Daily Dialogue — August 27, 2013

(Thanks to Jason Bourne, CIA officer Pamela Landy has found the traitor in her department: Ward Abbott, whose crimes include killing his own aide, Danny. Confronting Abbott in his hotel room, she finds herself at the wrong end of his gun…)

Ward Abbott: I’m a patriot. I served my country.
Pamela Landy: And Danny Zorn? What was he?
Ward Abbott: Unlucky. Collateral damage.
Pamela Landy: So, what do we do now?
Ward Abbott: I’m not sorry.

Abbott shoots himself.

— The Bourne Supremacy (2004), screenplay by Tony Gilroy, novel by Robert Ludlum

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is less with more suggested by hobbs001. Today’s suggestion by Debbie Moon.

Trivia: The 14 November 2003 draft of the screenplay credits Brian Helgeland for a rewrite. He is not credited in the final film.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary from Debbie: “In the earlier draft of the script available on imsbd.com, Abbott attempts to excuse his actions; they talk about money, about the desire to prove how clever you are, about hubris and losing your way… This simpler version has twice the impact, and ten times the shock value.”