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THE SYSTEM BREAKDOWN
The system crashed.
Only meaning remains.
You decide who to be.
(Transition to the first scene.)
[PAUSE]
Only meaning remains.
You decide who to be.
(Transition to the first scene.)
[PAUSE]
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[FADE IN]
[PAUSE]
SCENE 1. EXT. CITY. NIGHT. RAIN.
(Neon lights.
Rain like a cheap effect.
The city plays its role,
but no one believes it.)
Rain like a cheap effect.
The city plays its role,
but no one believes it.)
He’s in the car. The phone vibrates.
Screen: “REALITY CALLING…”
(He watches. Smirks.)
(Declines the call.)
Screen: “REALITY CALLING…”
(He watches. Smirks.)
(Declines the call.)
(In the puddle: “REALITY CALLED”)
[CAMERA MOVES DOWN] [PAUSE]
[CAMERA MOVES DOWN] [PAUSE]
[PAUSE]
[CUT TO BLACK]
“REALITY CALLED I HUNG UP”
TAKE IT NOWSome calls are just not meant to be answered.
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[PAUSE]
[CUT TO BLACK]
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SCENE 2.INT.APARTMENT-NIGHT
[PAUSE]
Laptop is open.
The screen glows
like a hypnotic loop.
The phone flickers.
He approaches. Looks.
Closes the laptop.
Flips the phone screen down.
(He’s offline.)
The screen glows
like a hypnotic loop.
The phone flickers.
He approaches. Looks.
Closes the laptop.
Flips the phone screen down.
(He’s offline.)
Goes to the window.
Outside: the world.
Endlessly scrolling faces,
likes, news, illusions.
He doesn’t blink.
Opens the window. Deep breath.
Fresh air, not digital smog.
Outside: the world.
Endlessly scrolling faces,
likes, news, illusions.
He doesn’t blink.
Opens the window. Deep breath.
Fresh air, not digital smog.
[PAUSE]
(In the reflection of the laptop screen: “UNSUBSCRIBED”)
[CAMERA MOVES DOWN]
[PAUSE]
“UNSUBSCRIBED FROM EXPECTATIONS”
TAKE IT NOWThey wrote the script.
You walked off set.
You walked off set.
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[PAUSE]
[CUT TO BLACK]
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SCENE 3. EXT. MORNING. CITY.
[PAUSE]
No rain. No noise. Just morning.
(He stands by the window counter.
Doesn’t order.)
(Barista is busy.
People move around him.)
(A cup is left behind.)
(He stands by the window counter.
Doesn’t order.)
(Barista is busy.
People move around him.)
(A cup is left behind.)
[PAUSE]
(He takes it. There’s no name.
Only a sentence on the sleeve —
Only a sentence on the sleeve —
“YOU HAD POTENTIAL”)
(He looks at it. Then sips.
Walks away. No comment.
He doesn’t need to explain.)
Walks away. No comment.
He doesn’t need to explain.)
“I HAD POTENTIAL
THEN LIFE HAPPENED”
TAKE IT NOW
They had a checklist.
You had a pulse.
You had a pulse.
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[PAUSE]
[CUT TO BLACK]
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SCENE 4. INT. RECORD STORE – DAY
[PAUSE]
Sound: Lo-fi static. VHS flicker.
The store is dim, timeless.
(He walks in. Rows of tapes.
Dust. Silence.)
(He picks one.
The label flickers
under weak light.)
The store is dim, timeless.
(He walks in. Rows of tapes.
Dust. Silence.)
(He picks one.
The label flickers
under weak light.)
[PAUSE]
“MY TRAUMA”
(He looks. A long pause.
Static glitch on screen.)
(She doesn’t flinch.
Doesn’t rewind.
Just sets it down.)
Static glitch on screen.)
(She doesn’t flinch.
Doesn’t rewind.
Just sets it down.)
“MY TRAUMA
IS VINTAGE NOW”
TAKE IT NOW
Archived.
Not erased.
Not erased.
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[PAUSE]
[CUT TO BLACK]
