Daily Dialogue 2020
All of this year’s Daily Dialogue posts.
All of this year’s Daily Dialogue posts.
The 13th year of Daily Dialogue posts!
January 1 — The Matrix: “Dodge this.”
January 2 — Vertigo: “Give me your hand! Give me your hand!”
January 3 — (500) Days of Summer: “Why make something disposable like a building when you can make something that lasts forever, like a greeting...”
January 4 — Her: “Dear Catherine, I’ve been sitting here thinking about all the things I wanted to apologize to you for. All the pain we caused each other.”
January 5 — The Shawshank Redemption: “Mr. Hadley, do you trust your wife?”
January 6 — Annie: “You spend your evenings in the shanties. / You had me followed. / Imbibing quarts of bathtub gin. / Bronchitism.”
January 7 — What’s New Pussycat: “You must not attack her. You must woo her.”
January 8 — The World’s End: “Leave a light on good lady, for though we may return with a twinkle in our eyes, we will be in truth blind — drunk!”
January 9 — The Bad Seed: “Any little thing at all, I’m not the fussy type. I prefer bourbon and water, but any little thing any little thing will do.”
January 10 — Withnail & I: “We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!”
January 11 — E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: “Some of the things you should be looking for during the dissection, the intestines will be going through…”
January 12 — Breakfast at Tiffany’s: “I think we should have a drink to the new Mrs. Rusty Trawler.”
January 13 — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: “How long until one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then?”
January 14 — Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: “Follow the rules of the Book, and you’ll get where you’re going in no time. Excuse me.”
January 15 — EuroTrip: “Berlin? Yes, I know it well. I stabbed a woman in a bar in Berlin. But I am going nowhere near Berlin.”
January 16 — There’s Something About Mary: “7’s the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that’s the number.”
January 17 — Thelma & Louise: “Excuse me, ma’am. May I ask which direction you’re heading? See, I’m trying to get back to school and my ride…”
January 18 — Inside Llewyn Davis: “Well, it would have to be something, stupid fucking name like that. You don’t look Welsh.”
January 19 — It Happened One Night: “I’ll stop a car, and I won’t use my thumb!”
January 20 — Play Misty for Me: “You ever find yourself being completely smothered by somebody?”
January 21 — Radio: “He doesn’t talk too much, but he’s sure taking a liking to that radio.”
January 22 — Pirate Radio: “There’s no such thing as a tiny little ‘fuck.’”
January 23 — Moneyball: “The Yanks will defend their title.”
January 24 — Private Parts: “Do me a favor. Hold that up for a second so I can see your cock’”.
January 25 — Airheads: “Wrong, dickhead, trick question. Lemmy *IS* God.
January 26 — Good Morning, Vietnam: “Good morning, Vietnam! Hey, this is not a test. This is rock and roll. Time to rock it from the delta to the DMZ!”
January 27 — Fight Club: “Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering.”
January 28 — Tremors: “Broke into the wrong God damn rec room, didn’t you, you bastard!”
January 29 — Psycho: “Mrs. Bates?”
January 30 — The Wedding Singer: “I live in my sister’s basement.”
January 31 — Night of the Living Dead: “Karen. Karen. Poor baby.”
February 1 — Don’t Breathe: “She’s the one who killed his daughter. We have to get her out of here.”
February 2 — Home Alone: “It’s only my imagination. Only my imagination.”
February 3 — The Big Sleep: “Looks like we’re closed for the afternoon.”
February 4 — Blood Simple.: “Well, if the pay’s right, I’ll do it.”
February 5 — Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: “My $2000 ceramic Vektor my mother got me as a special gift. You threw in the lake next to the car.”
February 6 — The Nice Guys: “Mr. March, we’re going to play a game. It’s called ‘shut up unless you’re me.’”
February 7 — The Last Boy Scout: “You tripped, slipped on the floor and accidentally stuck your dick in my wife.”
February 8 — Devil in a Blue Dress: “Why don’t you search me and find out?”
February 9 — Harper: “Why just think how t’riffic you’ll feel next time you and your husband try frugging…”
February 10 — Collateral: “Of all the cabbies in L.A. I get Max, Sigmund Freud meets Dr. Ruth.”
