Daily Dialogue — January 8, 2018

“Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well. Your friend. Andy.”

— The Shawshank Redemption (1994), screenplay by Frank Darabont, novella by Stephen King

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Voice-Over Narration.

Trivia: The Shawshank Redemption is the #1 movie on the IMDb Top 250 Movies of all time.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The movie employs voice-over narration throughout as a way of smoothing over time jumps through the story’s 19 years. But there are also evocative moments like this: Hearing Andy’s voice ‘reading’ his letter and speaking to the central theme of the movie: Hope.