Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Juliette Binoche: Dr. Ouelet

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• Dr. Ouelet : We cling to memories as if they define us, but... they really don't. What we do is what defines us.

• Dr. Ouelet : [repairing cybernetic hand]  Open and close, please. You have damaged internal systems.

  Major : Maybe next time you can design me better.

  Dr. Ouelet : How are you?

  Major : I'm fine, I can't feel anything.

  Dr. Ouelet : No, you. In there.

  [smiles] 

  Major : I've been having glitches. But they'll pass.

  Dr. Ouelet : You've been talking your medication?

  Major : Yeah. But these ones are still cycling. I had two this morning.

  Dr. Ouelet : Sounds or image?

  Major : Both.

  Dr. Ouelet : [scans]  I see it. Have you made any unencrypted downloads?

  Major : No, just delete them for me.

  Dr. Ouelet : Consent.

  Major : My name is Major Mira Killian and I give my consent to delete this data.

  Dr. Ouelet : It's done. It's no big deal.

  Major : What are they?

  Dr. Ouelet : Sensory echoes from your mind. Shadows. Can't be sure.

  Major : How do you know what's a glitch and what's me?

  Dr. Ouelet : The glitches have a different texture... to the rest of your code. I can see everything. All of your thoughts, your... decisions.

  Major : I guess privacy is just for humans.

  Dr. Ouelet : You are human. People see you as human.

  Major : Everyone around me seems to fit. They seem connected to something, something I'm... not. It's like I have no past.

  Dr. Ouelet : Of course you have a past. And with time you'll feel more and more connected to it... and to them.

  [surgery complete] 

  Dr. Ouelet : Open and close, please.

  [hand works] 

  Dr. Ouelet : We cling to memories as if they define us, but... they really don't. What we do is what defines us.

• Dr. Ouelet : Do any of the glitches mean something to you?

  Major : No. They don't.

  Dr. Ouelet : You've been inside the same shell as he has. That could have... very serious consequences. You were not authorized to Deep Dive the geisha.

  Major : You're disappointed.

  Dr. Ouelet : No, I'm worried. You're not invulnerable. I can repair your body, but I can't protect your mind.

  Major : Why not? You can see all my thoughts, so... you should be able to secure them.

  Dr. Ouelet : Try and understand your importance, Mira. You're what everyone will become one day.

  Major : You don't know how alone that makes me feel.

• Major : My name is Major Mira Killian and I do not consent to the deletion of this data. I do not consent... I do not consent.

  Dr. Ouelet : We never needed your consent. Yours or anyone's.

  Major : You're killing me... aren't you?

• Dr. Ouelet : Hello Mira. I'm Dr. Ouelet. Do you remember anything about the attack?

  Major : What happened? I was... I was drowning. There's water.

  Dr. Ouelet : That's right. You were on a boat. A refugee boat. It was sunk by terrorists.

  Major : Why can't I feel my body?

  Dr. Ouelet : Mira, your body was damaged. We couldn't save it. Only your brain survived. We made you a new body. A synthetic shell. But your mind, your soul, your "ghost," it's still in there.

• Dr. Ouelet : Now your eyes are gonna open... There... You're safe.

  [Major starts gasping upon activation] 

  Dr. Ouelet : It's okay, just breathe. Just breathe.

• Cutter : Will it work?

  Dr. Ouelet : Absolutely. She's a miracle. A machine can't lead, it can only follow orders. A machine can't imagine or care or intuit. But as a human mind in a cybernetic frame, Mira can do all those things, and more.

  Cutter : The first of her kind. She will join Section 9 as soon as she is operational.

  Dr. Ouelet : Please, don't do that. You're reducing a complex human to a machine.

  Cutter : I don't think of her as a machine. She's a weapon. And the future of my company.

• Major : The Harbor. My parents. The way they died. Did that happen?

  Dr. Ouelet : No. We gave you false memories. Cutter wanted to motivate you to fight terrorists. I didn't approve. It was cruel, but my work, it was important, and... you were born. You were so beautiful.

  Major : Nothing I have is real.

• [first lines] 

  Dr. Ouelet : Oxygen levels are dropping... Brain function normal... Cerebral salvage ready to proceed... Robotic skeleton prepared and waiting for brain insertion... Initiate Project 2571...