Daily Dialogue — July 16, 2015

CHARLES: You want to die out here, huh? Well, then die. But I tell you what… I’m not gonna die. No, sirree. I’m not gonna die. No, I’m gonna kill the bear. Say, “I’m gonna kill the bear.” Say it. “I’m gonna kill the bear. I’m gonna kill the bear!” Say it!
ROBERT: I’m gonna kill the bear.
CHALRES: Say it again!
ROBERT: I’m gonna kill the bear.
CHARLES: And again!
ROBERT: I’m gonna kill the bear!
CHARLES: Good. What one man can do, another can do.
ROBERT: What one man can do, another can do.
CHARLES: Say it again!
ROBERT: What one man can do, another can do!
CHARLES: And again!
ROBERT: What one man can do… another can do!
CHARLES: Yeah! You’re goddamn right. ’Cause today… I’m gonna kill the motherfucker.

— The Edge (1997), written by David Mamet

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Survival. Today’s suggestion by David Proenza.

Trivia: “Bookworm” was considered as a title for this film, other titles considered and ultimately rejected were; “Wild”; “Wilder”; “The Wild”; “Into the Wild”; “Wilderness Now”; “Deadhunt”; “Deadfall”; “Edge”; “On the Edge”; “Bloody Betrayal” and “The Bear Roared”.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by David: “Holy shit, I saw this in theaters and was convinced I could’ve killed the motherfucker. (As a side note, the entire theater cheered when he said that last line — just one of those cool movie-going experiences you can’t replicate elsewhere.)