They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Sally Dumont :

I read that interview you did. 

Sounds like you felt sorry for him. 

Frank Black :

I feel sorry for Sally Dumont and 

the man who died here tonight. 

I'm just working to find out 

why he does it. 

Why he kills horses. 

Normally I would say that they were 

used as a proxy for someone he hates... 

A Mother, a Father, an abusive, 

controlling figure. 

Sally Dumont :

"Normally", huh? [snickers] 

Frank Black :

I just don't think that that's the case here. 

I think the horses are 

An End unto themselves.

 Why do you think he does it? 

Sally Dumont :

Well, for a lot of girls, their 

first love was a horse. 

Frank Black :

You're saying he's jealous? 

That the horses cut him 

off from women? 

From sexual intimacy? 

Sally Dumont :

Were any of the dead horses drugged? 

Frank Black :

No. Why? 

Sally Dumont :

They just stand there and 

let him do this to them. 

They could really damage him. 

They could kill him 

with a single kick. 

But they just stand there. 

It's because they're reared 

to Trust in Man. 

I've seen horses trapped in 

the killing box at the slaughterhouse. 

They can smell the blood and 

the death of the animal that 

was in that box before them. 

But despite that, 

they Trust in Man. 

Their Executioner is standing 

above them with a bolt gun, and 

they look to him for help, and 

he fires a steel bolt straight 

into their heads. 

I know why they stand still for him.

Where are they headed? 

Claudia: 

Slaughterhouse.

Frank Black :

Foals? 

Claudia: 

Yeah, they're from the P.M.U. Farms. 

We're the only state that still has them.

Frank Black :

P.M.U.?

Claudia: 

"Pregnant Mare's Urine." 

It's rich in estrogen, which is the main element in hormone replacement therapy. 

It's also the most prescribed pharmaceutical in the united states. 

In North America, up to 80,000 mares 

are kept pregnant, and their urine collected 

so that women can stay healthier longer. 

But each time a mare gets pregnant, 

she has a foal. 

The quickest way to make money off of 

80,000 foals is to kill them and 

sell The Meat to Japan and Europe. 

Frank Black :

The horses that were attacked... 

They were usually mares. 

How many of these farms are in this state? 

As far as anybody can tell, 

we've got about 15 farms 

in the west end of the state. 

Many of them have shut down. 

There were four in our area. Haverly, july '94. Redner, october '95. Borgsen, december '94 and sandberg, january '95. 

Peter Watts :

Forensics, on the apron, showed 

human sweat and horse urine.

The urine was rich in estrogen.

The guy could've worked on 

any one of these farms. 

Frank Black :

I think he lived on one of these farms. 

Part of the ritual is wearing clothes 

that bring him back to that time. 

Peter Watts :

If he grew up on a P.M.U. Farm, 

his earliest memories would've been of horses 

held captive, foals slaughtered. 

He learned that's how food was 

put on his table, clothes on his back. 

Farm closes, he loses his livelihood. 

He loses the means to 

gratify his impulses. 

Frank, a lot of people work on these farms. They're decent, ordinary people. 

I'm not talking about decent, ordinary people. I'm talking about one man with a twisted mind. 

First horse attack was in february '95. 

Which one closed nearest that? Borgsen, december '94. Sandberg would have been the nearest... January '95, one month before the first attack. The phone call to you, Frank, came from prefix 774. That's this area. Borgsen.

Panic is a Common Hazard at Sea

Well, don't you think, sir, that 

when his subordinates all agree that 

The Ship is going down that The Captain 

ought to listen to them?  

It's very common for some subordinate officers 

to think The Ship is sinking when 

all that's happening is a little weather. 

Panic is a common hazard at sea. 

The highest function of Command is to override 

and listen to nothing but The Voice 

of his own professional judgment.

Call Captain Southard. 

State your name, rank 

and present station. 

Capt. Southard :

Randolph Southard, Captain, 

US Navy operations officer, Fifth Fleet. 

You understand that you've been called 

as an expert witness on Avenger-

class ship handling? 

Capt. Southard :

I do. 

State your qualifications. 

Capt. Southard :

Some 20 years on smaller combatants, 

ten years of commanding all types, including 

ships ranging up to guided missile destroyers. 