February 11 — Serendipity: “Her name’s Sarah Thomas.”
February 12 — Roman Holiday: “Now look, signora, it’s a very late night. My wife… I have three bambino. You know bambino.”
February 13 — Who Framed Roger Rabbit: “I’ll drive, I’m the cab. Outta my way, pencil neck!”
February 14 — It’s a Wonderful Life: “Don’t look now, but there’s something funny going on over there at the bank, George.”
February 15 — On the Waterfront: “I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.”
February 16 — Taxi Driver: “Hello, Travis.”
February 17 — Gone With the Wind: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
February 18 — Before Sunrise: “Listen, all this bull shit about us not seeing each other again. I don’t want to do that.”
February 19 — The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: “ Sam, I must go, I was a ring bearer, you will never truly know what it did to me.”
February 20 — Shakespeare in Love: “Write me well.”
February 21 — Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back: “I know.”
February 22 — The Truman Show: “In case I don’t see ya’… good afternoon, good evening, and good night.”
February 23 —Casablanca: “Where I’m going, you can’t follow. What I’ve got to do, you can’t be any part of.”
February 24 — Miller’s Crossing: “I’m praying to you! Look in your heart! I’m praying to you! Look in your heart! I’m praying to you! Look in your heart!”
February 25 — O Brother, Where Art Thou?: “You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune, though it will not be...”
February 26 — Fargo: “There’s more to life than a little money, you know. Don’tcha know that?”
February 27 — The Big Lebowski: “God damn you, Walter! You fucking asshole! Everything’s a fucking travesty with you, man!”
February 28 — Inside Llewyn Davis: “The future? You mean like flying cars? Hotels on the moon? Tang?”
February 29 — Hail, Caesar!: “Would that it were so simple.”
March 1 — Barton Fink: “LOOK UPON ME! I’LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!!!”
March 2 — The Breakfast Club: “You won’t accept a guy’s tongue in your mouth and you’re gonna eat that?”
March 3 — Philadelphia: “This is the supplement. You’re right, there is a section on… HIV related discrimination.”
March 4 — Se7en: “All these books, gentlemen… a world of knowledge at your disposal, and you play poker all night.”
March 5 — Being There: “In a garden, growth has its season. There is spring and summer, but there is also fall and winter. And then spring and summer…”
March 6 — Citizen Kane: “Pages eighty-three to one forty-two.”
March 7 — The Shawshank Redemption: “Appropriations committee voted an annual payment of five hundred dollars just to shut him up.”
March 8 — Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay: “You can’t bring drugs into the library.”
March 9 — Escape from New York: “Not now, I’m too tired. Maybe later.”
March 10 — Shaft: “To get laid, where the hell are you going?”
March 11 — Hard to Kill: “I’m gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank.”
March 12 — Cobra: “You’re a disease, and I’m the cure.”
March 13 — Snakes on a Plane: “Enough is enough! I have had it with the motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!”
March 14 — John Wick: “That ‘fucking nobody’… is John Wick.”
March 15 — Taken: “You don’t remember me. We spoke on the phone two days ago. I told you I would find you.”
March 16 — Five Easy Pieces: “I want you to hold it between your knees.”
March 17 — Swingers: “The beautiful babies don’t work the midnights-to-six on a Wednesday. This is the skank shift.”
March 18 — Taxi Driver: “You walk out with those fucking creeps and lowlifes and degenerates out on the street, and sell your little pussy for nothing, man?”
March 19 — Zodiac: “Door to door, that is less than 50 yards.”
March 20 — Looper: “I don’t want to talk about time travel because if we start talking about it then we’re going to be here all day talking about it, making...”
March 21 — Groundhog Day: “I’m a god. I’m not the God… I don’t think.”
March 22 — Diner: “You want to bet that she goes for my pecker — first thing?”
March 23 — Before Sunset: “I know.”
March 24 — Some Like It Hot: “Well, nobody’s perfect!”
March 25 — The American President: “Well, it turns out I’ve got a rose garden.”
