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My friend Nicholas Brady, who in
his own way tried to save the
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world, lived in Berkeley
practically his whole life.
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Back around 1985, Berkeley,
California seemed like an oasis
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in a country that had become
polarized and divided.
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But Fate or God or
whatever had something else
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in store for my
friend Nick
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and as it turned out,
for me, too.
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Look, Nick, I appreciate your
interest in the business,
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but these compact discs
aren't going to catch on.
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Not with our customers.
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Why not?
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That digital sound
is too perfect.
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It's cold.
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Metallic.
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Don't underestimate
the human element.
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Even if CDs catch on, the
records here will
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be worth a fortune.
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Or nothing at all.
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Life's a gamble.
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Be patient.
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One day it's all
going to be yours
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and Rachel's, then you
can do what you like.
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♪ I wanna destroy you ♪
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♪ A pox upon the media ♪
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♪ And everything
you read ♪
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♪ They tell you
your opinions ♪
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♪ And they're very
good indeed ♪
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♪ I wanna destroy you ♪
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♪ When I have
destroyed you ♪
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♪ I'll come picking
at your bones ♪
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♪ And you won't have
a single atom ♪
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♪ Left to call
your own ♪
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Hey.
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Phil just called and
he's on his way over.
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Please don't tell
him about last night.
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Promise?
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Mm.
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Muah.
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Have a good day.
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Bye, baby.
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Sorry, I'm late.
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My cat got run over
by a truck yesterday.
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That's the bad news.
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What's the good news?
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My new novel,
getting published.
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In hardcover this time.
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Oh, wow, that's
great, man.
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Which one?
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The one about what
might have happened
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if the Nazis won
the war.
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I have an idea you might
be interested in.
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Last night, I woke up and I saw
me staring down at myself.
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I think Rachel saw it,
too, but now she's not sure.
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That's weird.
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Were you high?
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You know I don't
smoke anymore.
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I think it was
a future me.
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Could something like that
be possible, time travel?
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It seemed like I was there to
help me or warn me or something.
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Might be.
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Did you look any older?
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No, I looked
exactly the same.
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Maybe it was an alternate self
communicating with you from an
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alternate universe.
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Can you use the idea?
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Nope, too ordinary.
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Too ordinary, huh?
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Well, that's--
that's me.
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Cheer up.
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You're still having
a better day than my cat.
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And so, while the membership
lists were destroyed prior
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to the collapse of
the Soviet Union,
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the code name for this
organization has been given
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to us by our new
Russian allies.
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That name is Aramchek,
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an agency of treason
and subversion.
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Aramchek.
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Remember that name.
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This secret organization
refuses to acknowledge that
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democracy and free
enterprise have triumphed.
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Instead, they would
turn back the clock,
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lead America into a dark
shadowy future of a godless
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dictatorship.
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In the near future, I intend to
report to you, the American
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people, the progress of our war
on this cadre of evildoers.
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In the meantime,
good night,
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and may God bless the
United States of America.
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The President's address this
evening contained a real
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bombshell,
didn't it Hugh?
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And I wouldn't be surprised if
this new crisis didn't have
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some bearing on President
Fremont's decision whether or
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not to seek an unprecedented
fifth term in office--
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15 years in office.
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You'd think that would
be enough for anyone.
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Not Fremont.
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The only way you get him out of
the Oval Office is in a casket.
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A record store clerk in Berkeley
will have many troubles.
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When he moves to Los Angeles,
he will find what he's been
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searching for
his entire life.
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I've had the strangest feeling
the last couple of days.
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It's like I've been asleep
my whole life waiting for
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something to happen.
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We gotta get out
of Berkeley.
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And how do you
plan on that?
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I'm thinking of
applying for a new job.
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I've already started talking to
some of the record company reps
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down in LA.
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Maybe they're just
ordinary dreams.
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Night after night?
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The images always appears
between 3:00 and 4:00
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in the morning.
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I think I'm being
programmed in my sleep.
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Just because I write science-
fiction, doesn't mean I believe
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in any of that stuff.
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I don't even think flying
saucers are real.
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I think a higher intelligence
has seen my needs and is
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directing me towards
something important,
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some extraordinary goal.
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So, a powerful
entity guiding you,
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helping you get
your shit together?
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Sounds good, what do
you think it is?
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Don't laugh, but I've
got a name for it.
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I call it VALIS.
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VALIS?
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It's an acronym for Vast Active
Living Intelligent System,
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because that's exactly what
it is and how I think of it.
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Does this VALIS provide
you with any clues
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as to your
amazing destiny?
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I don't have any choice
other than to believe it.
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I already got
a job offer.
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Progressive Records is the
first company I applied to,
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that's got
to mean something.
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Just one problem.
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What's that?
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I hate Los Angeles.
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Just for the sake of argument,
let's suppose it's something
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evil like the voices
that told Mark Chapman
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to shoot Mick Jagger.
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VALIS has a destiny
for me in LA.
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What am I supposed
to say to that?
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This is real.
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This is happening to me.
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Maybe it's
a precognition.
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Knowing what you're going
to do before you do it.
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I wrote a story
about that, remember?
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"The World Jones Made"?
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Vaguely.
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How'd that turn out?
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Not so good.
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Instead of being this wonderful
talent, being able to see a year
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into the future, it locked
Jones into a closed loop.
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He lost free choice.
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What do you mean?
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Well, since everything
was pre-determined,
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he was forced to act
out his own future.
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You foresee yourself
moving to LA.
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So now you're moving.
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You still don't
understand.
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VALIS knows about you.
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I was instructed to tell
you what's happening.
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You're putting me on.
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It's crazy, Nick.
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We're leaving Berkeley
because some imaginary voice
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tells you to uproot
our lives?
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It's not a practical way to
make a life-changing decision.
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What's better?
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Columbus listening to the
imaginary voices in his head
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that said "keep sailing" or the
real voices that said it was
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all hopeless
and doomed.
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Aren't results
what matter?
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See you guys
after lunch.
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Hey, Phil!
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I was starting to think you were
going to miss our last day!
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What, are you kidding?
Not a chance.
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I even brought
refreshments.
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Hi.
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So.
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None for me thanks.
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That's the first drink
I've ever seen you refuse.
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Did VALIS tell you to
go on the wagon?
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As a matter
of fact, yes.
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Oh, come on, baby,
lighten up.
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You know, I've been trying
to get him to cut back
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on alcohol for years.
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His wife, he ignores, but one
little word from the Big Mind
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in the sky...
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All right,
okay, enough.
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To friendship.
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To Los Angeles.
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To destiny.
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Destiny.
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Oh God, excuse me.
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Could he get
any weirder?
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How are you supposed to
relate to a friend whose life
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is directed from
beyond the stars?
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I mean, what kind of attitude
am I supposed to take to that?
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Imagine being his wife.
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It's taken over your
lives, hasn't it?
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And the strange part is,
VALIS is doing a better job
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than we ever did.
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I've never seen
Nick so....
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Motivated.
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It's like he's an entirely
different person.
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Yeah.
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I've been thinking
about leaving him.
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Wow.
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What did you decide?
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The decision has
been made for me.
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I saw a gynecologist
last week.
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I'm pregnant.
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That's wonderful.
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I haven't told Nick.
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Okay.
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I'm scared about
everything.
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Tell me it's all
going to be okay.
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Of course.
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Of course it's
gonna be okay.
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Though the Cold War may be over,
as you know, the secret
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organization Aramchek is still
committed to undermining our
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democratic institutions.
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Accordingly, I have instructed
our Attorney General to prepare
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the appropriate legislation to
amend those First Amendment
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rights that have been so long
abused by our country's foes
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and their unwitting allies
among the media elite.
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No one regrets these measures
more than your President.
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And so, following the
instructions of VALIS,
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my friends Nick and Rachel
moved down to LA.
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I thought of them often, but
it was more than a year until
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I took the eight-hour bus ride
down from Berkeley.
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Excuse me, sir.
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Can I give you
the good news?
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Jesus Christ.
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I never thought
I'd see the day.
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An old socialist like you
driving around in a Beamer.
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You look great.
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Yeah?
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LA seems to
agree with you.
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Still doing your art?
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No, not so much.
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I've been really busy,
with the baby and all.
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How's Nick?
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Oh, he's-- he's great.
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He loves it here, too.
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You know, he wanted
to pick you up himself,
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but he's in the studio with
one of his new groups.
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What about VALIS?
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Phil, look,
do me a favor.
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Don't bring up
that stuff.
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Wow.
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A far cry from
the record store, huh?
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Hey, Phil.
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Glad you could make it.
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Get in here.
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I want you to stick around
and check these guys out.
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I'm gonna get a producer
credit on this album,
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maybe a senior vice-presidency
if market research is right
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about these guys.
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You believing it?
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Believe what?
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All this, my act.
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What are you
talking about?
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00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,034
So you bought it, too.
264
00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:19,170
That's good, that means I must
be doing something right.
265
00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:35,153
Check it out.
266
00:17:35,155 --> 00:17:39,557
This is an image that I've been
shown over and over again.
267
00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:49,567
What the hell?
268
00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:52,303
Was that lightning?
269
00:17:54,173 --> 00:17:55,506
Hey.
270
00:17:55,508 --> 00:17:57,075
Nick?
271
00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:59,343
Hey.
272
00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:03,214
You okay?
273
00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:09,287
I don't know why we
had to rush over here.
274
00:18:09,289 --> 00:18:11,189
Ezra's just fine.
275
00:18:11,191 --> 00:18:12,423
No, he's not,
I told you.
276
00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,560
He has a birth defect.
277
00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:16,794
Good morning.
278
00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:20,531
Hey, Doctor,
thank you for coming.
279
00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:23,534
He has an inguinal strangulated
hernia on the left side.
280
00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:26,537
It's already descended
into the scrotal sac.
281
00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:30,508
I'm used to parents imagining
dreadful diseases in the middle
282
00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:34,412
of the night, but rarely
with such specificity.
283
00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:38,082
I just saw Ezra
last week, but...
284
00:18:38,084 --> 00:18:41,552
It's okay, it's all right,
it's okay...
285
00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:48,126
Wait a second.
286
00:18:50,696 --> 00:18:52,396
Page Dr. Andrews, tell
him to come right in,
287
00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:55,099
it's an emergency.
288
00:18:58,437 --> 00:19:01,205
I don't know what to tell you,
it's exactly what you thought.
289
00:19:01,207 --> 00:19:02,240
Is he going
to be alright?
290
00:19:02,242 --> 00:19:03,441
Yeah, he'll be fine.
291
00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:05,143
It's a minor
problem to correct,
292
00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:06,544
but it's potentially
very dangerous.
293
00:19:06,546 --> 00:19:09,547
We caught it
just in time.
294
00:19:16,455 --> 00:19:18,356
Hey.
295
00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:19,657
How is he?
296
00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:22,727
Ezra's going
to be fine.
297
00:19:22,729 --> 00:19:25,296
What's going on?
298
00:19:25,298 --> 00:19:27,165
How did you know that?
299
00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:30,568
Was it VALIS?
300
00:19:30,570 --> 00:19:32,670
Let's get Ezra
and Rachel home first,
301
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,339
then I'll fill you
in on everything.
302
00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:47,451
I'm always amazed at how much
difference the desert air makes.
303
00:19:47,453 --> 00:19:50,588
A lot cleaner than LA,
isn't it?
304
00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:55,326
No spies,
no police informers.
305
00:19:55,328 --> 00:19:59,597
Out here, the wind blows in
from the east and north.
306
00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:03,367
For some reason,
the signal's much stronger.
307
00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:07,305
I think VALIS is located
in our upper atmosphere.
308
00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:09,440
How is that
even possible?
309
00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:12,176
How could any kind of living
creature exist up there,
310
00:20:12,178 --> 00:20:13,477
survive?
311
00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:15,313
No, see, it's not--
312
00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:17,748
It's not a he or
she or even an it.
313
00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:20,284
It's a composite entity.
314
00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:23,621
It's as if various beings had
come together and formed
315
00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:27,491
a single body
and group mind.
316
00:20:27,493 --> 00:20:30,461
How do you know
all this?
317
00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:34,332
I've had dream after dream after
dream from their point of view.
318
00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:36,634
From way up,
looking down.
319
00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:41,372
To them earth is like this
horrible, stagnant pond and
320
00:20:41,374 --> 00:20:47,645
human beings just swim around
in the muck trying to survive.
321
00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:51,649
I think they're
anxious to help us.
322
00:20:51,651 --> 00:20:54,252
That doesn't make
sense to me.
323
00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:56,654
Highly evolved creature living
in the sky taking an active
324
00:20:56,656 --> 00:20:59,690
interest in
human welfare?
325
00:20:59,692 --> 00:21:01,559
Why would they?
326
00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:03,661
I think they feel
sorry for us.
327
00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:05,730
Try to imagine it.
328
00:21:05,732 --> 00:21:07,531
Advanced beings
living alongside
329
00:21:07,533 --> 00:21:10,401
the human race
throughout history,
330
00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:12,236
watching our wars
and famines,
331
00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:14,372
observing our
unbelievable cruelty,
332
00:21:14,374 --> 00:21:17,742
our unbelievable
stupidity.
333
00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,779
Wait a second, hold on.
334
00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:26,784
I'm getting new
instructions.
335
00:21:33,558 --> 00:21:37,395
You're never going to believe
where they want me to go.
336
00:21:37,397 --> 00:21:41,232
...So, this modest bungalow is
the house where the president
337
00:21:41,234 --> 00:21:44,201
actually grew up in
his formative years,
338
00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:47,405
the dwelling where our beloved
leader first did homework,
339
00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:50,541
first played basketball, first
read inspiring biographies
340
00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:52,376
of history's
greatest men.
341
00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:21,706
Don't worry,
there's no guards.
342
00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:24,608
I guess they figure
no one would dare trespass
343
00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:26,777
on the holiest
of holies.
344
00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:29,647
Maybe they
have a point.
345
00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:32,717
There it is.
346
00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:34,785
What's the big deal?
347
00:22:34,787 --> 00:22:36,687
It's just a signature
in the cement.
348
00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:38,789
Probably the name
of the contractor.
349
00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:41,525
Baby, look at it,
look at the name.
350
00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:43,794
It's a little faded and hard
to read, but you see it,
351
00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:46,030
right, Phil?
352
00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:50,000
I'm seeing it,
but I can't believe it.
353
00:22:50,002 --> 00:22:54,071
Aramchek.
354
00:22:54,073 --> 00:22:57,441
I get this urge to go
to the Fremont Museum.
355
00:22:57,443 --> 00:23:02,413
I wander away from
the group I see it.
356
00:23:02,415 --> 00:23:04,448
Then I realize,
I was meant to see it.
357
00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:05,750
Please don't tell me
you're starting up again
358
00:23:05,752 --> 00:23:07,585
with the whole
VALIS thing.
359
00:23:07,587 --> 00:23:12,456
Little Richard Fremont played in
that backyard and saw the name
360
00:23:12,458 --> 00:23:14,759
written in the
cement, Aramchek,
361
00:23:14,761 --> 00:23:17,795
and for whatever reason it
sticks in his little brain
362
00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:20,498
as something sinister.
363
00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:24,001
Once the boy grows up,
he projects his paranoia
364
00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:26,370
on the whole world.
365
00:23:26,372 --> 00:23:31,375
Aramchek, the super-secret
cabal of evil revolutionaries.
366
00:23:31,377 --> 00:23:34,678
it's a figment of
his imagination.
367
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,114
A childhood memory.
368
00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:39,016
It's genius.
369
00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:41,652
The government declares war on
a terrorist organization that
370
00:23:41,654 --> 00:23:44,054
doesn't even exist.
371
00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:45,656
No one can
destroy it.
