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I see things.
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And I sense things
that hadn't happened yet.
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The most difficult thing
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about being psychic
is speaking it.
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We all have this second sense,
but we don't act on it.
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When you talk about
psychic horror movies,
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a lot of them are
gonna come from Stephen King.
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- No!
- What about room 237?
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When people talk about
exploding heads in cinema,
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they usually go straight
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to David Cronenberg's
"Scanners."
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When you see "Scanners,"
it's like,
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"Oh, yeah, well, it's good."
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But if you've seen "The Fury,"
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it's not John Cassavetes
being blown up
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from head to toe
in slow motion good.
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It's showtime.
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I've always been drawn
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to the idea
of psychic phenomenon.
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I always wished
that I could be psychic.
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We study the phenomena
of extra sensory perception.
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We're enticed
by the idea that we could be
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so much more powerful
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if only we could read
other people's minds.
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She's alive.
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But in fact,
not being able to shut out
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other people's thoughts
sounds pretty terrifying.
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My granny told me that I...
I had a gift.
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Male Who wasn't dreamed
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of having psychic powers?
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Tell me what I'm thinking.
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The ability to read someone's thoughts...
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You're wondering why
I'm wearing such a funny hat.
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How'd you like
some ice cream, Doc?
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See into the future...
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Talk to the dead...
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They haven't found us yet.
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Light things on fire...
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Or move objects with your mind.
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Horror stories bring
these fantasies to life.
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And show how quickly
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a blessing
can turn into a curse.
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Since his first novel, "Carrie,"
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Stephen King and psychics
have gone hand in hand.
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King's third novel,
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"The Shining," was the story
of an alcoholic writer...
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Here's Johnny!
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His wife,
and their young son, Danny,
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who's a powerful psychic.
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Danny's not here,
Mrs. Torrance.
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In "The Shining,"
Danny has no idea
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how to control the shining
or what it does.
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He's just sort of,
you know, a victim of it,
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and he uses
this sort of Tony avatar
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as a conduit for it.
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Tony, tell me.
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This is one of
King's most personal stories,
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drawn from his fear
that his drinking
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would destroy his family.
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You've got a big surprise
coming to you.
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Stanley Kubrick's
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film adaptation
is justifiably famous,
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but King was not pleased
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the director changed
his redemptive ending
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into a nihilistic sigh
of despair.
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It's a gorgeous film to look at.
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Absolutely gorgeous.
The soundtrack is gorgeous.
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I can enjoy it on the same level
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that you could enjoy
a beautifully restored Cadillac
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without a motor in it.
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In 2013,
King surprised the world
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with a sequel
to "The Shining"...
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His novel, "Doctor Sleep."
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Writer/director Mike Flanagan
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took on the daunting task
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of turning "Doctor Sleep"
into a feature film.
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He did sort of a neat trick
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of making the movie
"Doctor Sleep"...
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A sequel to both
the Kubrick picture
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and my dad's novel,
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which is not easy to do
since the Kubrick film
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and the Stephen King novel...
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Are really fundamentally
different stories.
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When I was a kid,
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I didn't understand the shining.
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I called it Tony.
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"Doctor Sleep"
is about Dan Torrance,
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the little boy from
"The Shining," now grown up
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wrestling with
his own alcoholism,
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his own propensity
for violence...
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Kind of wandering through
the world by himself,
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doing everything he can
to suppress the shining,
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to suppress
that incredible ability
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that was so strong
with him as a child
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that it attracted the attention
of the Overlook Hotel
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and destroyed his family.
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If you had that power,
it would up
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your life because it would just
be a constant barrage of noise
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that you could not stop.
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I need help.
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After hitting bottom, Dan,
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played by Ewan McGregor,
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gets sober
and rebuilds his life.
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King is very upfront
in saying that "The Shining"
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was a book about alcoholism.
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Here's to five
miserable months on the wagon.
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And it was alcoholism
that he experienced
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and was experiencing at the time
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he wrote the book itself.
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And "Doctor Sleep"
is about recovery.
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I told you.
I'm not a doctor.
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Oh, I think you are.
Doctor Sleep.
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The title, "Doctor Sleep,"
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is really kind of beautiful
actually in its meaning.
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Dan works as an orderly
in a hospice
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and realizes that,
while he doesn't use
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his shining abilities anymore,
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he can use them to help
bring comfort to people
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who are dying in
the last moments of their life.
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Doc, I am so scared
it's gonna hurt or be dark
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or be nothing at all.
And I don't want...
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Nothing to be scared of.
Just going to sleep.
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You know, they say we all
need help coming into the world
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and help going out of the world,
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and there's something
really beautiful
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that someone that tortured
takes his gifts
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and use it to help people ease
into whatever happens next.
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Hi.
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Dan meets Abra,
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a child with even stronger
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psychic abilities than his own.
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As in many King stories,
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Abra's gift is a metaphor
for being smart, sensitive,
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and empathetic in a world
filled with amoral predators.
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Well, hi there.
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The threat to Abra
are actually a group
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of just, I mean, classic
Stephen King antagonists
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called the True Knot.
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We are the True Knot.
We are the chosen ones.
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They are
these quasi-immortal beings...
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Who literally feed
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on the life force
of these special children,
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children with the shining.
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Dan realizes
that using his powers
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and facing his past
may be the only thing
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that can stop the death cult.
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Doesn't matter
if he hates himself,
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doesn't matter if he wants
the shining or not,
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like, he has to step up.
He doesn't have a choice,
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He has to suck it up
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and be there
for this little girl.
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In a King-approved
change from the book...
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Dan lures the leader
of the True Knot
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back to the Overlook Hotel...
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Hoping its ghosts
will devour her.
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This is where Dan
confronts his past
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and the filmmakers confront
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the looming ghost
of Stanley Kubrick.
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The Overlook had aged,
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and throughout that journey
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into the Overlook
in "Doctor Sleep,"
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it comes back to life...
