-- I mean, yes -- okay, yes --elements of madness -- the speed of madness -- yes, the occasional, euphoric, pseudo- hallucinatory moments that, yes -- fine -- agreed -- distracting -- nostalgic -- all of that --
Michael Clayton (2007)
ARTHUR EDENS
A screenplay character in Michael Clayton (2007).
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- dialogue
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Sample dialogue
...and there, Michael, in the middle of Sixth Avenue -- as I stood there jabbering -- and this poor young woman is screaming -- traffic speeding toward us -- I looked at my hands and my suit -- my briefcase -- and it came to me -- came over me -- through me -- the overwhelming sensation -- the feeling -- the fact -- that I was covered with some sort of film -- an oil -- an ooze -- my hair -- my face -- like a glaze -- a coating -- and at first I thought, “My God, I know what this is, this is some sort of amniotic, embryonic fluid - - I’m drenched in afterbirth -- I’ve breached the chrysalis -- I’ve been reborn.” --
scene 3 — INT. LAW FIRM OFFICE/DUPLICATION CENTER -- NIGHTAnd, Michael, the time is now.
scene 3 — INT. LAW FIRM OFFICE/DUPLICATION CENTER -- NIGHT-- not through the portals of our huge and powerful law firm, but rather from the asshole of an organism whose sole function is to excrete the poison -- the ammo -- the defoliant -- necessary for even larger and more dangerous organisms to destroy the miracle of humanity --
scene 3 — INT. LAW FIRM OFFICE/DUPLICATION CENTER -- NIGHT...even this, Michael -- even now -- that you’re here -- there’s a reason, a reason it’s you -- every reason -- surely you can sense that -- how it pulls together -- how it gathers -- Nurse Michael -- Secret Hero -- Keeper of the Hidden Sins -- tell me you can see that, Michael, for God’s sake...
scene 49 — EXT. TETERBORO AIRPORT -- DAY...I mean, yes -- okay, yes -- elements of madness -- the speed of madness -- yes, the occasional, euphoric, pseudo-hallucinatory moments that, yes -- fine -- agreed -- distracting -- nostalgic -- all of that -- but that’s just the package -- the plate -- think of it as a tax -- The Mania Tax -- The Insanity Tax -- or like advertising on TV -- it’s the freight -- the weight -- it’s the price of the show...
scene 222 — EXT. SIXTH AVENUE -- DAY
Bookends
And, Michael, the time is now.