By Michael Vishnevetsky
vishmish1@gmail.com
INT. A LIVING ROOM IN APARTMENT - NIGHT
ROMAN, a man of 35 year of age, sits in a moving wooden chair in the living room of his apartment. A thick blue rug is on the floor. The light in the room is a pleasant dimmed yellow light. Roman wears an elegant dark blue suit, white shirt, and a red tie. Roman wears yellow sleepers on his feet.
A writing desk is in front of Roman. There is a laptop computer, a neatly arranged pile of white paper, and an expensive pen on the desk. By the laptop stands a photo, in which Roman and two of his friends are seen wearing mountaineering clothes on a snowy mountain peak. The photo is signed: ’Roma, we are with you! Always’.
There is a big, round clock on the wall. The clock indicates quarter past 6. Also on the wall hangs an official certificate coupled with a photo. In the photo Roman is seen shaking hands with some man. Both smile and wear official business suits. The certificate attached to the photo says:
’To Roman - the best employee of April. 10 years in our bank and now the best teller of the month! Way to go, Roman! Customer Service Director".
Roman looks at the laptop on the desk. INT. A LIVING ROOM IN APARTMENT - NIGHT
Roman looks at the laptop on the desk. A man’s voice is heard out of the laptop.
MAN’S VOICE OUT OF THE LAPTOP
(OS)
Your assignments must be submitted
by 8 pm today. Maximum one page.
Remember, write about something you
care for. This is the foundation of
your success. This is your dream.
Roman shuts the laptop and looks at the clock on the wall. The clock shows 18 minutes past 6. Roman takes his pen and brings the pile of paper closer. Roman sits for a few
moments with his pen over the paper, having written nothing. His eyes are closing, his head leans towards his chest, he
is clearly falling asleep. Roman has finally fallen asleep. The pen drops out of his hand and falls on the rug.
INT. A LIVING ROOM IN APARTMENT - NIGHT
In his dream Roman sits in the same chair, in the same living room. Suddenly he sees ALBERT EINSTEIN. Albert Einstein looks like the 60 year old scientist Albert Einstein in the famous images of him.
Albert Einstein seems happy and he says to Roman
ALBERT EINSTEIN Trust your imagination.
Albert Einstein disappears.
INT. A LIVING ROOM IN APARTMENT - NIGHT
Now Roman sees ZARATHUSTRA. Zarathustra is a 60 years old wanderer with a walking stick in his hand, dressed in tattered clothes. On Zarathustra’s shoulders sit a snake and an eagle. The light in the room becomes green.
Zarathustra says to Roman
ZARATHUSTRA
You are a man. A man must be
overcome. You must jump over the
dwarf. Thus spake me, Zarathustra.
Zarathustra disappears.
INT. A LIVING ROOM IN APARTMENT - NIGHT
Suddenly the ceiling in the room becomes very high. It becomes very dark in the room. In the darkness appears the DWARF. The dwarf is very short, he has a strange and irregular face structure and features, but he very much resembles Roman. The dwarf even dressed like Roman except to tie and sleepers - unlike Roman, the dwarf wears a dark tie and white sleepers. The dwarf seems angry.
Roman and the dwarf stand opposite each other on the opposite sides of the rope which hangs under the ceiling of the room.
The dwarf says to Roman
DWARF
You will fall down from this rope.
I will jump over you now. You will
stay in this dark room forever.
The dwarf jumps and tries to hit Roman with the dwarf’s own body.
Suddenly the dwarf disappears.
INT. A LIVING ROOM IN APARTMENT - NIGHT
Roman wakes up. He looks at the clock on the wall. The clock shows 7:40. Roman opens the laptop and opens a new email. In the topic of the letter he writes: ’My Dream’.
The first sentence of the letter is ’He sat in the darkness for a long time, and then fell asleep’. Roman writes a few more sentences which are unseen, and then presses the ’Send’ icon on the screen. The clock on the wall indicates 7:58.
Roman rises from the chair, comes to the window and opens it. He sees a big city in the evening and a lot of lights. An airplane flies and stars are seen in the sky.
Roman takes off his tie, unbuttons the upper button of his shirt. He smiles, and sees a shooting star falling down. A meteor shower begins. Many shooting stars are seen. Roman smiles a big, wide smile.
The end.