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So as he's walking through,
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we go from darkness
to this warm light
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as the filaments
start to glow again,
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and we're almost back
to a Kubrick version of it
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at that point where the color
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of the space is given back to us
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for just a brief moment
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before Dan does what Jack does
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in the original "Shining" novel,
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which is to sacrifice himself
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for the child.
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In the end, the film pays homage
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to Kubrick's
unforgettable imagery,
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but restores King's
original intent for the story.
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Really, if you take
"The Shining"
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and "Doctor Sleep" together,
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the cycle of addiction
and recovery and alcoholism,
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that's the story
that's being told.
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And that's where "Doctor Sleep"
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doesn't feel like
a sequel to me.
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It feels like the conclusion
of one long conversation.
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You might think
being psychic in a small town
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wouldn't be very dramatic.
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Unless you have the gift.
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Male One of
the most beautifully crafted
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psychic films ever made
isn't widely known today.
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It's time for a reappraisal.
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"The Gift"
has an amazing pedigree.
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Directed by Sam Raimi
from a script
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by Billy Bob Thornton
and Tom Epperson,
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starring an A-list cast led
by one of the greatest actors
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of her generation,
Cate Blanchett.
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I remember
the first time we met,
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you told me
you loved "Evil Dead."
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Yes.
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And that you grew up
on horror movies.
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So you are...
You are a horror fan.
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Was that what made you want
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to work with Raimi
on "The Gift?"
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When I knew Sam was on board,
I just thought,
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oh, my God, to work with...
I can't...
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Well, yes, of course.
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You know, the story
revolves around a woman
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who's lost her husband,
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who's in a profound state
of grief,
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and she's earning
a living as a psychic.
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Your daddy,
he took things away from you
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when you were a little boy.
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"The Gift" is set
in a small Georgia town
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filled with secrets.
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Few worse than the one
haunting the character
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played by Giovanni Ribisi
who is repressing his memories
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of childhood sexual abuse.
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Why don't you tell me
why I hate him?
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You're the damn psychic.
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Buddy, you know,
is definitely disturbed,
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and throughout the film
is struggling with,
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I guess, his own past
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that he doesn't want to look at,
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that perhaps maybe she sees.
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You think about these things
in your childhood home,
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and you face up to them.
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She has this gift,
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and I think that there's irony
in that title
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because I think it's more
of a burden than anything.
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Think it's fun
seeing decomposing bodies
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in my tree daily, sir?
You think that's fun?
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And she's having these visions
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that are usually
of a horrific nature.
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And the things
that she's able to see,
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you know,
are really the skeletons
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that all these characters
keep in their closet.
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So she starts getting these
premonitions of a murder
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that actually does occur,
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and she doesn't really
quite know who
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because the visions
aren't quite clear.
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She can't see who the killer is,
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but she knows enough
to get her into trouble.
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So the movie really becomes
a psychic detective film.
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You saw all this in a dream?
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It wasn't just a dream.
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I don't investigate
somebody's dream.
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I think she's dead, Sheriff.
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You know, there is a rape
and murder that takes place
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at the heart of this movie,
but it's teased out
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in such
a suspenseful and careful
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and intelligent way
that it's incredibly powerful,
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and it's through these visions
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that tantalize Cate Blanchett's
character as well.
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She doesn't see everything
at once,
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but she carries
the burden of seeing things
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that she should never have seen.
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Get out!
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Boy, I asked you a question.
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But the most
frightening thing in the film
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may be the violent trucker
played by Keanu Reeves.
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Messing with the devil
is going to get you burned.
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It's a brutal portrait
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of domestic violence.
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Keanu is terrifying.
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Like, you actually feel
your guts kind of seize up
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every time
he comes up on camera.
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You're just like, "Oh, God,
not him again," you know?
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- Annie!
- Annie, it's him.
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- No, calm down.
- No!
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- I'll call the law.
- No, Annie, no!
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That one shot where
Keanu grabs Hilary Swank
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and drags her away.
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I'll handle you later on,
you bitch.
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Get your ass in the truck.
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I mean, we had no money
making that film,
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and they were about
to pull the plug on the day.
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Keanu was on the outside.
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He had to storm through
a room full of people,
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and I was in the out room
doing a reading,
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and he had one take.
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- No, no!
- Damn it!
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Let her go!
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Come here!
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That was his ability
that everybody is on the...
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Everyone's on board.
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Everyone understands the shot
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that he's trying to get,
so we luckily got it in one,
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otherwise it
wouldn't be in the film.
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At its heart,
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"The Gift"
is an unflinching study
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of the psychic scars
trauma and abuse
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leave on a community.
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Those scars may not be visible,
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but they're always there.
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But I think
that's what I really love
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about "horror,"
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is that there's
no sentimentality,
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and so if you'd looked
at that story, you know,
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there's another way
we could've turned it,
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and it could've been
quite sentimental,
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but there's something about
Sam's perspective on stuff
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and putting the notion of genre
within that story
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that allows you
to kind of Trojan horse
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this really quite painful
family drama
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without it ever veering off
into sort of mawkish territory,
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which I think is great.
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Psychics are,
by nature, sensitive.
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No!
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But some... are explosive.
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Now, I'd like you to think
of something specific,
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something personal perhaps.
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All right.
I guess I have something.
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Do I have to close my eyes?
It doesn't matter.
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Male It's one
of the most iconic scenes
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in horror history.
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The mind-blowing
telepathic assassination
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that opens David Cronenberg's
"Scanners."
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I remember watching "Scanners"
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at my friend's house,
and we were eating pizza,
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and my friend threw up,
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and he didn't, like,
run to the bathroom.
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It was the guy's head blew up,
and he just went "blech."
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I know you're not
what you say you are.
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Freak of nature,
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born with a certain form of ESP.
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"Scanners" is about a war
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between rival telepaths...
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The super-powered children
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of women
given an experimental drug
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during pregnancy.
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His children turned out
to be difficult.
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You're a scanner.
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That can be
a source of great power.
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To some scanners,
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telepathic powers are a gift.
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To others, they're a curse.
