Daily Dialogue — December 6, 2013

“Give me your hand! Give me your hand!”

— Vertigo (1958), screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel A. Taylor, novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is Fear.

Trivia: The film was unavailable for decades because its rights (together with four other pictures of the same period) were bought back by Alfred Hitchcock and left as part of his legacy to his daughter. They’ve been known for long as the infamous “Five Lost Hitchcocks” amongst film buffs, and were re-released in theatres around 1984 after a 30-year absence. The others are The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Rear Window (1954), Rope (1948), and The Trouble with Harry (1955).

Dialogue On Dialogue: Awright, not much in the way of dialogue, I know. But it is one of the more memorable fear-based movie scenes. Also demonstrates that the cupboard is bare as far as suggestions go. So…

If you have some ideas for a Daily Dialogue per the theme of fear, please post in comments.

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