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S1m0ne Page #7
There you go again
blaming yourself.
Can't you see
what she's done to you?
She's taking advantage.
Mocking you.
You deserve better
than Simone.
- I have to go, Dad.
- Okay.
Oh, sure.
She comes in all the time.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
- Is she nice?
- We've become very close.
She told me she wanted to look
at my script next week.
- Jane?
- Got to go.
I'm leaving early.
I'll be at the beach house
having dinner
with a certain someone.
Elaine Christian
please.
Elaine.
Hi.
Hi.
I was in the neighbourhood.
I just thought I'd drop by.
You don't use
the front door anymore?
Uh... no.
When is she coming over?
- About now.
- Oh.
Okay. I'll just stay
until she gets here.
Well, she's...
already here.
What?
Elaine...
Simone is not coming
over tonight
or any other night.
- I want you back, Elaine.
- I want you back, too.
Oh, Viktor!
Wait! Viktor!
This is crazy.
Who are we kidding?
I can't compete
with Simone.
- Well...
- What woman can?
I'd rather have you
than Simone.
- Believe me.
- Oh. That's so sweet.
No, but I can't
let you do that...
make that kind
of sacrifice.
- No. No.
- God, this is strange.
You know, I have stabbed
people in the back
and clawed and slept
my way to where I am.
- But...
- You have?
Well, it goes
with the territory.
But for some reason
I can't betray Simone.
I can't. There's a goodness
to her, Viktor.
- No, there's nothing to her.
- Oh, Viktor.
You say that now
but in the morning
- You would go back to her.
- No. No.
- You would, Viktor.
- She's gonna retire.
- She'll never work again.
- Her public will demand that she does.
- Not if I don't let her.
- You?
- Yeah.
- How can you stop her?
I'm gonna tell you
a secret now, Elaine.
Simone isn't
a real person.
I invented her.
Every actor
is an invention.
- Elaine...
- Please.
You're lucky she's loyal enough
to stay with you.
Maybe she's staying
out of pity.
Who knows? I mean, she certainly
doesn't need you.
Listen, she's thin air.
- She's pixels.
- What?
Computer code
moulded by me
from a mathematical
equation
I inherited
from a madman.
How much have you
had to drink?
There is no Simone.
- I'm Simone.
- You're Simone?
I've done the impossible.
I have recreated
the infinite nuances
of a human being...
a human soul.
I have taken nothing
and made it something.
I have breathed life
into a machine.
- I made a miracle.
- Viktor, please stop.
- Please.
- I swear, Elaine.
As God is my judge
I swear.
I made Simone.
I made her.
- You made Simone?
- Yes.
Viktor...
she made you.
You b*tch.
I'll destroy you.
Bravo!
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Had a rough night?
Let's see if they still
love you after this.
You made me?
I made you first.
Well, we're back
on 'Good Morning, Good Day, '
and we are here once again
with the incomparable Simone.
Simone, before the break
you were taking a rather
controversial position.
I just think
all elementary schools
should have a firing range.
How else can the children learn
to defend themselves?
If there is a hole
in the ozone layer
how come I can't see it?
lmmigration? God!
Isn't it crowded enough?
But God created
furry animals to be worn.
Have you ever tasted
dolphin?
Pan-fried with a little
garlic and fennel?
the negatives of cigarettes.
But look at the benefits.
I mean, you don't
eat as much.
And you've got something
to hold in your hand.
We always knew Simone
wasn't like other celebrities.
- Oh, no.
- She speaks her mind.
She certainly does.
It's plastic, Hank.
I know that's the way
you'd want it.
She killed you, Hank.
Now she's killing me.
She's a serial killer.
But I don't know
how to stop her.
I mean, she's taken on
a life of her own.
I can't
just come clean...
you know, make
some confession... because...
I've defrauded millions.
They'd turn on me.
I just can't put the genie
back in the bottle, because...
if she suddenly
stopped working
you know, just dropped
out of sight
they'd never
let it rest.
I tried killing
her career...
but they like her
even more.
What am I gonna do?
Not another word, Hank.
You are truly a genius.
Thank you, Hank.
Thank you.
What's the matter
Viktor?
You look so sad.
Don't you love me
anymore?
It's over, isn't it?
I know what
you're thinking, Simone.
This is
a phoney-baloney world.
We're all living
one big lie
so, why shouldn't
you live, too?
You're more authentic than
all these people who worship you.
And that's the problem.
You're looking
at the real fraud.
I told myself this was
all about the work.
But if that were
the truth
it wouldn't matter
to me
that you get
all the attention.
And it does.
It does.
I'm sorry, Simone.
Here I was trying
to convince
the whole world
you existed.
But what I was really
trying to do
was convince them
that I exist.
It's not that
you aren't human...
It's that I am.
I'm sorry, Simone.
It is my sad...
and solemn duty...
to announce...
the tragic passing
of Simone.
How did she die?
It was a rare virus
she contracted
on her goodwill tour
of the Third World.
Did she suffer?
Mercifully
it was quick.
I feel awful.
It's a great loss.
You know, we're going to have
to restructure your deal.
Can I see you later?
I mean, go away
for the weekend?
at a time like this?
One minute, Mr Taransky.
Oh my God.
This has got
to be a mistake.
You have the right
to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used
against you in a court of law.
- You don't understand.
- Viktor!
- It's a mistake!
- I'll call my attorney.
Dad!
Elaine, call Bernard!
That's why
it was so light.
I heard him say
'Die, b*tch.
I'll destroy you. '
It was so strange.
He actually wanted
in his new movie.
He's a sick man.
He was
a controlling madman.
She was a prisoner.
I blame myself.
I wish I had done
more to stop him.
Forgive me
Mr Taransky.
I'm just trying
to understand here.
Now, all these films
and TV appearances
and magazine covers
and Internet interviews
publicity photos
snapshots from
her childhood...
all fake? Hmm?
This is fake?
This is fake?
Fake, fake, fake
fake, fake.
- All fake?
- Yes.
You understand
perfectly.
So I will confess...
to fraud
but not to murder.
And a fan club with
a worldwide membership
in the millions
that's also bogus?
No. No.
The fan club's real.
It's just what
they were worshipping
is a computer code.
Ones and zeroes.
You couldn't have killed Simone
because there was no Simone.
- Right. Exactly.
- And this 'Hank Aleno'
that you keep
talking about
renowned failure who also happens
to be so conveniently dead.
Now, perhaps this man that
you claim helped invent Simone
is an invention
himself.
Oh, no. No.
There is no Simone!
Look...
even her name is fake.
It's not Simone.
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