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The film's
strangely detached protagonist
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is one of the cursed.
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He's asked to track down
the leader
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of a scanner rebellion.
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In many ways, Cameron,
he's your enemy.
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He discovers
it's his long-lost brother,
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a powerful telepath
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with a tenuous grasp on sanity.
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This is a picture
full of chilly,
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unfeeling, remote psychics,
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and among all of them,
there is a serial killer
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and sociopath played
by Michael Ironside
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who is the most identifiably
human of all of them
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because at least he feels things
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00:18:53,654 --> 00:18:58,093
like resentment, rage, victory.
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You're not listening to me.
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You're not cooperating, Cam.
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And so it's strange
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that the most
horrible character in the movie
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should be the one that maybe
we identify with the most.
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We're gonna to do it
the scanner way.
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I'm gonna suck your brain dry.
357
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The sibling rivalry culminates
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in a psychic duel to the death.
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No matter who wins,
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it's clear the scanners
have left humanity behind.
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The idea that someone
with those gifts
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would no longer
really be human at all
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is the underlying message
of "Scanners,"
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and in some ways
is also kind of an on-running,
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00:19:40,962 --> 00:19:43,617
ongoing theme
with Cronenberg himself,
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who seems to be interested
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in what might be next
for humanity.
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"Scanners" was one
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of several films of the '70s
and early '80s
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about government agencies
exploiting psychics
371
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for sinister purposes.
372
00:20:06,161 --> 00:20:07,878
You know, in the '70s
everybody was being exploited
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for sinister purposes.
I mean, it was the Nixon era.
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Everybody was a little paranoid
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00:20:13,473 --> 00:20:14,735
about the government.
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00:20:14,778 --> 00:20:16,780
Who are they?
FBI?
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Really, the Department
of Scientific Intelligence,
378
00:20:19,435 --> 00:20:21,002
DSI.
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00:20:21,045 --> 00:20:24,571
All these movies
that basically said
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that you can't trust
the government,
381
00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:28,052
it's up to something,
and it's spying on you,
382
00:20:28,096 --> 00:20:31,621
and they're taking
these young kids
383
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who have these abilities
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and making sure
that they use them for ill.
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00:20:42,197 --> 00:20:44,286
Brian De Palma's 1978 adaptation
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00:20:44,330 --> 00:20:47,115
of the John Farris novel
"The Fury"
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00:20:47,158 --> 00:20:50,292
launched the paranoid
psychic trend.
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Faster.
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00:20:52,338 --> 00:20:54,427
Faster!
Faster!
390
00:20:54,470 --> 00:20:56,429
Turn!
Again!
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Turn!
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00:20:58,344 --> 00:20:59,910
Faster!
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00:20:59,954 --> 00:21:01,303
Faster!
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Andrew Stevens plays a young man
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snatched by a government agency
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that turns gifted teenagers
into living weapons.
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Why, he's developing
398
00:21:11,139 --> 00:21:13,054
the power of an atomic reactor.
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00:21:13,097 --> 00:21:15,317
Or an atomic bomb.
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00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:19,428
The agency also
has its eye on a young woman
401
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played by Amy Irving,
402
00:21:21,323 --> 00:21:23,456
who has psychic powers
she barely understands.
403
00:21:23,499 --> 00:21:24,805
Cheryl!
404
00:21:24,848 --> 00:21:25,849
Come on!
Tell me!
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00:21:25,893 --> 00:21:28,896
No, oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
406
00:21:28,939 --> 00:21:29,897
- Oh, my God!
- Cheryl!
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00:21:29,940 --> 00:21:32,073
Cheryl!
Oh, my God!
408
00:21:32,116 --> 00:21:33,988
For the first time
in his career,
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00:21:34,031 --> 00:21:36,251
De Palma was working
with a large budget.
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00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,297
He used it to create new ways
411
00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:40,516
of showing psychic phenomena
on screen.
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00:21:45,216 --> 00:21:48,002
"The Fury"
is full of bits of De Palma
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00:21:48,045 --> 00:21:50,047
trying to figure out,
"How would I do this?
414
00:21:50,091 --> 00:21:52,746
"How would I show
a hallucination?
415
00:21:52,789 --> 00:21:54,356
"How would I pop back and forth
416
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,184
"between consciousnesses
417
00:21:56,227 --> 00:21:58,031
that are aware of each other
in different location?"
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00:21:58,055 --> 00:22:00,057
So you get the bit
when he's scratching
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00:22:00,101 --> 00:22:02,103
on the side of the sofa,
420
00:22:02,146 --> 00:22:03,670
and she's scratching
on the wall.
421
00:22:03,713 --> 00:22:05,715
It's just a great moment.
422
00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:13,157
You know, he had the scene
with Amy Irving
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00:22:13,201 --> 00:22:15,943
on the staircase
when she has a vision.
424
00:22:15,986 --> 00:22:17,379
Oh.
425
00:22:19,816 --> 00:22:23,733
And, you know, famously
De Palma has Amy Irving
426
00:22:23,777 --> 00:22:26,301
in front of a green screen
and she's revolving one way,
427
00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:29,522
and the action is being
projected behind her.
428
00:22:33,743 --> 00:22:36,006
Brilliantly simple idea.
429
00:22:36,050 --> 00:22:37,399
Stop!
430
00:22:39,009 --> 00:22:41,490
Just relax, Robin, relax.
It's going to be okay.
431
00:22:43,274 --> 00:22:44,687
There are things
that are in "The Fury"
432
00:22:44,711 --> 00:22:46,190
that have been ripped off
433
00:22:46,234 --> 00:22:48,323
in every film
about psychic powers,
434
00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:51,239
including superhero movies,
ever since.
435
00:22:51,282 --> 00:22:53,197
It's like the Rick Baker effect
436
00:22:53,241 --> 00:22:55,243
of the throbbing veins
in the head.
437
00:23:01,554 --> 00:23:04,034
That's first seen in "The Fury"
and like ripped off
438
00:23:04,078 --> 00:23:06,776
in, like, films to this day.
