Daily Dialogue — December 20, 2017

Lloyd: Why don’t you just give yourself up?
Gus: What’d you say?
Lloyd: Well, you’re not going to kill an entire family. It’s over. I mean, you’re not the type. You’re a thief, not a killer. That’s obvious.
Gus: I hate guys like you, you know, with your Jeep Grand Cherokee’s and your Nicaraguan maids and your ping-zing golf clubs. Every goddamn thing in the world handed to you. I mean, what fuckin’ purpose do you people serve?
Lloyd: You’re a criminal. What possible purpose could you serve?
Gus: Fuck you, Lloyd! I work for a living, okay? I have a skill. I’m in the game pal. What do you do except take up fuckin’ space?
Lloyd: If you’re so skilled, what are you doing stuck here?
Gus: Let me tell you something. I could break into any house, anywhere, anytime. Take whatever I want. In and out in ten minutes. No prints, no evidence. Nothing. If what’s-his-name hadn’t installed that fuckin’ road runner booby trap I’d be in Jamaica by now.
Lloyd: Mmm, I’m impressed.
Gus: Nah, you people don’t get impressed do you? Huh? Life just bores the shit outta you people. Well, I’m sorry. We don’t all have rich mommies and daddies we can live off of or open restaurants when we get bored playing tennis.

— The Ref (1994), screenplay Richard LaGravenese and Marie Weiss

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Holiday.

Trivia: The original ending had Denis Leary being caught by the cops to show the son that a life of crime leads nowhere. However, after screening the movie to a test audience and receiving negative comments about the ending, director Ted Demme changed it. He now admits he regrets changing it.

Dialogue On Dialogue: A holiday movie with a twist.