THX 1138 Page #4

Why should he want to see you?

LUH:

I don't know.

THX:

Don't go.

LUH:

I have to... he's a G-34

THX:

You don't have to... I don't trust

him. You ought to file a report.

LUH:

No, don't make trouble. It's

nothing.

THX is becoming confused and exasperated.

THX:

Then why did you bring it up?

LUH:

I didn't. You asked me about the

card.

(Pause)

You're going to get us into trouble.

LUH starts to move off.

THX:

I haven't done anything.

LUH:

Don't be so sure.

LUH quickly disappears into the crowd. THX rests against

the wall; the noise and the crowding people are almost too

much for him.

A chrome robot and a man, both dressed in bright yellow,

pass by engaged in conversation. A moment later, a man

drops his computer card and is trampled trying to retrieve

it.

THX is seen on a TV monitor. He is unable to withstand

the crowd and moves off screen down the passageway.

REST PLAZA:

THX moves to a large door with a sign reading REST PLAZA.

He opens the door and enters a small room lined with benches

and filled with old people sitting and staring at one

another. As THX enters, they all turn and stare at him.

CLOSE ANGLE:

THX searches for a vacant bench and begins to feel very

uncomfortable. Finally, he turns and leaves.

11. HOLOGRAM ROOM, THX'S QUARTERS

The faint sound of a heartbeat grows louder as a pulsating,

round, red blurr slowly appears in the center of the room.

THX is sitting alone in the overstuffed chair.

The red ball descends from the ceiling and surrounds THX's

abdomen as he takes two capsules out of a compartment in

the arm of the chair and swallows them.

THX flips a switch on the arm of the chair; an intense

flash of light fills the room and gives way to a naked

negro female mannequin making erotic movements to the beat

of a driving afro-electronic song.

THX undergoes the physical movements of a sexual experience.

After he reaches his climax, he relaxes, breathing deeply,

resting for a moment as the mannequin continues to gyrate

and the red ball fades away.

THX flips the switch several times. A series of images

flashes through the room: a chrome policeman beating a man

to death; a newscaster; a matronly woman discussing drugs;

a male mannequin; and finally two men sitting behind a

long table. Only one man speaks, the other listens

attentively, occasionally looking from THX to the speaker.

MAN:

....to stimulate the arithmetical

and logical processes as an

extention of the 5141. Never before

have we been so contented, never

before has life been so

satisfying... there is a jump in

the man's movement - a reminder

that he is only a hologram.

...so satisfying. A referendum of

bliss, a fabrication of

gratification sustained by the

benevolence of authority...

THX:

What?

The man disappears for a moment, then pops back.

MAN:

a referendum of bliss, a fabrication

of gratification sustained by the

benevolence of authority...

THX:

That's not what I meant.

MAN:

...the inadequacies of the human

personality are rapidly being overcome by the social

processes of advancing technology. Component lowness, a

sophisticated stimulation is the answer. The humanity of

authority is proudly contemporary.

Control through companionship, combined with economic

advantages of the mating structure far surpasses any

disadvantages in increased perversions. A final...

THX hears something in the other part of the house. He

jumps up, standing in the middle of the silent man.

THX:

LUH?

MAN:

...an infinite translate in

mathematics of tolerance and charity

among artificial memory devices is

ultimately binary. Stimulating...

THX flips off the hologram and the two men fade away,

leaving the room dark and empty.

THX:

LUH? is that you?

THX walks into the main room, then into the bedroom

THX:

LUH?

He stands alone, disappointed and puzzled. He ponders the

events of the day, makes a decision, and leaves.

SEN'S QUARTERS

A group of men are loading multi-colored boxes containing

personal effects onto a cart. THX stops at the doorway,

hesitant to go inside.

The room is in a state of confusion as the effects are

checked against a master list by an extremely mannish woman.

THX finally moves past them and into the residence, looking

for SEN.

WOMAN:

sealed personal effects: 3

styrenes; an occupational syntax;

a red magna base - old style; a

box of neons; a variation; 23 hunter

portapods.

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