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English academic Michael, American doctor Adam, and Irish journalist Edward are sharing a prison cell in Lebanon. They engage in various activities to cope with the psychological effects of their captivity, mostly involving their imaginations. Each copes somewhat differently: Adam is more analytical, Edward uses gallows humor and keeps a defiant exterior, while Michael (being the newest prisoner) simply engages in idle conversation. In this scene, they take turns describing imaginary films as
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Start: Adam: I wish we could go to see a movie. Edward. Uum. Adam: Jeez, I鈥檇 enjoy a good movie. Michael: Yes.
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End: Adam: It鈥檚 just as well you鈥檙e not afraid. Michael: We could be here a long time, couldn鈥檛 we? Adam: That was my major reservation about Gandhi. It was too long, that film. Very long.
Frank McGuinness. Someone Who鈥檒l Watch Over Me. Faber and Faber, 1992, pp. 13-19.
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