INT. NEO'S APARTMENT
It is a studio apartirent that seems overgrown with
technology.
Weed-like cables coil everywhere, duct-taped into
thickets that wind up and around the legs of several
desks.
Tabletops are filled with cannibalized equipment that lay
open like an autopsied corpse.
We turn towards the center of this rat-nest of
technology, following the slurping and crunching of
cereal. We pass an open box of Capln Crunch as we find (SYM. Antithesis: A : The inside) --
NEO, a younger man who knows more about living inside a
computer than living outside one.
NEO
Fuckin' idiots don't know shit.(SYM. Antithesis : idiots)
He finishes his cereal and is about to disconnect when an
anonynous message slices onto the screen.
SCREEN
Do you want to know what the
Matrix is, Neo? (HER. Enigma 1 : a question)
Neo is frozen when he reads his name.
SCREEN
SUPERASTIC: Who said that?
JACKON: Who's Neo?
GIBSON: This is a private board.
If you want to know, follow the
white rabbit. (ACT. "rabbit")
NEO
What the hell...
SCREEN
TIMAXE: Someone is hacking the
hackers!
FOS4: It's Morpheus!!!!!
JACKON: Identify yourself.
Knock, knock, Neo.
A chill runs down his spine and when someone KNOCKS on
his door he almost jumps out of his chair.
He looks at the door, then back at the computer but the
message is gone.
He shakes his head, not completely sure what happened.
Again, someone knocks.
Cautiously, Neo approaches the door.
A PHONE begins to RING.
----->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It is answered and the screen fills instantly with the
trace program. After a long beat, we recognize Neo's
voice.
NEO (V.O.)
Hi. It's me. I know you're out
there. I know you're working as
fast as you can to catch me.
We CLOSE IN ON the racing columns of numbers shimmering
across the screen.
NEO (V.O.)
I thought I should call and let
you know how things stand. (ACT. "things" )
We DIVE THROUGH the numbers, surging UP THROUGH the
darkness, sucked TOWARDS a tight constellation of stars.
NEO (V.O.)
I know you're real proud of this
world you've built, the way it
works, all the nice little rules
and such, but I've got some bad
news (REF. rules).
We realize that the constellation is actually the holes
in the mouthpiece of a phone. Seen from inside.
NEO (V.O.)
I've decided to make a few
changes.(ACT. "changes').
