The Kovak Box
- R
- Year:
- 2006
- 102 min
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[Indistinct voices]
[Distant typing]
Sorry, did I distract you?
Oh, no, no, no,
You must be brilliant,
Oh, this! Oh, yeah,
it's a masterpiece, yes,
"A throbbing fleshy
appendage
downloading data
at lightning speed,"
H mm,
Tchu!
Did you just
erase it all?
I did,
Why?
It was a load of crap,
and it won't hold
anyone's interest,
Why don't you put your
masterpiece away for a while?
You never know, You might
get a bit of inspiration,
[Female clears throat] We'll serve
dinner shortly, Have you made your choice?
Uh, beef,
Chicken,
[Screaming]
[Laughs]
Sorry! It's not my sick
sense of humor, really,
This friend of mine advised me to
take a couple of air sickness pills
before I got on the plane, and now,
well, they make me a bit groggy,
Goof number two,
Must be this, too,
Hi, I'm Kathy,
Kathy Thomas,
[Hispanic accent]
Silvia,
Vacation? They say the
island's really something,
So I've heard,
Traveling solo?
I know...
mind your business,
Sorry, sweetie,
I'm a lost cause,
I just love poking my nose
Into other people's lives,
Probably 'cause I don't
have one of my own,
It's the price we
workaholics have to pay,
Fast walkers,
The sports store?
They reward their best
salespeople with an annual trip,
This year
it's to Majorca,
(hostess)
Dinner?
Oh, sure,
can I have a couple of
whiskeys as well, please?
[Cell phone ringing]
[Hispanic accent] People
can be a pain, huh?
Third time
since we landed,
Someone misses you,
Apparently,
That ain't surprising,
I'm already missing you, and we
haven't even said goodbye yet,
[Cell phone ringing]
[Chattering]
[Speaking a
foreign language]
(David) In a world where scientists vie
to produce
the first human clone
and entire populations
can be annihilated
without even
a brick being damaged,
the question Is,
is it still possible
to write science fiction?
When reality is becoming
more and more
like a story
that has been hatched
from the twisted mind
of one of my fellow authors,
It seems reality
Is extremely eager
to put the rest of us
out of a job,
But I'm not gonna let
that happen, I can't let
that happen after 25 novels,
I still enjoy what I'm doing,
I love the process,
People ask me
where my Ideas come from,
And it's not unlike
an illness,
And what I mean
by that is, uh,
you open a window or, uh, let's
say you're taking the subway,
where you expose yourself
to virus,
Likewise in my life, uh, I can
be infected by things around me,
I could overhear a conversation
and think, "Oh, that's interesting,"
Or I could... I mean, sometimes
it's, um, just a single image
will suffice for
the virus to, uh,
start to grow and pretty...
pretty soon, It's taken
over my whole... body,
And then, before I know it,
uh, the only way to escape,
Is to write
the damn book,
Even if it means, along the
way, I created a few monsters,
I've been involved in public
utilities for 30 years,
well, 32, to be exact,
working for the Los
Angeles water authority,
Wow, that's a lot of
years, A lot of water,
[Chattering]
A pleasure meeting you,
if you'll excuse me,
Oh! Your pen,
Yes! I just... always...
thank you,
(British male voice) Could
I borrow you for a second?
Yeah, borrow away,
As you can see,
I'm an old fan,
[Womars laughter]
I've been a follower of
yours since the beginning,
1979,
Yes, first edition,
I don't even think
I have a copy like this,
You, you want me
to sign it again?
Oh, would you?
It's your finest work,
Let me tell you
a secret,
I was 20
when I wrote this,
The structure is clumsy, the
style changes every chapter,
the characters are rehashed
from books I read,
I should know,
I wrote it,
Oh, not so! It's your
most personal work,
Full of passion,
intuition, suffering,
Suffering, yes!
Oh, you got that right,
I n those days, all I ate was biscuits
stolen from the neighbor's dog,
I should've dedicated
this book to that dog,
I fear my comments
have upset you,
No, no, not at all,
Why should they?
It seems everyone believes that
I'll never write anything better,
so I just resign myself,
[Male voice speaking
a foreign language]
That's very good,
Excuse me, It's Aunt
Jo, seems very worried,
Aunt Jo is looking after
our kids, five of them,
uh, all adopted, each
from a different continent,
well, apparently, Nanook,
our little Eskimo,
had a slight mishap
sledding down the stairs,
so, unfortunately,
we must...
I'm really sorry,
Just put Nanook on the phone, Excuse us,
(David)
Hey, little buddy!
[Foreign language]
Aunt Jo, five kids, and
one of them's an Eskimo?
Yes, little Nani Nanook,
We can't forget him,
What was that about?
It must
mean something,
I never heard myself ever talk
about kids, ever, Not even in fun,
So it's probably just
a very complicated, uh,
way of wanting to ask you
a very simple question,
[Sigh]
What's that?
Will you marry me?
Now, you don't have
to answer now,
just, you,
take your time, but...
promise me
you'll think it over,
I will,
Okay, That's all, just, you know,
think it... that's all,
just... we'll leave it at that,
All right, I lied, you
gotta tell me now "yes,"
What if I say "no?"
Yeah, and what if
I jumped off a cliff?
(male voice) Excuse me, I
hope I'm not Interrupting,
Interrupting?
No, not at all,
No, not at all, I just
asked her to marry me,
Congratulations
to both of you,
Thank you,
Well, the President
of the Foundation
hopes the hotel
is to your liking,
He also asked me
to give you
this small gift
on his behalf,
He deeply regrets
having to dash off,
He said you'd
understand,
Thank you,
What's that about?
Ever been to a party and thrown
your drink in the host's face?
That's what
I did before,
Okay, uh, now...
Yes!
(David) What kind of
fancy hotel Is this?
No wedding chapel, It's
an outrage, We should suel
[chuckles]
You just passed
our room!
Did you just see
that guy?
That was the same guy slitting
next to you at the conference,
There's nobody there,
I'm telling you
it's the same guy,
Do you realize you were sitting
next to a Russian hitman?
You're kidding me?
You don't think
murderers read books?
These guys, okay, they have skulls
tattooed on each of their fingers
signifying how many murders
they've committed, right?
It's a Russian prison
code kind of thing,
M mm,
Oh, yeah!
Don't you ever let up?
Even on a night like this,
Wait,
Give me five minutes,
I wanna slip into something
more comfortable,
I'll give you two minutes or
Just you try it,
[Sigh]
H m,
[Beep]
What are you doling?
Oh, there was
a D VD on the bed,
It's intended
for me,
You're not gonna watch it
right now, are you?
Itll just be a second, I just
wanna see what it is, I'm curious,
I get the strangest
things from people,
One time I got a photo
of a green ear
with the word "Mars" written underneath
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