372
00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:48,626
No one's safe from it.
373
00:23:48,628 --> 00:23:50,361
No one knows when
it'll turn up again.
374
00:23:50,363 --> 00:23:54,031
What do you think
happened to Mr. Aramchek,
375
00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:56,000
Whoever he
actually was?
376
00:23:56,002 --> 00:23:58,636
He's dead.
377
00:23:58,638 --> 00:24:01,705
Or stuck away in some
rehabilitation camp.
378
00:24:01,707 --> 00:24:05,342
What else would you expect
from Richard Fremont?
379
00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:12,550
Do you really have
to go back to Berkeley?
380
00:24:12,552 --> 00:24:14,518
Yeah.
381
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,021
I gotta finish my book.
382
00:24:17,023 --> 00:24:20,558
Besides, I can't be your house
guest forever, you know?
383
00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:27,431
It's gotten so...
weird all of a sudden.
384
00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:31,001
No, man, you--
you just--
385
00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:33,037
You do what
you need to do.
386
00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:35,039
We'll be fine.
387
00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:38,342
We have VALIS
to protect us.
388
00:24:38,344 --> 00:24:40,644
Back in Berkeley my life
returned to normal,
389
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:42,513
which for me was
mostly work,
390
00:24:42,515 --> 00:24:45,082
staying up all night with
the help of amphetamines.
391
00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:47,017
While I was in LA, Nick and
I had spent hour after hour
392
00:24:47,019 --> 00:24:49,086
talking about VALIS,
393
00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:52,556
different theories about how it
operated, what it wanted,
394
00:24:52,558 --> 00:24:55,059
why it had come now.
395
00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:57,728
I had material for a dozen
stories just based on all
396
00:24:57,730 --> 00:25:00,564
the premises
we spun out,
397
00:25:00,566 --> 00:25:03,100
but none that I could write
about without betraying
398
00:25:03,102 --> 00:25:06,070
my friend's confidence.
399
00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:14,512
Gentlemen.
400
00:25:18,116 --> 00:25:20,417
What can I do for you?
401
00:25:20,419 --> 00:25:22,086
Are we putting out too
many protest songs?
402
00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:24,121
No, on the contrary,
Mr. Brady.
403
00:25:24,123 --> 00:25:25,589
May I call you Nick?
404
00:25:25,591 --> 00:25:27,458
Sure.
405
00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:29,593
Progressive has a very positive
rating with the Bureau, Nick.
406
00:25:29,595 --> 00:25:32,763
One of the best in the whole
recording industry.
407
00:25:32,765 --> 00:25:35,432
Just a precaution.
408
00:25:35,434 --> 00:25:37,101
You'd be surprised
how many otherwise decent,
409
00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:38,736
law-abiding Americans
410
00:25:38,738 --> 00:25:41,071
think it's necessary to tape
informal interrogations like
411
00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:45,075
this one.
412
00:25:45,077 --> 00:25:47,144
How can I help you?
413
00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:49,580
Actually, we're here
to help you, Nick.
414
00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:51,482
We happen to know you're
currently under a great deal
415
00:25:51,484 --> 00:25:54,084
of financial pressure.
416
00:25:54,086 --> 00:25:58,422
Your wife wants your son to go
to an exclusive nursery school.
417
00:25:58,424 --> 00:26:01,025
She also expects you to
put a large down payment
418
00:26:01,027 --> 00:26:04,028
on a much larger house.
419
00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:06,697
We're prepared to offer you
a simple, patriotic way
420
00:26:06,699 --> 00:26:10,067
to enhance your salary
by up to $2,000 a month.
421
00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:11,602
How does that
sound Nick?
422
00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:13,137
Tax free.
423
00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:15,105
Not even reportable.
424
00:26:15,107 --> 00:26:19,043
I'm flattered you'd thought
of me but honestly, I have a--
425
00:26:19,045 --> 00:26:20,110
Are you turning your country
down before you even know
426
00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:22,780
what we're asking?
427
00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:25,649
Maybe your loyalty evaluation
needs to be updated.
428
00:26:25,651 --> 00:26:27,685
Wouldn't take any
extra work at all.
429
00:26:27,687 --> 00:26:31,221
It's a function of work
you're already doing.
430
00:26:33,124 --> 00:26:34,191
All right, I'll listen.
431
00:26:34,193 --> 00:26:36,226
It's very
simple, really.
432
00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:39,163
See, despite the generally
cooperative attitude of radio
433
00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:42,533
stations and music executives
like yourself,
434
00:26:42,535 --> 00:26:44,568
a number of anti-social
protest songs
435
00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:47,471
are still
getting airplay...
436
00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:53,177
Subject Nicholas Brady refused
to cooperate with the current
437
00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:55,179
investigation.
438
00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:57,147
The following is
a transcript of the conversation
439
00:26:57,149 --> 00:26:59,216
taped with the subject.
440
00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:01,619
Recommendation is for this file
to be sent to Washington
441
00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:04,221
for inclusion in
Project Coliseum.
442
00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:06,523
What can I do
for you?
443
00:27:06,525 --> 00:27:08,158
Are we putting out too
many protest songs?
444
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,095
No, on the contrary,
Mr. Brady.
445
00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:40,290
So you're certain nothing of
actual monetary value was taken?
446
00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:42,159
Yeah, just
some papers.
447
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:45,062
Notes for my
new novel.
448
00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,765
Fortunately, I've got a copy
that I keep with a friend.
449
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,534
Well, that seems like
a strange practice.
450
00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:52,236
It's almost as if you were
anticipating some kind
451
00:27:52,238 --> 00:27:54,071
of problem like this.
452
00:27:54,073 --> 00:27:55,105
Not really.
453
00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:57,641
It's just, uh...
454
00:28:04,049 --> 00:28:07,184
I've been told you write some
very far-out science fiction.
455
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:10,187
Are you willing to testify under
oath that this isn't some kind
456
00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:13,257
of crazy
publicity stunt?
Are you suggesting--
457
00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:16,260
I'm not suggesting anything, but
we're inclined to believe you
458
00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:18,562
staged this
break-in yourself.
Yeah?
459
00:28:18,564 --> 00:28:21,331
Why would I trash my own house
and ransack my own files?
460
00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:23,734
What better way to throw
suspicion off yourself?
461
00:28:23,736 --> 00:28:25,703
Suspicion?
Suspicion of what?
462
00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:28,172
That's what we're going to
need to investigate further.
463
00:28:28,174 --> 00:28:30,140
I hope you'll make yourself
available for further
464
00:28:30,142 --> 00:28:31,308
questioning, if necessary.
465
00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,243
No, I'm going home.
466
00:28:33,245 --> 00:28:35,779
Forget about the burglary,
forget about the police report.
467
00:28:35,781 --> 00:28:40,350
A little late
for that, sir.
468
00:28:40,352 --> 00:28:44,188
You almost can't blame the
government for being curious.
469
00:28:44,190 --> 00:28:47,224
Half your stories read like
they were written on acid.
470
00:28:47,226 --> 00:28:49,760
Your entire readership consists
of freaks and misfits.
471
00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:51,428
Okay.
472
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:52,463
So they're curious, that
doesn't give them the right
473
00:28:52,465 --> 00:28:54,298
to break into my house.
474
00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:57,267
They probably just want to
know about your next novel.
475
00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:59,169
I'd like to know, too.
476
00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:01,371
It's called "Flow My Tears,
the Policeman Said."
477
00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:03,240
Sounds political.
478
00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:04,475
No.
479
00:29:04,477 --> 00:29:06,643
Well, sort of,
it's like all my stuff.
480
00:29:06,645 --> 00:29:08,278
Did they get
the manuscript?
481
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,114
No, I sent it
to my lawyer.
482
00:29:10,116 --> 00:29:11,749
It's in his safe.
483
00:29:11,751 --> 00:29:13,617
I sent it over as soon
as I was finished.
484
00:29:13,619 --> 00:29:17,254
It's time for you
move down here.
485
00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:20,023
We should wait to talk
'til I get to LA.
486
00:29:20,025 --> 00:29:21,759
With any luck, this thing
will just blow over.
487
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:23,594
Not likely.
488
00:29:23,596 --> 00:29:28,365
Once the authorities open a file
on someone, they never close it.
489
00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:31,268
I'll talk to you soon.
490
00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:38,108
My books were finally
finding an audience.
491
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:41,311
I was getting solid
critical reviews too,
492
00:29:41,313 --> 00:29:43,413
especially on my really
insane novel,
493
00:29:43,415 --> 00:29:47,384
"The Three Stigmata
of Palmer Eldritch."
494
00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:49,319
The rumor got started that I'd
written it under the influence
495
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:52,055
of LSD.
496
00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:57,027
The notoriety had undoubtedly
brought me to the attention
497
00:29:57,029 --> 00:29:58,796
of the authorities,
498
00:29:58,798 --> 00:30:01,799
but it had also
paid off in sales.
499
00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:04,134
I was able to make a down
payment on a small bungalow
500
00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:07,337
in the grungy Echo Park
area of LA.
501
00:30:07,339 --> 00:30:11,408
When I wasn't working, I went
back as usual to hanging out
502
00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:14,344
with Nick and Rachel.
503
00:30:17,715 --> 00:30:21,418
My fellow Americans, this
evening's report will deal with
504
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:25,355
the remarkable progress we've
made this quarter with our
domestic
505
00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:28,258
exports, despite
a temporary setback
506
00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:31,195
in the agricultural
sector.
507
00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:34,431
The unforeseeable effects of
terrorism and subversion remain
508
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:37,201
the only question
mark for our country's
509
00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:40,170
continued
economic health.
510
00:30:44,442 --> 00:30:47,077
You know, at first I thought
these test questions were easy,
511
00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:48,545
just to see if we're
paying attention,
512
00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:51,315
but once you actually start
thinking about them,
513
00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:53,584
they're kind of tricky.
514
00:30:53,586 --> 00:30:56,053
"If American citizens must
515
00:30:56,055 --> 00:30:58,388
give up certain liberties
in the fight for freedom
516
00:30:58,390 --> 00:31:00,224
does it mean
the country is,
517
00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:03,193
"A," gaining ground or "B,"
losing ground in the war
518
00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:04,428
against subversion.
519
00:31:04,430 --> 00:31:07,397
Well, you can argue
it both ways.
520
00:31:07,399 --> 00:31:10,133
By giving up liberties, maybe
they want us to say we can gain
521
00:31:10,135 --> 00:31:13,203
ground by fighting
with our gloves off.
522
00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:15,205
If weren't losing ground, we
wouldn't have to give up our
523
00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:16,373
liberties.
524
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:18,275
It's a mindfuck.
525
00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:20,177
Yeah.
526
00:31:20,179 --> 00:31:21,612
If that's the kind of crap
they're teaching the kids
527
00:31:21,614 --> 00:31:26,083
nowadays, no wonder
SAT scores are going down.
528
00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:29,086
Make sure you mail in
our tests tomorrow.
529
00:31:29,088 --> 00:31:33,056
We can't afford another
late mark next quarter.
530
00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:59,716
♪ Infatuation
court well-met ♪
531
00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:05,422
♪ 'Cause I'm the
easiest to sway ♪
532
00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:13,730
♪ Catch my fancy
and calm it not ♪
533
00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:19,536
♪ Riding fresh
chemistry ♪
534
00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:28,478
♪ One by one
conditions change ♪
535
00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:35,752
♪ Slippery slope yields
shekel phase ♪
536
00:32:37,388 --> 00:32:42,459
♪ And gone are the
days of snare and tell ♪
537
00:32:44,495 --> 00:32:50,434
♪ An admission to
sexy hell ♪
538
00:32:50,436 --> 00:32:57,240
♪ I don my crown
and moniker claim ♪
539
00:32:57,242 --> 00:33:03,246
♪ As Professional
Torturer ♪
540
00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:12,189
♪ As mea culpa
renounce my name ♪
541
00:33:12,191 --> 00:33:14,224
♪ Professional Torturer ♪♪
542
00:33:14,226 --> 00:33:16,293
What an amazing voice.
543
00:33:16,295 --> 00:33:17,461
Who is she?
544
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:19,162
Are you kidding?
545
00:33:19,164 --> 00:33:20,297
It's Sylvia.
546
00:33:20,299 --> 00:33:21,465
She's on your label.
547
00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:23,333
You signed her.
548
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:25,068
What's wrong
with you, honey?
549
00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:27,304
How could you have
forgotten that?
550
00:33:27,306 --> 00:33:30,440
I must be really tired.
551
00:33:30,442 --> 00:33:33,310
I can't put my
finger on it,
552
00:33:33,312 --> 00:33:37,014
but there's something
subversive in her music.
553
00:34:16,454 --> 00:34:20,490
7:00 in the
fucking morning.
554
00:34:28,499 --> 00:34:31,435
Just a minute.
555
00:34:43,347 --> 00:34:45,649
Sorry to bother
you so early.
556
00:34:45,651 --> 00:34:49,052
I'm Vivian Kaplan and this
is my partner, Ted Pollett.
557
00:34:49,054 --> 00:34:53,623
We're volunteer workers with
Friends of the American People.
FAP?
558
00:34:53,625 --> 00:34:56,526
Please, sir, we prefer you use
our organization's full name,
559
00:34:56,528 --> 00:34:58,395
Friends of the
American People.
560
00:34:58,397 --> 00:35:01,364
It gives off
a better vibe.
561
00:35:01,366 --> 00:35:02,399
What can I do
for you?
562
00:35:02,401 --> 00:35:05,302
We'll explain inside.
563
00:35:09,407 --> 00:35:11,241
Make yourselves comfortable,
I'll get some coffee.
564
00:35:11,243 --> 00:35:12,476
Decaf if you've
got it, please.
565
00:35:12,478 --> 00:35:14,644
Me, too.
566
00:35:14,646 --> 00:35:16,580
Caffeine is a drug,
you know.
567
00:35:16,582 --> 00:35:19,282
Same carbon ring
structure as cocaine.
568
00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:22,586
We learned that in my
political biochem course.
569
00:35:28,426 --> 00:35:31,128
We'd like to start with
a few routine questions.
570
00:35:31,130 --> 00:35:33,663
Okay, I guess.
571
00:35:33,665 --> 00:35:37,601
Do you regularly use any illegal
or controlled substances?
572
00:35:37,603 --> 00:35:39,569
Are you the father of any
children out of wedlock,
573
00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:42,639
particularly of a racial
group other than Caucasian?
574
00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:45,675
And lastly, do you
believe in God?
575
00:35:45,677 --> 00:35:49,446
No, no,
and I'm not sure.
576
00:35:49,448 --> 00:35:50,580
Is that it?
577
00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:52,249
That's just for
our database.
578
00:35:52,251 --> 00:35:53,517
What we really need is a
statement regarding someone
579
00:35:53,519 --> 00:35:54,718
you know.
580
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,520
A statement?
581
00:35:56,522 --> 00:36:01,124
Actually, a kind of summary
of his political beliefs.
582
00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:03,193
I don't know what friend
you're talking about.
583
00:36:03,195 --> 00:36:04,661
All my friends
live in Berkeley.
584
00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:08,365
The one who moved to
Los Angeles, Nicholas Brady.
585
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:12,602
You'll find the instructions
and forms in this kit.
586
00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:19,709
And, needless to say, it's
absolutely inappropriate
587
00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:23,547
to share any of
this with Mr. Brady.
588
00:36:32,657 --> 00:36:36,493
Through various signs and clues,
Nick came to believe that on
589
00:36:36,495 --> 00:36:40,297
some level he might still
be living in ancient Rome,
590
00:36:40,299 --> 00:36:42,599
an early Christian in
the time of martyrdom,
591
00:36:42,601 --> 00:36:45,769
that the true year
was around 70 A.D.,
592
00:36:45,771 --> 00:36:49,739
that the Roman empire
had never ended.
