Daily Dialogue — January 25, 2018

“You’ve gotta ask yourself a question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”

— Dirty Harry (1971), screenplay by Harry Julian Fink & Rita M. Fink and Dean Riesner, story by Harry Julian Fink & Rita M. Fink

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Question.

Trivia: Uncredited writing contributions from John Milius and Terrence Malick.

Dialogue On Dialogue: One of the values of asking a question in dialogue is the audience is left to ponder what the answer will be. Here in Dirty Harry, the question creates a kind of cliffhanger.