NATURAL BORN KILLERS [1994]

The Media Made Them Superstars

Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. 

She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. 

She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. 

One day the snake bit her on the cheek. 

As she lay dying, she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" 

And the snake answered, "Look, bitch, you knew I was a snake." 

[Old Indian]

It's fate, you know. Nobody can stop fate, nobody can. 

[Mickey]

It's just murder. All God's creatures do it. 

You look in the forests and you see species killing other species, 

our species killing all species including the forests, and we just call it industry, not murder.

[Mickey]

Even ugliness looks beautiful next to you. 

[Mickey]

You can't hide from your shadow. 

[Mickey]

You'll never understand, Wayne. You and me, we're not even the same species. 

I used to be you, then I evolved. 

From where you're standing, you're a man. From where I'm standing, you're an ape. 

You're not even an ape. You're a media person. 

Media's like the weather, only it's man-made weather. 

Murder? It's pure.

You're the one made it impure. You're buying and selling fear. 

You say "why?" I say "why bother?" 

[Mickey]

Baby... by the power invested in me, as God of my world... I pronounce us husband and wife.

[Mickey]

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INDECENT PROPOSAL [1993]

A Husband, A Wife

A Millionaire, A Proposal 

[David]: I guess there's limits to what money can buy. 

[John]: Not many. 

[Diana]: Well some things aren't for sale.

[John]: Such as? 

[Diana]: Well you can't buy people.

[John]: That's naive, Diana. I buy people every day. 

[Diana]: In business, maybe, but you can't buy people not when real emotions are involved. 

[John]: So you're saying you can't buy love? That's a bit of a cliché don't you think?

[Diana]: It's absolutely true.

[John]: Is it? What do you think?

[David]: I agree with Diana. 

[John]: You do? Well let's test the cliché. 

Suppose... I were to offer you one million dollars for one night with your wife.

[David]: I'd assume you're kidding. 

[John]: Let's pretend I'm not. What would you say?

[Diana]: He'd tell you to go to hell.

[John]: I didn't hear him.

[David]: I'd tell you to go to hell.

[John]: That's a reflex answer because you view the question as hypothetical. 

But let's say that there was real money backing it up. 

I'm not kidding. A million dollars. 

The night would come and go but the money could last a lifetime. 

Think of it. A million dollars. 

A lifetime of security... for one night. 

Don't answer right away. Just consider it; seriously? 

[David]: We're positive, okay?

[John]: Well then you've proved your point. 

There are limits to what money can buy. 

It's late, and I hate to admit it, but I have meetings in the morning. 

May I have one dance? With your permission. 

[David]: You know something? I think you better hurry on to that meeting. 

You don't want to miss out on your next billion. 

[John]: Understood. I wouldn't part with her either. Good night.

[John]: Dance?

[Diana]: I should go.

[John]: I remember once when I was young, 

and I was coming back from some place, a movie or something. 

I was on the subway and there was a girl sitting across from me and she was wearing this dress that was bottoned queer up right to here, 

she was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. 

And I was shy then, so when she would look at me I would look away, 

then afterwards when I would look back she would look away. 

Then I got to where I was gonna get off, and got off, the doors closed, 

and as the train was pulling away she looked right at me 

and gave me the most incredible smile. 

It was awful, I wanted to tear the doors open. 

And I went back every night, same time, for two weeks, but she never showed up. 

That was 30 years ago and I don't think that theres a day that goes by that I don't think about her, 

I don't want that to happen again. 

Just one dance? 

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