593
00:36:53,477 --> 00:36:55,612
Here was Nick's
strangest vision yet.
594
00:36:55,614 --> 00:36:59,516
He was locked up in a cage,
but it wasn't him, exactly.
595
00:36:59,518 --> 00:37:01,651
He was some kind
of small, mammal
596
00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:05,322
and Richard F. Fremont
was our Nero.
597
00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:08,692
A blood thirsty
dragon took off
598
00:37:08,694 --> 00:37:12,562
and began to descend
towards him.
599
00:37:12,564 --> 00:37:14,664
I didn't need to see a weird
reptile rip my friend apart
600
00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:17,534
to know he was
in danger.
601
00:37:17,536 --> 00:37:20,704
I would try to make
friends with the enemy
602
00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:24,507
and disarm them with
the truth.
603
00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:37,420
I've been working late.
604
00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:39,623
You want to join me
in a glass of wine?
605
00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:41,791
It's Alexander
Valley Vineyards.
606
00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:44,194
It's new, but it's
really good.
607
00:37:44,196 --> 00:37:46,563
Maybe just a taste.
608
00:37:50,801 --> 00:37:52,769
Do you usually work
by candlelight?
609
00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:55,672
Do you usually
dress like that?
610
00:37:55,674 --> 00:37:58,742
You know I was wondering why
you invited me over here.
611
00:37:58,744 --> 00:38:01,711
Friends of the American People
doesn't encourage its cadres
612
00:38:01,713 --> 00:38:06,283
to socialize with
their clients.
613
00:38:10,388 --> 00:38:12,455
You know, I need help
with the statement.
614
00:38:12,457 --> 00:38:14,357
I'm not sure what to put
down, what to leave out.
615
00:38:14,359 --> 00:38:16,359
Don't leave
anything out.
616
00:38:16,361 --> 00:38:17,627
I think it's because
I know so much about Nick
617
00:38:17,629 --> 00:38:21,464
that I'm having trouble.
618
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:23,366
You can do it.
619
00:38:23,368 --> 00:38:24,701
You're
a professional writer.
620
00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:26,703
Yeah, but I write
science fiction.
621
00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:28,705
I'm used to
making stuff up.
622
00:38:28,707 --> 00:38:31,541
Well, you can't make up anything
on these reports, Phil.
623
00:38:31,543 --> 00:38:33,410
They're sworn statements.
624
00:38:33,412 --> 00:38:35,478
Nick talks to God.
What?
625
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,716
Or God talks to Nick, depending
on how you want to look at it.
626
00:38:39,718 --> 00:38:42,585
You're sure he's
not just crazy?
627
00:38:42,587 --> 00:38:44,788
You should be
writing this down.
628
00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:47,557
I'm going to reveal some of
the things God told him.
629
00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:49,292
Who cares?
630
00:38:49,294 --> 00:38:50,794
I can't report
stuff like that.
631
00:38:50,796 --> 00:38:54,030
Some of it might be useful
to the government.
632
00:38:56,434 --> 00:38:59,636
You got me over
here for this?
633
00:38:59,638 --> 00:39:03,440
There's nothing we can do
about a religious thing.
634
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:08,778
Maybe, it's not the only
reason I invited you over.
635
00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:20,590
There must be something else
about Brady that could offset
636
00:39:20,592 --> 00:39:22,726
all this weird
stuff about God.
637
00:39:22,728 --> 00:39:24,627
How can you
offset God?
638
00:39:24,629 --> 00:39:28,765
He's all-knowing
and all-powerful.
639
00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:33,036
I mean in terms
of political views.
640
00:39:33,038 --> 00:39:36,139
Want more wine?
641
00:39:37,742 --> 00:39:39,776
I'd rather
smoke grass.
642
00:39:39,778 --> 00:39:41,311
Sorry, I don't
have any.
643
00:39:41,313 --> 00:39:42,445
I do.
644
00:39:42,447 --> 00:39:43,680
It's really
killer stuff.
645
00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:45,582
I don't want drugs
in my house.
646
00:39:45,584 --> 00:39:48,451
Grass doesn't count.
647
00:39:48,453 --> 00:39:51,454
Really?
648
00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:57,060
You afraid
I'm setting you up?
649
00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:05,668
It's much more dangerous
for me than you.
650
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:09,339
FAPers are the straightest
kids on the planet.
651
00:40:09,341 --> 00:40:10,807
That's why I was glad
when you called.
652
00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:14,711
I knew you'd be
cool to smoke with.
653
00:40:15,613 --> 00:40:19,082
Oh, yeah, why's that?
654
00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:21,384
Everyone knows you're
a big pothead.
655
00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:23,553
It's in the files.
656
00:40:26,657 --> 00:40:31,027
Now, are we gonna
have sex or what?
657
00:40:31,029 --> 00:40:34,464
Grass gets
me super horny.
658
00:40:55,686 --> 00:40:58,054
So what do you do when
you're not working for FAP?
659
00:40:58,056 --> 00:41:01,424
You can't do that kind of
work full-time, can you?
660
00:41:01,426 --> 00:41:02,692
I'm in school.
661
00:41:02,694 --> 00:41:04,027
Where at? UCLA?
662
00:41:04,029 --> 00:41:05,595
Cal State?
663
00:41:05,597 --> 00:41:07,030
Fairfax.
664
00:41:07,032 --> 00:41:09,532
Fairfax as in
Fairfax High?
665
00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:11,601
Yeah, I'm a senior.
666
00:41:11,603 --> 00:41:13,069
How old are you?
667
00:41:13,071 --> 00:41:14,070
17.
668
00:41:14,072 --> 00:41:15,572
Jesus Christ!
669
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:17,674
Don't be such
a worrywart.
670
00:41:17,676 --> 00:41:20,076
Get your stuff, you've
got to get out of here.
671
00:41:21,745 --> 00:41:23,713
No one even
knows I'm here.
672
00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:25,181
Except Ted, of course.
673
00:41:25,183 --> 00:41:27,050
Who the hell is Ted?
674
00:41:27,052 --> 00:41:29,118
The boy I came here
with this morning.
675
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,587
He's my partner.
676
00:41:30,589 --> 00:41:32,555
We're sort of engaged.
677
00:41:32,557 --> 00:41:36,426
I told him I'd call when I got
home so he'd know I'm all right.
678
00:41:36,428 --> 00:41:38,094
You're not going tell
him we had sex are you?
679
00:41:38,096 --> 00:41:39,562
Look, just file your
statement on time.
680
00:41:39,564 --> 00:41:41,164
That's all
he cares about.
681
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,800
He's the most gung-ho
FAPer in the district.
682
00:41:43,802 --> 00:41:48,104
I just enjoy meeting people
we're assigned to cover.
683
00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:55,111
So that's
how FAP does it.
684
00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:57,413
Compromise someone with an
underage girl who doesn't
685
00:41:57,415 --> 00:42:02,485
look it, then turn
them into a snitch.
686
00:42:02,487 --> 00:42:05,588
We just want you to
keep an eye on Brady.
687
00:42:05,590 --> 00:42:07,223
I won't do it.
688
00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:10,593
We have a lot of information
on you, too, Phil.
689
00:42:10,595 --> 00:42:14,130
I want to see your
driver's license.
690
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:19,769
Wait a minute, wait,
wait a minute...
691
00:42:19,771 --> 00:42:23,706
You're not 17,
you're 23.
692
00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:45,028
I'll be seeing
you soon, Phil.
693
00:42:45,030 --> 00:42:46,429
Not if I can help it.
694
00:42:46,431 --> 00:42:49,799
Oh, by the way, I hid
a small stash of coke.
695
00:42:49,801 --> 00:42:51,367
You'll never find it.
696
00:42:51,369 --> 00:42:53,236
Not even if you tear
the whole place apart.
697
00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:56,139
Have fun!
698
00:43:12,122 --> 00:43:15,191
I made an appointment
for you with the dentist.
699
00:43:15,193 --> 00:43:17,794
God, I can't believe you still
have your wisdom teeth.
700
00:43:17,796 --> 00:43:19,796
I can't believe how
much they hurt.
701
00:43:19,798 --> 00:43:22,165
Well, he phoned in the
prescription for a pain killer.
702
00:43:22,167 --> 00:43:27,136
The drugstore's delivering it
about an hour or so.
703
00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:29,172
See ya.
704
00:43:29,174 --> 00:43:31,541
Bye.
705
00:44:05,809 --> 00:44:07,043
Mr. Brady?
706
00:44:07,045 --> 00:44:08,111
Hey.
707
00:44:08,113 --> 00:44:09,112
Hi.
708
00:44:09,114 --> 00:44:10,146
What do I owe you?
709
00:44:10,148 --> 00:44:12,248
10.42, please.
710
00:44:14,051 --> 00:44:16,653
15.
Thank you.
711
00:44:18,255 --> 00:44:20,523
What's that?
712
00:44:20,525 --> 00:44:22,258
What's what?
713
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:25,762
Your, uh... necklace.
714
00:44:25,764 --> 00:44:27,730
Oh, the fish sign.
715
00:44:27,732 --> 00:44:30,333
It's a symbol used by
the early Christians.
716
00:44:30,335 --> 00:44:33,202
The Greek word for
fish is ichthys.
717
00:44:33,204 --> 00:44:35,271
In Greek, the letters
are an acronym for
718
00:44:35,273 --> 00:44:38,174
"Jesus Christ
God's Son Savior."
719
00:44:38,176 --> 00:44:42,712
In the time of the Roman empire,
a time of persecution,
720
00:44:42,714 --> 00:44:45,515
they needed some way to
safely identify each other
721
00:44:45,517 --> 00:44:48,751
and their
meeting places.
722
00:45:31,628 --> 00:45:34,263
For many years we
have watched them.
723
00:45:34,265 --> 00:45:37,300
Their terrible deeds
are known to us.
724
00:45:37,302 --> 00:45:39,268
Soon, they shall
be judged,
725
00:45:39,270 --> 00:45:44,173
and you will be an
instrument of that justice.
726
00:46:03,327 --> 00:46:06,362
Have no fear,
Nicholas Brady.
727
00:46:06,364 --> 00:46:11,367
You are a child of
the starry heavens.
728
00:46:11,369 --> 00:46:14,036
Well, you're going to be
just fine, Mr. Brady.
729
00:46:14,038 --> 00:46:16,205
We have you on a strong
antibiotic drip.
730
00:46:16,207 --> 00:46:19,809
And you'll be able to get out
of here in a couple of hours.
731
00:46:19,811 --> 00:46:23,412
I saw great,
fiery pinwheels.
732
00:46:23,414 --> 00:46:25,448
I felt like I was
going crazy.
733
00:46:25,450 --> 00:46:27,383
I'm not surprised.
734
00:46:27,385 --> 00:46:28,785
You've had a build-up
of toxins due
735
00:46:28,787 --> 00:46:31,254
to that infected
wisdom tooth of yours.
736
00:46:31,256 --> 00:46:35,158
But don't worry, you're
going to be just fine now.
737
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:38,361
What a relief.
738
00:46:38,363 --> 00:46:41,130
Those ridiculous religious
ideas and visions.
739
00:46:41,132 --> 00:46:43,032
Imagine!
740
00:46:43,034 --> 00:46:45,802
It was all just an
impacted wisdom tooth.
741
00:46:45,804 --> 00:46:47,303
Honey, I don't
want to argue.
742
00:46:47,305 --> 00:46:48,704
Maybe I do have an
infected tooth...
743
00:46:48,706 --> 00:46:50,540
Maybe?
744
00:46:50,542 --> 00:46:51,808
The doctor said that
was the reason why--
All right.
745
00:46:51,810 --> 00:46:54,710
Yes, I have an
infected tooth.
746
00:46:54,712 --> 00:46:57,046
And maybe I have toxins
in my bloodstream
747
00:46:57,048 --> 00:46:59,182
and maybe they caused the
blackout and hallucinations,
748
00:46:59,184 --> 00:47:01,651
but that doesn't explain the
hallucinations themselves,
749
00:47:01,653 --> 00:47:03,186
does it?
750
00:47:03,188 --> 00:47:05,421
Hallucinations don't
need an explanation.
751
00:47:05,423 --> 00:47:07,023
They're not supposed
to make sense.
752
00:47:07,025 --> 00:47:08,691
But mine do.
753
00:47:08,693 --> 00:47:11,060
Mysteries have been
revealed to me.
754
00:47:11,062 --> 00:47:14,363
Like the Kennedy
assassination.
755
00:47:14,365 --> 00:47:19,168
And I suppose VALIS told you
who was behind the conspiracy.
756
00:48:48,725 --> 00:48:52,461
The message could have come from
a parallel world where Portugal
757
00:48:52,463 --> 00:48:56,098
rather than England
colonized America.
758
00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:57,733
It sounds to me like whoever was
delivering the information must
759
00:48:57,735 --> 00:48:59,769
have been pretty
low-level.
760
00:48:59,771 --> 00:49:02,438
He might have been
in a trance state.
761
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,473
That would explain why he
didn't know his own name.
762
00:49:04,475 --> 00:49:08,511
But why transmit
from a parallel world?
763
00:49:08,513 --> 00:49:12,181
Maybe it's too dangerous
to contact you directly.
764
00:49:12,183 --> 00:49:15,785
So you they transmit from
an alternate reality where
765
00:49:15,787 --> 00:49:20,089
President Fremont hasn't
even been elected?
766
00:49:20,091 --> 00:49:23,559
Sounds to me like a world
where he was never born.
767
00:49:23,561 --> 00:49:25,761
Think about it.
768
00:49:25,763 --> 00:49:29,165
If there had been any
Protestant Reformation,
769
00:49:29,167 --> 00:49:32,435
the world might have divided up
between Portugal and Spain,
770
00:49:32,437 --> 00:49:35,471
the major
Catholic powers.
771
00:49:35,473 --> 00:49:39,342
It's odd thinking that science
in a more religious world
772
00:49:39,344 --> 00:49:41,510
would be
further advanced.
773
00:49:41,512 --> 00:49:43,512
But it makes sense.
774
00:49:43,514 --> 00:49:46,482
They never fought the terrible
sectarian wars that set
775
00:49:46,484 --> 00:49:50,453
civilization back
five hundred years.
776
00:49:50,455 --> 00:49:53,322
Actually, a pretty interesting
premise for a novel.
777
00:49:53,324 --> 00:49:55,358
Oh, hey, look, no, you gotta
promise me you won't write
778
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:56,492
about any
of this, man.
779
00:49:56,494 --> 00:49:57,560
Not even fictionalized.
780
00:49:57,562 --> 00:49:59,128
Don't be paranoid.
781
00:49:59,130 --> 00:50:01,330
I've already told FAP
you talk to God.
782
00:50:01,332 --> 00:50:03,165
They couldn't
care less.
783
00:50:03,167 --> 00:50:04,800
God's not on their
list of subversives.
784
00:50:04,802 --> 00:50:06,502
Not yet.
785
00:50:06,504 --> 00:50:09,372
I'm sure they're
looking into Him.
786
00:50:17,481 --> 00:50:19,482
There's a woman
here to see you.
787
00:50:19,484 --> 00:50:22,051
She doesn't have an appointment
and won't say what she wants.
788
00:50:22,053 --> 00:50:24,520
Should I say
you're unavailable?
789
00:50:24,522 --> 00:50:25,521
No, it's fine.
790
00:50:25,523 --> 00:50:30,393
Send her in.
791
00:50:32,062 --> 00:50:33,629
Hi, I am sorry to
barge in on you.
792
00:50:33,631 --> 00:50:36,532
My name is
Sylvia Sadassa.
793
00:50:36,534 --> 00:50:39,468
Hi.
Hi.
