The Third Secret (1964)

Stephen Boyd: Alex Stedman

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• [Stedman is sitting alone in a darkened television studio as Catherine Whitset enters and points to the broadcasting equipment] 

  Catherine Whitset : It's very complicated, isn't it?

  Alex Stedman : It has to be.

  Catherine Whitset : Why?

  Alex Stedman : It saves people from having to think about what they're really doing. They have to concentrate on how to do it.

  Catherine Whitset : That's therapy. It doesn't really help.

  Alex Stedman : Therapy.

  [pause] 

  Alex Stedman : Are you looking for anyone? I believe they've all gone home.

  Catherine Whitset : You haven't.

  Alex Stedman : How did you get in?

  Catherine Whitset : I lied to the guard.

  Alex Stedman : Why?

  Catherine Whitset : I'm obsessive. I lie to guards.

  Alex Stedman : That's not very serious.

  Catherine Whitset : [Walking up to look through one of the video cameras]  I love TV. Even when it's terrible.

  [Walks over to Stedman] 

  Catherine Whitset : I think I'm going blind from watching TV. Do you see? Look closely.

  [Pulls down her eyelid] 

  Catherine Whitset : See the deterioration? I'm a victim of the electronic age.

  Alex Stedman : [Ruefully]  Me too.