Daily Dialogue — July 5, 2019
“You needn’t take it any further, sir. You’ve proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, and terribly wrong…
“You needn’t take it any further, sir. You’ve proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, and terribly wrong. I’ve learned me lesson, sir. I’ve seen now what I’ve never seen before. I’m cured! Praise god!”
— A Clockwork Orange (1971), screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, novel by Anthony Burgess
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Movie Theater.
Trivia: One of only two movies rated X on its original release (the other being Midnight Cowboy (1969)) to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Dialogue On Dialogue: In a movie filled with brutality, this is one of the most horrifying scenes as it’s dripping with psychological violence.