March 26 — Fight Club: “You met me at a very strange time in my life.”
March 27 — Psycho: “They’ll see and they’ll know and they’ll say, ‘Why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly’…”
March 28 — Alien: “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.”
March 29 — The Silence of the Lambs: “I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner…”
March 30 — The Shining: “Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in. Not by the hair of your chiny-chin-chin? Well then, I’ll huff and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow…”
March 31 — The Big Lebowski: “Put your diapers on, Lebowski. Jackie Treehorn wants to see you.”
April 1 — Double Indemnity: “I’d like to move in on her right now, tonight.”
April 2 — The Matrix: “I’m trying to free your mind, Neo. I can only show you the door. You’re the one who has to walk through it.”
April 3 — Prisoners: “Why did you run away from me the other night?”
April 4 — Ace Ventura: Pet Detective: “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
April 5 — The Godfather: “Don Corleone.”
April 6 — Little Women: “Can I call you Teddy?”
April 7 — Rain Man: “Of course I don’t have my underwear. I’m definitely not wearing my underwear.”
April 8 — The Skeleton Twins: “Maggie, I know the dog dies. Everyone knows the dog dies. It’s the book where the dog dies.”
April 9 — A River Runs Through It: “Oh, I’ll never leave Montana, brother.”
April 10 — Rachel Getting Married: “Come on.”
April 11 — The Godfather: Part II: ““Fredo, you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a brother, you’re not a friend. I don’t want to know you or what you do.”
April 12 — Slap Shot: “I’m listening to the fucking song!”
April 13 — The Big Lebowski: “Nice marmot, man.”
April 14 — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: “Don’t fuck with me now, man, I am Ahab.”
April 15 — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: “When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”
April 16 — Out of Sight: “Hey.”
April 17 — Fatal Attraction: “AAAHHHH!”
April 18 — Splendor in the Grass: “No, mom! I’m not spoiled! I’m not spoiled mom! I’m just as fresh and virginal like the day I was born, mom!”
April 19 — Scarface: “Can’t you stop saying ‘fuck’ all the time? Can’t you stop talking about money?”
April 20 — Lincoln: “And you grouse so and heckle and dodge about like pettifogging Tammany Hall hucksters!”
April 21 — Milk: “My name is Harvey Milk and I’m here to recruit you!”
April 22 — The Candidate: “What do we do now?”
April 23 — Seven Days in May: “James Mattoon Scott, as you put it, hasn’t the slightest interest in his own glorification. But he does have an abiding…”
April 24 — Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: “No, sir, I will not yield!”
April 25 — Citizen Kane: “I made no campaign promises, because until a few weeks ago I had no hope of being elected. Now, however, I have something…”
April 26 — Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: “Now then, Dmitri, you know how we’ve always talked about the…”
April 27 — The Motorcycle Diaries: “Bless you… Blessed be your travels.
April 28 — Easy Rider: “Have you got a helmet?”
April 29 — The Wild Ones: ““You wanna see something? You wanna see Johnny go? Oh, he can really go. He can really screw it on.”
April 30 — Terminator 2: Judgment Day: “Come with me if you want to live!”
May 1 — The World’s Fastest Indian: “A hundred says the Indian comes last.”
May 2 — The Great Escape: “Switzerland.”
May 3 — Every Which Way But Loose: “You wanna talk, take a walk. You wanna eat, take a seat.”
May 4 — Notorious: “You love me, why didn’t you tell me before?”
May 5 — Shadow of a Doubt: “Are they human or are they fat, wheezing animals? And what happens to animals when they get too fat and too old?”
May 6 — Vertigo: “Only one is a wanderer. Two together are always going somewhere.”
May 7 — North by Northwest: “You’ve got taste in clothes, taste in food.”
May 8 — Strangers on a Train: “I have the perfect weapon right here: these two hands.”
May 9 — Spellbound: “Women make the best psychoanalysts until they fall in love. After that they make the best patients.”
May 10 — Psycho: “It’s sad, when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son. But I couldn’t allow them to believe that I would…”
May 11 — Boyz n the Hood: “Yeah. Y’all act like you ain’t never had no barbecue before. The ladies eat. Ho’s gotta eat, too.”
