Guernica (2016)
James D'Arcy: Henry
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Quotes
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Henry : I need a line to New York.
Carmen : Whatever they need.
Henry : [on the phone calling New York Herald Tribune] Listen, George. Here's your damn war story. Twenty-six April, 1937. Gernika. Don't give a damn if you use my name or you have someone else sign it. But it's the story I want printed. Ready? A very small town in the north of Spain is about to become very famous, but for all the wrong reasons.
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Marco : Hey, Henry.
Henry : Marco. I wondered when you'd show up. Like a bad penny.
Marco : Yes. I heard your car was bombed. But I thought it was you telling your usual stories, but now...
Henry : And I heard that you've been secretly writing articles for the fascists.
Marco : Yes
Henry : It's dangerous when you cross the lines, Marco.
Henry : You get yourself shot.
Marco : If you write what they want, you never get shot.
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Henry : [Making phone call to New York] George! How's New York? Where is my check?
George : Henry, we have cheaper journalists, you know.
Henry : Yeah, but none of them is named Henry Howell.
George : They'll have names of their own if I give them a chance. Listen, child star Shirley Temple released a toy collection with her face. And all the papers opened with that. There's a war on, Henry...
Henry : All right. Here's what we can do. I've got a hand-drawn battle map. Make a great illustration. But...
Henry : Speaking of illustrations, how about a week in Paris, George? Picasso is preparing a new exhibition. Let's do Picasso. Together. He'll talk to me, you know.
George : Nothing about Paris. Bergara. Do you remember that article? That's war. And WAR SELLS, Henry. I WANT WAR! I...
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Henry : So, what's your life's story?
Teresa : I wanted to be a writer. But when the war happened, the loyalists needed people who spoke languages, and knew how to deal with journalists.
Henry : So you're dealing with me?
Teresa : Well, in my way.
Henry : And because you didn't become a writer, you deal in editing what other people write.
Teresa : Well, circumstances delimit one's choices, don't they? To be honest, I'm like you. I don't fit in many places.
Henry : You're a Communist?
Teresa : Loyalist. I wish to see a democracy for Spain.
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Teresa : [knock on the door] Come in.
Carmen : Teresa? These are the new journalists. Marco Navas. He works for a Portuguese newspaper. And these two are the oneswith the car that broke down.
Marta : No, it didn't break down. It was bombed.
Carmen : Marta Vonier, photographer from Le Figaro. And Henry Howell, from the New York Herald Tribune. American.
Teresa : I studied your writing at college. I... I think I've read it all. Short. Sharp. Very inspiring. Your style has evolved over time, hasn't it?
Henry : Well, I'm still a growing boy.
Teresa : I just read this article of yours about Bergara. You write of a battle at a castle where our soldiers were firing from the battlements. I think it was a pretty good piece. It's quite interesting because there are no castles in Bergara. Why? Why did you write it? Is it even about the truth anymore?
Henry : Well, maybe I got the name of the town wrong. There's so many.
Teresa : Don't play with us. For you, it's a story. But for us, it's life and death.
Vasyl : Obey the rules, Mr. Howell. They're simple enough even for you.
Henry : I'm sorry. You are?