JOHN FARE: I’ll TELL YOU ABOUT MY ART

JOHN FARE
Okay if I talk?

Clement Greenberg doesn't answer. He's centering John's eye on the machine.

JOHN
I kinda get nervous when I take tests.

CLEMENT
Don't move.

JOHN
Sorry.

He tries not to move, but finally his lips can't help a sheepish smile.

JOHN
I already had an I.Q. test this year ... but I don't think I ever had a ...

CLEMENT
Reaction time is a factor in this so please pay attention. Answer as quickly as you can.

JOHN
Uh ... sure ...

CLEMENT
One one eight seven at Hunterwasser ...

JOHN
Oh ... that's the hotel.

CLEMENT
What?

JOHN
Where I live.

CLEMENT
Nice place?

JOHN
Huh? Sure. Yeah. I guess. Is that ... part of the test?

Clement smiles a patronizing smile.

CLEMENT
Warming you up, that's all.

JOHN
Oh. It's not fancy or anything.

CLEMENT
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when ...

JOHN
Is this the test now?

CLEMENT
Yes, You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a ...

JOHN
What desert?

CLEMENT
Doesn't make any difference what desert ... it's completely hypothetical.

JOHN
But how come I'd be there?

CLEMENT
Maybe you're fed up, maybe you want to be by yourself ... who knows. So you look down and see a Jackson Pollock. It's crawling toward you ...

JOHN
Jackson Pollock? What's that?

CLEMENT
Know what abstract expressionism is?

JOHN
Of course.

CLEMENT
Same thing.

JOHN
I never met Pollock.

He sees Clement's patience is wearing thin.

JOHN
But I understand what you mean.

CLEMENT
You reach down and flip Pollock over on its back, John.

Keeping an eye on his subject, Clement notes the dials in the Voight-Kampff. One of the needles quivers slightly.

JOHN
You make up these questions, Mr. Greenberg, or they write 'em down for you?

Disregarding the question, Clement continues, picking up the pace.

CLEMENT
Pollock lays on its back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.

John's upper lip is quivering.

JOHN
Whatya mean, I'm not helping?

CLEMENT
I mean you're not helping! Why is that, John?

Clement looks hard at John, piercing look.

John is flushed with anger, breathing hard, it's a bad moment, he might erupt.

Suddenly Clement grins disarmingly.

CLEMENT
They're just questions, John. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response.

John is glaring now, the blush subsides, his anger slightly diffused.

Clement smiles cheerfully, very smooth.

CLEMENT
Shall we continue?

John nods, still frowning, suspiciously.

CLEMENT
Describe in single words. Only the good things that come into your mind. About your art.

JOHN
My art, ... I'll tell you about my art…

Above: Clement analyzes test data
as he administers the V-K test to
John. John realizes his response
will mark him as a replicant escapee
and reacts violently.

Top Left: Analysis of the eyeball
is a key factor in the Voight-Kampff
test. A fluctuation of the pupil with
an involuntary dilation of the iris
indicates a positive emotional
response - a response replicants
cannot supply.