it took me long enough (after some computer screw ups that ate half of my data, which includes my important clientele flies), but the screenplay for my upcoming movie is done, all formatted and ready to go.
here are an excerpt from the screenplay (written according to a standard screenplay format, so please don’t mind the spacing and such):
INT. ASYLUM MEETING ROOM - DAY
An asylum inmate, ALDEN, walks into the room, seated opposite is a psychologist, ALVEN. He was ushered to sit by the one of the asylum’s attendant
ALVEN
You can go now.
ALDEN
Yes, you can go.
HARRIS exits the room
ALDEN
Thank you.
ALDEN
Harris, nice chap. Earns two grand a month,
just enough to support his wife and three
kids. Been making some overtime ever since
I got chucked in here. Sometimes I
deliberately make him do the time, he could
use the extra cash, you know. Buy the
missus something nice, put the kids to
better schools….
ALVEN
And then?
ALDEN
And then what, doctor?
ALVEN
You tell me.
ALDEN
I tell? My oh my doctor! And I thought
I’m the twisted psychopath here.
ALVEN
For the past five to seven years…..
ALDEN
….seven years, I have WASTED two
politicians, a transvestite living “her”
life hooking “herself” down the streets,
three prostitutes, one of them who plies
her trade with the politicians, four
lawyers, a foreign tourist, two homeless
gits, a bohemian couple who thinks Lennon
is God and countless other souls whom the
society can continue
without.
ALVEN
Quite the resume.
ALDEN
I’m not quite done yet. The supposedly
arms of the law halted my beautiful
progress.
ALVEN
You don’t expect them to just sit down
and watch you carry on with your
handiwork, do you?
ALDEN
They were supposed to help me, instead,
I’m doing their work. Hey, I did argue
this with….
ALVEN
Yes, you did. Unfortunately the court
doesn’t seem to agree with you.
ALDEN
Nobody’s perfect.
ALVEN
What about yourself? Are you…perfect?
ALDEN
What perfection has anything to do
with me?
ALVEN
You are trying to cleanse the society.
Surely you yourself must achieve some
level of perfection in order to….
ALDEN
Oh now I see. You think I’m a hypocrite?
I am getting rid of the germs by killing
it? You want to rid your house of termites,
do you kill them or do you send them to
a correction facility and “train” them
not to eat woods?
ALVEN
There’s a difference between termites….
ALDEN
There is no difference, doctor. We kill
the termites because they pose a threat
to our house. I killed those people because
they are already a threat to our society.
ALVEN
Termites are insects, they don’t have souls. Humans, on the other hand….
ALDEN
(shouting)
Then humans should know better by not damaging the wood!!!
ALDEN
Harris! Time to go.
INT. ASYLUM MEETING ROOM - DAY
Alden walk into the room with Harris. Harris leaves the room as soon as Alden is seated.
ALDEN
Looking for answers, doctor?
ALVEN
Maybe. But as you have put it, mildly:
you’re just “cleansing the society”,
remember?
ALDEN
And you believe that?
ALVEN
Some part of it.
ALDEN
And the rest?
ALVEN
Why don’t you tell me.
ALDEN
(laughing)
You’re good. You are good.
ALVEN
Let’s take this one case for instance.
Two years ago, October, your next door
neighbor. Remember that?
ALDEN
Hrm…oh yes. Not really my greatest work,
but I do remember them.
ALVEN
Seems that they’re the only victims that
you knew personally. And like other few
cases, they don’t really seem to be the
type that would do any harm to the society,
like the majority that you have murdered.
ALDEN
Nice couple. They were trying to have a
baby. He told me during a game night.
They’ve been married for two years, had
their honeymoon period, and it was time
to bring a soul to this pointless, dirty
world.
ALVEN
And that’s your reason? You murdered them
because they want to have a baby and you
see it as …..
ALDEN
Oooooh, does everything has to have a
reason, doctor. Does everything need an explanation? Heh, if I had those for every
single ones that I’ve wasted, I wouldn’t
be sitting here chatting with you, would
I. You’d be watching me receiving a medal
for my artwork. People would be worshipping
me. They’ll make statues of me, declare a
holiday, have me tax free for life.
Explanations are arbitrary. They stand
in between irrelevant and pointless.
ALVEN
You’re contradicting yourself.
ALDEN
I’m a psychopath, remember.
ALVEN
Well, if you can’t tell why, perhaps
you can tell how.
ALDEN
Now you’re getting interesting….
