The Kovak Box Page #5

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Who are you?

(David)

Nooooo!

Jaume?

I'm sorry, There was nothing I could do,

What have you done?

He tried to remove it, It

activates, just like in the novel,

Even that

was my idea,

Remember at

the hospital?

When you were sitting

with Jane, looking at her?

No one's ever looked

at me that way,

Could you give me a hug?

I haven't got a hope in hell, have I?

(Jaume) They told me

to give you the list,

They wanted you

to have It,

Silvia,

that list, why make that

poor sucker play a role

in order for us

to have the list?

He was a character

in the book,

Yeah, but this isn't

a book, It's reality,

No, no, but it's...

it's... it's reality

manipulated for dramatic

effect, Just like a novel,

He doesn't want a biography,

He wants me to write about

everything that's happened

on the island since I arrived,

What are you

talking about?

This list, this

piece of paper,

this has information, This is

gonna take us to the next chapter,

He wanted us

to have it,

Just like the song

or the beer mat,

You see?

Now he could've got

straight to the point

but he wants us

to live an adventure,

What for?

To force me

to live a story,

Make it grow

inside my head,

I've been inoculated,

I'm being inoculated

with a virus, slowly,

He said so himself,

Do you really think that what

you're saying makes any sense?

Pure fiction?

Kovak!

Frank Kovak!

I want to see Frank Kovak!

Bring me to Frank Kovak!

See?

There they are,

Come on,

Now, listen,

Listen,

I'm gonna get you out of

here, but you have to trust me,

Come on,

Mr, Norton,

Pleasure to meet you,

Mr, Kovak told us

you'd be coming today,

Would you

excuse us, please?

I'll be okay,

Yeah?

(man in suit) I hope you'll find

everything to your satisfaction,

Your luggage arrived

this morning,

You'll have all the peace and quiet

you need here to write your book,

Mr, Kovak

especially requested

that we prepare one of

our bungalows for you,

We don't usually accommodate

"healthy" guests, so to speak,

but In your case,

we've made an exception,

Mr, Kovak can be

very persuasive,

And of course, it's an honor for

us to be an inspiration to you,

Oh, I nearly forgot,

The keys to your car,

You'll find it

parked outside,

He's in the middle of

a session at the moment,

It's rather irregular,

but Mr, Kovak insisted

on speaking with you

as soon as you arrived,

[Beeping]

[Footsteps]

Thank you for coming,

How much time

have you got left?

The important thing is,

the time you have left,

A long, highly successful

life from this moment on,

Do you realize

the gift I'm giving you?

A true story that

is pure science fiction,

recounted by its

protagonist, You,

Something so gripping that people

will not be able to put the book down

until the last page,

M m-hm,

It does sound like

the story of a monster,

Write it that way,

No one is stopping you,

I'll be what you

want me to be,

I'm in your hands,

Let her go,

and I'll make you a saint,

I know how to do this,

See, what we'll do is we'll tell

the true story of Frank Kovak,

the brilliant scientist who fell

in love with his new homeland,

But he was made to do

their dirty work,

He went a few steps

too far,

his masters abandoned him,

there was no turning back,

That's a story, That's a story, you see,

because, then

who is the monster,

and who is the victim?

Do you really believe

what you're saying?

It doesn't matter what I believe

as long as I can write it,

That's the problem,

David,

It's sometime now since you

stopped believing In what you do,

If you really want to

write a great book,

you must agonize

over every page

No true artist has

ever reached his goal,

without going

through hell,

No, you see, If you want

the book to be a success,

you have to give the

public what they want,

So you'll have to provide

a final act of redemption,

Ahhh,

The happy ending,

After going through hell,

the hero kills the monster,

Would that not be happy enough for them?

What are you getting at?

You have to kill me,

David,

It's the logical

thing to do,

After all,

I killed Jane,

just to get you

to join the game,

Doesnt it make your blood

boil just thinking about it?

She seemed to be

someone special...

Shut up,

You might have shared

many things together,

Shut up,

Maybe for the rest

of your lives,

[Choking] Here you can see,

killing Is not so strange,

Ah!

You'd like that,

wouldn't you?

Tell me something,

When did it all

change for you?

When did you stop experimenting with

monkeys and start killing people?

There,

Now you're looking

for the character,

I'm no saint, David,

I don't need people

to love me,

That's not my role,

You would do it,

wouldn't you?

You would give your life

to leave a mark

on the world

even as a murderer,

But not just

any murderer,

This very afternoon,

a hundred people

will take their lives,

It will be headline news

the world over,

The best publicity

any book ever had,

I promise you,

No,

A hundred people

will die,

unless you prevent it,

You must act,

We must maintain the

excitement to the very end,

Where is she?

You promised you'd get

her out of here,

Silvia!

You wouldn't want to lose

the girl again, would you?

(David)

Silvia

[breathing]

[Sparking]

(David)

It's the passenger list,

(hostess) We'll be

serving dinner shortly,

(Kovak) A hundred people will

die unless you prevent It,

[Cheering and clapping]

(man with cap) Let's

get a nice picture now,

Here we go,

everyone, Ready?

Look at me,

Cheese,

[Many]

Cheese!

(David) Yes, I need to know

the number for the Fast Walkers

(female voice) I can look It

up for you but I don't believe

they'll be answering their phone

today, It's the 4th of July,

Sunday, July 4th,

gloomy Sunday,

Excuse me?

Okay, would you give me the number

of the Majorca Tourist Information?

(guide) Get to the boats,

please, The tour's about to begin,

Thanks,

Gracias,

Ooh!

[Distant music]

[Loud music]

(many, admiringly)

Ohh,

Ahh!

Agh!

[Screeching tires]

The Fast Walkers

Convention?

Yes, they are here

but they've gone out,

Where?

Where?

Check the activities board,

What?

Over there,

(guide) This way, please,

Straight over there,

The caves of hell,

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to Hell,

[Loud organ music]

(many)

Wow!

Hey! Hey!

(tour guide)

There are 70 meters

from the entrance

to the bottom

over there,

on the right,

(tourist) Hey, there's

someone down there

What did you say?

There's a girl!

[Tires screeching]

(David) Will you just listen to me?

You've got to get

to the caves now!

What? Well, what

kind of cop are you?

Get off your ass

and do your f***ing job!

Easy, easy does it,

Careful, she's hurt,

She didn't fall

over the handrail,

She would've

killed herself,

What happened?

How'd you end up

down there?

They put me

in a hole,

(female voice)

Just a minute,

I know her,

Do you remember me?

We were

on the same plane,

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