Daily Dialogue — January 31, 2017

“I’m giving you a choice. Either put on these glasses… or start eating that trash can.”

— They Live (1988), screenplay by John Carpenter, based on a short story by Ray Nelson

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Threat, suggested by Angry Cyborg.

Trivia: The big fight sequence was designed, rehearsed and choreographed in the back-yard of director John Carpenter’s production office. The fight between Nada (Roddy Piper) and Frank (Keith David) was only supposed to last twenty seconds, but Piper and David decided to fight it out for real, only faking the hits to the face and groin. They rehearsed the fight for three weeks. Carpenter was so impressed he kept the five minutes and twenty seconds scene intact.

Dialogue On Dialogue: One of the greatest all-time ridiculous threat lines in the history of cinema. So bad, it’s awesome!