Daily Dialogue — October 8, 2017

Gordon: If we’re going to play games, I’m going to need a cup of coffee.

He unlocks the Joker’s handcuffs. Heads toward the door.

Joker: Ah, the good cop, bad cop routine?

Gordon turns around at the door.

Gordon: Not exactly.

He leaves. The Joker sits. The lights come up revealing Batman standing behind the Joker. Batman slams Joker’s head onto the table.

Joker (recovering): Never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy.

— The Dark Knight (2008), screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, characters by Bob Kane

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Interrogation.

Trivia: In Sir Michael Caine’s opinion, Heath Ledger beat the odds and topped Jack Nicholson’s Joker from Batman (1989): “Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh. Heath’s gone in a completely different direction to Jack, he’s like a really scary psychopath. He’s a lovely guy and his Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture.” Caine bases this belief on a scene where the Joker pays a visit to Bruce Wayne’s penthouse. He’d never met Ledger before, so when Ledger arrived and performed he gave Caine such a fright, he forgot his lines.

Dialogue On Dialogue: So much great dialogue in this interrogation scene and wonderful how the Joker turns the tables at the end.