Wolf (1994)

Om Puri: Dr. Vijay Alezais

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• Dr. Vijay Alezias : And it feels good to be a wolf, doesn't it? Power without guilt. Love without doubt.

• Dr. Vijay Alezias : The demon wolf is not evil, unless the man he has bitten is evil. And it feels good to be a wolf, doesn't it?

  Will Randall : Indeed it does.

• Dr. Vijay Alezias : [Will arrives at his home]  I was just boiling water for tea. Perhaps you will join me. Come.

  Will Randall : I won't take much of your time.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : No, take. I'm not a busy man. So, you were bitten by a wolf in Vermont on March 8th? Hmm. Very auspicious.

  Will Randall : Very suspicious?

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Auspicious. Very auspicious. On March 8th, the moon was the closest it's been to Earth in 100 years.

  Will Randall : Oh. Well, that is auspicious. Um.. what I'm curious about is if my symptoms could be related to the release of a chemical caused by an animal bite. Something that medical science has overlooked, but that tribal lore might possibly...

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Well among my people there is only one explanation for your symptoms. It is that you are becoming a wolf.

  Will Randall : But... You don't believe that.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Why not? We must remember that man has only been out of the jungle for 25,000 years. Please sit down.

  [Will sits down] 

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : life is mystical. It's just that we are used to it. Catholism itself. A religion so mystical that even primitive tribes can be converted to it. The stigmata, the return after death, the day of judgment, heaven and hell, all so incredible and so ordinary. But we are used to it. Ahhh honey, sugar, Sweet'n Low?

  Will Randall : Oh... Anything. Honey.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Honey. Here. Oh.

  [Realizes the honey is empty] 

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : I don't have honey. I just asked out of habit. You should be visiting a shaman who will tell you the rules. I can only tell you the theory.

  Will Randall : Well, um, do you know any of the rules?

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : A very few. Only that the wolf rests by day and prowls by night, but is always present. That he grows inside a man he's entered until the first full moon. And then he consumes him, killing all but his nature and his heart.

  Will Randall : Not a great prognosis.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : But of course, not all who are bitten change. There must be something wild within. An analogue of the wolf.

  Will Randall : Well, that lets me out. Among my people I'm known as the guy least likely to have an analogue of the wolf.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Your people are wrong, Mr. Randall. Sometimes one doesn't even need to be bitten. Only the passion of the wolf is enough.

  Will Randall : Dr. Alezias.. um.. what I would like to know and I.. not that I subscribe to any of this.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Neither do I really. Only to the possibility.

  Will Randall : But out of curiosity, is there supposed to be any way to stop this metamorphosis?

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Uh... Supposedly there are herbs and rites and amulets. I don't know the rites. I don't have the herbs. But I did find something for you when you called. Yeah its here...

  [Takes out silver amulet] 

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : this is one of the most powerful amulets, which must be worn next to the skin and never taken off. If it works there is said to be a great pain and weakness while the wolf struggles to emerge and the charm holds him at bay, sometime drives him out. I have no idea if any of it is true but it's yours.

  Will Randall : Oh no I..

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : It's a gift. And in return I would like a favor from you.

  Will Randall : If it's in my power.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : I was recently told that I'm dying. Speaking of mystical and terrifying experiences. I would like you to bite me.

  Will Randall : What?

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : I would like you to bite me. I can't ask you to transform me with your passion, so I ask you to honor me with your bite. And I too, will become a demon wolf.

  Will Randall : You'd rather be damned than die?

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Damnation is not a part of my system of beliefs. The demon wolf is not evil unless the man he's bitten in his evil. And it feels good to be wolf, doesn't it? Power without guilt, love without doubt.

  [He gets up and extends his hand so Will can bite and infect him] 

  Will Randall : Excuse me. I just can't.

  Dr. Vijay Alezias : Well, I understand. You keep the amulet. And if you decide to believe, perhaps you will give me your gift. It has been a privilege. I've never seen one like you.