439
00:23:13,914 --> 00:23:16,046
In a movie
filled with great set pieces,
440
00:23:16,090 --> 00:23:18,832
"The Fury"
saves the best for last.
441
00:23:22,139 --> 00:23:24,838
Amy Irving's character
turns the full force
442
00:23:24,881 --> 00:23:27,188
of her powers on the villain,
played by
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00:23:27,231 --> 00:23:29,451
legendary actor/director
John Cassavetes.
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00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:32,759
The ending of "The Fury"
445
00:23:32,802 --> 00:23:36,850
is the single greatest ending
of any, you know,
446
00:23:36,893 --> 00:23:38,765
Hollywood film of the 1970s.
447
00:23:38,808 --> 00:23:40,462
You go to the hell.
448
00:23:47,513 --> 00:23:49,186
Especially for someone
who doesn't particularly care
449
00:23:49,210 --> 00:23:51,604
for Cassavetes movies
as I really don't,
450
00:23:51,647 --> 00:23:54,476
watching him blow up like that
is... oh, it's so delicious.
451
00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:03,703
If you've seen "The Fury,"
452
00:24:03,746 --> 00:24:05,313
when you see "Scanners,"
453
00:24:05,356 --> 00:24:07,707
it's like,
"Oh, yeah, well, it's good.
454
00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:10,405
"Not John Cassavetes
being blown up
455
00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:12,973
from head to toe
in slow motion good."
456
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:17,804
Two years later,
457
00:24:17,847 --> 00:24:19,501
David Cronenberg
made another movie
458
00:24:19,545 --> 00:24:20,894
about psychic powers...
459
00:24:23,984 --> 00:24:26,682
A masterpiece
that trades exploding heads
460
00:24:26,726 --> 00:24:28,858
for broken hearts.
461
00:24:34,255 --> 00:24:36,083
I've had another episode.
462
00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:40,087
What's happening to me?
463
00:24:42,132 --> 00:24:43,917
It's your power of second sight.
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00:24:48,095 --> 00:24:51,402
The ice is gonna break!
465
00:24:51,446 --> 00:24:54,754
Male Based on one of
Stephen King's finest novels,
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00:24:54,797 --> 00:24:58,932
David Cronenberg's 1983
adaptation of "The Dead Zone"
467
00:24:58,975 --> 00:25:01,108
tells the story
of Johnny Smith...
468
00:25:01,151 --> 00:25:02,109
You're gonna like it.
469
00:25:02,152 --> 00:25:03,458
It's about a school teacher
470
00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:06,156
who gets chased
by a headless demon.
471
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,332
A man whose happy life
472
00:25:08,376 --> 00:25:10,900
is ruined
by a serious car accident.
473
00:25:18,952 --> 00:25:21,345
After spending
five years in a coma,
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00:25:21,389 --> 00:25:23,522
Johnny wakes up
with psychic powers...
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00:25:28,614 --> 00:25:30,964
But not much else.
476
00:25:31,007 --> 00:25:33,575
He's lost five years
of his life.
477
00:25:33,619 --> 00:25:37,361
He's lost the woman he loved.
He's lost his career.
478
00:25:37,405 --> 00:25:39,668
And, nevertheless,
479
00:25:39,712 --> 00:25:42,192
he picks up
the shattered fragments
480
00:25:42,236 --> 00:25:44,107
of his life
and begins to fit them
481
00:25:44,151 --> 00:25:46,022
back together, and he goes on.
482
00:25:46,066 --> 00:25:49,330
I think it's impossible not
to be a little moved by that.
483
00:25:51,027 --> 00:25:53,943
It was
the first time, I believe,
484
00:25:53,987 --> 00:25:58,600
that Cronenberg had access
to the best possible cast.
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00:25:58,644 --> 00:26:02,473
And Christopher Walken,
his most moving and emotional
486
00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:04,737
and heartbreaking performance
I've ever seen.
487
00:26:07,174 --> 00:26:09,393
David had described
Chris Walken's face
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00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:11,570
as the subject of the movie,
489
00:26:11,613 --> 00:26:14,137
the arc of his character
carries the whole movie,
490
00:26:14,181 --> 00:26:16,226
and really this is a man
491
00:26:16,270 --> 00:26:19,447
who's filled
with regret and despair,
492
00:26:19,490 --> 00:26:21,057
so a lot of his actions
tell the story,
493
00:26:21,101 --> 00:26:23,973
but a lot of this
was really carrying the story
494
00:26:24,017 --> 00:26:25,192
from beginning to end.
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00:26:27,498 --> 00:26:29,022
You're given this kind of gift
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00:26:29,065 --> 00:26:30,632
of being able to see the future,
497
00:26:30,676 --> 00:26:33,635
which should be something
that's great...
498
00:26:35,898 --> 00:26:39,772
And yet it keeps leading him
into situations
499
00:26:39,815 --> 00:26:43,036
whereby he's shown
some incredibly dark things.
500
00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:44,994
And sometimes
he can save people,
501
00:26:45,038 --> 00:26:46,430
and sometimes he can't.
502
00:26:50,304 --> 00:26:52,436
With "The Dead Zone,"
503
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,003
Cronenberg swapped
the cold objectivity
504
00:26:54,047 --> 00:26:55,744
of "Scanners"
505
00:26:55,788 --> 00:26:58,268
for a much more intimate
approach to psychic phenomena.
506
00:27:02,055 --> 00:27:03,249
Cronenberg solved the problem
507
00:27:03,273 --> 00:27:04,884
of how do you show the actor
508
00:27:04,927 --> 00:27:07,451
seeing the future
or reading someone's mind?
509
00:27:07,495 --> 00:27:09,410
How do you visualize that?
510
00:27:09,453 --> 00:27:12,500
And he did that by flinging
Christopher Walken
511
00:27:12,543 --> 00:27:14,676
right into his own visions.
512
00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:18,419
Amy!
