Daily Dialogue — February 6, 2013

Willem: Why do you wanna get all dressed up for anyway? You’re not going nowhere. You’re under arrest.
Josef K: You’re making a formal charge?
Willem: Oh, I couldn’t do that, mister.
Josef K: Just exactly what is it I’m charged with?
Willem: You’ll have to take that up with the inspector.

— The Trial (1962), screenplay by Orson Welles, based on the novel by Franz Kafka

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is falsely accused, suggested by churnage. Today’s suggestion by Teddy Pasternak.

Trivia: Orson Welles called this his best film.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary from Teddy: “Poor Josef K. Not only is he falsely accused, they won’t even tell him why he’s getting arrested or by whom. What follows is the very definition of the term ‘Kafkaesque.’

The novel starts with what is possibly my favorite opening line of any book: “Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.”

NOTE: Daily Dialogue fans, where are the falsely accused suggestions? Help!!!

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