THX 1138 Page #3

THX:

What's this? Why did you change

it?

LUH:

You've seen enough.

THX:

You know I don't feel well.

LUH:

Eat your dinner.

LUH flips the switch revealing a drama involving two male

negro mannequins standing next to a low, sleek car with a

massive, complicated jet engine on the back.

MANNEQUIN ONE:

....and then my request for new

arms and legs finally came through.

MANNEQUIN TWO:

Well that's great then.

MANNEQUIN ONE:

No. It's terrible. I ordered two

arms and a new leg, and they sent

me two legs and a new arm.

Raucous canned laughter is inserted as the two mannequin

get into the autojet.

CLOSE ANGLE:

THX is expressionless.

THX:

That was very funny.

LUH:

What?

OBSERVATION CELL

We view THX in an OPERATING ROOM via a TV monitor. He is

working at an electronic control panel in a small glass

boot. He manipulates two mechanical hands working on the

disassembled body of a chrome policemen.

The CAMERA PULLS BACK, to reveal several monitors which

scan other operating rooms. In another row are sedation

cabinets, mostly black, because the boxes are closed.

FULL ANGLE:

We now see many rows of TV monitors, surrounded by gages,

dials, and switches. Two workers are sitting at the control

board facing the monitors. We recognize LUH as one of the

workers. A man, SEN 5241, is the other operator.

MED ANGLE:

This is an observation cell, where all phases of life are

under continual surveillance. LUH operates the controls

at her panel and types what she observes into a computer.

On one of the monitors is a man in a bathroom alcove similar

to the one we saw in THX's home.

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