794
00:50:39,470 --> 00:50:41,570
You're a singer-songwriter,
aren't you?
795
00:50:41,572 --> 00:50:43,039
What gave
you that idea?
796
00:50:43,041 --> 00:50:44,440
No.
797
00:50:44,442 --> 00:50:46,542
I'm here to apply
for a job.
798
00:50:46,544 --> 00:50:49,612
Sorry, I-- I don't
do the hiring.
799
00:50:49,614 --> 00:50:51,547
Do you mind if I sit
down for a second?
800
00:50:51,549 --> 00:50:55,551
Just getting
over an illness.
801
00:50:55,553 --> 00:50:58,521
Are you okay?
Oh, yeah.
802
00:50:58,523 --> 00:51:02,324
I'm sorry, yeah, no,
I'm fine, thank you.
803
00:51:02,326 --> 00:51:05,361
Sorry.
804
00:51:07,597 --> 00:51:10,399
What kind of guitar
do you have?
805
00:51:10,401 --> 00:51:12,068
A Gibson.
806
00:51:12,070 --> 00:51:15,404
But I don't play professionally,
though, why do you ask?
807
00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:18,541
I just assumed that anyone
with a passion for the music
808
00:51:18,543 --> 00:51:22,445
business must be
somewhat musical.
809
00:51:22,447 --> 00:51:24,447
Do you write songs?
810
00:51:24,449 --> 00:51:26,148
Just poetry.
811
00:51:26,150 --> 00:51:28,117
But I do great
secretarial work.
812
00:51:28,119 --> 00:51:31,787
I take shorthand and
I type 70 words per minute.
813
00:51:35,392 --> 00:51:38,094
I'll make sure
personnel sees you.
814
00:51:38,096 --> 00:51:42,264
But we get hundreds of
applications every month.
815
00:51:42,266 --> 00:51:46,202
If you get any kind of job
here, it'll be a miracle.
816
00:51:49,272 --> 00:51:52,141
I guess this proves VALIS
isn't infallible, huh?
817
00:51:52,143 --> 00:51:53,576
You can't give a recording
contract to a secretary,
818
00:51:53,578 --> 00:51:55,411
can you?
819
00:51:55,413 --> 00:51:58,581
It's amazing how much
of the dream was true.
820
00:51:58,583 --> 00:52:01,517
Maybe she just needs
a little encouragement.
821
00:52:01,519 --> 00:52:03,486
Don't we all?
822
00:52:03,488 --> 00:52:05,154
Here's the weirdest part.
823
00:52:05,156 --> 00:52:07,423
I looked at her resume.
824
00:52:07,425 --> 00:52:10,593
She's divorced, but still uses
her ex-husband's last name.
825
00:52:10,595 --> 00:52:12,695
But you'll never guess
her maiden name is.
826
00:52:12,697 --> 00:52:14,463
What's that?
827
00:52:14,465 --> 00:52:16,298
Aramchek.
828
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:20,669
Sylvia Aramchek.
829
00:52:20,671 --> 00:52:22,605
Could be a coincidence.
830
00:52:22,607 --> 00:52:24,106
She even grew up
in Placentia,
831
00:52:24,108 --> 00:52:26,575
it's the same town
as the President.
832
00:52:31,615 --> 00:52:33,649
It's just a funny
coincidence.
833
00:52:33,651 --> 00:52:37,286
I used to get asked about
my name all the time.
834
00:52:39,623 --> 00:52:43,559
Actually, I have a small
confession that I want to make.
835
00:52:43,561 --> 00:52:47,263
What's that?
836
00:52:47,265 --> 00:52:52,201
"Sadassa" isn't my real name,
I've never been married.
837
00:52:52,203 --> 00:52:54,470
But President Fremont made
it impossible for me to live
838
00:52:54,472 --> 00:52:56,505
with the name
"Aramchek."
839
00:52:56,507 --> 00:52:58,607
You can understand
that, right?
840
00:52:58,609 --> 00:53:02,745
One night a friend and I found
the name "Aramchek" written in
841
00:53:02,747 --> 00:53:06,682
the cement right behind the
house where Fremont was born.
842
00:53:06,684 --> 00:53:10,619
Yeah, I know, my grandfather did
that when he was a teenager.
843
00:53:10,621 --> 00:53:14,456
So why Progressive Records,
why'd you come to us?
844
00:53:14,458 --> 00:53:16,625
Well, you have
got good artists.
845
00:53:16,627 --> 00:53:19,161
It just seemed more exciting
than working for a lawyer
846
00:53:19,163 --> 00:53:22,631
or an oil company.
847
00:53:22,633 --> 00:53:25,668
I want to sign you to
a recording contract.
848
00:53:25,670 --> 00:53:26,669
You've got to be
kidding me.
849
00:53:26,671 --> 00:53:27,703
Doing what?
850
00:53:27,705 --> 00:53:29,638
Singing.
851
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:31,774
You have a gorgeous
soprano voice.
852
00:53:31,776 --> 00:53:33,309
I've heard it.
853
00:53:33,311 --> 00:53:34,543
You have?
854
00:53:34,545 --> 00:53:37,179
Where?
855
00:53:37,181 --> 00:53:39,515
Something to drink?
856
00:53:39,517 --> 00:53:41,317
Glass of wine?
857
00:53:41,319 --> 00:53:42,718
I wish I could.
858
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:45,654
Just a lemonade, thanks.
859
00:53:45,656 --> 00:53:48,557
Club soda,
please, thanks.
860
00:53:50,594 --> 00:53:52,561
You don't drink?
861
00:53:52,563 --> 00:53:53,796
Not anymore, no.
862
00:53:53,798 --> 00:53:55,698
It affects my eyesight.
863
00:53:55,700 --> 00:53:57,733
When I was sick I would
sometimes go totally blind,
864
00:53:57,735 --> 00:54:02,371
so I'd be bumping
into walls.
865
00:54:02,373 --> 00:54:04,707
If you don't mind my asking,
what was wrong with you?
866
00:54:04,709 --> 00:54:06,275
Cancer.
867
00:54:06,277 --> 00:54:08,711
Lymphoma.
868
00:54:08,713 --> 00:54:10,379
The doctor said it's
unknown for anyone to have
869
00:54:10,381 --> 00:54:13,549
it enter their
brain to survive.
870
00:54:13,551 --> 00:54:17,353
He says if I live another year,
he'll have me written up.
871
00:54:17,355 --> 00:54:19,655
Do the doctors know why
it went into remission?
872
00:54:19,657 --> 00:54:21,557
Well, they never know.
873
00:54:21,559 --> 00:54:23,492
But I think
it was prayer.
874
00:54:23,494 --> 00:54:27,696
Because when I was going
blind and I couldn't hear,
875
00:54:27,698 --> 00:54:29,665
I was having seizures from
the medication.
876
00:54:29,667 --> 00:54:34,403
I used to think it
was God healing me.
877
00:54:34,405 --> 00:54:36,739
You're an
extraordinary person.
878
00:54:36,741 --> 00:54:39,475
Medically, maybe.
879
00:54:39,477 --> 00:54:43,479
Otherwise all I can do is
type and take dictation.
880
00:54:49,419 --> 00:54:51,253
In Nick's vision
that night,
881
00:54:51,255 --> 00:54:54,790
he was shown row after
row of fish tanks.
882
00:54:54,792 --> 00:54:57,559
He was viewing all of this
from the vantage point
883
00:54:57,561 --> 00:54:59,762
of a superior life form,
884
00:54:59,764 --> 00:55:05,367
perhaps from the viewpoint
of VALIS itself.
885
00:55:05,369 --> 00:55:08,404
Each of the fish tanks
was an alternate earth
886
00:55:08,406 --> 00:55:12,641
in an alternate universe,
swarming with life.
887
00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:16,745
Here was a good
universe he realized,
888
00:55:16,747 --> 00:55:21,550
filled with happy creatures
living in harmony and beauty.
889
00:55:27,257 --> 00:55:33,595
But there were also
other kinds of worlds,
890
00:55:33,597 --> 00:55:36,465
murky and frightening.
891
00:55:38,435 --> 00:55:40,769
He suddenly realized that he
was now looking at how VALIS
892
00:55:40,771 --> 00:55:43,806
saw our own reality.
893
00:55:43,808 --> 00:55:46,742
One of the worst.
894
00:55:46,744 --> 00:55:49,745
He was a small crab living at
the bottom, slyly concealed
895
00:55:49,747 --> 00:55:53,482
behind a boulder,
alone and frightened,
896
00:55:53,484 --> 00:55:57,753
afraid to venture forth,
until he saw its glow.
897
00:55:59,489 --> 00:56:03,158
Daddy! Daddy!
898
00:56:04,661 --> 00:56:05,761
What's up, buddy?
899
00:56:05,763 --> 00:56:08,664
I'm thirsty, Daddy.
900
00:56:19,509 --> 00:56:21,677
Here you go.
901
00:56:25,515 --> 00:56:27,716
I'm not hungry.
902
00:56:27,718 --> 00:56:30,786
It's a game, just try
and have a bite.
903
00:56:41,798 --> 00:56:45,701
Your secret name
is Paul.
904
00:56:45,703 --> 00:56:50,472
Can you remember
that name? Paul.
905
00:56:53,510 --> 00:56:55,811
Such a good boy.
906
00:56:57,514 --> 00:56:59,114
To them, Earth is
like an unlit button
907
00:56:59,116 --> 00:57:02,818
on the intergalactic
switchboard.
908
00:57:02,820 --> 00:57:06,422
It's out of contact,
it's lost in the dark.
909
00:57:06,424 --> 00:57:08,390
And now it's like
an emergency 9-1-1
910
00:57:08,392 --> 00:57:12,494
call has finally
gotten through.
911
00:57:12,496 --> 00:57:14,363
But gotten
through to who?
912
00:57:14,365 --> 00:57:16,565
Aliens or God?
913
00:57:16,567 --> 00:57:19,168
That's a tough
question.
914
00:57:19,170 --> 00:57:22,070
Maybe the
answer is both.
915
00:57:22,072 --> 00:57:24,106
Maybe the God of
the Old Testament,
916
00:57:24,108 --> 00:57:26,708
the God who spoke to
Abraham and Moses.
917
00:57:26,710 --> 00:57:31,113
Maybe he was
an alien.
918
00:57:31,115 --> 00:57:33,182
You're kidding around, but an
advanced life form would seem
919
00:57:33,184 --> 00:57:37,686
like God to an ancient
tribe of nomads.
920
00:57:37,688 --> 00:57:41,123
Nomads wandering
in the desert,
921
00:57:41,125 --> 00:57:43,859
because the transmissions
are clearer.
922
00:57:48,031 --> 00:57:51,767
I think VALIS has always been
there, ready to help mankind,
923
00:57:51,769 --> 00:57:54,536
inspiring all
the great prophets,
924
00:57:54,538 --> 00:57:59,808
Moses, Confucius,
Buddha, Jesus.
925
00:57:59,810 --> 00:58:03,645
Maybe even some of the
poets like William Blake.
926
00:58:03,647 --> 00:58:05,647
And now you?
927
00:58:05,649 --> 00:58:07,749
The next avatar?
928
00:58:07,751 --> 00:58:11,086
The second coming?
929
00:58:42,118 --> 00:58:47,456
Behold the mother
of Sylvia Sadassa.
930
01:00:01,164 --> 01:00:04,032
Her mother's name
is Aramchek.
931
01:00:04,034 --> 01:00:07,102
Whose mother?
932
01:00:07,104 --> 01:00:09,204
Sylvia Sadassa.
933
01:00:09,206 --> 01:00:11,173
A woman we just
hired at work.
934
01:00:11,175 --> 01:00:16,211
In my vision, she was signing
up young Richard Fremont
935
01:00:16,213 --> 01:00:19,147
for something, but
signing him up for what?
936
01:00:19,149 --> 01:00:22,284
She used a red
fountain pen.
937
01:00:22,286 --> 01:00:23,585
Red.
938
01:00:23,587 --> 01:00:26,288
Subversive.
939
01:00:28,558 --> 01:00:31,059
Signed up.
940
01:00:31,061 --> 01:00:33,295
Okay, okay,
I get it.
941
01:00:33,297 --> 01:00:36,031
It's clear, economical,
direct.
942
01:00:36,033 --> 01:00:38,133
It's like
a political cartoon.
What is?
943
01:00:38,135 --> 01:00:41,637
The scene I witnessed, it
symbolizes something that
944
01:00:41,639 --> 01:00:44,139
happened to Richard Fremont
in his late teens.
945
01:00:44,141 --> 01:00:47,175
The Fremonts and the Aramcheks
lived on the same block, right?
946
01:00:47,177 --> 01:00:50,545
Mrs. Aramchek was an organizer
for the Communist Party.
947
01:00:50,547 --> 01:00:53,649
She must have
recruited him back then.
948
01:01:03,326 --> 01:01:04,793
But Fremont's not
a communist.
949
01:01:04,795 --> 01:01:06,194
He's a fascist.
950
01:01:06,196 --> 01:01:08,030
We get hung up
on names and labels,
951
01:01:08,032 --> 01:01:09,698
they don't
mean anything.
952
01:01:09,700 --> 01:01:12,701
The communists really are all
fascists and Fremont the fascist
953
01:01:12,703 --> 01:01:15,203
is the first communist president
of the United States.
954
01:01:15,205 --> 01:01:16,772
It makes perfect
sense to me.
955
01:01:16,774 --> 01:01:18,440
This is too farfetched.
956
01:01:18,442 --> 01:01:21,343
Richard Fremont, America's
most famous red-baiter,
957
01:01:21,345 --> 01:01:23,045
a secret communist?
958
01:01:23,047 --> 01:01:24,713
Yes!
959
01:01:24,715 --> 01:01:27,649
I'm sure he started out as
just another youthful idealist.
960
01:01:27,651 --> 01:01:29,718
But little Dickie turned
out to be exactly what
961
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:32,254
Mrs. Aramchek
was looking for,
962
01:01:32,256 --> 01:01:33,722
a sleeper agent who
could someday rise
963
01:01:33,724 --> 01:01:36,258
to high political
office.
964
01:01:36,260 --> 01:01:38,627
Why would the Soviets and
America's right-wing both
965
01:01:38,629 --> 01:01:40,762
back the same man?
It doesn't make sense.
966
01:01:40,764 --> 01:01:42,731
And by the way, we won
the Cold War, didn't we?
967
01:01:42,733 --> 01:01:45,634
Yeah, that's what Fremont and
the Russian puppet regime
968
01:01:45,636 --> 01:01:47,402
want us to think.
969
01:01:47,404 --> 01:01:49,738
But what's the difference
between the right-wing cops
970
01:01:49,740 --> 01:01:51,106
in the United States,
971
01:01:51,108 --> 01:01:52,774
and the left-wing
cops in Russia?
972
01:01:52,776 --> 01:01:56,611
The KGB, the CIA, FAP, they're
all just different aspects
973
01:01:56,613 --> 01:01:59,314
of the same security
state apparatus.
974
01:01:59,316 --> 01:02:02,784
Why reveal this kind of
top-secret information to you?
975
01:02:02,786 --> 01:02:05,287
Somehow I must be in the right
position to do something
976
01:02:05,289 --> 01:02:08,090
with the information.
977
01:02:08,092 --> 01:02:10,258
I gotta admit, it would be
pretty fucking fascinating
978
01:02:10,260 --> 01:02:12,294
if it's true.
979
01:02:12,296 --> 01:02:15,330
The assassination of JFK and
both his brothers, supposedly
980
01:02:15,332 --> 01:02:19,201
by disaffected loners,
was to get Fremont elected.
981
01:02:19,203 --> 01:02:21,103
It was the only way.
