Naked Lunch (1991)

Ian Holm: Tom Frost

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• Tom Frost : They say you murdered your wife. Is that true?

  Bill Lee : Who told you that?

  Tom Frost : Word gets around.

  Bill Lee : It wasn't murder. It was an accident.

  Tom Frost : There are no accidents. For example, I've been killing my own wife slowly over a period of years.

  Bill Lee : What?

  Tom Frost : Well, not intentionally. I mean, on the level of conscious intention, it's insane, monstrous.

  Bill Lee : But you do consciously know it. You just said it. We're discussing it.

  Tom Frost : Not consciously. This is all happening telepathically, non-consciously.

  Bill Lee : What do you mean?

  Tom Frost : If you look carefully at my lips, you'll realize that I'm actually saying something else. I'm not actually telling you about the several ways I'm gradually murdering Joan.

• Tom Frost : No American should find himself in a foreign land without a pistol.

• Tom Frost : Don't fuck with me, Lee. WHERE'S MY TYPEWRITER?

• Tom Frost : [smashed typewriter]  It's my Muhajadeen!

• Tom Frost : On a conscious level it's monstrous all the subtle ways I'm killing my wife, the chipping away at her ego, the medicine I'm poisoning her with, the black magic our housekeeper is using against her...

• Tom Frost : This is how Fadela's been controlling you, Joan. Your blood, your pubic hair, your fingernails.

  Joan Frost : Fadela controls nobody, and you know it. We have forced control upon her.

• Tom Frost : But I'm not telling you this consciously. This conversation is happening unconsciously. If you look closely at my lips, you'll see that they're not following what I'm saying.

• Tom Frost : If I get blocked again, I'll lend you my Martinelli.

• Bill Lee : You wouldn't be trying to set me up, again?

  Tom Frost : Oh, you set yourself up for this a long time ago. I'm just trying to give you a fighting chance.

• Tom Frost : I feel so insecure without a typewriter in the house.

• Tom Frost : Joany insists on writing everything out longhand.

• Tom Frost : Where's Joan?

  Bill Lee : She ran off with Fedela's Coven.

  Tom Frost : Well, it's a good sign, keep trying, it's worth it. Courting Joan can mean years of pleasant ambivalence.

• Tom Frost : You could probably get him into bed if you worked at it a bit. Deadly aphrodisiac, humor.

• Tom Frost : Bill, I'm going to need my Martinelli. I feel desperately insecure without a typewriter in the house.

• Tom Frost : Don't fuck with me, Lee. I want my typewriter. A lot of people have tried to silence me. All have failed.

• Tom Frost : How are you enjoying your affair with Joan? Literate, complex and neurotic, I would imagine.

  Bill Lee : I haven't seen her for weeks. She ran off with Fadela and her coven.

  Tom Frost : Oh, that's too bad. Yes, she does that when she feels attracted to a man. Don't give up though. It's - it's a good sign. With Joanie, the courtship period can involve years of passionate ambivalence.