Heartless Page #2

Synopsis: Jamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Philip Ridley
Production: Lionsgate
  6 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
Year:
2009
114 min
$2,033
Website
157 Views


Oi!

You must have said something.

There's no way she could've found out.

She will kill me.

I knew you couldn't your mouth shut!

- F***ing Jesus!

- Oi! Language! Remember where you are.

- Gran, I'm sorry.

- Oh, you going?

- I'll see you soon.

- Don't you dare!

No, you f***ing stay there!

Sorry, man.

Me. Friend.

You okay? Yeah?

You know, when I was in a gang...

I'm well out of all that stuff now,

you know, but when I was...

there used to be

dangerous areas...

and there used to be

safe areas, but now...

Now nowhere's safe.

Hey, why don't we turn that

frown of yours upside down, huh?

Why don't you come out with me

for a drink?

Come on, man, you'll be doing me a favour.

For some reason girls think

I'm an ugly bastard.

But if I'm with a hot piece

of chilli stuff like you...

I mean, in a purely platonic way,

you know, then...

Huh? What do you say?

What do you think of my suit, man?

You like it?

- Yeah.

- Cost me a fortune.

So, if I don't get royally

f***ed tonight...

I'm getting a refund!

You know what I'm sayin'?

Was that a laugh?

You got a nice smile, man.

You should use it more often.

Come on, man.

You don't have to sit with these guys.

We'll have a nice little chat, get us

a couple of cocktails, I know a good one.

This one is called a red rondo alla Faust.

Okay.

That's hot!

It don't work

unless it burns, man!

So, go on, you were telling me

about your dad.

I was a star,

like he told me when I was born right,

that he kissed my face

with so much love in his heart...

That's what left the mark, you know?

That's why it's heart-shaped.

F*** me, it is shaped like a heart, man.

I love it!

You love it? You love it? But you wouldn't

want it though, would you?

- You know what Rilke used to say?

- No, who's that?

German poet. 1875 to 1926.

So, yes. I am educating myself, man.

Anyway, this dude Rilke...

- he says that beauty...

- Yeah?

is the beginning of terror.

No, it's not. No, it's f***ing not.

If beauty's the beginning

of terror,

then why are kids scared

to even look at me?

I can't stand all this "Beauty's

only skin deep" crap. Because it's not.

I can't imagine what it would be like

to meet someone I like...

and actually think that, like...

that they might be interested in me.

I'm never gonna feel like that.

I'll tell you what it feels like,

alright? It feels like...

I've got...

this parallel life...

I got this life that I'm living where

people look at me and call me names.

And then I got this other life,

where I'm just like you. I'm normal.

And in that life...

In that life I meet, like,

a beautiful girl and then...

And we do the lot, you know,

we get married, have a nice house.

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Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley (born 1964 in East London) is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media. In the visual arts he has been cited as a contemporary to the 'Young British Artists', and had his artwork exhibited internationally.As a novelist he has created fiction for both children and adults, and has had particular success and recognition as a children's author.In the field of cinema he is perhaps best known for his award-winning screenplay for the 1990 film The Krays (1990), a biopic about the Kray twins which was directed by Peter Medak. As a film-maker in his own right he is recognised for creating a loose trilogy of horror films; The Reflecting Skin (1990), The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) and Heartless (2009) for which he has acquired a cult following.As a playwright he has been cited as a pioneer of 'In-yer-face theatre', with his debut play The Pitchfork Disney (1991) considered by many to be a seminal work in the development of the style, with one critic even dubbing it "the key play" of the 1990s. A great number of his plays for adults have been perceived as controversial, being met with both condemnation and high acclaim upon their initial reception. As a writer for the stage he is also recognised for creating an ongoing series of plays for young people (The Storyteller Sequence) and has written theatrical works for children and family audiences.As a songwriter he has created songs for his cinematic and theatrical works, frequently collaborating with composer Nick Bicât. He and Bicât have also formed a music group called Dreamskin Cradle with singer Mary Leay. Ridley has also written songs for composer Anna Meredith, particularly operatic work.Ridley is also a poet, photographer, and performance artist and has written drama for radio.Although Ridley creates stories through a wide range of media he dislikes his work being categorised by the medium in which it is told, often referring to them belonging to each other as "different peaks of the same mountain." more…

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