Stage 1 English Film Script Example (The Matrix) Intertextual Study
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INT. INTERROGATION ROOM
CLOSE ON a camera monitor; a wide angle view of a white room where Neo is
sitting at a table alone. We MOVE INTO the monitor, entering the room as if the
monitor was a window.
At the same moment, the door opens and the Agents enter. Agent Smith sits down
across from Neo. A thick manila envelope slaps down on the table. The name on the
file: "Anderson, Thomas A.”
AGENT SMITH
As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr.
Anderson.
He opens the file. Paper rattle marks the silence as he flips several pages. Neo cannot
tell if he is looking at the file or at him.
AGENT SMITH
It seems that you have been living two lives. In one life, you are
Thomas A. Anderson, program writer for a respectable software
company. You have a social security number, you pay your taxes and
you help your landlady carry out her garbage.
The pages continue to turn.
AGENT SMITH
The other life is lived in computers where you go by the hacker alias
Neo, and are guilty of virtually every computer crime we have a law
for.
Neo feels himself sinking into a pit of shit.
AGENT SMITH
One of these lives has a future. One of them does not.
He closes the file.
AGENT SMITH
I'm going to be as forthcoming as I can be, Mr. Anderson. You are here
because we need your help.
He removes his sunglasses, his eyes are an unnatural ice- blue.
AGENT SMITH
We know that you have been contacted by a certain individual. A man
who calls himself Morpheus. Whatever you think you know about this
man is irrelevant. The fact is that he is wanted for acts of terrorism in
more countries than any other man in the world. He is considered by
many authorities to be the most dangerous man alive.
Stage 1 English Film Script Example (The Matrix) Intertextual Study
He leans closer.
AGENT SMITH
My colleagues believe that I am wasting my time with you but I
believe you want to do the right thing. It is obvious that you are an
intelligent man, Mr. Anderson, and that you are interested in the future.
That is why I believe you are ready to put your past mistakes behind
you and get on with your life.
Neo tries to match his stare.
AGENT SMITH
We are willing to wipe the slate clean, to give you a fresh start and all
we are asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known
terrorist to justice.
Neo nods to himself.
NEO
Yeah. Wow. That sounds like a real good deal. But I think I have a
better one. How about I just give you the finger –
He does.
NEO
And you give me my phone call!
Agent Smith puts his glasses back on.
AGENT SMITH
You disappoint me, Mr. Anderson.
NEO
You can't scare me with this Gestapo crap. I know my rights. I want
my phone call!
Agent Smith smiles.
AGENT SMITH
And tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call if you are unable
to speak?
The question unnerves Neo and strangely he begins to feel the muscles in his jaw
tighten. The standing Agents snicker, watching Neo's confusion grow into panic.
Neo feels his lips grow soft and sticky as they slowly seal shut, melding into each
other until all traces of his mouth are gone.
Wild with fear, he lunges for the door but the Agents restrain him, holding him in the
chair.
Stage 1 English Film Script Example (The Matrix) Intertextual Study
AGENT SMITH
You are going to help us, Mr. Anderson, whether you want to or not.
Smith nods and the other two rip open his shirt. From a case taken out of his suit coat,
Smith removes a long, fiber-optic wire tap.
Neo struggles helplessly as Smith dangles the wire over his exposed abdomen.
Horrified, he watches as the electronic device animates, becoming an organic creature
that resembles a hybrid of an insect and a fluke worm.
Thin, whisker-like tendrils reach out and probe into Neo's navel. He bucks wildly as
Smith drops the creature which looks for a moment like an uncut umbilical cord --
-- before it begins to burrow, its tail thrashing as it worms its way inside.
FADE OUT.