982
01:02:21,105 --> 01:02:22,738
And to make sure he stays in
power, Fremont's rich cronies
983
01:02:22,740 --> 01:02:25,307
went around and bought control
of all the biggest voting
984
01:02:25,309 --> 01:02:27,743
machine manufacturers.
985
01:02:27,745 --> 01:02:30,112
No wonder a guy almost no
one likes continues to win
986
01:02:30,114 --> 01:02:34,216
the Presidency by the largest
margins in history.
987
01:02:41,424 --> 01:02:43,325
How's it going?
988
01:02:43,327 --> 01:02:45,360
Great.
989
01:02:45,362 --> 01:02:50,065
Thank you again for
helping me get this job.
990
01:02:50,067 --> 01:02:54,169
I had a feeling you
belonged here.
991
01:02:54,171 --> 01:02:56,238
It's funny you
should say that.
992
01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:59,307
I had a dream about this
record company last night.
993
01:02:59,309 --> 01:03:01,710
I was at a recording session
and I remember thinking how
994
01:03:01,712 --> 01:03:04,212
wonderful
the singer was.
995
01:03:04,214 --> 01:03:09,785
And when I picked up the album
cover, I realized it was me.
996
01:03:09,787 --> 01:03:13,188
I'm interested
in dreams.
997
01:03:13,190 --> 01:03:16,324
Have you had any other
strange ones lately?
998
01:03:19,362 --> 01:03:22,297
The truth is I came
here because of a dream.
999
01:03:22,299 --> 01:03:24,633
I was in this beautiful green
valley and I was walking toward
1000
01:03:24,635 --> 01:03:30,438
this mountain and it
turns into a building.
1001
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:32,407
It had a plaque
on the entrance
1002
01:03:32,409 --> 01:03:35,677
way and it said
PROGRESSIVE on it.
1003
01:03:35,679 --> 01:03:40,348
And I could hear this incredibly
sweet music coming from inside.
1004
01:03:40,350 --> 01:03:44,352
I was worried that
you wouldn't show up.
1005
01:03:54,297 --> 01:03:56,164
Mr. Brady, your
wife just phoned.
1006
01:03:56,166 --> 01:03:57,799
She says its urgent you
get a copy of the Times
1007
01:03:57,801 --> 01:04:00,235
and look at page three.
1008
01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:08,376
According to the official
Russian news agency,
1009
01:04:08,378 --> 01:04:11,246
a respected Moscow
astrophysicist has reported
1010
01:04:11,248 --> 01:04:13,748
the discovery of unexplained
radio signals from what
1011
01:04:13,750 --> 01:04:17,419
he believes may be an
extraterrestrial source.
1012
01:04:17,421 --> 01:04:20,388
Professor Georgi Moyashki
has detected short,
1013
01:04:20,390 --> 01:04:23,258
information-rich signals
as the source passes over
1014
01:04:23,260 --> 01:04:25,093
Earth's night side.
1015
01:04:25,095 --> 01:04:27,162
The U.S. Space Agency
has already gone on record
1016
01:04:27,164 --> 01:04:29,397
stating that the signals
most likely originate
1017
01:04:29,399 --> 01:04:32,500
from an abandoned and
forgotten earth satellite.
1018
01:04:32,502 --> 01:04:35,237
Russian authorities have
announced plans to deploy
1019
01:04:35,239 --> 01:04:38,240
a space probe to photograph
the mysterious transmitter.
1020
01:04:38,242 --> 01:04:43,245
Meanwhile, earlier
today on the I-5--
1021
01:04:46,282 --> 01:04:50,452
Intense high-frequency bursts;
always at night.
1022
01:04:50,454 --> 01:04:54,356
Don't you receive your images,
your voices, at 3:00 a.m.?
1023
01:04:54,358 --> 01:04:55,824
It fits!
1024
01:04:55,826 --> 01:04:58,426
You're not crazy.
1025
01:04:58,428 --> 01:05:01,396
I never thought I was.
1026
01:05:01,398 --> 01:05:03,298
You and Phil were
talking that it could be
1027
01:05:03,300 --> 01:05:04,432
a satellite
orbiting Earth.
1028
01:05:04,434 --> 01:05:06,167
Right?
1029
01:05:06,169 --> 01:05:07,435
I remember you
saying that.
1030
01:05:07,437 --> 01:05:09,304
That was months ago.
1031
01:05:09,306 --> 01:05:11,373
You know how I am
with theories.
1032
01:05:11,375 --> 01:05:14,409
Like planes landing at LAX,
a new one every few minutes.
1033
01:05:14,411 --> 01:05:16,444
Our latest theory is that the
messages come from a parallel
1034
01:05:16,446 --> 01:05:19,381
universe.
Who cares about
your theories?
1035
01:05:19,383 --> 01:05:22,450
This is real.
1036
01:05:28,492 --> 01:05:31,259
♪ Every day
the satellite ♪
1037
01:05:31,261 --> 01:05:37,766
♪ Seems to be the door
at someone's reach ♪
1038
01:05:37,768 --> 01:05:39,567
For years, Nick
had placed his faith
1039
01:05:39,569 --> 01:05:42,470
in the instructions
of VALIS.
1040
01:05:42,472 --> 01:05:47,208
Moving to LA, going to work
for Progressive Records.
1041
01:05:47,210 --> 01:05:49,344
He thought of VALIS
as all-knowing,
1042
01:05:49,346 --> 01:05:52,180
a manifestation
of God's will.
1043
01:05:52,182 --> 01:05:56,451
If VALIS was just a satellite,
it reduced something limitless
1044
01:05:56,453 --> 01:06:00,055
to a finite reality,
a mere machine.
1045
01:06:00,057 --> 01:06:02,424
♪ Every day
the satellite... ♪♪
1046
01:06:16,539 --> 01:06:19,274
Breathe deeply.
1047
01:06:49,472 --> 01:06:52,240
Did you think we
would forsake you?
1048
01:06:52,242 --> 01:06:54,509
Is your belief
so weak?
1049
01:06:54,511 --> 01:06:56,077
Where am I?
1050
01:06:56,079 --> 01:06:57,512
A place above the stars.
1051
01:06:57,514 --> 01:07:01,082
This is where you
were truly born.
1052
01:07:01,084 --> 01:07:02,617
I come from
above the stars?
1053
01:07:02,619 --> 01:07:04,519
Many times.
1054
01:07:04,521 --> 01:07:07,555
Only now are you remembering
who you really are.
1055
01:07:07,557 --> 01:07:09,090
Who am I?
1056
01:07:09,092 --> 01:07:10,558
Everyone.
1057
01:07:10,560 --> 01:07:12,260
And all things.
1058
01:07:12,262 --> 01:07:14,496
You asked to be broken
down and healed.
1059
01:07:14,498 --> 01:07:17,565
This is that breaking
down and healing.
1060
01:07:17,567 --> 01:07:20,568
Soon you shall be
with us for all time.
1061
01:07:20,570 --> 01:07:23,638
I'm not going to die?
I won't cease to exist?
1062
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:27,609
No one truly dies
and nothing is ever lost.
1063
01:07:27,611 --> 01:07:30,178
There is nowhere
for anything to go.
1064
01:07:30,180 --> 01:07:34,516
There is only here
and now, for all time.
1065
01:07:34,518 --> 01:07:39,220
Now that you have remembered,
there can be no forgetting.
1066
01:07:39,222 --> 01:07:41,089
Nick.
1067
01:07:41,091 --> 01:07:45,427
You are a lucky man.
1068
01:07:45,429 --> 01:07:47,429
I don't feel so lucky.
1069
01:07:47,431 --> 01:07:49,397
I've got the world's worst
headache in the world.
1070
01:07:49,399 --> 01:07:51,466
I'm not surprised,
you've been through a lot.
1071
01:07:51,468 --> 01:07:54,402
Let's take a look.
1072
01:07:54,404 --> 01:07:57,672
The steering wheel did
most of the damage.
1073
01:07:57,674 --> 01:08:00,408
I'm afraid you're going
to be with us for a while.
1074
01:08:00,410 --> 01:08:02,577
This kind of trauma...
1075
01:08:02,579 --> 01:08:04,479
What the--?
1076
01:08:04,481 --> 01:08:06,214
Is something wrong?
1077
01:08:06,216 --> 01:08:07,649
Just a minute.
1078
01:08:07,651 --> 01:08:11,419
Wow, your skin's hot.
1079
01:08:13,589 --> 01:08:15,490
Is this tender?
1080
01:08:15,492 --> 01:08:18,126
No.
1081
01:08:21,464 --> 01:08:27,635
Look, I'm glad you're all
right, but how is it possible?
1082
01:08:27,637 --> 01:08:30,472
The satellite
healed me.
1083
01:08:34,577 --> 01:08:38,113
There's something else
I've got to tell you.
1084
01:08:38,115 --> 01:08:41,282
The new secretary
at work, Sylvia.
1085
01:08:41,284 --> 01:08:44,319
She's part of
all this, too.
1086
01:08:44,321 --> 01:08:46,688
Are you sure you
can trust her?
1087
01:08:46,690 --> 01:08:49,324
I don't know,
I think so.
1088
01:08:49,326 --> 01:08:51,626
I'm still just
finding my way here.
1089
01:08:51,628 --> 01:08:55,363
There's no real chance of
overthrowing Fremont, is there?
1090
01:08:55,365 --> 01:08:57,332
Probably not.
1091
01:08:57,334 --> 01:08:58,700
But it's still
worth trying.
1092
01:08:58,702 --> 01:09:00,335
Yeah.
1093
01:09:00,337 --> 01:09:02,437
And what if it
ruins our lives?
1094
01:09:02,439 --> 01:09:04,739
And our son's life?
1095
01:09:04,741 --> 01:09:08,676
My friendship with Phil,
writer of pulp science fiction
1096
01:09:08,678 --> 01:09:12,480
stories is a false lead.
1097
01:09:12,482 --> 01:09:14,315
The authorities are looking for
something subversive to show up
1098
01:09:14,317 --> 01:09:16,317
in his books.
1099
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:18,186
But the fact is we have a
better chance to get a message
1100
01:09:18,188 --> 01:09:20,321
out in a song.
1101
01:09:20,323 --> 01:09:23,758
If we're caught they'll
put us in prison or kill us,
1102
01:09:23,760 --> 01:09:26,494
so I'm making this videotape
for you, Ezra,
1103
01:09:26,496 --> 01:09:29,397
so that one day, you'll
know the truth....
1104
01:09:30,699 --> 01:09:32,133
Mr. Brady.
1105
01:09:32,135 --> 01:09:33,535
Is something wrong?
1106
01:09:33,537 --> 01:09:35,336
I know about
your mother.
1107
01:09:35,338 --> 01:09:37,739
What do you mean? What are
you doing here so late?
1108
01:09:37,741 --> 01:09:41,709
I know she was a recruiter for
the Communist Party and I know
1109
01:09:41,711 --> 01:09:45,313
she signed up
Richard Fremont.
1110
01:09:45,315 --> 01:09:46,414
I heard about your
car crash.
1111
01:09:46,416 --> 01:09:47,749
Are you all right?
1112
01:09:47,751 --> 01:09:49,684
You're talking
crazy right now.
1113
01:09:49,686 --> 01:09:51,653
Fremont and the Party think
their secret is safe.
1114
01:09:51,655 --> 01:09:55,657
But as a little girl, you must
have overheard conversations.
1115
01:09:55,659 --> 01:09:57,392
You're the only person
outside the highest ranks
1116
01:09:57,394 --> 01:09:59,194
of the Party who knows.
1117
01:09:59,196 --> 01:10:01,229
That's why the government
tried to kill you with cancer,
1118
01:10:01,231 --> 01:10:02,530
isn't it?
Why on earth would the
government want to harm me?
1119
01:10:02,532 --> 01:10:03,731
I'm nobody.
1120
01:10:03,733 --> 01:10:06,668
We're supposed to
work together.
1121
01:10:06,670 --> 01:10:10,171
Fremont's secret will go
out as a song in the form
1122
01:10:10,173 --> 01:10:11,673
of a subliminal message.
1123
01:10:11,675 --> 01:10:14,242
I'll make sure that it saturates
the airwaves before the
1124
01:10:14,244 --> 01:10:15,710
authorities get wise--
Listen to me.
1125
01:10:15,712 --> 01:10:16,711
My mother has been a
down-to-earth Republican
1126
01:10:16,713 --> 01:10:18,780
all her life.
1127
01:10:18,782 --> 01:10:20,615
She's just an ordinary woman
saddled with the name
1128
01:10:20,617 --> 01:10:22,650
"Aramchek."
1129
01:10:22,652 --> 01:10:24,652
The police have investigated her
over and over because of it
1130
01:10:24,654 --> 01:10:26,721
and it's lunatic stuff like
this that gets innocent people
1131
01:10:26,723 --> 01:10:29,657
into trouble.
1132
01:10:35,698 --> 01:10:38,700
Your friend
Silvia called.
1133
01:10:38,702 --> 01:10:41,769
What did she say?
1134
01:10:41,771 --> 01:10:43,705
She's at
the La Paz Bar.
1135
01:10:43,707 --> 01:10:46,407
She wants you to
meet her there.
1136
01:11:11,267 --> 01:11:13,434
I'm sorry if what I said before
offended you, I didn't--
1137
01:11:13,436 --> 01:11:14,736
No, it's okay.
1138
01:11:14,738 --> 01:11:17,772
I had now idea how
I was supposed to react.
1139
01:11:17,774 --> 01:11:20,708
I think
I'm being watched.
1140
01:11:20,710 --> 01:11:24,712
I've received a new transmission
since I last saw you
1141
01:11:24,714 --> 01:11:27,548
and I'm to initiate you further
into the organization by--
1142
01:11:27,550 --> 01:11:28,716
Org--
1143
01:11:28,718 --> 01:11:31,586
Organization?
1144
01:11:31,588 --> 01:11:33,588
Aramchek.
1145
01:11:33,590 --> 01:11:35,590
Aramchek really exists?
1146
01:11:35,592 --> 01:11:37,558
Sure.
1147
01:11:37,560 --> 01:11:39,460
Why would Fremont waste
his time trying to stamp out
1148
01:11:39,462 --> 01:11:41,296
an imaginary group?
1149
01:11:41,298 --> 01:11:45,600
So what I said about
your mother is true?
1150
01:11:45,602 --> 01:11:48,569
Basically, yeah.
1151
01:11:48,571 --> 01:11:50,605
So what is Aramchek?
1152
01:11:50,607 --> 01:11:52,740
It's the people contacted by
the satellite, which in turn
1153
01:11:52,742 --> 01:11:57,278
receives instructions from a
star system called Albemuth.
1154
01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:00,315
Life on this planet came
from there originally.
1155
01:12:00,317 --> 01:12:02,784
So whenever we fall into
overwhelming difficulties,
1156
01:12:02,786 --> 01:12:07,588
the satellite serves as our
link back to Albemuth.
1157
01:12:07,590 --> 01:12:10,425
I think I intuited
most of this already.
1158
01:12:10,427 --> 01:12:12,827
Yeah, Aramchek includes
hundreds, maybe thousands
1159
01:12:12,829 --> 01:12:17,632
of people, mostly here and in
the former Soviet Union.
1160
01:12:17,634 --> 01:12:19,133
We're each contacted
individually, so only
1161
01:12:19,135 --> 01:12:21,502
the satellite knows
who, and how many,
1162
01:12:21,504 --> 01:12:25,473
where and exactly what
we're supposed to do.
1163
01:12:25,475 --> 01:12:26,641
Last call.
1164
01:12:26,643 --> 01:12:27,742
What would you like?
1165
01:12:27,744 --> 01:12:30,278
Something strong.
1166
01:12:30,280 --> 01:12:33,815
But I guess I'll
settle for club soda.
