Blood Diamond Page #3

Solomon Vandy?

What do you want?

It seems you made a friend in prison.

- Hey.

- How the body, Mr. Archer?

The body fine, M'Ed.

So you want something nice, huh?

The best you can get ahold of, all right?

Take me a few days,

but I go find you something special.

All right. You hear

they took Marampa yesterday?

- Really?

- Now, come on.

You know every move they make.

When are they gonna hit us?

Oh, I imagine they come

do some shopping very soon.

Yeah, yeah.

Got any smokes back there?

Yeah.

Who's that, huh?

All right.

- Can I offer you a cigarette?

- Oh, no, thanks.

You listening to this?

I am profoundly sorry.

The world is falling apart,

and all we hear about is Blowjobgate.

I believe he's sorry.

When was the last time the world

wasn't falling apart, huh?

A cynic. Why don't you sit down

and make me miserable?

- Danny Archer.

- Maddy Bowen.

- Pleased to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- American, huh?

- Guilty.

Well, Americans usually are.

Says the white South African?

I'm from Rhodesia.

We say Zimbabwe now,

don't we?

- Do we?

- Last time I checked.

Don't tell me,

you're here to make a difference.

- And you're here to make a buck?

- I'm here for lack of a better idea.

- That's a shame.

- Not really.

Peace Corps types only

stay around long enough...

...to realize they're not helping anyone.

Government only wants

to stay in power...

...until they've stolen enough

to go into exile somewhere else.

And the rebels, they're not sure

they want to take over.

Otherwise,

they'd have to govern this mess.

- But TIA, right, M'Ed?

- TIA.

What's TIA?

- "This is Africa," huh?

- Right.

- You want another?

- Sure.

So which one are you?

- Smuggler?

- Am I?

Somehow you don't strike me

as the UNICEF type.

How about soldier of fortune?

Or is that too much of a clich?

Diamonds?

- If I told you I was a missionary...?

- For Van De Kaap?

Better watch that type of talk,

Miss Bowen.

In America, it's bling-bling,

but out here, it's bling-bang, huh?

I wouldn't want you

getting in any trouble.

How much trouble

do you think I would get into...

...for talking about blood diamonds?

- You're a journalist.

- That's right.

Piss off, huh?

For five years, this country has reported

almost no diamond exports...

...while Liberia, right next door,

has exported 2 billion dollars' worth.

Very odd, considering that Liberia

has no diamonds to speak of.

I'm shocked.

Van De Kaap denies trading blood

diamonds, but admits it's impossible...

...to tell where a diamond comes from

unless their smuggler gets caught.

What do you want from me, huh?

You know all about Van De Kaap.

Help me out. Off the record.

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