Daily Dialogue — March 15, 2019
Hobie Doyle: Would that it were so simple. Laurence Laurentz: Would that it were so simple! Hobie Doyle: Would that it were so simple…
Hobie Doyle: Would that it were so simple.
Laurence Laurentz: Would that it were so simple!
Hobie Doyle: Would that it were so simple.
Laurence Laurentz: Would that it were so simple!
Hobie Doyle: Would that it were so simple.
Laurence Laurentz: Would that it were so simple!
— Hail, Caesar! (2016), written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Hollywood Insiders.
Trivia: The fictional film studio “Capitol Pictures” previously appeared in Barton Fink (1991), another Los Angeles period film from the Coen Brothers. Eddie Mannix’s secretary mentions that his meeting with the four religious leaders takes place in the “Wallace Beery Conference Room.” In the previous film, Barton Fink was a screenwriter who was writing a script for Capitol Pictures, for a wrestling movie starring real-life actor Wallace Beery.
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