27 quotes
Appreciation for a Machine's Craftsmanship
Tom Welles
Hello, Machine! Love your work!
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Endless Pain in a Dark Confrontation
Tom Welles
I'll never get tired of hurting you, Eddie!
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Passion for Work and Love
Max California
Oh, he's a lover, man... definitely loves what he does for a living.
[watching a video of Machine torturing a woman]
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Honor Among Perverts and Pornographers
Dino Velvet
If there was no honor among perverts and pornographers, the whole fucking business would fall apart.
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The Role of Cleanup in Society's Messes
Daniel Longdale
Why do you think people like the Christians hire people like me? To invite us to their dinner parties? It's our job to clean up the mess. To wipe their royal asses.
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Navigating Morality Without Endorsement
Max California
I don't buy it. I don't endorse it. I just point the way.
[On selling porn]
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Desperation in a Dark Situation
Dino Velvet
This is wrong, something's wrong. Oh, God, not like this. I'm supposed to have something more cinematic. Kill them, Machine... kill them all.
[dying from a gunshot wound to the neck; dies]
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Survival and Profit in Adversity
Daniel Longdale
You know the only difference between you and me? I will survive this and profit by it, whereas you, you will not.
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Payment Required Before Accessing Services
Max California
Hey! It's like a gas station, you pay before you pump!
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Questioning the Motives Behind a Disturbing Film
Daniel Longale
You're asking me why?
Tom Welles
Yes. WHY!? WHY!? Why did he want a film... OF A LITTLE GIRL BEING BUTCHERED?!!!
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The Burden of Uncertainty and Knowledge
Tom Welles
Can you tell me if you had to make a choice... if you were forced to choose... between imagining her out there somewhere living a good life... being happy... but you don't know... you never find out... or the worst being true... her being gone... but you know... you finally know what's happened to her.
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Acceptance of Identity and Choices
George Higgins
I wasn't beaten. I wasn't molested. Mommy didn't abuse me. Daddy never raped me. I'm only what I am. And that's all there is to it! There's no mystery. Things I do, I do them because I like them! Because I want to!
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Caution Against Becoming What You Hunt
Taglines
Be careful when you kill a monster, that you don't become one yourself.
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Expectation of Horror in Reality
George Higgins
What'd you expect? A monster?
[after removing his mask for the first time]
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Reflections on Faces and Film
Dino Velvet
What I could do with faces like these on film. On second thought, why would I need their faces?
[holding a picture of Welles' wife and daughter]
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Caution Against Unexplored Paths
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Some doors should never be opened.
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The Surprise of Fatal Realization
George Higgins
You know the best part of killing someone? The look on their face. It's that look. Not when they're threatened. Not when you hurt them. Not even when they see the knife. It's when they feel the knife go in. That's it. It's surprise. They just can't believe it's really happening to them. She had that look, the girl, when she knew it wasn't just porno.
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Confronting the Reality of Death and Indifference
Eddie Poole
That's it. She's dead. She's been dead a long fucking time and nobody gives a shit but you.
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Questioning Choices and Life's Path
Max California
So you got a wife and a daughter and a nice little yellow house and a dog named Shep'. What the hell are you doing here?
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Confrontation of Fear and Resolve
Eddie Poole
You're not gonna kill me. You don't have it in you.
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Negotiating vices and prices in exchange.
Max California
I can hook you up, though. You name the vice I name the price.
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The Unpredictability of Truth's Journey
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You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.
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Max California's Unconventional Creative Identity
Max California
He's a producer-slash-director-slash weirdo. He's like the Jim Jarmusch of S & M.
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Questioning Guilt in Snuff Film Discussions
Tom Welles
If someone never saw or sold a snuff film, they shouldn't give a damn what I ask about it, if they have they got a right to be nervous.
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Unprepared for the Truth
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You are never prepared for the truth.
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The Devil's Influence on Human Nature
Max California
Dance with the devil, the devil don’t change. The devil changes you.
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Unforgettable Images Leave Lasting Impressions
Max California
There's things that you're gonna see that, that you can't unsee. They get in your head and they stay there.
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