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Daily Dialogue — July 31, 2010

Scott Myers

31 Jul 2010
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“I’m finished.”

 — Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), There Will Be Blood (2007), screenplay by

Paul Thomas Anderson, based on a novel by Upton Sinclair

The Daily Dialogue theme this week is notable last lines. There Will Be Blood suggested by Escarondito.

Trivia: Paul Thomas Anderson stated that he watched The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) every night before filming this movie.

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