To clarify for the members, will you use the map marked 

"Exhibit A" to illustrate the position of the Caine 

when she encountered the storm? 

Capt. Southard :

The Caine was approximately here. 

The Storm hit from the northeast, heading southwest. 

Vessels of the task force steered south 

in an attempt to outrun The Weather. 

The Caine, in her spot on the right flank 

of the sweep pattern, caught 

the worst of it. 

Rather than steering with the wind aft, 

she turned north into the wind and seized. 

That was the situation in the strait 

on the day in question. 

Thank you, Captain. 

You may be seated. Trial counsel, you may proceed. 

Thank you. 

Captain, let's say that, hypothetically, 

you're the one who's in command of the vessel. 

A cyclone blows up without warning traveling west 

and you're directly in the path of it. 

The wind keeps increasing, its direction holding steady from the north. Soon your wind is force ten to 12 and your seas are mountainous. 

Under the circumstances, 

what would you do? 

Capt. Southard :

Well, I'd execute the classic Navy maneuver 
known as getting the hell out of there. 

And how would you go about that, Captain? 

Capt. Southard :

Well, it's almost rule of thumb. 

You say the winds from the north are 90 knots, 

center of the cyclone coming at you from the west. 

The best course is south. 

You might have to head a couple of points 

one way or the other, depending on your seas, 

but there's only one way out of that mess... south. 

But then you have a terribly strong 

stern wind, don't you? 

Capt. Southard :

What about it? 

Well, can a small vessel ride safely going downwind in such conditions? 

Capt. Southard :

She'll ride just as well going downwind as upwind. 

In fact, with your high freeboard going forward, 

a smaller vessel tends to back in the wind. 

Other things being equal, she'll do 

slightly better going downwind. 

How about turning north in those circumstances 

and heading into the wind? 

Capt. Southard :

Well, that would be dubious and dangerous, 

not to mention idiotic. 

Why, sir? 

Capt. Southard :

Well, you're heading yourself right back 

into the path of the cyclone. 

Unless you're interested in sinking, that's not smart. 

That's all, sir. 

Captain, have you ever conned 

A Ship at The Centre of A Cyclone? 

Capt. Southard :

Negative. Been on the fringes often, 

but always managed to avoid the center. 

And have you ever commanded 

a mine countermeasures ship? 

Capt. Southard :

Negative. 

Okay, this trial, sir, concerns an Avenger-class MCM at the center of a very dangerous storm. 

I'm aware of that. 

Capt. Southard :

I've had MCMs under my command, and 

I've read the book on them. 

They don't differ from smaller-class vessels 

in terms of characteristics and 

handling in rough weather. 

I only ask these questions, sir, because you are 

the only expert ship-handling witness, and 

I believe the extent of your expert knowledge 

should be clear to the court. 

Capt. Southard :

Well, I've handled these ships in almost every conceivable situation for the last ten years. 

Haven't handled a mine countermeasures

at the center of a cyclone,

 but I don't know who the hell has 

besides the skipper of The Caine. 

That's a thousand-to-one shot. 

Then would you state, without reservation, that the same rules hold for an MCM at the center of a cyclone? 

Capt. Southard :

At the center of a cyclone, there 

are no hard and fast rules. 

That's one situation where it's all 

up to the commanding officer. 

Too many things happen too fast. 

You remember the hypothetical question 

put to you by trial counsel about the storm, yes? 

Capt. Southard :

I do. 

I want you to assume in that situation that 

The Wind and The Seas become bigger. 

They become bigger than anything... 

Anything you have ever experienced. 

You have lost Control of your ship, sir. 

You actually believe she could sink. 

You are in the worst-case scenario. 

Do you bring around north into the wind, 

or do you continue south, stern to the wind? 

Capt. Southard :

You're getting very extreme.

 Yes, sir, I am. Would you prefer not to answer the question? 

Capt. Southard :

I'll answer it. 

Please. 

Capt. Southard :

In the worst-case scenario, 

I'd come around the north, 

into the wind, if I could. But only 

in the worst-case scenario. 

Why? 

Capt. Southard :

Because the engines in your rudder 

have the best chance that way. 

That's why. It's your last chance 

to keep control of Your Ship. 

But aren't you heading back 

into the centre of The Storm? 

