high-
rise. Lake Michigan out the window. A large space with
several architects consulting, drafting, etc. Sam is at
his desk, working. An older colleague, ROB, comes over
to him. Rob has a mustache, smokes a pipe; hes kind
but a little stuffy.
ROB
Young man, its none of my
business, but maybe you should
talk to someone. I myself
have consulted a professional.
I used to be up tight.
On Sa
high as he waits for the photo strip.
MAN
Howdee, Susan... no... Hello there,
Doctor Bright. No no no. Hello,
Susan...
A smoldering octave lower.
MAN
Hello, Susan...
The green light flashes and the strip of black and white
pictures drops into the gate.
We DESCEND PAST each picture of the mans face, framed
tightly as if each was a panel in a comic book.
Each face seems like someone who has a secre
POINT BREAK
by James Cameron & Kathryn Bigelow
From the Screenplay by
W. Peter Iliff
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FADE IN:
We are in the belly of a wave.
Light refracts in a constant collision of water.
SLOW MOTION, the hallucinatory prisms, like liquid
diamonds taking flight, dreamlike...
??
EXT. OCEAN - DUSK
Backlit against a flaming sun a solitary SURFER glides
across the green glassy peak. TIME IS STRETCHED until h
high-
rise. Lake Michigan out the window. A large space with
several architects consulting, drafting, etc. Sam is at
his desk, working. An older colleague, ROB, comes over
to him. Rob has a mustache, smokes a pipe; hes kind
but a little stuffy.
ROB
Young man, its none of my
business, but maybe you should
talk to someone. I myself
have consulted a professional.
I used to be up tight.
On Sa