GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
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39.<br />
We now see what Jerome has been gazing at through the window<br />
the whole time - the sight that has brought a hush to the<br />
complex. Through an open office door lies the body of a<br />
large man - the MURDERED DIRECTOR, lying where he has just<br />
been discovered, in a pool of his own blood.<br />
JEROME (VO)<br />
Strange to think, he may have more<br />
success exposing me in death than<br />
he did in life.<br />
Jerome wipes his eye and also goes to investigate. We focus<br />
on an extreme close up of his EYELASH. Loosened <strong>by</strong> Jerome's<br />
hand, it breaks free and floats gently down to the floor<br />
where it comes to rest.<br />
INT. <strong>GATTACA</strong> AEROSPACE CORPORATION. MORNING.<br />
DETECTIVE HUGO, late-forties, wearing a crime-scene hygenic<br />
suit and gloves and a full clear mask - looking more like a<br />
surgeon or a toxic waste worker than a detective - places a<br />
blood-spattered computer keyboard alongside the Director's<br />
shattered skull. <strong>The</strong> indentations match the blunt corner of<br />
the keyboard. Hugo detaches the dangling keyboard from its<br />
parent computer and seals the likely murder weapon in a<br />
marked, transparent plastic bag.<br />
A CREW of similarly-suited homicide detectives systematically<br />
vacuum the surrounding office area with metallic, industrial-<br />
looking mini-vacs. Once each work space has been vacuumed,<br />
the transparent plastic vacuum bag is detached, sealed and<br />
labelled.<br />
OTHER DETECTIVES video the scene with camcorders. Video<br />
prints spit out of the cameras for instant inspection.<br />
EXT. <strong>GATTACA</strong> - LANDSCAPED GARDENS. DAY.<br />
A silicon police tape cordons off the crime scene. From the<br />
landscaped garden, a crowd of <strong>GATTACA</strong> EMPLOYEES view the<br />
proceedings through the glass walls.<br />
Awful.<br />
EMPLOYEE 1<br />
(staring at the<br />
Director's body)<br />
EMPLOYEE 2<br />
Yeah, awful it didn't happen<br />
sooner.