Capt. Southard :

First things first. If you're on the verge of sinking, 

you about as bad off as you can get. 

Mind you, you said worst-case scenario. 

I did, sir. Thank you very much. 

No further questions. 

Captain, who, in your opinion, 

is the best judge as to whether A Ship 

is in the worst-case scenario? 

Capt. Southard :

There's only one judge. 

The commanding officer. 

Why, sir? 

Capt. Southard :

The Navy made him Captain 'cause 

his knowledge of The Sea and of ships 

is better than anyone else's on The Ship. 

It's very common for some subordinate officers 

to think The Ship is sinking when 

all that's happening is a little weather. 

Well, don't you think, sir, that 

when his subordinates all agree that 

The Ship is going down that The Captain 

ought to listen to them? 

Capt. Southard :

Negative. Panic is a common hazard at sea. 

The highest function of Command is to override 

and listen to nothing but The Voice 

of his own professional judgment.

Time & Propinquity : Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Time & Propinquity : Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Geraldo Rivera :

"That's the most shocking thing 

I have ever seen in The Movies --"

-- on the occasion of the first ever televised 

broadcast of The Zapruder Film.

And he is talking about the gore, 

not the implications of the gore,

which he can't even begin to deal with.

Why We Go to the Movies | Dennis Quaid

"Jim Garrison, who really put forward "The" JFK "Conspiracy Theory" -- 

he had this principle which he called 'Time and Propinquity';

What that really means is [that] you'll never find out 

what the real power are doing because it would be too hidden 

you'll never find the true narrative because they always hide it;

What you have to look for, he said are patterns on the surface, 

little links and coincidences that are like telltale shoots 

coming up showing you the the the hidden power underneath and 

I think in a way, he was sort of one of the ideologists of our time 

because if you look at the internet now, that's what everyone does 

they spend their days and their nights scrolling through the internet 

looking for patterns, links coincidences -- and funnily enough, 

that's exactly how artificial intelligence works."

In February, 1967, Jim Garrison, the New Orleans district attorney, wrote a five-page memo called “Time and Propinquity: Factors in Phase I,” which revealed some of the spurious connections he was making in his attempt to outline what he believed was the true nature of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 

Garrison believed that the best way to uncover well-hidden conspiracies was by noticing seeming coincidences — when two people happened to live a few blocks from each other or when someone ran a bar around the corner from where a cache of heroin was seized — and assembling a pattern from the resulting swamp of names, addresses, and dates. 

A few years ago, the British Filmmaker Adam Curtis came across Garrison’s memo in “The Prankster and the Conspiracy,” a book by the zine writer and self-described crackpot historian Adam Gorightly. 

At the time, Curtis was trying to make sense of the political fracturing and rampant disinformation that accompanied the election of Donald Trump and, in his own country, the Brexit vote. 

“Normally, I hate conspiracy theories. I find them boring,” Curtis told me recently. 

“Then I stumbled on ‘Time and Propinquity’ and I just thought, Yes. . . . Fragments. That’s how people think now. They make associations, and there’s no Meaning. 

That’s The World we live in.” 

 "This theory was going to have a very powerful effect in the future because it would lead to a profound shift in how many people understood The World,” he says. 

“Because what it said was that, in a dark world of hidden power, you couldn’t expect everything to make sense, that it was pointless to try and understand the Meaning of why something happened, because that would always be concealed. 

What you looked for were the patterns.”

David Foster Wallace - The Dangers Of Internet & Media Addiction

David Foster Wallace - The Dangers Of Internet & Media Addiction

"Instead of disconnecting entirely, perhaps approaching our consumption with some amount of intention is more realistic, similar to how one might be conscious of what they eat and drink. 

To curb an unhealthy diet, one does not stop eating, but instead, they eat healthier foods and perhaps less food. We can have our cheat days, but should be careful and recognize the very real consequences of what media we consume and how much we consume of it. 

This is not to suggest that modifying and reducing our consumption is easy, but it is to suggest that perhaps it is serious and necessary if we want to be healthier, happier individuals. In life, there is value in effort, vulnerability, and selflessness. 

There is value in doing or watching things that make us work a little, or feel a little gloomy, or think a little bit more than we’d like. 

There are parts of life that aren’t pleasurable, but rewarding. 

Parts where you don’t feel special, but feel a part of a much bigger picture or community. 