1167
01:12:33,817 --> 01:12:35,516
Make that two.
1168
01:12:35,518 --> 01:12:38,519
Thanks.
1169
01:12:38,521 --> 01:12:41,689
VALIS has done it before,
in the time of Jesus
1170
01:12:41,691 --> 01:12:44,058
and the early
Christians.
1171
01:12:44,060 --> 01:12:46,661
It didn't quite
work out then.
1172
01:12:46,663 --> 01:12:50,498
I always thought I made up
that word, VALIS.
1173
01:12:50,500 --> 01:12:53,067
That word was
placed in your mind.
1174
01:12:53,069 --> 01:12:57,805
VALIS is how we all refer to it
while we assimilate the shock.
Shock?
1175
01:12:57,807 --> 01:13:00,775
Yeah, the shock of discovering
your mind is being invaded by
1176
01:13:00,777 --> 01:13:03,511
an alien life form.
1177
01:13:03,513 --> 01:13:07,315
It conjures up horrible images
of Martian insects knocking
1178
01:13:07,317 --> 01:13:10,051
over the Golden
Gate Bridge.
1179
01:13:10,053 --> 01:13:12,653
But this invasion is
for our benefit, Nick.
1180
01:13:12,655 --> 01:13:17,058
You and I and the others
were chosen by VALIS.
1181
01:13:21,663 --> 01:13:25,066
Will they leave after
Fremont is destroyed?
1182
01:13:25,068 --> 01:13:27,435
If we manage
to destroy him.
1183
01:13:27,437 --> 01:13:29,070
They're our
protectors, Nick.
1184
01:13:29,072 --> 01:13:31,105
They only come when
we need them.
1185
01:13:31,107 --> 01:13:34,142
I had to see
her for myself.
1186
01:13:34,144 --> 01:13:36,811
Has he shown you
pictures of our son?
1187
01:13:36,813 --> 01:13:40,415
I'm so sorry about
this, Mrs. Brady.
1188
01:13:40,417 --> 01:13:41,816
You're going home.
1189
01:13:41,818 --> 01:13:44,519
Come on.
1190
01:13:51,693 --> 01:13:53,528
I need you to go home.
1191
01:13:53,530 --> 01:13:55,630
I'll explain everything to you
later, but you have to trust me.
1192
01:13:55,632 --> 01:13:57,765
What are you doing to us?
I thought we were happy.
1193
01:13:57,767 --> 01:14:00,568
It's not what
you think.
1194
01:14:00,570 --> 01:14:02,036
I don't know,
maybe it's worse.
1195
01:14:02,038 --> 01:14:04,172
Are you in love with her?
1196
01:14:04,174 --> 01:14:07,708
Rachel, you are the only
woman I've ever loved.
1197
01:14:07,710 --> 01:14:09,610
The only woman
I'm ever going to love.
1198
01:14:09,612 --> 01:14:11,446
Then what are
you doing?
1199
01:14:11,448 --> 01:14:13,815
You have to trust me.
1200
01:14:39,641 --> 01:14:41,642
She doesn't understand.
1201
01:14:41,644 --> 01:14:43,644
Did you really
expect her to?
1202
01:14:43,646 --> 01:14:45,446
Do you expect anyone
to understand this?
1203
01:14:45,448 --> 01:14:48,649
I hoped she would.
1204
01:14:48,651 --> 01:14:52,820
My crazy friend Phil
understands, sort of.
1205
01:14:52,822 --> 01:14:54,589
Maybe you
should go home.
1206
01:14:54,591 --> 01:14:57,058
No, this is more
important.
1207
01:14:57,060 --> 01:14:58,759
Are you sure?
1208
01:14:58,761 --> 01:15:02,597
No, I'm not sure.
1209
01:15:02,599 --> 01:15:04,499
But I can't let my son grow up
a world like this if I can do
1210
01:15:04,501 --> 01:15:07,101
something about it.
1211
01:15:08,637 --> 01:15:11,439
Come here.
1212
01:15:18,046 --> 01:15:22,149
The satellite's been up there
for thousands of years.
1213
01:15:22,151 --> 01:15:23,784
What the ancient
Hebrews were to Egypt
1214
01:15:23,786 --> 01:15:25,419
and the early Christians
were to Rome,
1215
01:15:25,421 --> 01:15:28,623
we are now to this corrupt
new American empire.
1216
01:15:28,625 --> 01:15:30,791
It's an ancient
fight, Nick.
1217
01:15:30,793 --> 01:15:32,527
The values of the individual
against the supremacy
1218
01:15:32,529 --> 01:15:34,195
of the state.
1219
01:15:34,197 --> 01:15:35,596
That's why the confession
kits, that's why
1220
01:15:35,598 --> 01:15:37,832
the growing
police supervision.
1221
01:15:37,834 --> 01:15:42,136
Over half the organization has
been discovered and eliminated.
1222
01:15:42,138 --> 01:15:44,171
Aren't you afraid?
1223
01:15:44,173 --> 01:15:47,575
I would be if it weren't
for Fire Bright.
1224
01:15:47,577 --> 01:15:51,178
That's how I refer to the
plasmatic entity within me.
1225
01:15:51,180 --> 01:15:54,148
It's like a little egg of
silver, cold, pale fire,
1226
01:15:54,150 --> 01:15:57,752
glowing with life
just right up here.
1227
01:15:59,588 --> 01:16:07,194
It's strange to have him inside
us, alive, yet unnoticed.
1228
01:16:07,196 --> 01:16:09,497
When we're killed
does he die, too?
1229
01:16:09,499 --> 01:16:12,066
When the body is
destroyed, he leaves.
1230
01:16:12,068 --> 01:16:14,168
But they won't
desert us.
1231
01:16:14,170 --> 01:16:15,836
So just as you and I have
housed and sheltered them,
1232
01:16:15,838 --> 01:16:19,507
they'll take us along with
them into eternity.
1233
01:16:19,509 --> 01:16:21,642
As a reward
for succeeding?
1234
01:16:21,644 --> 01:16:24,645
No, what they value
is the attempt.
1235
01:16:24,647 --> 01:16:27,481
Not the achievement
or the ultimate result.
1236
01:16:27,483 --> 01:16:31,085
They judge us by our intention,
by our hearts.
1237
01:16:42,698 --> 01:16:44,599
This just
in from Moscow.
1238
01:16:44,601 --> 01:16:47,535
Russian authorities report that
an accidental explosion aboard
1239
01:16:47,537 --> 01:16:50,237
the intercept missile launched
to photograph an allegedly
1240
01:16:50,239 --> 01:16:53,074
extra-terrestrial satellite
has destroyed both
1241
01:16:53,076 --> 01:16:55,042
the satellite
and the missile.
1242
01:16:55,044 --> 01:16:57,244
The cause of the
blast is unknown.
1243
01:16:57,246 --> 01:16:58,813
And now,
turning to.....
1244
01:16:58,815 --> 01:17:00,181
Must be a lot of partying
tonight in the Kremlin
1245
01:17:00,183 --> 01:17:01,582
and the White House.
1246
01:17:01,584 --> 01:17:03,718
Well, I'm glad.
1247
01:17:03,720 --> 01:17:06,821
At least it's over
and done with.
1248
01:17:06,823 --> 01:17:08,756
It's not over.
1249
01:17:08,758 --> 01:17:11,659
And it's not
done with.
1250
01:17:15,597 --> 01:17:20,201
With great pleasure I now
authorize Project Coliseum.
1251
01:17:20,203 --> 01:17:22,203
Our toughest laws yet in
the fight against terror
1252
01:17:22,205 --> 01:17:25,706
and subversion.
1253
01:17:43,258 --> 01:17:44,725
Did you see
the news last night?
1254
01:17:44,727 --> 01:17:46,293
Yeah, well, when
you attack a tyranny,
1255
01:17:46,295 --> 01:17:48,362
you've got to expect
it to fight back.
1256
01:17:48,364 --> 01:17:50,131
We knew once they
pinpointed the location
1257
01:17:50,133 --> 01:17:52,233
that they would
destroy it.
1258
01:17:52,235 --> 01:17:54,068
Can another
satellite be sent?
1259
01:17:54,070 --> 01:17:55,736
There's one already on
the way from Albemuth.
1260
01:17:55,738 --> 01:17:57,238
But even traveling
at the speed of light,
1261
01:17:57,240 --> 01:17:59,607
it won't arrive for
hundreds of years.
1262
01:17:59,609 --> 01:18:01,709
That's not going
to do us any good.
1263
01:18:01,711 --> 01:18:03,244
It's hopeless.
1264
01:18:03,246 --> 01:18:06,147
It's not, I've written
down the material.
1265
01:18:06,149 --> 01:18:08,082
What material?
The lyrics.
1266
01:18:08,084 --> 01:18:11,786
Use it on an album you
expect to sell really well.
1267
01:18:11,788 --> 01:18:13,788
What's the message
supposed to be?
1268
01:18:13,790 --> 01:18:15,322
Take a look, it reads
like nothing at all.
1269
01:18:15,324 --> 01:18:18,192
It's completely
innocuous.
1270
01:18:18,194 --> 01:18:20,094
Do you know what
it really means?
1271
01:18:20,096 --> 01:18:22,129
Well, I heard the final
recorded version in a dream
1272
01:18:22,131 --> 01:18:24,265
and it goes something like,
"Come to the party."
1273
01:18:24,267 --> 01:18:26,767
And it sounds like
just a fun party song.
1274
01:18:26,769 --> 01:18:29,403
Then later the vocal line
goes, "Join the party."
1275
01:18:29,405 --> 01:18:32,373
And the singer then goes,
"Everybody join the party."
1276
01:18:32,375 --> 01:18:35,776
And a subtrack goes,
"Is everybody at the party?
1277
01:18:35,778 --> 01:18:38,145
Is everybody present
at the party?"
1278
01:18:38,147 --> 01:18:39,447
Only if you
listen closely,
1279
01:18:39,449 --> 01:18:41,348
you can hear they're
actually singing,
1280
01:18:41,350 --> 01:18:43,751
"Is everybody's
president at the party?"
1281
01:18:43,753 --> 01:18:45,453
No, okay, I get it.
1282
01:18:45,455 --> 01:18:48,122
It's like the-- the Beatles,
the "I Am the Walrus,"
1283
01:18:48,124 --> 01:18:49,290
"Smoke dope, smoke dope,
everybody smoke dope"
1284
01:18:49,292 --> 01:18:51,325
in the backup track.
Right.
1285
01:18:51,327 --> 01:18:53,294
And enough repeated listenings,
and the word gets through,
1286
01:18:53,296 --> 01:18:56,197
the message
gets through.
1287
01:18:56,199 --> 01:18:58,165
I mean, is that all
there is to it?
1288
01:18:58,167 --> 01:18:59,834
What a grand chick.
1289
01:18:59,836 --> 01:19:01,502
What?
1290
01:19:01,504 --> 01:19:03,370
"What a grand chick,"
that's part of the chorus.
1291
01:19:03,372 --> 01:19:05,306
Only the backup vocals change
from "what a grand chick"
1292
01:19:05,308 --> 01:19:08,642
to "Aramcheck."
1293
01:19:10,612 --> 01:19:12,379
The Fisher Kings are in
the studio this afternoon.
1294
01:19:12,381 --> 01:19:15,382
They'd be perfect
for it.
Great.
1295
01:19:15,384 --> 01:19:16,484
Why don't you go on ahead?
The less we're seen
1296
01:19:16,486 --> 01:19:18,786
together right
now the better.
1297
01:19:32,367 --> 01:19:36,237
♪ Welcome join
the party ♪
1298
01:19:36,239 --> 01:19:39,807
♪ You can see that
everybody's present ♪
1299
01:19:39,809 --> 01:19:43,310
♪ Even you could be the
next contestant ♪
1300
01:19:43,312 --> 01:19:46,781
♪ Wait for love ♪
1301
01:19:46,783 --> 01:19:51,085
♪ Wait for love ♪♪
1302
01:19:53,822 --> 01:19:56,357
I fucking hate
this song.
1303
01:19:56,359 --> 01:19:59,794
Dude, relax, "Let's Party"
is gonna go out as a single.
1304
01:19:59,796 --> 01:20:02,663
If it doesn't sell, it's not
gonna be on the album.
1305
01:20:02,665 --> 01:20:05,065
Well, it doesn't sound like
any of our other material.
1306
01:20:05,067 --> 01:20:06,834
I know.
1307
01:20:06,836 --> 01:20:10,337
Your contract gives us
the right to pick material.
1308
01:20:10,339 --> 01:20:12,139
We've never done it before,
we're probably not gonna do
1309
01:20:12,141 --> 01:20:13,808
it again.
1310
01:20:13,810 --> 01:20:15,342
Let's just get this thing laid
down and get out of here, okay?
1311
01:20:15,344 --> 01:20:17,344
It's almost midnight.
1312
01:20:46,208 --> 01:20:48,409
A young lady to see
you, Mr. Brady.
1313
01:20:48,411 --> 01:20:51,445
Um, send her in.
1314
01:20:55,083 --> 01:20:56,584
Hello.
1315
01:20:56,586 --> 01:21:00,721
I'm Vivian Kaplan from
Friends of the American People.
1316
01:21:00,723 --> 01:21:03,524
How can I help you?
1317
01:21:05,427 --> 01:21:07,328
We understand you have an
employee here by the name
1318
01:21:07,330 --> 01:21:09,463
of Sylvia Aramchek.
1319
01:21:09,465 --> 01:21:11,765
As I'm sure you know, there's
also a subversive organization
1320
01:21:11,767 --> 01:21:13,801
calling itself Aramchek.
1321
01:21:13,803 --> 01:21:16,136
Would you like to make
a voluntary statement
1322
01:21:16,138 --> 01:21:18,806
concerning this
coincidence?
1323
01:21:18,808 --> 01:21:20,774
The only thing I know about
Aramchek is that it's Sylvia
1324
01:21:20,776 --> 01:21:23,143
Sadassa's maiden name.
1325
01:21:23,145 --> 01:21:26,080
How did you happen
to hire Ms. Aramchek?
1326
01:21:26,082 --> 01:21:28,282
She came here
looking for a job.
1327
01:21:28,284 --> 01:21:31,785
I felt sorry for her because
of her recent bout with cancer.
1328
01:21:33,388 --> 01:21:36,290
I'm sorry, I'm very busy.
1329
01:21:36,292 --> 01:21:39,526
Do I have to answer these
questions right now?
1330
01:21:39,528 --> 01:21:42,496
What's this new song you're
releasing by the Fisher Kings?
1331
01:21:42,498 --> 01:21:44,498
"Let's Party."
1332
01:21:44,500 --> 01:21:46,166
Everybody at Progressive
is talking about it.
1333
01:21:46,168 --> 01:21:48,402
We think it's going
to be a surefire hit.
1334
01:21:48,404 --> 01:21:50,471
We'd like a copy
to review.
1335
01:21:50,473 --> 01:21:53,340
It's not even
mastered yet.
1336
01:21:53,342 --> 01:21:56,410
A demo tape
would be fine.
1337
01:21:56,412 --> 01:22:00,381
You could probably
get a demo sooner.
1338
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:09,790
It's our opinion,
Mr. Brady,
1339
01:22:09,792 --> 01:22:12,826
that you're having a sexual
affair with Ms. Aramchek.
1340
01:22:12,828 --> 01:22:17,298
Whether I am or not
my personal business.
1341
01:22:17,300 --> 01:22:19,166
Would you be willing to write
a statement concerning
1342
01:22:19,168 --> 01:22:21,535
the political loyalty
of Ms. Aramchek?
1343
01:22:21,537 --> 01:22:24,071
I'm sorry, but mutual spying
by friend upon friend is
1344
01:22:24,073 --> 01:22:26,807
destroying the fabric
of our society.
