Daily Dialogue — August 29, 2019

“Liar!”

— The Princess Bride (1987), screenplay by William Goldman based on his novel

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: One Word. Today’s suggestion by @MaryPocrnic.

Trivia: Inspired by, and written directly for his two daughters, writer William Goldman already had a special affection for his story. However, it spent many years in “development hell” during which it gained a reputation for being un-filmable, with at least two studio heads losing their jobs (for unrelated reasons) mere days after stating they wished to make the film. By this stage, Goldman was so disillusioned and protective of his book that he took the almost unheard of step of buying back the rights to his own story when it came available after a studio ‘desk clearing’ (putting up every optioned story for sale to start again with a clean slate).

Dialogue On Dialogue: One could argue GIFs were invented for this one-word side of dialogue.