Parts that aren’t entertaining, but important. 

Perhaps what we can learn from Wallace is to remember this : To not always follow our desires for pleasure and ease, and instead, sometimes force ourselves to face our demons head on. To challenge ourselves. To try to connect with, understand, and improve The World around us, instead of trying to escape it."

Book Two

“….I’ve never heard of him writing 

anything, really, after Mein Kampf…

That other book that you mentioned - -

What is that called…?”

“Yes, called ‘Hitler’s Second Book’ —”

After the demise of the magazine, 

Goopta could not sell his work, and 

he became destitute and suicidal. 

Out of pure desperation, he managed, in a single, feverish night, 

to crank out a book that changed the course of human history :

“How to be Happy, even when You Shouldn't.”

It was quickly followed by the best sellers,

“How to Manipulate People 

by your apparent Friendliness.”, and

“How to overcome Your Fears 

by making others Fear You.”

And upon the release of his masterpiece, 

Goopta hit the lecture-hall circuit, always 

preaching to standing-room only, 

for he shrewdly refrained from providing chairs. 

“Every painful moment in your life, 

casts a shadow across your neurobiology. 

Until you exterminate these dark memories, 

you will remain in a negative groove. 

Thus, those who cannot forget their past... 

Are condemned to repeat it.”

Goopta then opened an institute to help teach people 

how to become more self-helpful. 

Patients, who are called "Doctors," 

since the term "Patient" has unhealthy associations, 

learn how to shed The Darkness of their minds by mastering 

therapies taught by the institute's staff, which, to inspire a sense 

of empirical transmigration, is 

modeled after The U.S. Postal Service. 

The institute proved so popular, selfosophy branched out,

and institutes popped up throughout the nation. 

And Goopta announced a new evolution to Selfosophy :

“After wiping away its mind of Darkness, 

The Self must then wipe its eternal soul. 

And since our souls have existed for 

thousands of years before the advent 

of Selfosophy, we all have a great deal of wiping to do.”

The tax-exempt belief system also evolved its own Theology. 

But I can't tell you what it is. It's A Secret. 

When learning the theology, selfosophists must undergo a sworn blood-oath ritual, which is also a secret. So this artist's depiction is purely speculative and surely way over the top. In fact, forget you even saw it. In any case, all this secrecy and profits drew criticism from some quarters. But these critics were quickly silenced, either by libel suits or by what selfosophists call "Knock-knock, zoom-zoom" affirmations. There were even some internal criticisms. If a member continues his complaints, he is deemed a "Rat-fink-o-vich"... And is excommunicated from selfosophy. In 1979, onan goopta molted his earthly encumbrance... To pursue his selfosophical research in another dimension... That means he died of prostate cancer. But the institution he left behind has never been more popular... As we head into the next millennium. 

A Place of Burning, Torment and Misery

 

"Down to Gehenna or up to The Throne,

He travels the fastest who travels alone."

"As important as the character of Dr. Moreau were the Beast-people. They were going to be civilised, at least more so than we've seen in the previous Moreau versions. 

They've decorated themselves. They've got piercings. They've got some degree of beast-person civilisation. 

There is no Cat-Lady in The Book. 

The Panther-Woman was added in the in the Erle C. Kenton movie 

in the process of making it more Hollywood, and we, in return, retained her. 

In reality, Aissa, our cat-lady is drawn from another novel. 

We stole it from Outcast of the Islands, the Joseph Conrad novel. 

We thought since there's this connection between Conrad and Wells, 

borrowing characters from another Conrad story was vaguely in our agreement. 

I was determined on some level that I would provide that moment, that we were going to see The Girl turn into A Cat and be An Animal. She would run on all fours. She would become furry and underneath her chilaba is furry all over and has a tail. 

The Dog-people take the opportunity, while The Master is away, 

to chase her up the wall, drag her down, and kill her. Being civilised, 

they then proceed to not just to eat her but to cook her 

and then serve her to The Castaway. 

When he realises What's Happened in his absence, 

he immediately shoots a couple of the dog-men. 

The dog-men really love him. 

Not only that, they've got very short memories, because they're dogs; 

So they don't really remember that they've killed and cooked The Cat-Lady to begin with. 

They don't really understand why he's killing them. 

