Daily Dialogue — April 10, 2018

“I think if you wanted a babysitter, you should marry Mary Poppins.”

— To Die For (1995), screenplay by Buck Henry, book by Joyce Maynard

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Femme Fatale.

Trivia: After working in this film, Casey Affleck brought director Gus Van Sant a script by his brother Ben and Ben’s friend Matt. It became Good Will Hunting (1997).

Dialogue On Dialogue: Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) is an interesting iteration of a femme fatale because she is driven by an obsession with being famous. As she says elsewhere, “You’re not anybody in America unless you’re on TV. On TV is where we learn about who we really are. Because what’s the point of doing anything worthwhile if nobody’s watching? And if people are watching, it makes you a better person.”