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| Character | Jigsaw???? | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Persuasive, Neurotic, Insane, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story, Malicious/scheming | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2005 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Thriller, Mystery, Horror | |
| Description | Why Jigsaw decided to become a killer | |
| Details | 43 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Detective Eric Matthews tracks down the place where the serial killer "Jigsaw" is hidden. However, there he realizes that Jigsaw has trapped a group of people, including his son, in a shelter, and they have to fight to survive. The detective cannot figure out where this shelter is located and they have to watch them die through the monitors.
In this scene Jigsaw confronts detective Matthews about his love for his son. They had a troubled father-son relationship and it seems to him that only now that his son is dying, he realized that he loves him. He then explains how he became the maniac killer that he is when he found out he had cancer and that he was dying. He decided to spend the rest of his life "testing the fabric of human nature" and he argues that people that don't appreciate life do not deserve to live....
In this scene Jigsaw confronts detective Matthews about his love for his son. They had a troubled father-son relationship and it seems to him that only now that his son is dying, he realized that he loves him. He then explains how he became the maniac killer that he is when he found out he had cancer and that he was dying. He decided to spend the rest of his life "testing the fabric of human nature" and he argues that people that don't appreciate life do not deserve to live....
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| JIGSAW: "Seems to me that the knowledge of your son's impending death is causing you to act. Why is it that we are only willing to do that when a life is at stake?...You see, the knowledge of death changes everything. If I were to tell you the exact date and time of your own death it would shatter your world completely. I know. Can you imagine what it feels like to have someone sit you down and tell you that you're dying? The gravity of that, hmm? That the clock is ticking for you. In a split second your world is cracked open. You look at things differently, you smell things differently. You savor everything, be it a glass of water or a walk in the park. But most people have the luxury of not knowing when that clock's gonna go off. And the irony of it is that keeps them from really living their life. It keeps them drinking that glass of water but never really tasting it.....I'm not fixable. I've got cancer. But cancer isn't what started me in my work. It was the moment that I decided to end my life that started in my work and brought meaning to it. I had literally driven myself to suicide and I had failed. My body had not been strong enough to repel cancer cells...yet I had lived through a plunge off a cliff. But to my amazement, I was alive. And I was determined to spend the rest of my days...testing the fabric of human nature....those that don't appreciate life do not deserve life. |
