A Perfect Murder Page #2
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- 1998
- 107 min
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You envy me?
You should be...
...flattered.
l'm not prone to envy.
lt's a pathetic emotion.
Sneaks up on you like cancer.
l've got it and you know why.
No.
Oh, of course you do.
One of life's legitimately
sublime experiences. lt's so...
...utterly complete.
What?
F***ing my wife.
Mr. Taylor, l don't know--
you called me Steven.
We're in love, sir.
That's it?
That's it?
of a man's soul...
...and your only excuse is some
candy-ass Hallmark card sentiment?
Even if it was true,
that's not good enough!
lf what were true?
She is in love.
You, buddy...
...you're in business.
What the hell are you saying?
l'm saying you did not meet
my wife by chance.
l'm saying
you didn't study at Berkeley.
l'm saying you learned to paint while
doing 3 to 6 in Soledad Prison...
...for relieving a widow
in San Francisco of her life savings.
Your second conviction...
...if l'm not mistaken.
Your real name is Winston Lagrange,
which l rather like.
Born to pure trailer trash
in Barstow, California.
Ward of the courts
since the age of ten.
You went from pickpocket to car thief
to con man till you found out...
...that you had a way
with the softer sex.
No doubt looking for that mother
you can barely remember.
A life made up completely
of depressing little scams...
...until now.
Where'd you get all that?
All that is for sale.
The hell of it is you're not...
...half-bad with a brush.
Called rehabilitation.
lt's called a con and my wife
is the grand prize.
But you set your sights
just a little too high this time.
She loves me.
your invention.
Not that it matters, because you've
made a fundamental miscalculation.
Play it out.
Love conquers all.
Emily divorces me. She marries you.
Given your history, her advisors
are going to insist upon a prenup.
...but you ain't getting the keys
to the treasure room, ever.
l don't care about that.
The swindler doesn't care about a
trust fund that can buy Barstow?
Why don't you cut the sh*t!
You care, or we would not be having
this conversation!
The only thing that stops you from
bolting now is bad genes and greed.
Now what?
Choices.
l can tell Emily exactly who you are...
...and life will imitate art. You
become a starving painter, game over.
Or?
Or you can cash out.
Cash out?
Half a million dollars.
Tax-free.
Just for walking away from her?
l said tax-free. l didn't say free.
What's 500 grand for?
lKilling my wife.
Emily?
lmagine my embarrassment
if they're not one and the same.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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