SOLARIS Page #7

Kelvin and Rheya sit together in the Prometheus. Rheya

continues her story without a beat.

RHEYA:

Scared. No, not scared. Wary.

Like I was something to be... her

guard went up. I was a threat.

Now I know why. She was afraid

she'd be seen. That I would see

her for the self-obsessed neurotic

that she was. I think she thought

she had a few more years of being

on a pedestal. But that's the

cycle, right? I knew a little more

than she did, she knew a little

more than her mother, and on and

on.

(beat)

I guess that's part of the reason

why --

KELVIN:

I know. I know. We don't have to

talk about that.

Another beat.

RHEYA:

I remember days of just thinking

about you.

INT. OFFICES - DAY

Intercut Kelvin and Rheya at their respective jobs, going

through a normal day. There is no sound. As we see these

images, it's clear that Kelvin and Rheya are slightly not

present in their respective encounters with other people;

they are distracted by the idea of each other.

And they like it.

RHEYA:

Thinking what you were doing and

saying, just being consumed by

thinking of you. I loved it so

much, that feeling.

KELVIN:

I did too.

INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT

Rheya on the edge of the bed, facing away.

KELVIN:

I used to watch you undress.

As she does:

KELVIN:

I never tired of watching you

undress. Every time, it was

exciting. Right until... to the

end.

A beat. Then a shot of Kelvin that we've seen before: Him

leaving their apartment, angry.

ON THE PROMETHEUS

A beat.

RHEYA:

What happened to us, exactly?

KELVIN:

You don't know?

Rheya shakes her head.

Kelvin just watches her.

RHEYA:

I remember... something burning.

Coffee burning.

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

The rain-streaked window.

An automated coffee maker has been left on, and the

solidified coffee at the bottom of the pot is smoking.

Rheya's body is on the floor of the kitchen.

RHEYA (ON PROMETHEUS)

She is looking at Kelvin. He is dreading this.

RHEYA:

You found me?

He nods. It's coming back to her.

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Kelvin is yelling at Rheya. We don't hear what he's saying,

but judging from her reaction, it's not pleasant. She is

crying.

RHEYA (ON PROMETHEUS)

Experiencing this all over again. Kelvin comes and sits in

front of her.

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Kelvin, still yelling, is packing some things into a

suitcase. Rheya, between sobs, pleads with him.

RHEYA (ON PROMETHEUS)

Her eyes fill with tears. Kelvin embraces her.

KELVIN:

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Rheya is devastated, inconsolable.

RHEYA:

Why did you say those things?

KELVIN:

I don't know. I couldn't

understand why you didn't tell me.

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Rheya lies on the kitchen floor, dead. There is a NOTE in

her hand.

Kelvin kneels next to her.

KELVIN (ON PROMETHEUS)

With Rheya still in his arms.

KELVIN:

When you said you wouldn't make

it... I didn't believe you. Or I

didn't take you seriously, which is

worse.

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Kelvin holds the dead Rheya.

KELVIN (ON PROMETHEUS)

Squeezing her.

KELVIN:

I should have believed you.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Kelvin lies in bed, his eyes open. Rheya is in his arms.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Rheya, talking to Chris. Obviously during a period when they

were getting along. Or at least: not fighting.

RHEYA:

I can't help feeling that I'm

cheating when I take them.

KELVIN:

It's genetics. You know this. You

know where it comes from. There is

nothing wrong with uncrossing a few

crossed wires.

She knows, intellectually, that he is right. But it doesn't

matter.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Kelvin is out of bed and speaking into a videophone to Snow.

Rheya is asleep in the background. The room is dark except

for the glow of the screen.

SNOW:

You're unnerved because you've

spent your whole life thinking

nobody is looking over you, and

suddenly your subconscious is an

open book. We are, for the first

time, experiencing changes in

natural reality by a force not our

own. That proves that --

KELVIN:

-- we are not sure of that. We are

not sure we aren't all

hallucinating.

SNOW:

If God is beyond our comprehension,

and she --

(meaning Rheya)

-- is here for reasons that can't

be understood, isn't God here?

KELVIN:

Not necessarily.

SNOW:

Stop equivocating! Unbelievable,

how you equivocate! You, the

atheist, you're more dogmatic than

any holy person I've ever seen!

This is happening, Kevin. Wake up.

KELVIN:

Consciousness is enough, that's all

I've saying. Consciousness should

be enough for anybody.

SNOW:

Who are you trying to convince?

Kelvin just looks back at Rheya.

SNOW:

It will end badly. As inevitably

as the rising of a bubble.

Kelvin doesn't respond.

SNOW:

Let's all meet tomorrow. Sartorius

has some new ideas, about making it

stop.

Kelvin just keeps staring at Rheya, asleep.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Kelvin is eating with Rheya. Looking at her. Desiring her.

RHEYA:

Do you have any idea how much I

like f***ing you?

KELVIN:

I think so.

RHEYA:

Good. Because I want you to know.

I really like f***ing you.

He leans over and whispers in her ear. She smiles and leans

back.

RHEYA:

I like that too.

KELVIN (V.O.)

How could she not be real? I can

smell her, taste her. She does

exactly what she did... it's not

possible.

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