Daily Dialogue — June 24, 2017

“Rollo Tomasi.”

— L.A. Confidential (1997), screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson, novel by James Ellroy

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

Trivia: Kevin Spacey had a great deal of difficulty playing dead. It was easy enough for him to stare straight ahead when there was another actor in front of him, but he first instinct was to follow James Cromwell with his eyes when he moved. He had to ask a production assistant to draw a circle for him to look at onto the opposite wall.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Shooting a guy to death just after you offer him a cup of coffee? Not only unexpected, but cold. However Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) gets the last laugh, his line “Rollo Tomasi” right up there with another famous name Spacey uttered: “Keyser Soze” (The Usual Suspects).