513
00:27:18,462 --> 00:27:19,681
And so when a house
514
00:27:19,725 --> 00:27:22,292
is burning a few minutes
in the future,
515
00:27:22,336 --> 00:27:26,514
Johnny Smith is right there
in the bed in the nursery
516
00:27:26,557 --> 00:27:28,690
watching the fish tank boil
and explode.
517
00:27:31,258 --> 00:27:32,868
He's a very
tortured protagonist,
518
00:27:32,912 --> 00:27:35,697
and he still chooses
to do right in the movie
519
00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:37,133
despite the fact that life
520
00:27:37,177 --> 00:27:40,484
has just been dealing him
very poor cards.
521
00:27:40,528 --> 00:27:43,096
When I woke up,
my girl was gone,
522
00:27:43,139 --> 00:27:47,100
my job was gone,
my legs are just about useless.
523
00:27:47,143 --> 00:27:48,555
I think of it
as a very emotional movie
524
00:27:48,579 --> 00:27:51,713
because the very mechanism
that drives it forward
525
00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:53,715
is tragic human experience.
526
00:27:55,630 --> 00:27:57,719
The ultimate test
of Johnny's character
527
00:27:57,763 --> 00:28:00,026
comes when he meets
up-and-coming politician,
528
00:28:00,069 --> 00:28:02,724
Greg Stillson,
played by Martin Sheen.
529
00:28:02,768 --> 00:28:03,725
You got to stay in better shape
530
00:28:03,769 --> 00:28:05,161
in this country.
531
00:28:05,205 --> 00:28:06,878
What the hell has happened
to this country?
532
00:28:06,902 --> 00:28:08,575
Stillson's
straight-talking populism
533
00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:10,732
conceals his true nature,
534
00:28:10,776 --> 00:28:12,560
he's a bullying egomaniac
535
00:28:12,603 --> 00:28:15,128
who will stop at nothing
to gain power.
536
00:28:15,171 --> 00:28:18,827
I have had a vision
that I am going to be president
537
00:28:18,871 --> 00:28:20,742
of the United States someday,
538
00:28:20,786 --> 00:28:22,744
and I have accepted
that responsibility,
539
00:28:22,788 --> 00:28:26,095
and nobody, I mean nobody,
540
00:28:26,139 --> 00:28:27,488
is gonna stop me.
541
00:28:29,403 --> 00:28:31,163
When Johnny
shakes hands with Stillson,
542
00:28:31,187 --> 00:28:34,321
he has a premonition of him
starting World War III.
543
00:28:36,236 --> 00:28:38,107
Stillson, Stillson, Stillson!
544
00:28:38,151 --> 00:28:39,761
Stillson, Stillson!
545
00:28:41,371 --> 00:28:44,723
The missiles are flying.
Hallelujah.
546
00:28:44,766 --> 00:28:46,550
If you knew somebody
547
00:28:46,594 --> 00:28:50,424
was going to be a mass murderer,
548
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:53,601
is gonna commit genocide
on a major level,
549
00:28:53,644 --> 00:28:56,604
but haven't done it yet,
would you take him out?
550
00:28:56,647 --> 00:28:58,737
That's basically what
the end of the movie is,
551
00:28:58,780 --> 00:29:01,000
is that Christopher Walken
decides that he has
552
00:29:01,043 --> 00:29:03,872
to assassinate Greg Stillson
to save the world.
553
00:29:06,832 --> 00:29:08,181
Johnny!
554
00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:09,617
At the tense finale,
555
00:29:09,660 --> 00:29:12,141
we find ourselves
rooting for an assassin.
556
00:29:12,185 --> 00:29:14,578
- Give me him!
- Don't!
557
00:29:18,408 --> 00:29:20,889
Johnny is doomed,
558
00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:22,761
but he does save the world.
559
00:29:25,807 --> 00:29:29,158
Evil finds a way
of devouring itself.
560
00:29:29,202 --> 00:29:30,986
You see that in the movie.
561
00:29:31,030 --> 00:29:34,294
You see that
in the book as well.
562
00:29:34,337 --> 00:29:36,035
Most really evil people
563
00:29:36,078 --> 00:29:38,994
have a self-destruct button
built in.
564
00:29:41,823 --> 00:29:43,433
It's over.
565
00:29:43,477 --> 00:29:46,262
And sooner or later,
they put their fist down on it
566
00:29:46,306 --> 00:29:47,960
without realizing
what they've done.
567
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,617
That movie is so heartbreaking,
568
00:29:53,661 --> 00:29:56,403
and every time I watch it,
569
00:29:56,446 --> 00:30:00,233
I'm more enamored
570
00:30:00,276 --> 00:30:02,626
with Cronenberg as a filmmaker
and what he has done.
571
00:30:07,196 --> 00:30:09,764
Not every story
about a psychic is a tragedy.
572
00:30:11,897 --> 00:30:15,378
For some, it opens up
a world of demented fun.
573
00:30:15,422 --> 00:30:16,989
It's showtime.
574
00:30:25,345 --> 00:30:27,869
Male In 1985, a young director
575
00:30:27,913 --> 00:30:29,392
named Tim Burton
576
00:30:29,436 --> 00:30:31,481
made his first
feature-length film,
577
00:30:31,525 --> 00:30:33,222
"Pee-wee's Big Adventure."
578
00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:36,573
It looked like this.
579
00:30:37,923 --> 00:30:39,402
It was an unlikely hit.
580
00:30:43,015 --> 00:30:44,451
Burton's next project
581
00:30:44,494 --> 00:30:46,235
was a horror comedy
about two ghosts
582
00:30:46,279 --> 00:30:47,628
and the psychic girl
583
00:30:47,671 --> 00:30:49,084
who becomes
their surrogate daughter.
584
00:30:50,718 --> 00:30:52,111
It was called...
585
00:30:52,154 --> 00:30:53,068
Beetlejuice,
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
586
00:30:53,112 --> 00:30:54,896
Oh, no!
