:17:00
We've already sold the film
rights to his new book...
:17:03
as well as publication rights
in eighteen languages...
:17:06
The book you can'tfind?
:17:07
Well, his agentfound it,
at least part of it.
:17:10
You think he took one look
at this latest work of art...
:17:13
and went ax-happy
in broad daylight?
:17:15
I think it's great.
:17:16
It's great promotion for Arcane,
great publicity.
:17:18
This was not a publicity stunt.
:17:20
You were there.
:17:21
Cane's writing has been known
to have an effect...
:17:24
on his less stable readers.
:17:25
An effect? Like what?
:17:27
Well, disorientation,
memory loss...
:17:29
severe paranoid reaction.
:17:30
People pay money
to feel like that? It's cute.
:17:33
Put it in the press kit.
:17:35
We need you.
:17:37
OK. Well, why don't you and I
get together after work?
:17:41
We'll go through his files.
:17:43
I don't think so.
:17:45
I need to see his contracts,
papers, you know.
:17:48
Impossible.
His agent was a total buffer.
:17:50
We don't even know
where Cane lives.
:17:53
What do you know?
:17:55
For about a year
before he disappeared...
:17:56
his work became erratic,
bent, more bizarre than usual.
:18:00
He became convinced his writing
was real, notfiction.
:18:03
Then the work stopped coming.
:18:05
I need to know
if he's alive or dead.
:18:07
And I need that book.
:18:08
We've delayed publication
as long as we can.
:18:10
His fans are getting
really restless.
:18:13
This shit really sells,
doesn't it?
:18:15
More than you'd imagine.
Surprised?
:18:18
Lady, nothing surprises me.
:18:21
We fucked up the air, the water,
we fucked up each other.
:18:24
Why don't we finish the job...
:18:25
by justflushing our brains
down the toilet?
:18:28
Why don't you try
reading his stuff?
:18:30
See if you can get it.
:18:32
Got any on tape?