May 12 — Poetic Justice: “We all family. Especially when it comes to barbecue.”
May 13 — Father of the Bride: “This looks great. I hear you’re a wiz at the barbecue, Dad.”
May 14 — Varsity Blues: “Dad, come on. You’re gonna fall in the barbecue.”
May 15 — The Fast and the Furious: “Jesse, since you were the first to reach in and grab some chicken, why don’t you say grace?”
May 16 — The Waterboy: “Bobby, deh ever catch dat gorilla that busted outa da zoo and punched you in da eye?”
May 17 — Goodfellas: “All they got from Paulie was protection from other guys looking to rip them off. That’s what it’s all about.”
May 18 — Blade Runner: “All those… moments… will be lost in time, like tears… in… rain.”
May 19 — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: ““Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain…”
May 20 — It’s a Wonderful Life: “Don’t look now, but there’s something funny going on over there at the bank, George.”
May 21 — Four Weddings and a Funeral: “Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed.”
May 22 — Withnail & I: “This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire.”
May 23 — Jurassic Park: “Ah, no wonder you’re extinct. I’m gonna run you over when I come back down!”
May 24 — The Lion King: “Remember.”
May 25 — Do the Right Thing: “Hey, Sal, how come they ain’t no brothas on the wall?”
May 26 — Eat Pray Love: “I’m in love. I’m having a relationship with my pizza.”
May 27 — Houseboat: “My friend? Would you like me to show you how to eat that properly, so you don’t waste any?”
May 28 — Miss Congeniality: “Are you crazy? We can’t have pizza and beer.”
May 29 — Breaking Bad: “What kind of example do we want to set here? I mean, can’t we just sit down and eat a piece of pizza together?”
May 30 — Wayne’s World: “Well, that’s where I see things just a little differently. Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor.”
May 31 — Along Came Polly: “I’m blotting the grease.”
June 1 — Schindler’s List: [No dialogue. Visual storytelling.]
June 2 — MASH: “Bravo! Author!”
June 3 — Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: “I do have a test today, that wasn’t bullshit. It’s on European socialism. I mean, really, what’s the point? I’m not…”
June 4 — The Shawshank Redemption: “Anybody get to you yet?”
June 5 — Casino Royale: “It’s like there’s blood on my hands and it’s not coming off.”
June 6 — Enchanted: “This is a magical room. Where does the water come from?”
June 7 — American Beauty: “Look at me. Jerking off in the shower. This will be the high point of my day.”
June 8 — Dark Star: “Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?”
June 9 — Lethal Weapon 2: “Guys like you don’t die on toilets.”
June 10 — Revenge of the Pink Panther: “Special delivery. Were you expecting one?”
June 11 — The Hurt Locker: “There’s too many locks. I can’t get it off. I’m sorry, okay. You understand? I’m sorry.”
June 12 — Touch of Evil: “Do you realize I haven’t kissed you in over an hour?”
June 13 — MacGruber: “All right, we got a nuclear warhead to… Holy shit!”
June 14 — True Lies: “I know what this is… this is an espresso machine. No, no wait. It’s a snow cone maker.”
June 15 — School of Rock: “Rock go no reason. Rock got no reason.”
June 16 — National Lampoon’s Animal House: “I gave my love a cherry / That had no stone / I gave my love a chicken / That had no bones…
June 17 — Inside Llewyn Davis: “I don’t see a lot of money here.”
June 18 — This is Spinal Tap: “These go to eleven.”
June 19 — Moneyball: “Can you sing a little for your dad? Right here in the middle of the store?”
June 20 — Forrest Gump: “Forrest, what are you doing here. What are you doing? Put me down!”
June 21 — Juno: “I don’t see what anyone can see / In anyone else but you.”
June 22 — The Devil’s Advocate: “Do yourself a favor and put that knife where it belongs.”
June 23 — Speed: “Yeah, but I’m taller.”
June 24 — Ghost: “You stubborn asshole.”
June 25 — Joker: “What’s so funny, freak?”