Mandy (2018 film)

MAN ON PEDESTAL: “Our children know her and her kin by many names. Herself, despair; her lover, anguish; their child, society. We burn, so that we might feel warmth, if only briefly. Mourn not the ashen remains, but celebrate the short-lied feeling of transcendence, respite from that which our fathers have inflicted on us. Transgressions—”

OFFICER JENKINS: “Chief, you getting any of this?”

CHIEF PARKER: “No, but he’s saying it real pretty and I ain’t backtalking a man with an axe.”

JENKINS: “The fire hose is all set.”

PARKER: “Hold on, I think he’s about to start making sense.”

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