Daily Dialogue — December 15, 2016

CHRISTINA: Haven’t you ever seen a hamburger before?
TRIS: Nah, I’ve…I’ve seen one. I just have never eaten one.
WILL: Abnegation eat plain food. Plant-based diet with no sauces and a minimum of seasoning.
CHRISTINA: Which textbook did you swallow?
WILL: Nice to meet you, too. I’m Will. Erudite.
CHRISTINA: Of course you are. No offense, but I’m surprised Abnegation even eats at all. Too selfish, right? No wonder you left.
WILL: You gotta be pretty self-confident to be friends with a Candor.
CHRISTINA: What is that supposed to mean? 
WILL: You have no filter. You say the first thing that comes into your head. 
ALBERT: You mean, like, “You’re an idiot”?
CHRISTINA: Nice one, Al. At least we tell the truth.
WILL: Erudite can tell the truth because we have the facts. 
FOUR: I don’t want to hear about your old factions. You’re Dauntless now.
TRIS: Were you a transfer, too? Or Dauntless born?
FOUR: Are you kidding? 
TRIS: No. 
FOUR: What makes you think you can talk to me?
TRIS: It must be because you’re so approachable.
FOUR: Careful.
CHRISTINA: You, my friend, have a death wish.

— Divergent (2014), screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor; based on the novel by Veronica Roth

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Fish-Out-Of-Water, suggested by Will King who also recommended today’s post.

Trivia: The film was shot on location in Chicago, the setting in the book, and Burger wanted to use as much of the city as possible. He decided to shoot the film like street photography but where the streets are 150 years in the future.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “Beatrice (Tris) left her faction (Abnegation) to join the rough-and-tumble Dauntless faction and must go through all their hard physical training. Here she begins to meet others who’ve also left their factions to join Dauntless. As she verbally spars with Four, their trainer, she begins to learn where she fits on the social scale.”