1345
01:22:26,809 --> 01:22:28,342
You can write that
down in your little book
1346
01:22:28,344 --> 01:22:30,144
and put it in my file.
1347
01:22:30,146 --> 01:22:33,113
When can we have
the demo tape?
1348
01:22:34,282 --> 01:22:37,151
Sometime next week.
1349
01:22:37,153 --> 01:22:40,187
And it will be the
same as the master?
1350
01:22:40,189 --> 01:22:43,190
Yeah, more or less.
1351
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:48,162
You know, "more or less"
really isn't good enough,
1352
01:22:48,164 --> 01:22:50,331
Mr. Brady.
1353
01:23:03,511 --> 01:23:06,347
Are you going
somewhere?
1354
01:23:09,417 --> 01:23:12,086
I'm leaving.
1355
01:23:12,088 --> 01:23:15,189
I want you to talk to our
lawyer in the morning.
1356
01:23:16,524 --> 01:23:19,226
Are you asking
for a divorce?
1357
01:23:34,342 --> 01:23:37,077
I think the house
is bugged.
1358
01:23:39,114 --> 01:23:41,515
These are our
financial papers.
1359
01:23:41,517 --> 01:23:44,618
I've signed over everything,
the house, the bank accounts,
1360
01:23:44,620 --> 01:23:46,653
to you.
1361
01:23:46,655 --> 01:23:49,590
It's Sylvia, isn't it?
1362
01:23:49,592 --> 01:23:53,494
It's not Sylvia, it's what
we're trying to do together.
1363
01:23:53,496 --> 01:23:57,564
It could be dangerous, I don't
want it to affect you and Ezra.
1364
01:23:59,300 --> 01:24:04,538
How could-- how could
anything you do not affect us?
1365
01:24:04,540 --> 01:24:05,639
We love you.
1366
01:24:09,411 --> 01:24:12,579
Remember that.
1367
01:24:14,549 --> 01:24:16,650
I will, too.
1368
01:24:31,132 --> 01:24:33,400
"Let's Party" is our
hottest upcoming release
1369
01:24:33,402 --> 01:24:35,536
and they know we've got a lot
of time and effort invested
1370
01:24:35,538 --> 01:24:37,571
into it, stands to reason
that they're suspicious.
1371
01:24:37,573 --> 01:24:39,440
But what if
it's a trap?
1372
01:24:39,442 --> 01:24:40,808
What if they just want
us to produce this thing
1373
01:24:40,810 --> 01:24:42,509
as some hard evidence?
If they really knew
1374
01:24:42,511 --> 01:24:44,611
what we were up to, they
would just arrest us.
1375
01:24:44,613 --> 01:24:49,083
I think we need
to move forward.
1376
01:24:49,085 --> 01:24:52,219
Even if there's no chance of us
getting away when we get caught?
1377
01:24:52,221 --> 01:24:55,322
This project has been
building for years, Nick.
1378
01:24:55,324 --> 01:24:57,224
VALIS may no longer be here to
protect us, but within each of
1379
01:24:57,226 --> 01:25:02,262
us, there's a new life
that's eternal.
1380
01:25:03,731 --> 01:25:05,666
Well, I'll give
that little FAP bitch
1381
01:25:05,668 --> 01:25:07,468
a copy of the demo
tape for now
1382
01:25:07,470 --> 01:25:09,703
and then when we press the
record, I'll make some copies
1383
01:25:09,705 --> 01:25:12,539
made from a master minus
the subliminal material.
1384
01:25:12,541 --> 01:25:14,308
That way,
if they break in,
1385
01:25:14,310 --> 01:25:16,310
whatever they get will
match their tape
1386
01:25:16,312 --> 01:25:20,514
and then we'll start
shipping the real thing.
1387
01:25:22,550 --> 01:25:24,651
Wish me luck.
1388
01:25:24,653 --> 01:25:26,553
I have an appointment with my
doctor this afternoon to see
1389
01:25:26,555 --> 01:25:30,457
if I'm still
in remission.
1390
01:26:14,669 --> 01:26:17,171
Let me get
this straight.
1391
01:26:17,173 --> 01:26:18,705
A million people think they're
just listening to a dumb rock
1392
01:26:18,707 --> 01:26:22,676
song, but what they're
actually hearing is,
1393
01:26:22,678 --> 01:26:25,345
"Fremont's a red,
Fremont's a red,
1394
01:26:25,347 --> 01:26:27,514
better a dead
Fremont than a red."
1395
01:26:27,516 --> 01:26:30,517
Something like that?
1396
01:26:30,519 --> 01:26:32,686
Basically, yes.
1397
01:26:32,688 --> 01:26:36,323
And when it sinks in,
an outraged citizenry marches
1398
01:26:36,325 --> 01:26:39,726
to the White House en masse and
overthrows the government.
1399
01:26:39,728 --> 01:26:42,262
Is that the sequence
of events?
1400
01:26:42,264 --> 01:26:45,432
It has to be done.
1401
01:26:48,269 --> 01:26:52,206
Listen to me, it's not
too late for you.
1402
01:26:52,208 --> 01:26:54,408
Go back to Berkeley.
1403
01:26:54,410 --> 01:26:57,678
Put some distance between
yourself and this mess.
1404
01:27:02,617 --> 01:27:04,685
What the hell.
1405
01:27:04,687 --> 01:27:09,356
If I'm going down, I'm going
down with people I love.
1406
01:27:09,358 --> 01:27:11,758
Press a million
copies of the record.
1407
01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:14,628
Here's to subversion.
1408
01:27:14,630 --> 01:27:17,831
Here's to Aramchek.
1409
01:27:17,833 --> 01:27:20,634
To subversion.
1410
01:27:30,778 --> 01:27:32,813
You know what this
probably means, right?
1411
01:27:32,815 --> 01:27:35,382
Yeah.
1412
01:27:35,384 --> 01:27:36,683
That somebody else is going
to have to write the great
1413
01:27:36,685 --> 01:27:38,752
American science
fiction novel.
1414
01:27:38,754 --> 01:27:41,555
♪ Want fun? ♪
1415
01:27:41,557 --> 01:27:45,292
♪ I know that
you need some ♪
1416
01:27:45,294 --> 01:27:49,630
♪ You don't need
a reason ♪
1417
01:27:49,632 --> 01:27:52,599
♪ Let down your load ♪
1418
01:27:54,836 --> 01:27:57,771
♪ Wasted ♪
1419
01:27:57,773 --> 01:28:01,775
♪ But kept
in God's graces ♪
1420
01:28:01,777 --> 01:28:06,280
♪ You almost can
taste it ♪
1421
01:28:06,282 --> 01:28:09,049
♪ Devour the moon ♪
1422
01:28:12,553 --> 01:28:16,556
♪ Everybody let's party ♪
1423
01:28:16,558 --> 01:28:21,061
♪ Don't you know
a grand chick saved me ♪
1424
01:28:21,063 --> 01:28:23,063
♪ She helped me
to put back ♪
1425
01:28:23,065 --> 01:28:26,767
♪ Together my whole world ♪
1426
01:28:29,737 --> 01:28:32,806
♪ Welcome join
the party... ♪♪
1427
01:28:32,808 --> 01:28:34,775
You need to start
getting out more.
1428
01:28:34,777 --> 01:28:39,346
Only if I can meet the redhead
from the show "Dallas."
1429
01:28:42,817 --> 01:28:44,451
Well, I'm not speeding.
1430
01:28:44,453 --> 01:28:47,087
What do you
think I did?
1431
01:28:56,831 --> 01:28:59,800
Shit.
1432
01:29:00,735 --> 01:29:02,836
Get out of the car!
1433
01:29:02,838 --> 01:29:04,104
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
1434
01:29:04,106 --> 01:29:05,639
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa!
1435
01:29:05,641 --> 01:29:06,840
Easy!
1436
01:29:06,842 --> 01:29:08,608
Hey, hey.
Easy.
1437
01:29:08,610 --> 01:29:11,845
Ow!
1438
01:29:11,847 --> 01:29:14,781
What the fuck?
1439
01:29:14,783 --> 01:29:18,085
All right, all right,
all right, all right!
1440
01:30:21,682 --> 01:30:23,550
I'll be straight
with you guys.
1441
01:30:23,552 --> 01:30:24,785
We planted a recording
device to monitor
1442
01:30:24,787 --> 01:30:27,053
your conversation
at the club.
1443
01:30:27,055 --> 01:30:29,089
Orders have been given
for Progressive Records
1444
01:30:29,091 --> 01:30:32,058
to be closed and all
its assets seized.
1445
01:30:32,060 --> 01:30:34,161
How insane.
1446
01:30:34,163 --> 01:30:36,797
A subliminal message that our
President is himself a secret
1447
01:30:36,799 --> 01:30:39,099
subversive agent?
1448
01:30:39,101 --> 01:30:41,735
I have nothing
to say.
1449
01:30:41,737 --> 01:30:45,439
I want an attorney.
1450
01:30:45,441 --> 01:30:47,073
Take him out
and shoot him.
1451
01:30:47,075 --> 01:30:49,075
He might be able to
tell us something more.
1452
01:30:49,077 --> 01:30:52,078
Nothing we don't
already know.
1453
01:30:56,551 --> 01:30:57,818
Bring him back.
1454
01:30:57,820 --> 01:31:00,053
I'll tell you
everything he told me.
1455
01:31:00,055 --> 01:31:03,423
I'm sorry, the satellite's
already infected him.
1456
01:31:03,425 --> 01:31:05,459
But the satellite's
gone now.
1457
01:31:05,461 --> 01:31:07,427
An egg has been
laid in his head.
1458
01:31:07,429 --> 01:31:09,796
An alien egg.
1459
01:31:12,099 --> 01:31:14,534
Where are you
taking me?
1460
01:31:14,536 --> 01:31:17,137
We always kill them before
they have a chance to hatch.
1461
01:31:17,139 --> 01:31:18,805
This one, too?
1462
01:31:18,807 --> 01:31:21,608
Give me a few
moments with him.
1463
01:31:28,149 --> 01:31:30,784
We intend to let you
go on living, Phil.
1464
01:31:32,587 --> 01:31:35,222
We'll even publish
books under your name.
1465
01:31:35,224 --> 01:31:37,557
I'm an American
citizen!
1466
01:31:37,559 --> 01:31:39,826
I have rights!
1467
01:31:39,828 --> 01:31:43,129
In fact, they
already exist.
1468
01:31:43,131 --> 01:31:45,565
We've been having them written
for several years now.
1469
01:31:45,567 --> 01:31:48,068
Your style's
easy to imitate.
1470
01:31:48,070 --> 01:31:49,736
I'd rather you
just shoot me.
1471
01:31:49,738 --> 01:31:52,205
The novels will be
published anyway.
1472
01:31:52,207 --> 01:31:57,644
Book by book, you'll evolve
to more conservative views.
1473
01:31:57,646 --> 01:31:59,779
Since you're getting older,
it won't be unexpected
1474
01:31:59,781 --> 01:32:02,549
for you to mellow out.
1475
01:32:04,485 --> 01:32:06,319
Let me talk to Nick
before you kill him.
1476
01:32:06,321 --> 01:32:09,623
Will you cooperate with the
publication of your new books?
1477
01:32:09,625 --> 01:32:11,491
Interviews? Signings?
1478
01:32:11,493 --> 01:32:14,127
Sci-fi conventions?
1479
01:32:20,468 --> 01:32:21,701
Hold up on Brady.
1480
01:32:21,703 --> 01:32:25,171
Take him to
a cell for now.
1481
01:32:27,642 --> 01:32:29,142
Code Five on Brady.
1482
01:32:29,144 --> 01:32:32,178
Was that a mistake?
1483
01:32:32,180 --> 01:32:34,180
No, that's okay.
1484
01:32:34,182 --> 01:32:36,783
Thanks, anyway.
1485
01:32:39,487 --> 01:32:40,820
I'm sorry, Phil.
1486
01:32:40,822 --> 01:32:42,556
It's too late.
1487
01:32:42,558 --> 01:32:44,157
It's police policy not
to delay eliminating
1488
01:32:44,159 --> 01:32:47,627
alien-controlled
subversives.
1489
01:34:17,585 --> 01:34:20,553
Open the bag.
Number two.
1490
01:34:20,555 --> 01:34:23,256
So you can see
for yourself.
1491
01:34:50,317 --> 01:34:53,286
Whiskey? Single malt.
1492
01:35:05,132 --> 01:35:07,734
I assume you stopped
the song from getting out.
1493
01:35:07,736 --> 01:35:12,272
We shut down the record company
before they'd duped the master.
1494
01:35:12,274 --> 01:35:16,342
We got all the subliminal
tracks, too.
1495
01:35:16,344 --> 01:35:19,245
"Join the Party!"
1496
01:35:22,416 --> 01:35:26,186
No, it's "Let's Party."
1497
01:35:26,188 --> 01:35:28,621
They sing "join
the party" later on.
1498
01:35:28,623 --> 01:35:32,792
"A grand chick saved me, put
back together my whole world."
1499
01:35:32,794 --> 01:35:37,197
And the background turns into
"Aramchek saves the world."
1500
01:35:37,199 --> 01:35:39,365
A bit unsubtle,
don't you think?
1501
01:35:39,367 --> 01:35:40,800
It might have worked.
1502
01:35:40,802 --> 01:35:42,368
Oh, sure.
1503
01:35:42,370 --> 01:35:46,306
"Is everybody
president at the party?"
1504
01:35:47,808 --> 01:35:51,411
We use subliminal techniques
too, but not so crudely.
1505
01:35:51,413 --> 01:35:54,314
And for different ends.
1506
01:35:54,316 --> 01:35:56,349
Want to see
your new book?
1507
01:35:56,351 --> 01:35:59,252
No thanks.
1508
01:36:01,689 --> 01:36:06,392
It's called
"The Mind-Screwers."
1509
01:36:11,799 --> 01:36:14,200
You should give
it a try.
1510
01:36:14,202 --> 01:36:18,104
It's about an invasion of
hideous space worms who work
1511
01:36:18,106 --> 01:36:21,841
their way into people's heads
and rape their minds.
1512
01:36:21,843 --> 01:36:24,110
Real subtle.
1513
01:36:24,112 --> 01:36:25,845
I just came to tell you,
I'm sorry you didn't get to
1514
01:36:25,847 --> 01:36:28,848
talk to Nick Brady
before he died.
1515
01:36:28,850 --> 01:36:30,717
If you want, you can
talk to the Aramchek woman
1516
01:36:30,719 --> 01:36:33,353
he was conspiring with.
1517
01:36:33,355 --> 01:36:35,288
Do you know her?
1518
01:36:35,290 --> 01:36:39,225
No, I never got
to meet her.
1519
01:36:39,227 --> 01:36:42,162
Are you going
to shoot her, too?
1520
01:37:01,382 --> 01:37:02,515
You're Phil.
1521
01:37:02,517 --> 01:37:04,117
Nick's friend, right?
1522
01:37:04,119 --> 01:37:06,286
The science-fiction writer.
1523
01:37:06,288 --> 01:37:07,420
Is he okay?
1524
01:37:07,422 --> 01:37:09,823
No, he isn't.
1525
01:37:09,825 --> 01:37:12,492
They shot him.
1526
01:37:12,494 --> 01:37:15,395
I see.
1527
01:37:16,730 --> 01:37:18,498
And you're sure
it's true.
1528
01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:22,135
They showed
me his body.
1529
01:37:24,839 --> 01:37:27,407
I suppose I'm next.
1530
01:37:29,410 --> 01:37:32,412
No trial,
no investigation.
1531
01:37:32,414 --> 01:37:34,280
They're really
afraid of us.
