SOLARIS Page #5

This continues until she gets off the train. Kelvin watches

her go, and she looks back at him through the window as the

train pulls away.

INT. PARTY - NIGHT

Rheya enters, looks around. She spots Kelvin, who has

already spotted her. Their expressions indicate they are

pleased to see each other again. He approaches her, and they

stare at each other a long time, until:

KELVIN:

"And Death Shall Have No Dominion".

RHEYA:

Book?

KELVIN:

Poem. Dylan Thomas. I thought of

it when I saw you on the train.

RHEYA:

My Thomas is a little rusty.

He leans over and whispers into her ear. She listens, and

when he finishes, she leans back and looks at him, intrigued.

Genuinely intrigued. He smiles.

RHEYA:

Not a very happy poem.

KELVIN:

You didn't look very happy.

RHEYA:

I wasn't.

KELVIN:

And tonight?

RHEYA:

Better.

He nods, and they smile. They seem to be rooting for each

other. After an extended pleasurable moment, Rheya leans

over and whispers in his ear. He listens, then leans back

and looks at her.

KELVIN:

That's good to know.

CUT TO:

INT. FRIEND'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Another night.

Rheya is wound up. Not drunk, something else. She has an

odd look in her eyes.

We are at a dinner party, and there are people trying -- but

failing -- not to watch.

RHEYA:

You want to f*** her?

KELVIN:

Stop it.

RHEYA:

You behave as though you want to

f*** her.

KELVIN:

Rheya. Not here.

RHEYA:

And I just want to know if I'm

crazy or not -- if what I think is

happening is actually happening.

Or am I one of those people, those

women, who are blind to what's

going on? Who pretend not to see

their husband's attention toward

another woman?

KELVIN:

Let's go home.

RHEYA:

You go home.

KELVIN:

I am. Please come with me. I

don't want to do this here.

RHEYA:

You talk like an actor.

He is stung.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT

The immediate aftermath of the preceding scene, but at home

now.

Rheya crying as she embraces Kelvin.

RHEYA:

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

He is unmoved, but she labors to change his mind.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - MORNING

Rheya, in a chair, remorseful, Kelvin is dressing.

KELVIN:

You're better when you take them.

RHEYA:

I know, I know. But still, somehow

I don't feel better.

KELVIN:

All right. How about I feel better

when you take them?

A beat.

RHEYA:

Right.

They look at each other and understand; she will take the

pills.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - MORNING

Rheya, on the floor, dead. Her hand outstretched, a repeat

of an image we saw earlier.

Rain streaks the kitchen window.

The bottle of pills nearby.

CUT TO:

INT. PROMETHEUS

Rheya is taking her pills. Kelvin watches.

KELVIN:

What do you remember?

RHEYA:

What do you mean?

KELVIN:

Do you remember Beethoven? The

Beatles? Movies, books,

restaurants, friends?

RHEYA:

(thinking)

Yes. But not until you mentioned

them. As soon as you said those

things, I remembered them. And

they have associations that make me

think of other things I remember.

It's like filling up.

She looks out the portal at Solaris.

RHEYA:

Is it a planet?

KELVIN:

Not exactly. It exists in a

continuum that wasn't proven until

ten years ago, a higher

mathematical dimension superimposed

on top of the Universe. An

infinite number of them, in fact.

It was a violation of all of our

various laws regarding the

Universe, Space, or Space-Time. It

was completely counter-intuitive.

We had to unlearn everything.

RHEYA:

Is it intelligent?

KELVIN:

Intelligent beyond our

comprehension.

RHEYA:

Then it's God, right?

KELVIN:

It's something.

RHEYA:

You still don't believe in God?

KELVIN:

The whole idea of God was dreamed

up by a silly animal with a small

brain called Man. Even the limits

we put on it are human limits. It

can do this, it can do that! It

designs, it creates!

RHEYA:

Even a God that wasn't active, that

just created something and stood

back and watched?

KELVIN:

You're talking about a man in a

white beard again. You're

ascribing human characteristics to

something that isn't human. Human

beings look for causes and

patterns. How could we know what

Solaris is up to, if anything?

A beat.

RHEYA:

But what if Solaris is what there

was before The Big Bang?

KELVIN:

As I said, it is beyond our

comprehension.

RHEYA:

As I said, then it's God, right?

She looks at him and can't keep from smiling, eventually.

RHEYA:

Why are we talking about this sh*t

when we could be f***ing?

Kelvin smiles.

The intercom comes to life.

SNOW:

Kelvin, you awake?

KELVIN:

What is it?

SNOW:

Can you meet me and Sartorius on B

deck in an hour?

KELVIN:

Why?

SNOW:

Just a little strategy session.

But in person this time.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Kelvin is getting ready to leave. Rheya sits on the edge of

the bed, nervous.

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