587
00:30:54,940 --> 00:30:56,743
"Pee-wee's Big Adventure"
is one of my favorite films,
588
00:30:56,767 --> 00:30:58,726
and so then,
when "Beetlejuice" came out,
589
00:30:58,769 --> 00:31:00,902
everyone knew this
was something special.
590
00:31:00,946 --> 00:31:02,295
It was gonna be like the guy
591
00:31:02,338 --> 00:31:03,687
who made
"Pee-wee's Big Adventure"
592
00:31:03,731 --> 00:31:06,212
had made
some kind of horror movie.
593
00:31:08,170 --> 00:31:11,521
Right from the opening shot
with the Danny Elfman music,
594
00:31:11,565 --> 00:31:13,872
you are 100%
in a Tim Burton film.
595
00:31:15,961 --> 00:31:17,353
"Beetlejuice" begins
596
00:31:17,397 --> 00:31:18,615
with a demise of a sweet,
597
00:31:18,659 --> 00:31:20,487
but not terribly bright
young couple...
598
00:31:25,144 --> 00:31:27,407
Played by
Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin.
599
00:31:31,672 --> 00:31:33,108
What I loved about it
600
00:31:33,152 --> 00:31:34,390
from just
even reading the script
601
00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:36,198
was they were
very matter-of-fact
602
00:31:36,242 --> 00:31:37,678
about it, you know?
603
00:31:37,721 --> 00:31:39,221
It's rather, "You know,
we're simple folks
604
00:31:39,245 --> 00:31:40,768
and we seem to be dead."
605
00:31:40,811 --> 00:31:42,572
I've been reading that book,
and there's a word
606
00:31:42,596 --> 00:31:45,729
for people in our situation.
Ghosts.
607
00:31:47,296 --> 00:31:49,385
You know, everything is
kind of taken for granted,
608
00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:51,779
you know,
there's nothing too shocking
609
00:31:51,822 --> 00:31:53,955
about any of it to us.
610
00:31:53,999 --> 00:31:55,237
I don't think we have very much
611
00:31:55,261 --> 00:31:56,523
to worry about anymore.
612
00:31:56,566 --> 00:31:59,091
I find that very amusing.
613
00:32:00,701 --> 00:32:02,572
Life isn't that different
614
00:32:02,616 --> 00:32:05,706
till their home is sold
to Charles and Delia Deetz
615
00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:07,577
who turn it
into a post-modern hell.
616
00:32:09,579 --> 00:32:12,800
I loved that dynamic,
in the Beetlejuice family,
617
00:32:12,843 --> 00:32:15,150
that it's the ghosts
that were the friendly ones.
618
00:32:15,194 --> 00:32:18,110
They're the ones
being terrorized by the humans.
619
00:32:18,153 --> 00:32:19,589
Oh!
620
00:32:19,633 --> 00:32:21,983
You can see us
without the sheets?
621
00:32:22,027 --> 00:32:23,811
Of course I can see you.
622
00:32:23,854 --> 00:32:26,379
Well, how is it that
you see us and nobody else can?
623
00:32:26,422 --> 00:32:27,946
The ghosts' sole ally
624
00:32:27,989 --> 00:32:31,862
is young Lydia Deetz,
who has the psychic gift
625
00:32:31,906 --> 00:32:34,778
of being able to see
and communicate with the dead.
626
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:40,741
I wanted to be Winona Ryder
as Lydia.
627
00:32:40,784 --> 00:32:44,614
Live people ignore
the strange and usual.
628
00:32:44,658 --> 00:32:48,227
I, myself,
am strange and unusual.
629
00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:51,404
She was just the coolest.
630
00:32:51,447 --> 00:32:52,971
She had the coolest lines.
631
00:32:53,014 --> 00:32:54,407
I plan to have a stroke
632
00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:56,931
from the amount of MSG
that's in this food.
633
00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:59,978
And her costumes
and how she wasn't
634
00:33:00,021 --> 00:33:03,285
that happy-go-lucky kid.
635
00:33:03,329 --> 00:33:05,809
She could see more.
636
00:33:05,853 --> 00:33:08,334
She was "spiritually woke,"
637
00:33:08,377 --> 00:33:12,642
and she was
unapologetically herself.
638
00:33:12,686 --> 00:33:15,515
God!
You guys really are dead.
639
00:33:18,213 --> 00:33:20,215
This is amazing.
640
00:33:20,259 --> 00:33:22,043
Lydia's sensitivity lets her see
641
00:33:22,087 --> 00:33:23,566
what her parents cannot.
642
00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:25,612
Careful, that's my sculpture.
643
00:33:25,655 --> 00:33:28,049
A world beyond themselves.
644
00:33:28,093 --> 00:33:30,660
If you don't let me gut out
this house and make it my own,
645
00:33:30,704 --> 00:33:33,011
I will go insane,
and I will take you with me!
646
00:33:35,622 --> 00:33:37,667
Lydia tries to act as the medium
647
00:33:37,711 --> 00:33:39,234
between the living and the dead,
648
00:33:39,278 --> 00:33:40,801
but it's no use.
649
00:33:40,844 --> 00:33:41,865
But they were trying
to scare you away,
650
00:33:41,889 --> 00:33:43,630
and you didn't get scared.
651
00:33:43,673 --> 00:33:45,066
Please, they're dead.
652
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:46,676
It's a little late
to be neurotic.
653
00:33:48,635 --> 00:33:50,202
In desperation, the ghosts
654
00:33:50,245 --> 00:33:54,641
summon a bio-exorcist,
the demon Beetlejuice,
655
00:33:54,684 --> 00:33:56,338
played in a performance
for the ages
656
00:33:56,382 --> 00:33:58,253
by Michael Keaton.
657
00:33:58,297 --> 00:33:59,863
Yeah!
658
00:33:59,907 --> 00:34:03,084
Michael Keaton
was amazing as Beetlejuice.
659
00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:04,825
You know, we got to get closer.
660
00:34:04,868 --> 00:34:06,870
Move in with you for a while.
Get to be real pals.