We also rationalise that Montgomery would undoubtedly 

be sleeping with the Beast-people if he's been on the island for decades. 

I know in one version we had the thought of the Pig-Lady biting Montgomery's dick off during the final party, which... later in the story, the Beast-people get into Montgomery's stash. 

So suddenly we're dealing with Humanized-animals on Drugs, 

which is a very appealing thought, and then one starts wondering 

how they would behave and what they would see.

And these were to prove to be controversial elements later in the development process. 

Here we see the muscular satyr character cranking the handle to lower the lift cage. 

All the way down the shaft, there's other creatures living in the different layers of the complex. 

We see them through the cage of the elevator, and they're peeking out, and we notice that there's babies and fires burning down there. 

Here the Bear-man reaches for the conch shell with a Lord of the Flies touch and then picks up the conch shell and blows it. 

Yes, there was going to be Animal-Vision in this movie, just like Toad-Vision or Droid-Vision. Of course, we're going to see point-of-view shots from the beast people.

It Would Be Obscene

Leland Palmer sits on the unmade bed, 

his hand absent-mindedly brushing the bedspread.

Deputy Hawk is unobtrusively searching The Room. 

He opens a dresser drawer beside 

the bed and discovers 

a locked diary, embosses 

with Laura’s initials.

HAWK

Do you know where 

The Key for this is, sir? 

[YES.]

LELAND (shakes his head)

Do you have to take that? 

HAWK

We’ll return it as soon 

as possible. 

[ It’s NEVER going to be possible. ]

Lecter :

Good morning, Will.

So nice of you to visit again.

He carved this on a tree

near the Jacobi house.

With a Buck knife.

The same one later used on Charles Leeds.

Yes.

Lecter :

Take a walk with me.

He had a second tool, too. A bolt cutter.

He used that to clear his view.

But?

I don't think that's

what he brought it for.

It's too heavy. Too awkward.

And he had to carry it a long way.

And what do we make of that symbol?

Asian Studies at Langley

identified it as a Chinese character.

It appears on a mah-jong piece.

It marks the Red Dragon.

Red Dragon. Correct.

This boy begins to interest me.

We don't know what greater meaning

the symbol might have...

Do you like my little exercise cage, Will?

My so-called lawyer

is always nagging Dr. Chilton

for better accommodations.

I don't know which is the greater fool.

Perhaps if you could offer

some insight into...

"A Robin Red breast in a Cage

Puts all Heaven in a Rage"

Ever been a redbreast, Will?

Of course you have.

I'm allowed 30 minutes

in here, once a week.

Get to the point.

Will Graham :

I think he meant to use the bolt-cutter 

to enter the house, but he didn't.

Instead he broke in

through the patio doors.

The noise woke Jacobi, and he had to 

shoot him on the stairs.

That wasn't planned. It was sloppy.

And that's not like him.

Lecter :

We mustn't judge too harshly, Will.

It was his first time.

Have you never felt a sudden rush of panic?

[ He lunges at Will, teeth-beared, until 

he reaches the limit of his choke-chain —]

Yeah, that's The Fear we talked about…

It takes experience to master it.

Lecter :

You sensed who I was back when I was

committing what you call my "Crimes."

Will Graham :

Yes.

Lecter :

So you were hurt not by a fault in your perception

or your instincts, but because you failed

to act on them until it was too late.

Will Graham :

You could say that.

Lecter :

But you're wiser now —

Imagine what you would do, Will,

if you could go back in time.

Will Graham :

Put two in your head before you 

could palm that stiletto.

Lecter :

Very good, Will.

You know, I believe we're 

making progress.

And that's what 

Our Pilgrim is doing.

He is refining his methods.

He is evolving.

The case file mentioned videos 

of The Leeds Family.

I'd like to see those.

Will Graham :

No.

Lecter :

Why not?

Will Graham :

It would be obscene.

Lecter :

….you don't make it easy, do you?

Still, one aims to please.

I'll call you if I think of anything else.

Would you perhaps

like to leave me your home number?

- That's the end of our session, Dr.

- For now.

It was only his first time.

Already in Atlanta he did much better.

Rest assured, my dear Will,

this one will give you plenty of exercise.

My love to Molly and Josh, goodbye.

Go to the back of the cell, Dr. Lecter.