Daily Dialogue — February 10, 2017

“Never, oh, never. Nothing will die. The stream flows, the wind blows, the cloud fleets, the heart beats. Nothing will die.”

— The Elephant Man (1980), screenplay by Christopher De Vore & Eric Bergren & David Lynch, book by Frederick Treves

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Deathbed.

Trivia: The words Merrick’s mother whispers from some ethereal locale are from an Alfred Lord Tennyson poem “Nothing Will Die”.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This may be the deathbed scene to beat all deathbed scenes. A complete emotional gut punch, Merrick’s final act simply to sleep like a normal person.