661
00:34:06,914 --> 00:34:07,871
You know what I'm saying?
662
00:34:07,915 --> 00:34:09,656
And...
663
00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:11,092
- Ugh.
- Save that guy for later.
664
00:34:11,136 --> 00:34:12,093
So funny.
665
00:34:12,137 --> 00:34:14,443
I really loved, loved him,
666
00:34:14,487 --> 00:34:18,099
and he... so much was ad-libbed
and just made up on the fly.
667
00:34:18,143 --> 00:34:22,234
I'm feeling a little anxious,
if you know what I mean.
668
00:34:24,279 --> 00:34:26,127
Beetlejuice is
an incarnation of corruption.
669
00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:29,458
He cannot be trusted.
670
00:34:31,765 --> 00:34:33,854
Humans and ghosts
must come together
671
00:34:33,897 --> 00:34:36,204
to save Lydia from his clutches.
672
00:34:38,163 --> 00:34:40,121
It's a metaphor for the rescue
673
00:34:40,165 --> 00:34:42,645
of a neglected child
from loneliness and despair.
674
00:34:46,823 --> 00:34:50,566
You're probably supposed
to interpret the movie
675
00:34:50,610 --> 00:34:53,917
through Lydia's perspective,
676
00:34:53,961 --> 00:34:55,745
and she is very much an outsider
677
00:34:55,789 --> 00:34:58,966
who comes to belong
678
00:34:59,009 --> 00:35:01,534
through very unusual means
679
00:35:01,577 --> 00:35:04,145
by having ghost parents
680
00:35:04,189 --> 00:35:07,757
who are better parents
to her than her real parents.
681
00:35:07,801 --> 00:35:08,952
How'd you do
on that science test?
682
00:35:08,976 --> 00:35:10,325
It was gross.
683
00:35:10,369 --> 00:35:12,110
They wanted me
to dissect a frog.
684
00:35:13,241 --> 00:35:15,374
Traditionally, movie psychics
685
00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:16,679
are cursed by their gifts.
686
00:35:18,377 --> 00:35:20,553
Beetlejuice is the rare film
about a psychic
687
00:35:20,596 --> 00:35:22,163
that has a happy ending...
688
00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:24,296
For Lydia and for the people
in her life,
689
00:35:24,339 --> 00:35:26,385
living and dead.
690
00:35:26,428 --> 00:35:28,735
Sometimes,
if somebody recognizes me,
691
00:35:28,778 --> 00:35:31,520
they'll say,
"I like your movie."
692
00:35:31,564 --> 00:35:33,827
And I'm like, "Okay."
693
00:35:33,870 --> 00:35:36,177
And so I finally started
asking people,
694
00:35:36,221 --> 00:35:37,309
"What movie?"
695
00:35:37,352 --> 00:35:39,572
Oh!
696
00:35:39,615 --> 00:35:42,836
95% of the time
they mean "Beetlejuice."
697
00:35:42,879 --> 00:35:44,577
They think that's
the only movie I've made,
698
00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:47,014
and they like my movie.
699
00:35:47,057 --> 00:35:49,582
Which I'm perfectly happy with.
I love that.
700
00:35:53,238 --> 00:35:55,588
I can communicate
with the other side.
701
00:35:55,631 --> 00:35:57,503
The ability to see the dead
702
00:35:57,546 --> 00:35:58,765
is a miraculous gift.
703
00:36:01,420 --> 00:36:04,988
It was cold-blooded murder.
704
00:36:07,077 --> 00:36:08,577
Unless you're the tortured hero
705
00:36:08,601 --> 00:36:10,168
of "The Frighteners."
706
00:36:14,955 --> 00:36:18,045
male When you think
of filmmaker Peter Jackson,
707
00:36:18,088 --> 00:36:19,488
this is probably
what comes to mind.
708
00:36:24,225 --> 00:36:25,811
But horror fans
know he started out
709
00:36:25,835 --> 00:36:27,620
making some of
the most outrageous
710
00:36:27,663 --> 00:36:29,796
splatter films
ever to hit the screen.
711
00:36:32,842 --> 00:36:34,453
The bridge between
712
00:36:34,496 --> 00:36:36,716
the two Peter Jacksons
is "The Frighteners."
713
00:36:36,759 --> 00:36:38,848
I can see spirits.
714
00:36:42,896 --> 00:36:44,027
A film that takes
715
00:36:44,071 --> 00:36:45,855
some very surprising turns.
716
00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:53,211
"The Frighteners"
is such a classic comedy horror
717
00:36:53,254 --> 00:36:55,038
where it starts off so goofy...
718
00:36:58,085 --> 00:36:59,652
And then gets
genuinely frightening.
719
00:37:01,915 --> 00:37:03,569
This one really has a build,
720
00:37:03,612 --> 00:37:06,615
I think, that no other
comedy horror has ever had.
721
00:37:08,313 --> 00:37:09,618
Michael J. Fox stars
722
00:37:09,662 --> 00:37:12,273
as Frank Bannister,
723
00:37:12,317 --> 00:37:14,667
who gains the power
to communicate with ghosts
724
00:37:14,710 --> 00:37:17,060
after he's in a car accident
that kills his wife.
725
00:37:21,021 --> 00:37:22,849
Feeling responsible
for her death,
726
00:37:22,892 --> 00:37:25,243
he's literally a haunted man,
727
00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:28,855
so lost in self-loathing,
that he prostitutes his gift
728
00:37:28,898 --> 00:37:31,031
using the ghosts
to scam the living.
729
00:37:35,949 --> 00:37:39,082
We're so used to, you know,
seeing all these psychics
730
00:37:39,126 --> 00:37:40,867
use their powers
in certain ways...
731
00:37:40,910 --> 00:37:44,479
To find evil
or to find more answers,
732
00:37:44,523 --> 00:37:46,481
but in this case,
Michael J. Fox,
733
00:37:46,525 --> 00:37:48,048
he's a con artist.
