Daily Dialogue — August 10, 2014

Meg: The last time I spoke with Alex, we had a fight. I yelled at him.
Nick: That’s probably why he killed himself… What was the argument about?
Meg: I told him he was wasting his life.

— The Big Chill (1983), written by Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Grief.

Trivia: Flashback scenes with Kevin Costner as Alex were filmed, but cut. He is still visible as the body being dressed at the beginning of the film.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This movie uses grief, responding to a friend’s suicide, as a touchstone for the characters to reassess a whole host of life choices. Death will do that to people.

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