Daily Dialogue — September 18, 2014

“You think I’m funny, I’m an asshole? No no no… what’s funny is HER… what’s funny is, I had you two followed, because if it’s not you she’s sleeping with, it’s someone else… what’s funny is, when she gives you that LOOK, and says, ‘I don’t know what you’re talkin’ about, Ray, I ain’t done nothin’ funny’… but the funniest thing to ME is… you think SHE came back HERE for YOU… THAT’S what’s FUCKIN’ FUNNY!”

— Blood Simple. (1984), written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Adultery.

Trivia: On the advice of Sam Raimi, the Coens went door-to-door showing potential investors a two minute ‘trailer’ of the film they planned to make. They ultimately raised $750,000 in a little over a year, enough to begin production of the movie.

Dialogue On Dialogue: That’s the thing about adultery. If someone sleeps with a married person, knowing they are doing so while living a lie… how can you trust them not to do the same thing to you? That’s a point aggrieved husband Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) makes here to the man involved in the affair Ray (John Getz).

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