Daily Dialogue — February 7, 2013

INSPECTOR: You saw him, then?
BRIONY: Yes, I saw him.
INSPECTOR: Just as you see me.
BRIONY: I know it was him.
INSPECTOR: You know it was him, or you saw him?
BRIONY: Yes, I did. I saw him.
INSPECTOR: With your own eyes?
BRIONY: Yes. I saw him, I saw him with my own eyes.

— Atonement (2007), screenplay by Christopher Hampton, novel by Ian McEwan

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

Trivia: James McAvoy considered the script the best he had ever read.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The entire plot hinges on a false accusation.

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