The Vigil (2019)
Fred Melamed: Dr. Marvin Kohlberg
Quotes
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Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : [on phone] Yakov, it's Dr. Kohlberg.
Yakov Ronen : Doctor Kohlberg! Baruch Hashem, I'm uh, I'm not doing so great.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Why? What's wrong?
Yakov Ronen : I'm seeing things and hearing things, it's a lot. And I took a tablet, one of the Ativan a little while ago, but I...
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Seeing who, Yakov? Who are you seeing?
Yakov Ronen : I don't know.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Where are you, right now?
Yakov Ronen : I'm in Boro Park, I took a job as a Shomer for the night, Reb Shulem is paying me, so...
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Are you safe?
Yakov Ronen : I don't know. I think so.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : These things you're seeing, do you think that they're real?
Yakov Ronen : No, they can't be. Dr. Kohlberg, the man who was living here and his wife, I think that they went crazy together, living in the house. She's got very bad dementia, it's very sad, and he was obsessed with demons.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Demons?
Yakov Ronen : Something called a Mazzik.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : And is this what you think you've been seeing? A demon?
Yakov Ronen : Shadows, shadows.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Yakov, we talked about what happened to your little brother, about post traumatic stress, and your fears.
Yakov Ronen : I know, I know.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Tell me, Yakov, is your heart racing? Ferocious? Like it's gonna break your ribs?
Yakov Ronen : Yes.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : And you're sweating?
Yakov Ronen : Uh huh.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Are you shaking?
Yakov Ronen : I'm trying to calm down.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Yakov, tell me what it is that you're seeing. You said that it's a person.
Yakov Ronen : It's shadows, like someone in the shadows.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : That person that you see, the one that's in the shadows, do you think that he's really there watching you?
Yakov Ronen : No, of course not, I know he's not.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Excellent, excellent, that's good. Now, Yakov, I want you to take your time and think about this. Can you describe this person?
Yakov Ronen : Blurry, it's always, I don't, I d-, it's blurry.
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : I understand. That's fine.
[pause]
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Is his head turned backwards? Can you tell me?
Yakov Ronen : What?
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Is his head turned around, Yakov?
[sound of bones crunching, Yakov sees Mr. Litvak's head moving under the sheet]
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : What do you see? Yakov?
Yakov Ronen : [gets another call] Dr. Kohlberg, can you hang on for just a second?
[switches call]
Yakov Ronen : Hello?
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : [different voice] Yakov, hi, it's Dr. Kohlberg, I just got your message and I'm sorry it's taken me a little bit to call you back. I hope everything's alright, Yakov?
Yakov Ronen : Dr. Kohlberg, can you hang on for one second, please?
[switches call]
Yakov Ronen : Hello?
Burech : Yakov.
Yakov Ronen : Who is this? You need to leave me alone.
Burech : Why did you let me die?
[screams into the phone]
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Yakov Ronen : I'm going crazy.
[dials phone]
Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Hello, you're reached the voicemail of Dr. Marvin Kohlberg, I can't take your call at the moment, but please leave a message including your name and phone number, and I'll call you back as soon as possible. If this is a medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911, thank you.
Yakov Ronen : Hey, Dr. Kohlberg, this is Yakov Ronen and, I'm sorry to call you in the middle of the night, I don't want to bother you, but I'm having a little bit of trouble right now. Um, I'm seeing things and I'm hearing things. Um, it's worse than it's ever been before, and um, I uh, I'm almost out of the pills, so I was really hoping to talk to you. I don't think that I need to go back to the hospital, um, but I would like to talk to you as soon as possible. So if you please could just get back to me, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.
[hangs up]
Yakov Ronen : '