Obselidia Page #2

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GEORGE:
You look pretty.

-I do?

Thank you.

GEORGE:
So if you could

start by telling us

your name and a little

bit about what you do.

-OK.

My name is Sophie

Fitzpatrick and I'm

a projectionist,

which I think is

the coolest job in

the world, because I

get to watch thousands of films.

[fast-forward chatter]

Every time you play a print,

it leaves a little purple dust

behind.

It's basically the

emulsion wearing away.

I mean, eventually that

print won't even exist.

And in the future,

projectionists will just

download files, press play,

and it will be a purpley world.

And all of this?

You're right.

[cell phone vibrates]

-Oh, sorry.

GEORGE:
Um, you can get that.

-Uh, no.

I don't want to talk to him.

Anyway, yeah.

All of this, it's

on its way out.

It's over.

It'll all be gone.

[typing]

GEORGE (VOICEOVER): [LISTING

ENTRY NAMES ALPHABETICALLY,

STARTING WITH A]

-On your left.

GEORGE:
"The situation

is now irreversible.

Within 20 years, the world as

we know it will no longer be."

[typing]

CO-WORKER:
You done?

We're ready to lock up.

-Uh, just one more minute.

-What I don't understand is why

don't you just buy a computer?

Then you can do this at home.

-Because the more of us

that resist buying them,

the more pressure there is to

keep places like this open.

-This place will be open.

You need to move with the time.

-Or your conscience.

Take your pick.

-No point swimming

against the tide.

-Unless the tide is taking

you out to the ocean.

-Hm.

Got that right.

[typing]

[knock]

-Coming.

-Hi.

-Hi.

How did you find me?

-Phone book.

I mean, I hope you don't

mind, but you did say that--

-Yeah, yeah.

It's, uh, I thought you

were-- phone book, huh?

Well, I thought I was one

of the only people who

still used phone books.

-Well, phone book

online, but you know.

-Yeah.

-Is this a bad time for you?

-No.

-So could I come in?

-Sure.

Yeah.

-Wow, this place is cool.

It's like a museum in here.

-Everything old and forgotten.

-It's-- would you

like a cup of tea?

SOPHIE:
That'd be lovely.

-Um, Earl Grey?

-That's my favorite.

-Uh, milk, sugar?

SOPHIE:
You still use this?

GEORGE:
What's that?

SOPHIE:
The typewriter.

GEORGE:
Sure, it

works perfectly.

-Yeah, but wouldn't it just be

easier to switch to a computer?

GEORGE:
Into a computer.

It's political.

So what can I do for you?

-I'm interested in

your "Obselidia."

-My "Obselidia"?

SOPHIE:
Your encyclopedia.

Yeah, I decided you should

call it the "Obselidia."

O-B-S-E-L-I-D-I-A.

-Shouldn't it be

O-B-S-O, technically?

SOPHIE:
Yeah, I

know how to spell.

It just kind of looks

better with an E.

And you should definitely

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