Gyeongju is...
Gyeongju contains most of the historic remains of Korea's 5000 year history. Gyeongju is located 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and is 1,323 square kilometers in size.
It has a population of 291,000 as of January 2001. This city belongs to Gyeongsangbuk-do administratively and is composed of 4 towns, 8 townships and 13 villages. The City Hall buildings are located at Nodong-d
mound is
a 3 vast tundra of skulls and shattered concrete. The rush hour
crowds burned down in their tracks.
4 WE DISSOLVE TO a playground... where intense heat has half-melted
the 4 jungle gym, the blast has warped the swing set, the
merry-go-round has sagged in the firestorm. Small skulls look
accusingly from the ash-drifts. WE HEAR the distant echo of
childrens voices... playing and laughing i
tomb. It is folded on its back.
SLOW MOTION as the tip of a fine-pointed drill bores into the amber toward the trapped bug. Orange flecks fly. The mosquito trembles. The drill continues, stopping just before it touches the tiny body.
A SHINY PAIR of thin needle-nose pliers reach in the borehole and extricate the mosquito remains. These are dropped on a brightly lit glass slide. A conveyor belt st
the desolation, keening with the sound of ten million dead souls. It scurries the ashes into drifts, stark white in the moonlight against the charred rubble.
A TITLE CARD FADES IN:
"LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2029"
ANGLE ON A HEAP OF FIRE-BLACKENED HUMAN BONES
Beyond the mound is a vast tundra of skulls and shattered concrete. The rush hour crowd burned down in their tracks.
DISSOLVE TO:
a playground
mounds. He comes to a stop and the camera is
positioned in between the boys legs looking at and aging man also
digging.
YOUNG BOY
(In Iraqi language)
Theyve found something... small pieces.
MERRIN
(In Iraqi language)
Where?
YOUNG BOY
(In Iraqi language)
At the base of the mound.
The boy runs off and the old man pulls himself to his feet to
follow. The old man walks to the base of the mound