Daily Dialogue — May 14, 2016

Bridget Gregory: Could you leave? Please?
Mike Swale: I haven’t finished charming you yet.
Bridget Gregory: You haven’t started.
Mike Swale: Gimme a chance.
Bridget Gregory: Look, go find yourself a nice little cowgirl and make nice little cowbabies and leave me alone.
Mike Swale: I’m hung like a horse. Think about it.

He starts away.

Bridget Gregory: Let’s see.
Mike Swale: Excuse me?

He returns.

Bridget Gregory: Mr. Ed, let’s see.
Mike Swale: Look, I tried to be nice. I can see that’s something you’re not…
Bridget Gregory: No, I’m trying. I can be very nice when I try. Sit down.
Mike Swale [sits down]: OK, maybe we just got off to a bad start. I know plenty of people -

Bridget unzips his fly and feels inside Mike’s pants.

Mike Swale: What are you doing?
Bridget Gregory: I believe what we’re looking for is a certain horse-like quality? 
Mike Swale: Are you serious?
Bridget Gregory: I never buy anything sight unseen.
Mike Swale: That’s a good policy.
Bridget Gregory: How many lovers?
Mike Swale: What, do I get extra credit points for experience?
Bridget Gregory: How many lovers?
Mike Swale: Uh, thirteen… twelve… twelve.
Bridget Gregory: Any prostitutes?
Mike Swale: No.
Bridget Gregory: Men? 
Mike Swale: No! No men.

She withdraws her hand. Sniffs her finger.

Mike Swale: Am I approved?
Bridget Gregory: Medically. Do you have your own place?
Mike Swale: Yes. 
Bridget Gregory: Is it a sty?
Mike Swale: No, it’s clean.
Bridget Gregory: Do you have indoor plumbing?
Mike Swale: Yes, I have indoor plumbing and I have electricity and I have a name.
Bridget Gregory: No names. Meet me outside.

— The Last Seduction (1994), written by Steve Barancik

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Femme Fatale.

Trivia: According to an interview with screenwriter Steve Barancik in Creative Screenwriting, ITC Entertainment executives thought The Last Seduction (1994) would be a typical “Skin-e-max” movie popular on premium cable channels. One executive was upset when he viewed a scene in which Linda Fiorentino wore only a pair of suspenders instead of being completely topless. When viewing the dailies of the scene, the executive asked, “Are we making an art movie?!” He demanded that the scene be cut and made the principal cast and crew pledge that they had no “artistic pretensions.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: Classic ‘innocent guy first meets femme fatale’ scene.