Daily Dialogue — July 2, 2017

“Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife, and our lives. One time Atticus said you never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them; just standin’ on the Radley porch was enough. The summer that had begun so long ago had ended, and another summer had taken its place, and a fall, and Boo Radley had come out. I was to think of these days many times. Of Jem, and Dill, and Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson, and Atticus. He would be in Jem’s room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.”

— To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), screenplay by Horton Foote, novel by Harper Lee

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Voice-Over.

Trivia: In both manner and appearance, Boo’s character (Robert Duvall) is nearly identical to Karl (Billy Bob Thornton) in Sling Blade. 32 years after his portrayal of Boo in To Kill a Mockingbird, Robert Duvall played a cameo role in Sling Blade as Karl’s father.

Dialogue On Dialogue: While voice-over narration only used at the movie’s beginning and ending, it is a great example of the technique, each line evocative and adds meaning to the story.