt you?

We renounce ever

knowing ourselves.

But you can't deny

yourself forever.

Isn't that right?

Buckley!

Don't you dare

ignore me!

Time goes on.

And you think you have

all the time in the world,

that nothing is final...

But time goes on.

Stay where you are.

Don't take another step.

You're playing with fire,

I'm telling you.

You're playing

with fire!

But in the end, so much

time has gone by--

And you know you should

have done something,

and then you wake up.

Don't you know the kind of

force you're up against?

It's already over.

- Stay where you are!

- Margaret never knew.

I don't think you don't know

what you're up against.

I never told her.

She never knew.

Don't come any closer.

And now

everything is a lie!

Don't come any closer!

I'm warning you!

Did you know all along, Simon Silver?

Did you know?

Buckley! Buckley!

That's all I want to know.

Did you know all along?

Buckley!

Buckley!

Buckley!

How did you do that?

Phoney.

How did you do that?

Simon, come with me.

How did

you do that?

How did you do that?

Dear Margaret,

Even today / 'm not exactly

sure when everything ended.

I wanted to cry,

to feel anger, grief I

to feel,

just' like I used to

A whole life

denying myself,

searching in silence

for someone like me.

A whole life

looking for an answer,

without finding it

I /earned so many things

from you-

But' I forgot'

the most' essential thing

How did you know that?

Because I'm psychic.

Silver?

It was me all along,

wasn't it, Margaret?

Where did

you spring from?

Why are you with me?

It was me...

all along.

You can't deny

yourself forever.

You did most of the magic

by looking in the wrong place.

I did what

you'd have wanted.

But I'll never forgive myself

for not revealing myself,

for not at least giving

you the consolation

of knowing...

there is something else.

But you deserve more.

Today you deserve everything.

You can't deny yourself.

You can't deny

yourself forever.

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Rodrigo Cortés

Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez (born May 31, 1973) is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and occasional actor. He directed the 2010 psychological thriller Buried. more…

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