I Am Mortal (2021)

Abraham Lewis: Logos

Quotes 

• Logos : [Opening lines, voiceover]  Once upon a time, the world was a mess. There was a pandemic, and then another and then another. Life, as the human race knew it, was a disaster in every sense of the word. Then, one day, a scientist came along with a genetic discovery that changed everything. He shared his vision with the world. It was a solution so incredible and epic in scope that life on Earth would not only resume but it would be like living in a fairytale. A chance to live in a perfect world. An eternal dream. The problem was no-one really thought through the consequences. Soon my life changes forever. I'll be given the gift of being frozen in time, the gift of never dying. A gift that everyone on this train and in this city either has or will receive. The problem is I'm not so sure I see it as a gift.

• Logos : C.S. Lewis once said that free will makes evil possible. But it's also the only thing that makes possible love... ..goodness... ..joy. It seems so romantic... ..the notion of living forever. Doesn't it? But I ask you this... ..how can you really live if you know you're never going to die?

• Masim : Helias believed that we have an intended purpose on Earth. He believed to the core of his being that we're meant to die.

  Logos : I feel like I'm walking through my life as two totally different people. That there's a part of me somewhere inside that I can't quite access.

  Masim : That's exactly what Helias thought. He believed there was a creator of this universe and of man. He said that mortals believed that they each had an essence - he called it the soul - which had a purpose given to it by this creator. Instead, the Pilot decided to determine a purpose for each one of us, essentially denying us the right to our own destiny.

  Gergot : And while we still feel emotions, they're limited. Mortals experienced more. Much more.

• Logos : [Addressing the city]  My name is Logos. I've been a citizen living amongst you my entire life. What's going on? And recently, I've wondered what my purpose was on this planet. I started asking myself questions, questions about how we live. And I started to find answers. I am no longer under control of the Pilot. I am no longer imprisoned by the Code. I've diffused it. Freed myself from its reins. The Pilot created you to be who he wants you to be, to live as he wants you to live. Now that my eyes have been opened, I realised how much darkness has been hiding underneath. The Pilot made you... ..designed you to be hollow... ..to be empty inside, to never see the beauty of life that I now see. Listen to me, all of you! I am mortal and I am alive!

• Logos : [Continuing address to the city]  You are not living. You are existing. You are bound by chains. Should this life be so still? So static? What if you were given the urgency of knowing that you could never repeat yesterday again? That is being alive. And that is beautiful.