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Clips from The French Dispatch

""Do students of the table dream in flavors?"
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""That was the first of the questions a reporter for this magazine"
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""had diligently prepared in advance of his encounter"
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""with Lieutenant Nescaffier,"
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""ranking chef at District Headquarters on the narrow river-peninsula"
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""known as the Rognure d'Ongle."
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""All such queries were to remain unanswered"
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""in the course of that eventful evening.""
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"Shall I carry on?"
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"Please."
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"{\an8}ROEBUCK: I'd arrived insufficiently early."
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"Though the suite of rooms on the penultimate floor"
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"of the grand edifice was hypothetically indicated on a floorplan"
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"provided on the back of the carte de dégustation..."
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"it was nigh impossible to locate,"
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"at least for this reporter."
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"A weakness in cartography."
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"The curse of the homosexual."
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"Monsieur Nescaffier made his name and reputation."
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"{\an8}He is fanatically celebrated among cooks, cops, and capitaines,"
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"{\an8}not to mention squealers, stoolies, and snitches,"
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"{\an8}as the great exemplar of the mode of cuisine"
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"known as Gastronomie Gendarmique."
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"(INDISTINCT CHATTER)"
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""Police cooking" began"
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"with the stake-out picnic and paddy-wagon snack,"
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"but has evolved and codified into something refined,"
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"intensely nourishing, and, if executed properly,"
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"marvelously flavorful."
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"Fundamentals..."
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"highly portable, rich in protein,"
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"eaten with the non-dominant hand only,"
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"the other being reserved for firearms and paperwork."
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"(BELL RINGS)"
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"(GUNS FIRING)"
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"Most dishes are served pre-cut. Nothing crunchy."
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"Quiet food."
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"(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO)"
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"Sauces are dehydrated and ground to a powder to avoid spillage"
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"and the risk of the tainting of a crime scene."
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"Diners are expected to provide their own fourchettes de poche,"
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"often engraved with the arcane mottoes"
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"and off-color sayings of their respective precincts."
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"(THUNDER RUMBLING)"
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"(RAIN PATTERING OUTSIDE)"
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"How are you planning to kill me?"
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"I believe this to be"
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"a case of mistaken identity."
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"Have you been in the chicken coop for a very long while?"
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"(SWITCH CLICKS)"
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"(THUNDER RUMBLING)"
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"I beg your pardon."
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"(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)"
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"Monsieur Nescaffier, even during his apprenticeship"
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"in a provincial fire department,"
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"aspired to a lofty perch,"
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"and there can be no higher position in the métier than that of"
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"Chef Cuisinier for the private dining room"
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"of the Commissaire de la Police Municipale."
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"(CLOCK TICKING)"
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"Forgive my tardiness."
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"No, not at all. Not at all."
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"(SPEAKING FRENCH)"
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"(IN ENGLISH) Mr. Wright, may I present my mother"
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"Louise de la Villatte. You can call her Maman."
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"-We all do. -Bonsoir, monsieur."
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"THE COMMISSAIRE: This is my oldest friend, Chou-fleur."
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"When I met him, he was a girlish little schoolboy"
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"with ringlets and a full set of teeth."
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"-Now, he looks like a corpse. -(CHUCKLES)"
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"In the corner, Patrolman Maupassant."
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"He'll be serving."
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"-Cocktails. -Oui, monsieur."
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"THE COMMISSAIRE: And this is my son, Gigi, in the crime-lab smock."
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"What are you stealing from my personal records?"
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"Unsolved cases."
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"{\an8}THE COMMISSAIRE: Well, say hello to Mr. Wright."
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"Hello, Mr. Wright."
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"Hello, Gigi."
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"Full name, Isadore Sharif de la Villatte."
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"The Commissaire and his only son,"
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"widowered and motherless, left the colony where the boy was born,"
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"cemented together by their shared grief."
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"Gigi was six."
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"-(SIREN BLARING) -His schoolrooms"
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"were the station house and the squad car."
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"He was educated by forensic tutors in the traditions of law enforcement."
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"His first drawings were facial composites based on eyewitness testimony."
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"-His first words were in Morse code. -(BEEPING)"
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"{\an8}It was, I suppose, wonderfully obvious."
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"He was brought up to succeed the Commissaire himself."
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"Yes, I've read you. In the magazine."
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"To your satisfaction?"
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"Of course. Of course."
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"Good writer."
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"I trust you are already familiar with this genius."
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"At least by reputation."
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"Lieutenant Nescaffier."
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"I surely am."
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"The drink, a milky, purplish aperitif,"
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"ferociously fragrant, overtly medicinal, ever so faintly anesthetizing"
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"and cooled to a glacial viscosity in a miniature version"
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"of the type of vacuum-flask"
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"normally associated with campsites and schoolrooms,"
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"cast a spell,"
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"which, during the subsequent 60-second interval,"
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"was to be mortally broken."
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"On three overlapping dramatic timelines,"
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"the following events came to pass."
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"(TICKING)"
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"One."
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"Monsieur Nescaffier began his mysterious ritual."
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"I can neither comprehend nor describe what occurs behind a kitchen door."
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"I have always been content to enjoy the issue"
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"of an artist's talent without unveiling the secrets of the chisel"
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"or the turpentine."
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"Two."
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"(BEEPING)"
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"Patrolman Maupassant,"
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"responding to an infrequently illuminated signal,"
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