734
00:37:48,091 --> 00:37:49,330
Well, folks,
I can do a clearance,
735
00:37:49,354 --> 00:37:51,921
but it's not gonna be cheap.
736
00:37:51,965 --> 00:37:54,707
Sure, he's a psychic.
He can see ghosts.
737
00:37:54,750 --> 00:37:59,233
But this is him using his power
to make that extra buck.
738
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:03,455
This could be the worst case
I have ever... seen.
739
00:38:05,587 --> 00:38:08,286
Where are you going?
740
00:38:08,329 --> 00:38:09,722
Things get worse
741
00:38:09,765 --> 00:38:11,724
when a demonic spirit appears
742
00:38:11,767 --> 00:38:14,683
and begins killing people
Frank comes into contact with.
743
00:38:19,384 --> 00:38:20,776
Frank's psychic gift
744
00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:22,169
lets him see who's next to die.
745
00:38:25,607 --> 00:38:27,348
But he's powerless to save them.
746
00:38:29,742 --> 00:38:31,787
The murders attract
the attention
747
00:38:31,831 --> 00:38:33,920
of a very peculiar FBI agent,
748
00:38:33,963 --> 00:38:36,575
played by
horror legend Jeffrey Combs.
749
00:38:36,618 --> 00:38:38,707
You're a very dangerous man,
Mr. Bannister.
750
00:38:44,017 --> 00:38:47,890
I sort of approached him
like what happens
751
00:38:47,934 --> 00:38:52,808
when your patriotism
takes you to a point
752
00:38:52,852 --> 00:38:56,812
where you will do anything
for your country,
753
00:38:56,856 --> 00:38:58,379
to the point
where you don't even know
754
00:38:58,423 --> 00:39:01,513
how damaged you are anymore.
755
00:39:04,124 --> 00:39:08,998
My body is roadmap of pain.
756
00:39:09,042 --> 00:39:11,218
Jeffrey Combs
made "Frighteners."
757
00:39:11,261 --> 00:39:14,221
Look at his haircut
and the way he speaks
758
00:39:14,264 --> 00:39:16,223
and his eyes for everything.
759
00:39:18,617 --> 00:39:21,184
Well, the haircut
was my idea, I'm afraid.
760
00:39:21,228 --> 00:39:25,188
I was thinking about
what is the prime example
761
00:39:25,232 --> 00:39:28,104
of that kind of nationalism?
Oh, wait a minute.
762
00:39:28,148 --> 00:39:30,411
And I found
a book of young Hitler.
763
00:39:32,457 --> 00:39:34,459
I took it back to Peter,
and I said,
764
00:39:34,502 --> 00:39:38,985
"Peter, what do you think
my hair would look like that?"
765
00:39:39,028 --> 00:39:43,903
And I thought he would say,
"No, are you crazy?"
766
00:39:43,946 --> 00:39:46,079
But he looked at it
767
00:39:46,122 --> 00:39:48,168
and just took a beat,
and he went,
768
00:39:48,211 --> 00:39:50,257
"Yeah, yes, that'll be good."
769
00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:54,740
In the film's dark finale,
770
00:39:54,783 --> 00:39:58,047
Frank discovers his wife
was one of many victims
771
00:39:58,091 --> 00:40:00,049
of a pair of thrill killers
772
00:40:00,093 --> 00:40:02,574
played by Dee Wallace
and Jake Busey.
773
00:40:04,227 --> 00:40:07,100
- You killed her.
- You're next, pal.
774
00:40:07,143 --> 00:40:09,668
I think it's the first movie
that has a homicidal couple
775
00:40:09,711 --> 00:40:11,080
where one is a ghost
and one is not.
776
00:40:11,104 --> 00:40:12,453
I can't think
of one before that.
777
00:40:16,849 --> 00:40:18,633
But it's a cool idea
778
00:40:18,677 --> 00:40:20,635
that it's also this
really dark romance of sorts,
779
00:40:20,679 --> 00:40:22,289
that they get off on this fact,
780
00:40:22,332 --> 00:40:23,484
that they keep killing
more and more people,
781
00:40:23,508 --> 00:40:25,074
that they get
more and more in love
782
00:40:25,118 --> 00:40:26,032
with each other
the more bodies they pile up.
783
00:40:26,075 --> 00:40:27,294
It's a really nutty idea.
784
00:40:30,123 --> 00:40:31,864
With the mystery solved,
785
00:40:31,907 --> 00:40:34,475
Frank is finally able
to move on with his life.
786
00:40:35,824 --> 00:40:38,523
Be happy.
787
00:40:38,566 --> 00:40:40,326
"The Frighteners"
turns out to be a study
788
00:40:40,350 --> 00:40:43,266
of trauma,
depression, and forgiveness.
789
00:40:43,310 --> 00:40:45,268
It corkscrews into something
790
00:40:45,312 --> 00:40:48,881
that you're
not even prepared for,
791
00:40:48,924 --> 00:40:50,839
and that's the genius of it.
792
00:40:53,189 --> 00:40:57,629
It's a movie
that you can't quite categorize
793
00:40:57,672 --> 00:40:59,587
'cause it's many things.
794
00:40:59,631 --> 00:41:02,285
After setting you up
thinking this is just gonna be
795
00:41:02,329 --> 00:41:05,854
some pleasant,
safe little ride...
796
00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:12,905
It takes you down
a rabbit hole of true horror.
797
00:41:16,169 --> 00:41:17,755
Isn't that what a movie
is supposed to do
798
00:41:17,779 --> 00:41:19,868
is take you
on an unexpected journey?
799
00:41:25,744 --> 00:41:27,833
We don't fully understand
800
00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:29,138
how our brains work...
801
00:41:29,182 --> 00:41:31,532
The derangement of the synapses.
802
00:41:35,797 --> 00:41:37,320
Nor can we prove
803
00:41:37,364 --> 00:41:39,366
or disprove
psychic powers are real.
804
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,545
But as long as we can think
and dream...
805
00:41:46,329 --> 00:41:48,549
We'll have psychics
on our minds.
59629
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