Daily Dialogue — August 29, 2017

“God… dear Father in Heaven. I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I’m at the end of my rope.”

— It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), screenplay by Francis Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: All Is Lost, suggested by Gisela Wehrl.

Trivia: All that snow in the movie? Comprised of potato peelings.

Dialogue On Dialogue: “I’m at the end of my rope.” About as stark an All Is Lost side of dialogue as you can get.

The line is an oblique reference to suicide (by hanging) which sets the table for this crisis moment in George Bailey’s life… and a most unusual answer to his desperate prayer.