Daily Dialogue — December 18, 2018

“One drink and that’s it. Don’t be rude. Drink your drink… do it quickly. Say good night… and go home. You see this is a moral test of one’s self, whether or not you can maintain loyalty. Because being loyal is very important. You’re gonna go out there and say, ‘Good night, I’ve had a very lovely evening’… walk out the door, go home, jerk off, and that’s all you’re gonna do.”

— Pulp Fiction (1994), screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Warning, suggested by Lois Bernard.

Trivia: There is a subtle Back to the Future (1985) reference when Vincent Vega (John Travolta) brings an overdosed Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) to Lance’s (Eric Stolz) house for revival. Originally, Eric Stolz shot most of Robert Zemeckis’ time travelling classic as Marty McFly, only to be replaced by Michael J. Fox. This point is tributed during the scenes where Lance is hysterically searching for his little black book. Upon closer inspection, next to Lance’s television set there are two board games stacked on top of each other. The top one is the game “Operation” and underneath it is “The Game of Life”. In Back to the Future (1985), when Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) joins his mother for dinner, after being hit with the car. By the television set, there are the same two board games to the left.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Here is an interesting variation in that Vincent gives the warning… to himself. Lest he touch Mia and raise the wrath of his boss Marsellus Wallace.