Daily Dialogue — February 20, 2016

Hedy walks into the apartment and back-slaps the tied-up Allie across the face.

Hedra Carlson: [Hedy shakes Allie’s body and falls to her knees] How can you do that? Everything I’ve done, I’ve done for you. Do you understand that? The people you hated… [Hedy slaps her hand to her own chest] I hated. People like you don’t care. [Hedy stands up walking behind Allie, throwing a table to the ground] Just like that stupid girl in Tampa. She called my parents, too. Told them all my secrets. [Hedy pulls Allie’s head back by her hair] You want to put me away, huh? I can’t… I can’t keep making excuses for you, Allie. I can’t. [Hedy begins to lose her breath, repeating herself while walking into the other room] I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t — Oh, God. Oh, God, oh…

— Single White Female (1992), screenplay by Don Roos, novel by John Lutz

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Obsession, suggested by Angie Soliman.

Trivia: To prepare for their fight to the finish scenes, both Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh took several self-defense lessons.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Obsession as jealousy, perhaps the worst kind.