It is my belief that Mickey and Mallory Knox are a cultural phenomena that could only exist in our sexually-repressed society. A flower that could only bloom amidst a grotesque fast food culture. And what I tried to do with Thrill Killers was trace the root of the problem all the way down the vine to the original bad seed. Yet amidst the violence and murder and carnage, you've got the structure of a Wagnerian love story.
Natural Born Killers (1994)
NEIL POPE
A screenplay character in Natural Born Killers (1994).
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Sample dialogue
It was dramatic license, no doubt. But I felt an operatic love story needed an operatic ending. The two of them kill for each other. They offer the death of their victims to each other like other lovers offer flowers or bon bons. So what more natural, what more organic, what more poetic than Mallory offering her death to Mickey? It's where it's been leading since day one. We worked it in the movie by using a what if they escaped situation. I think it works beautifully. You'd be surprised. People come up to me at the end of the movie in tears.
scene 39 — EXT. ALLEY - DAYIt is my belief that Mickey and Mallory Knox are a cultural phenomena that could only exist in our sexually-repressed society. A flower that could only bloom amidst a grotesque fast food culture. And what I tried to do with Thrill Killers was trace the root of the problem all the way down the vine to the original bad seed. Yet amidst the violence and murder and carnage, you've got the structure of a Wagnerian love story.
scene 38 — INT. EDITING ROOM - DAY
Bookends
It was dramatic license, no doubt. But I felt an operatic love story needed an operatic ending. The two of them kill for each other. They offer the death of their victims to each other like other lovers offer flowers or bon bons. So what more natural, what more organic, what more poetic than Mallory offering her death to Mickey? It's where it's been leading since day one. We worked it in the movie by using a what if they escaped situation. I think it works beautifully. You'd be surprised. People come up to me at the end of the movie in tears.