Daily Dialogue — December 12, 2013

Senior Ed Bloom: You are in for a surprise.
Will Bloom: Am I?
Senior Ed Bloom: Havin’ a kid changes everything. There’s burping, the midnight feeding, and the changing.
Will Bloom: You do any of that?
Senior Ed Bloom: No. But I hear it’s terrible. Then you spend years trying to corrupt and mislead this child, fill his head with nonsense, and still it turns out perfectly fine.
Will Bloom: You think I’m up for it?
Senior Ed Bloom: You learned from the best.

— Big Fish (2003), screenplay by John August, novel by Daniel Wallace

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is parental advice, suggested by David Proenza. Today’s suggestion by Alejandro.

Trivia: Joseph Campbell’s book, “The Hero With A Thousand Faces” appears in this film. It is shown first on a sleeping Edward Bloom (before being picked up and placed on the nightstand by Josephine) and then later it’s still on the nightstand during a scene between Ed and Will. Daniel Wallace is an outspoken fan of Campbell’s.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This exchange is a great example of the core dynamic between Will and his father. Note this: Every side of Will’s is a question, setting up a response by Ed. That right there says a lot about their relationship throughout much of the movie.

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