Monday, October 22, 2012

Connecting the Downward Spiral to other works (Limitless)

Quotes from the Movie Limitless:
Eddie Mora is the main character, dependent on a drug called NZT to function, and Gennady is a Russian mobster who is also after the intellegence enhancing properties of NZT.

[standing at the edge of his apartment balcony as Gennady and his men are trying to break into his apartment]
Eddie Morra: [voice over] And so, here I am. I knew they would kill me slowly and horribly. But this choice would at least be mine. 
[as he's about to jump he stops himself]
Eddie Morra: [voice over] But we're instinctive creatures. We want to live. So m foggy brain tried to remember where one tablet of NZT might be. It was possible. And possible was enough.
[to Eddie after he's broken into Eddie's apartment]
Gennady: Now you know I want more. So why would you upset me? I don't like being down to this last one. You don't even know how to use it. You don't appreciate it. You see, I dissolve it in solution and shoot it. It goes straight up into the blood and brain. Lasts longer.



[to Eddie after he's set his men to look for the pills in Eddie's apartment]
Gennady: You know, these guys are gonna find it. Or I'm gonna make you tell me. Question is, which is gonna come first? I guess we're gonna find out, huh? It's a waste of my time, you know? I'm getting out of this side of the business. I'm branching out. I'm starting import, export company. Very exciting stuff. I got a lot on my plate. You're lucky I'm here.



[to Eddie as as his men are breaking into Eddie's safe]
Gennady: Back in the old times, I...I might peel your skin back. Flay you. Flay. It's a nice word. I didn't know this before. Oh, I had such a poor vocabulary. But then I discovered this thing, Google. Did you know the small and large intestine is twenty foot long? I had no idea. I don't believe it. I gotta see this for myself. I'm dubious. It's another nice word. Anyway, I'm sure you're curious too.
[he walks towards Eddie with a torture knife]
Gennady: But don't worry, everything's sterilized. We're gonna keep you alive through the whole shebang. You're gonna get a front row seat, Eddie.
[suddenly Eddie stabs Gennady with a knife he'd kept hidden round his back, killing him]



Eddie Morra: [voice over] Not much of a triumph was it. Because I would die here too. Only NZT could help me and the last of it was in this thugs blood stream.

Link to the Movie trailer (even though it isn't this exact scene):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THE_hhk1Gzc

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