Daily Dialogue — January 3, 2020

Partygoer: So Tom, what is it that you do?
Tom: I write greeting cards.
Summer: Tom could be a really great architect if he wanted to be.
Partygoer: That’s unusual, I mean, what made you go from one to the other?
Tom: I guess I just figured, why make something disposable like a building when you can make something that lasts forever, like a greeting card.

— (500) Days of Summer (2009), written by Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Rooftop.

Trivia: The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2006 Black List.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Rooftops can be a place for romance which was clearly Tom’s expectation, but the reality transforms the location into a crushing scene.