THE AMERICAN Screenplay by Rowan Joffe Based on the novel A ...
THE AMERICAN Screenplay by Rowan Joffe Based on the novel A ...
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"The American" June 21st, 2010 page 29.<br />
The two men regard <strong>on</strong>e ano<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> priest awaiting a<br />
verdict.<br />
JACK<br />
It’s good.<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO shrugs.<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO<br />
The Holy Fa<strong>the</strong>r eats better than<br />
this.<br />
The flash of a smile crosses <strong>the</strong> priest’s face.<br />
JACK<br />
Have you ever wanted to be anything<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r than a priest?<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO<br />
Have you ever wanted to be anything<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r than a... come se dice in<br />
Inglese...?<br />
JACK<br />
Photographer?<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO<br />
Photographer.<br />
JACK<br />
I do what I’m good at.<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO<br />
I’m sure you have o<strong>the</strong>r talents.<br />
You have <strong>the</strong> hands of a craftsman,<br />
not an artist. You are good with<br />
machines. Yet you told me just <strong>the</strong><br />
opposite when we first met.<br />
JACK hides his unease from <strong>the</strong> watchful priest.<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO<br />
Journalism cannot make you a rich<br />
man.<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO’s eyes flick over <strong>the</strong> OMEGA.<br />
No.<br />
JACK<br />
FA<str<strong>on</strong>g>THE</str<strong>on</strong>g>R BENEDETTO<br />
Perhaps you are rich already?<br />
JACK<br />
I’m not a young man. I have my<br />
savings.