Daily Dialogue — August 14, 2014

“Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife and our lives. One time Atticus said you never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”

— To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), screenplay by Horton Foote, novel by Harper Lee

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Voice-Over Narration.

Trivia: Atticus Finch was voted as the top screen hero of the last 100 years by the American Film Institute.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is one of those movies which we can point to when any so-called expert says voice-over narration is a sign of weak, flabby writing. The V.O. in To Kill a Mockingbird is beautiful, lyrical writing… and cinema at its best.

If you have any suggestions for this week’s theme, please post in comments.

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