The Editor Page #2

Now you and I both know that

my daughter had a lot to do

- with you getting promoted.

- No, I...

Damn if I don't give that girl

anything she wants.

My daughter better come

out of this unscathed.

- Do you understand me, Porfiry?

- Uh-huh.

I got Giancarlo keeping

an eye on her

24/7 in the meantime.

Okay.

And you should really use

your service revolver.

That foreign knock-off of yours

is going to

get someone killed.

I've tried the revolvers.

I prefer the 1911.

Well, all I know is my partner

twenty years ago

used one of those foreign

weapons and he almost

blew his hand off.

You don't need to worry, sir.

I won't let you down.

No, you won't,

because if you do you are

going to be back in uniform

handing out parking tickets

for the rest of your life.

Unscathed.

You got that, Porfiry?

She matches the description.

I demand to know who

you men are!

She's your killer.

We're going to prove it.

Five thousand dollars

says this is a mask.

Sh*t.

I'm gonna push it right there.

Yep. It'll stick. Come on.

Get back on there.

And... she's good.

I don't even have five

thousand dollars.

I demand to know

who you men are!

Are Y" Okay, Sophie?

Hey. I'm Arturo,

officer of the law.

As I said, he was once

in an asylum.

I don't know the details but

I heard it from several sources.

I wish I knew more, but I don't.

The sooner this is over,

the better.

Agreed, and by the way,

Francesco,

The Cat with the Velvet Blade is

probably my favorite film.

Grazie.

Is this what you

wanted me to wear?

Yes, yes, yes!

Yes!

What have you to confess,

my son?

I've had impure thoughts,

father.

I've wished for terrible

things to happen

and those things have happened.

Rey, is that you?

I'm losing control, father.

I can't tell what's

real anymore.

Can I ask you something, my son?

Of course, father.

What's it like on those

big fancy film sets?

I've always wanted to know.

I'm an editor so I don't spend

too much time on set.

- Too bad.

- Sorry, father.

You're married to

Josephine Jardin, aren't you?

The star of

The Mirror and the Guillotine?

Is she dead?

- Au revoir, Cesare.

- Bye, Cesare.

Cesare, Cesare, Cesare...

Whoa. Sorry there, Cesare.

Great job today.

You almost sounded like

a real American human being.

Grazie, grazie.

That's an excellent

penis you have.

This is turning out to be a

great night after all.

See you later, Cesare, buddy!

Cesare...

Cesare...

5,000 dollars

says this is a mask.

Did you hear the

great news, Ciso?

I'm going to be a star!

Yeah, somebody killed

that foreign guy

and Francesco's going to

make me the lead.

Come see!

Editor, look!

Told you.

There you are, Ciso.

I'm not going to find

a better doppelganger

- than that foreigner so...

- Not now!

So Cal's our new hero.

Recut the film to make

Claudio look like his sidekick.

Yes, I could use some of

the footage Konitz gave me.

I finally got it out of the box,

it's uh, all black.

MY tape!

I guess I can

make another copy.

I noticed you're wearing

the same clothes as

you were yesterday, editor.

Is that because you weren't

at home last night?

I always wear

the same clothes.

And what about you?

You're wearing the

same clothes also.

I'm an inspector, Rey.

I have to wear the same

clothes every day.

If you're going to arrest

Rey can you do it

after he finishes the picture?

Francesco tells me that you

used to be in the madhouse.

Care to explain?

I had a nervous breakdown, yes.

It does not make me the killer.

Do you want tell me what

happened now or shall

we wait until we're down

at the station

and I'm booking you for murder?

I was a great editor,

at one time.

Perhaps the greatest editor

the world had ever seen.

I worked hard at it,

just like anyone.

That is until the clay that

I met Umberto Fantori.

I don't do many things, sir.

I don't know how to

fill a tax form.

I cannot walk a dog,

but I see into the heart.

So I can see into your heart.

And that what makes

editor for film.

So for Mirror et Guillotine,

only you, my friend.

I need a woman!

I need a woman!

I am a woman,

under these clothes.

Umberto Fantori has

another stellar success

on his hands with

The Mirror and the Guillotine.

Claudio Calvetti

shines in his role

as the tortured hero

in need of a woman,

but the real stars

of the picture

are Josephine Jardin

and Rey Ciso.

You won't miss Josephine

as the grief-stricken nun,

torn between her

God and her lust

for the miscreant, Calvetti...

I had the perfect life.

Even my wife loved me.

The next film is really what

I was brought for to do.

La Vita, you understand?

No end, no middle, no beginning.

Where is end?

Who knows.

I let my ego get

the better of me and

I accepted the ultimate

challenge.

Edit the world's longest film.

The interminable work

drove me to the point

of frenzy but years passed.

Would you

get off please?

There's only a page and a half

and the real meat of

it is in the middle,

so can we please just continue?

No, you're finished.

Really, you're done here.

Okay?

Get her off the set.

And as my wife lost

her place in the spotlight...

The life we were living

was truly put to rest.

No!

So I spent some time

in the hospital.

But not the madhouse

as you call it.

Now if you'll excuse me,

I have to get back to work.

- Oh my God!

- Jesus Christ, Margarit.

- Cover those up.

- What?

He's right, Margarit.

Your breasts are showing.

Not those, these.

Mr. Ciso, you scared me.

What did the inspector say?

Are we in danger?

No, Bella.

Don't worry.

It's the actors who make

so many enemies.

Just be glad you and I

work behind the scenes.

We go unnoticed.

It's true, Mr. Ciso.

When I was a little girl

I used to sit in my

father's projection booth.

I would watch the films and

help him change the reels.

"People come to the theatre

for magic," he would say.

If the audience knew

how many magicians

were working behind the scenes,

the spell would be broken.

Your father was a

very strange man, Bella.

Best you hear it from me,

someone who cares.

Yes, well, enough about me.

What are we working on today,

the body double footage?

No, Bella!

Uh, I was hoping you would

show me the reel

you've been working on.

Oh, Mr. Ciso, I don't know.

I don't think it's worthy

of your eyes yet.

Nonsense, Bella.

Mr. Konitz,

may I have a word?

Thank you very much,

my little friend, goodbye.

You may have as many

words as you like.

This is the best clay of

my life and I'm

always happy to meet

a new friend.

My most prized possession.

Sweetheart, are you

finished packing yet, or...?

Jasmine!

Inspector, I am sorry.

Peter?

My woman's not usually

such a b*tch.

Jasmine?

You two know each other?

Jasmine and I were lovers.

It's true.

Peter was a strong

and passionate man.

Too funny!

Holy sh*t.

Tell me, inspector, do you think

you'll be hungry around six?

I'd like to talk about your

adventures as a man of the law

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