1532
01:37:34,282 --> 01:37:37,417
That's right.
1533
01:37:37,419 --> 01:37:40,320
I don't think
they'll kill you.
1534
01:37:40,322 --> 01:37:41,621
They said they want
you to write crappy novels
1535
01:37:41,623 --> 01:37:45,058
for them full of
pro-government propaganda.
1536
01:37:45,060 --> 01:37:47,293
The books are
already written.
1537
01:37:47,295 --> 01:37:49,095
It'll just be my
name on them.
1538
01:37:49,097 --> 01:37:50,797
That's good.
1539
01:37:50,799 --> 01:37:52,765
It means they
don't trust you.
1540
01:37:52,767 --> 01:37:55,768
It's when they trust
you that it's bad.
1541
01:37:55,770 --> 01:37:59,339
It's the next worst thing
to being on their side.
1542
01:37:59,341 --> 01:38:02,275
I'm sorry for all this.
1543
01:38:03,811 --> 01:38:05,545
For what Nick
got you into.
1544
01:38:05,547 --> 01:38:08,481
It's okay.
1545
01:38:08,483 --> 01:38:10,817
We're immortal.
1546
01:38:10,819 --> 01:38:14,420
VALIS conferred that on us, and
it will on everyone, someday.
1547
01:38:14,422 --> 01:38:17,190
I don't feel
too bad, though.
1548
01:38:17,192 --> 01:38:20,193
I feel like we put
up a good fight.
1549
01:38:21,462 --> 01:38:24,397
Time's up.
1550
01:38:42,316 --> 01:38:45,184
Don't tell them how
lousy their novels are.
1551
01:38:45,186 --> 01:38:47,520
Let them find out
the hard way.
1552
01:38:54,495 --> 01:38:57,563
So that's how
it all came down.
1553
01:38:57,565 --> 01:38:58,831
My friend Nicholas Brady
had tried
1554
01:38:58,833 --> 01:39:02,502
to save the
world and failed.
1555
01:39:02,504 --> 01:39:06,339
And I found myself
in this place.
1556
01:39:06,341 --> 01:39:08,808
The dark night
of the soul.
1557
01:39:08,810 --> 01:39:11,511
Alone and forgotten.
1558
01:39:11,513 --> 01:39:14,480
Scribbling furtively
on scraps of paper
1559
01:39:14,482 --> 01:39:17,550
that no one would ever
get a chance to read.
1560
01:39:28,796 --> 01:39:31,831
So you used to
be a writer?
1561
01:39:31,833 --> 01:39:34,233
Yeah.
1562
01:39:36,503 --> 01:39:38,538
In a way, I still am.
1563
01:39:38,540 --> 01:39:43,443
Were you a member
of Aramchek?
1564
01:39:43,445 --> 01:39:45,345
No.
1565
01:39:45,347 --> 01:39:47,280
Know anything
about it?
1566
01:39:47,282 --> 01:39:49,549
Some friends
of mine belonged.
1567
01:39:49,551 --> 01:39:52,218
Dead?
1568
01:39:52,220 --> 01:39:54,554
Yeah.
1569
01:39:54,556 --> 01:39:56,456
So, what's
Aramchek teach?
1570
01:39:56,458 --> 01:39:59,559
Are they really diehard
communists?
1571
01:39:59,561 --> 01:40:01,561
No.
1572
01:40:01,563 --> 01:40:05,331
They think we shouldn't put
our faith in any human rulers.
1573
01:40:05,333 --> 01:40:08,401
That there's a vast intelligence
above the stars, that guides us,
1574
01:40:08,403 --> 01:40:11,537
that's interested
in our welfare.
1575
01:40:11,539 --> 01:40:14,841
That sounds like
a religious idea.
1576
01:40:14,843 --> 01:40:19,145
I always thought Aramchek was
a revolutionary organization.
1577
01:40:19,147 --> 01:40:20,713
It's both.
1578
01:40:20,715 --> 01:40:24,484
A subversive organization guided
by a supreme higher power.
1579
01:40:28,088 --> 01:40:29,422
They think our loyalty
should be to the values
1580
01:40:29,424 --> 01:40:32,458
of that higher
entity alone.
1581
01:40:32,460 --> 01:40:34,560
You believe that, too?
1582
01:40:34,562 --> 01:40:37,497
I didn't at first.
1583
01:40:37,499 --> 01:40:41,067
But now, maybe.
1584
01:40:41,069 --> 01:40:43,369
So this, supreme being,
does it tell
1585
01:40:43,371 --> 01:40:46,406
the Aramchek
people what to do?
1586
01:40:46,408 --> 01:40:48,408
They called it VALIS.
1587
01:40:48,410 --> 01:40:52,211
It spoke to them
in visions.
1588
01:40:52,213 --> 01:40:55,081
And will again, someday,
I believe that.
1589
01:40:56,316 --> 01:40:58,351
You're a strange guy.
1590
01:40:58,353 --> 01:40:59,719
You ever hear
its voice?
1591
01:40:59,721 --> 01:41:02,588
No.
1592
01:41:02,590 --> 01:41:05,425
But I wish I had.
1593
01:41:19,473 --> 01:41:23,242
I've still got my printing
supplies hidden away.
1594
01:41:23,244 --> 01:41:25,244
I might be able to
run off some literature
1595
01:41:25,246 --> 01:41:27,613
for you and your
Aramchek friends.
1596
01:41:27,615 --> 01:41:30,450
You interested?
1597
01:41:30,452 --> 01:41:33,586
Yeah, very much.
1598
01:41:33,588 --> 01:41:36,622
First, I've got to get back
to my friend's wife and son,
1599
01:41:36,624 --> 01:41:40,493
make sure they're okay.
1600
01:41:40,495 --> 01:41:43,329
You think Aramchek
would take me?
1601
01:41:43,331 --> 01:41:45,631
I need help, I can't
get anywhere alone.
1602
01:41:45,633 --> 01:41:48,301
Sure.
1603
01:41:48,303 --> 01:41:51,270
Maybe they
have already.
1604
01:41:51,272 --> 01:41:53,639
I've never heard
any voices.
1605
01:41:53,641 --> 01:41:56,642
Your own voice
might be the voice.
1606
01:41:58,679 --> 01:42:02,315
How about that?
1607
01:42:02,317 --> 01:42:05,218
Nobody's ever said
that to me before.
1608
01:42:10,657 --> 01:42:12,692
You think believing
about a heavenly power
1609
01:42:12,694 --> 01:42:14,627
get them anywhere?
1610
01:42:14,629 --> 01:42:16,596
Not in this world.
1611
01:42:16,598 --> 01:42:19,665
I've got to tell you something
you maybe don't want to hear.
1612
01:42:19,667 --> 01:42:21,634
I know you loved your friends
and maybe they are happy spirits
1613
01:42:21,636 --> 01:42:23,669
somewhere up in the sky,
1614
01:42:23,671 --> 01:42:27,306
but even if they are,
that's not good enough.
1615
01:42:27,308 --> 01:42:29,342
They gave their lives
for that belief.
1616
01:42:29,344 --> 01:42:32,211
What I'm saying is, it's got
to be something here first.
1617
01:42:33,814 --> 01:42:39,652
This is where the suffering is,
this is where the injustice is.
1618
01:42:39,654 --> 01:42:41,721
This Valis or God or whatever
you want to call it,
1619
01:42:41,723 --> 01:42:44,457
has to do something
for us here.
1620
01:42:44,459 --> 01:42:47,360
Or what the
fuck good is it?
1621
01:42:54,568 --> 01:42:56,536
What's this I heard about
the Aramchek people having
1622
01:42:56,538 --> 01:43:00,339
a beautiful silver egg placed
in each of their foreheads?
1623
01:43:00,341 --> 01:43:02,208
That's what
they believe.
1624
01:43:02,210 --> 01:43:04,677
My theory is it enters along the
optic nerve to the pineal gland
1625
01:43:04,679 --> 01:43:07,680
by means of radiation beamed
down by the satellite.
1626
01:43:07,682 --> 01:43:09,749
The egg hatches when they die
and incorporates them into
1627
01:43:09,751 --> 01:43:13,753
the vast living entity
in the stratosphere.
1628
01:43:17,691 --> 01:43:19,592
I got a confession
to make.
1629
01:43:19,594 --> 01:43:22,361
I know a little more about
Aramchek than I admitted.
1630
01:43:22,363 --> 01:43:24,597
I used to be a preacher.
1631
01:43:24,599 --> 01:43:26,732
The beautiful silver egg
that guarantees immortality,
1632
01:43:26,734 --> 01:43:28,501
that's in
the Bible, Phil.
1633
01:43:28,503 --> 01:43:31,437
Jesus speaks about
it several times.
1634
01:43:31,439 --> 01:43:34,207
The real meaning was known
only to his disciples.
1635
01:43:34,209 --> 01:43:36,342
But now it's
coming back.
1636
01:43:36,344 --> 01:43:37,543
Tell me more,
preacher.
1637
01:43:37,545 --> 01:43:39,378
I'm not
a preacher anymore.
1638
01:43:39,380 --> 01:43:40,780
Religion is shit.
1639
01:43:40,782 --> 01:43:43,382
It's more honest work
being a plumber.
1640
01:43:43,384 --> 01:43:45,451
You believe what my friend said
is true and yet you still--
1641
01:43:45,453 --> 01:43:50,323
I still say the work has
to be done here on earth.
1642
01:43:50,325 --> 01:43:53,726
Let me ask you this--
where did Jesus do his work?
1643
01:43:53,728 --> 01:43:56,729
Where did he teach?
1644
01:43:58,799 --> 01:44:00,566
Hey, boss.
1645
01:44:00,568 --> 01:44:04,303
Can we take five?
It's hot out here.
1646
01:44:20,287 --> 01:44:22,755
Look at those kids
watching us.
1647
01:44:33,567 --> 01:44:36,469
♪ Want fun? ♪
1648
01:44:36,471 --> 01:44:37,503
♪ I know you
need some... ♪
1649
01:44:37,505 --> 01:44:39,338
That's it.
1650
01:44:39,340 --> 01:44:40,506
That's the song!
1651
01:44:40,508 --> 01:44:41,774
What?
1652
01:44:41,776 --> 01:44:44,410
That's the song!
1653
01:44:44,412 --> 01:44:46,712
Hey, it's cool,
he's not going anywhere.
1654
01:44:46,714 --> 01:44:50,449
I'll keep an
eye on him.
1655
01:44:50,451 --> 01:44:52,752
♪ Wasted ♪
1656
01:44:52,754 --> 01:44:55,788
♪ But kept in
God's graces ♪
1657
01:44:55,790 --> 01:45:01,060
They must have gotten another
record company to press it--
1658
01:45:01,062 --> 01:45:04,330
while Progressive was preparing
its version, other members of
1659
01:45:04,332 --> 01:45:08,334
Aramchek must have been
working on the song, too.
1660
01:45:08,336 --> 01:45:09,635
They made it.
1661
01:45:09,637 --> 01:45:11,504
It's out.
1662
01:45:11,506 --> 01:45:13,806
Do you know
what this means?
1663
01:45:13,808 --> 01:45:16,108
I never listen to that
rock and roll junk.
1664
01:45:16,110 --> 01:45:17,543
I used to have
a big record collection,
1665
01:45:17,545 --> 01:45:20,346
mostly classical
and jazz.
1666
01:45:20,348 --> 01:45:23,783
As far as I'm concerned, that
music's just for the kids.
1667
01:45:23,785 --> 01:45:25,685
Yeah.
1668
01:45:25,687 --> 01:45:28,654
That's right,
for the kids.
1669
01:45:28,656 --> 01:45:32,191
The music's for them.
1670
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:37,330
I guess it's gonna
be up to them now.
1671
01:45:47,542 --> 01:45:50,409
While we waited to finish our
sentences, I continued to work
1672
01:45:50,411 --> 01:45:54,413
on Nick's story, which turned
out to be my story, too.
1673
01:45:56,850 --> 01:45:59,852
I wanted to chronicle the
origins of that faint flicker
1674
01:45:59,854 --> 01:46:03,723
of hope that would someday
burn out a cancerous regime,
1675
01:46:03,725 --> 01:46:06,092
the humble beginnings of a mass
movement of young people that
1676
01:46:06,094 --> 01:46:10,463
would eventually change
our country for the better.
1677
01:46:10,465 --> 01:46:13,666
Even if they found my
manuscript and destroyed it,
1678
01:46:13,668 --> 01:46:17,470
I would still have been the
first to bear witness.
1679
01:46:21,641 --> 01:46:24,777
I had faith that
I would not be the last.
1680
01:47:44,090 --> 01:47:48,127
♪ We have no wings ♪
1681
01:47:49,196 --> 01:47:53,566
♪ We are not angels ♪
1682
01:47:54,768 --> 01:47:57,603
♪ Just flesh and blood ♪
1683
01:47:59,639 --> 01:48:03,609
♪ In skin and in bone ♪
1684
01:48:05,512 --> 01:48:10,115
♪ Born from the ruin ♪
1685
01:48:11,117 --> 01:48:16,222
♪ Like other mammals ♪
1686
01:48:16,224 --> 01:48:19,592
♪ Over the earth ♪
1687
01:48:21,161 --> 01:48:24,663
♪ We swarm and we roam ♪
1688
01:48:28,101 --> 01:48:30,603
♪ We walk around ♪
1689
01:48:30,605 --> 01:48:33,472
♪ We don't know why ♪
1690
01:48:33,474 --> 01:48:36,141
♪ Above the ground ♪
1691
01:48:36,143 --> 01:48:39,144
♪ Beneath the sky ♪
1692
01:48:40,514 --> 01:48:45,651
♪ And I declare
that we are free ♪
1693
01:48:45,653 --> 01:48:51,557
♪ And we are equal
in our liberty ♪
1694
01:48:51,559 --> 01:48:56,095
♪ And I declare
that we are free ♪
1695
01:48:56,097 --> 01:49:02,167
♪ And we are equal
in our destiny ♪
1696
01:49:09,809 --> 01:49:13,512
♪ We are not slaves ♪
1697
01:49:14,814 --> 01:49:19,685
♪ Not to be tortured ♪
1698
01:49:19,687 --> 01:49:24,690
♪ To be abused ♪
1699
01:49:24,692 --> 01:49:30,696
♪ By the hand
with the gun ♪
1700
01:49:30,698 --> 01:49:33,699
♪ We're all born free ♪
1701
01:49:35,702 --> 01:49:41,206
♪ We're all born equal ♪
1702
01:49:41,208 --> 01:49:45,844
♪ All though the night ♪
1703
01:49:45,846 --> 01:49:49,582
♪ And out in the sun ♪
1704
01:49:52,852 --> 01:49:55,154
♪ When we arrive ♪
1705
01:49:55,156 --> 01:49:58,090
♪ Until we die ♪
1706
01:49:58,092 --> 01:50:05,230
♪ We are alive
beneath the sky ♪
1707
01:50:05,232 --> 01:50:10,069
♪ And I declare that
we are free ♪
1708
01:50:10,071 --> 01:50:16,241
♪ And we are equal
in our dignity ♪
1709
01:50:16,243 --> 01:50:20,613
♪ I declare that
we are free ♪
1710
01:50:20,615 --> 01:50:26,852
♪ And we are equal
in our destiny ♪
1711
01:50:29,356 --> 01:50:32,358
♪ To be ♪
1712
01:50:34,728 --> 01:50:37,730
♪ To be ♪
1713
01:50:40,700 --> 01:50:43,302
♪ Human ♪
1714
01:50:48,241 --> 01:50:50,743
♪ To be ♪
1715
01:50:50,745 --> 01:50:54,213
♪ To be ♪
1716
01:50:54,215 --> 01:51:00,285
♪ Human ♪
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