Daily Dialogue — November 10, 2012

Becca: Have you heard about this videotape that kills you when you watch it?

Katie: What kind of tape?

Becca: A tape, a regular tape. People rent it, I don’t know. You start to play it and it’s, like, somebody’s nightmare. Then suddenly, this woman comes on smiling at you, right? Seeing you through the screen and as soon as it’s over your phone rings. Someone knows you’ve watched it and what they say is “You will die in seven days” and exactly seven days later…

Katie: Who told you that?

Becca: Somebody from Revere. I don’t –

Katie: Who told you?

Becca: What’s your problem?

Katie: I’ve watched it.

— Becca (Rachael Bella), Katie (Amber Tamblyn), The Ring (2002), screenplay by Ehren Kruger, novel by Koji Suzuki

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is exposition suggested by Dean Scott. Today’s suggestion by Teddy Pasternak.

Trivia: Subliminal frames from the Ring video are inserted in the film. For example, the ‘Ring’ image can be glimpsed for a fraction of a second in the transition between the ferry/horse sequence and Rachel’s car drive to Anna Morgan’s farm on Moesko Island.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Double exposition. First about the tape. Second that Katie has watched it. The first is compelling because of the information. The second because it’s a revelation.