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The Torturer (2008)

Nichelle Nichols: Doc

The Torturer

Nichelle Nichols credited as playing...

Doc

Quotes7

  • Doc: So, how did that make you feel?
  • Rick: You don't *feel* anything.
  • Doc: You didn't feel anything?
  • Rick: No.
  • Doc: You felt nothing.
  • Rick: I felt nothing during the interrogation.
  • Doc: During the interrogation?
  • Rick: I centered myself. I compartmentalized. I felt calm and relaxed.
  • Doc: Calm and relaxed. So you did feel something.
  • Rick: No.
  • Doc: How do you feel now?
  • [the sound of a door closing causes Rick to quickly look behind him]
  • Rick: Followed.
  • Doc: There's a checklist for coping with pain. Did you know that?
  • Rick: But I'm not in pain.
  • Doc: No?
  • Rick: No. It's more like boredom.
  • Doc: In what way?
  • Rick: Like movies are boring. Music is boring. Sex is boring. My life is boring. Like this conversation we're having right now is boring!
  • Doc: Then why are you here?
  • Rick: You know why - orders... because of what happened.
  • Doc: What *happened*?
  • Rick: Nothing! Nothing happened. Strictly by the book.
  • Doc: Did it disturb you that you had to interrogate a woman?
  • Rick: I told you, Doc, I was just doin' my job - getting information. I derived no pleasure, nor did I feel any emphany toward the subject in Iraq.
  • Doc: But, Rick, none of this happened in Iraq.
  • Doc: I just want to help you become a productive member of society again, Rick. That's why I'm here - to help you through this awkwardness.
  • Rick: Awkwardness? Cold sweats, nightmares, drinking myself to sleep?
  • Doc: We can get through this. All I want you to tell me is the truth.
  • Rick: The truth. You want the truth. The truth was in her eyes. The truth is, I wanted her. The truth is, I made her hate me. The truth is, there was a strength in her that I admired. The truth is, she was committed to her ideals. The truth is, what I did to her makes me a bad person. THE TRUTH IS, I WAS ORDERED TO ABUSE HER!
  • Rick: So the ends justify the means.
  • Doc: Always.
  • [last lines]
  • Doc: Fine. I know exactly what to do.
  • [after brutally interrogating the prisoner, Rick removed Ayesha's hood to see the woman he had been demanding answers from had been tightly gagged the entire time]
  • Doc: Did it disturb you to find out to find out the subject was gagged?
  • Rick: No. Of course not.
  • Doc: How did you expect her to answer with a gag in her mouth?
  • Rick: You're missing the point entirely. The gag was part of the plan.
  • Doc: The subject you were attempting to interrogate was gagged... intentionally? What *was* the plan?
  • Rick: I intended to create a state of cognitive disodence.

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