Daily Dialogue — February 24, 2015

Children chattering.

Annie Hayworth: Alright, here we go. One, Two, Three…there you go.

Children laughing.

Child: Look! Look! Child: Look! Look!
Girl wearing blindfold: Hey, no touching allowed.
Annie Hayworth: Oh.

Birds squawking. Children screaming.

Annie Hayworth: Help me get the children into the house.
Mitch Brenner: There you go.
Lydia Brenner: Have they gone, Mitch?
Mitch Brenner: I think so.
Lydia Brenner: Is anyone hurt?
Lydia Brenner: Well, Jenny got a scratch down her cheek, but it’s nothing.
Annie Hayworth: That makes three times.

— The Birds (1963), screenplay by Evan Hunter, story by Daphne Du Maurier

The Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Birthday. Today’s suggestion by James Schramm.

Trivia: The sound of reel-to-reel tape being run backward and forward was used to help create the frightening bird squawking sounds in the film

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by James: “Leave it to the Master to take something innocent like a children’s birthday party and making it a horror scene that puts the audience on edge; no one is safe.”

If you have a suggestion for this week’s theme, please post in comments.