Domino

D O M I N O By Richard Kelly September 8, 2004 [NOTE: THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THIS SCRIPT HAD NUMBERED SCENES AND SOME "OMITTED" SCENE SLUGLINES, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN RETAINED FOR THE ONLINE TEXT.] OVER STUDIO LOGO: VOICES. VOICES CHATTERING in some sort of public place. ROBOTIC FEMALE VOICE (V.O.) Now serving G233. Please report to window four. VOICES are broken by someone coughing up phlegm. TITLE CARDS:THIS FILM IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BEAT) (SORT OF) INT. DMV -- AFTERNOON The DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. People are jam-packed into the internal maze of cubicles. It doesn't get more crowded and disgusting than this. THE SOUND OF SCREAMING BABIES IS INTERRUPTED BY A- BING. ROBOTIC FEMALE VOICE (V.O.) Now serving F134. Please report to window eight. This is the sound that the DMV AUTOMATED SYSTEM makes every fifteen seconds. A BING for each human being who waits to be processed through the system. DOMINO (V.O.) When I was a little girl... my mum took me to Euro Disney on opening day. I was told that it was the happiest place on earth. BOY looks down at the little piece of PAPER in his hand with the number B144 printed on it... wakes up DAD. They move toward window twelve. DOMINO (V.O.) (CONT'D) A week later... we moved to Los Angeles. I was told that this was the saddest place on Earth. The Department of Motor Vehicles in Los Angeles. The CAMERA PANS across more POOR PEOPLE. They look down at their numbers.Mostly Hispanic, African-American.