After.Life (2009)

Christina Ricci: Anna Taylor

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• Anna Taylor : Can I ask you a question?

  Eliot Deacon : Yes, of course.

  Anna Taylor : Why do we die?

  Eliot Deacon : To make life important.

• Anna Taylor : I thought when you died you wouldn't feel any more pain. You wouldn't have struggles any more. But it just never stops, does it?

• Eliot Deacon : I thought you were different. You all say you're scared of death, but the truth is you're more scared of life.

  Anna Taylor : I'm glad I'm dead. I'm glad it's over.

• Eliot Deacon : Oh I nearly forgot. How tall are you?

  Anna Taylor : Why?

  Eliot Deacon : I need to know your height. For your coffin.

• [repeated line] 

  Anna Taylor : I'm not dead!

• Anna Taylor : No, please, I don't want...

  Eliot Deacon : You're a corpse, Anna. Your opinion doesn't count anymore.

  Anna Taylor : But I'm breathing. I must still be alive.

  Eliot Deacon : Oh, you people! You think because you breathe, piss, shit you're alive? You clutch onto life as if your life was worth clutching onto. Was your life worth clutching onto, Anna? Was it? Maybe you died a long time ago.

• Anna Taylor : Why do we die?

  Eliot Deacon : To make life important.

• Anna Taylor : I tried. It's not so simple to change. I woke up another day, took a shower, drove in the same traffic to work, went home, went to sleep, woke again. Nothing was ever different.

  Eliot Deacon : What did you really want from life?

  Anna Taylor : I wanted to be happy.

• Anna Taylor : I'm glad I'm dead. I'm glad it's over.

• Anna Taylor : This is the end?

  Eliot Deacon : The last part's the most difficult. You're going to have to face it alone, but - you'll be at peace soon.