GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source

40.
Nervous smirks from nearby employees. We focus on JEROME.
Standing slightly apart from the others, he does not appear
to share the joke, or perhaps even hear it. Jerome watches,
wide-eyed, as a DETECTIVE approaches his work station with a
mini-vac. A chill goes through Jerome as the detective's
cleaner passes over his desk.
Jerome is distracted by a smear on the window, obstructing
his view. Without thinking, he breathes on the glass and
rubs the smear away with his elbow. Nearby, elderly janitor,
CAESAR notices Jerome's fastidious act and reads the panic in
Jerome's eyes. DIRECTOR JOSEF suddenly appears at Jerome's
shoulder. Standing a pace behind the Director, computer
notepad in hand, is IRENE.
DIRECTOR JOSEF
You're lucky to be getting out of
this.
JEROME
We're still going ahead as planned?
DIRECTOR JOSEF
The launch window is only open
until week's end. Tragic though
this event may be, it hasn't
stopped the planets turning.
He glances towards a group of Detectives headed by HUGO.
DIRECTOR JOSEF
You'll have to excuse me, Jerome.
I have to meet with the
authorities--naturally, we're co-
operating in any way, although I
won't tolerate a major disruption.
(as he departs)
I wish I was going with you,
Jerome.
As the pair depart, Jerome and Irene exchange a glance.
Irene is also aware of Jerome's unease.
INT. GATTACA - CORRIDOR. DAY.
We focus on JEROME's eyelash, still lying on the floor. A
huge crescent-shaped hair that fills the screen. Suddenly
there is a roar of a mini-vac and the eyelash is sucked up.
We follow the eyelash's journey, down the throat of the
cleaner into the specimen bag where it is sucked against the
bag's clear, plastic wall.