Mall (2014)

Bobbi Salvör Menuez: Adelle

Quotes 

• Jeff : [walking along]  It's like what Orwell said, we all live in a giant machine. We're nothing but numbers. No one needs to torture me to make be behave, no cage of rats around my head. I have no choice but to behave.

  [stops to urinate on a dumpster] 

  Jeff : And that's what they want - you to give in. So think about the rats and the futility, and you know what I say? Fuck it.

  Jeff : Look, they made that sidewalk to look a sidewalk to make this mall look like where people thrive. But it's not real. No one walks on the soul-less paths. No one cares about the dystopian landscaping. This place is like a cardboard cut-out of a mall. We believe in a world generated by computers and corporations. The reality does neither replicate a real human experience.

  [pointing at a kiosk] 

  Jeff : Artificial scented candles.

  [a video playing] 

  Jeff : Hmm, artificial sex appeal.

  [a Chinese place] 

  Jeff : Cultural simulation. Nostalgia. Fabricated memories. Manufactured happiness. Hot cookies, fresh out of the oven. Just like mom never really made them.

  Adelle : Those smell good...

• Jeff : [observing a mother and child]  That kid's gonna wake up one day and realize it's not his wife he hates. It's his mother. But since he married his mother, it'll be too late to do anything about it.

  Adelle : Where do you come up with these things?

  Jeff : I collect observations.

  Adelle : You should write them down, Jeff. Write a book.

  Jeff : I will.