Daily Dialogue — June 4, 2015

Brad Whitewood Jr.: Is this the gun you used?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: That’s a nice looking gun.
Brad Whitewood Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Tommy? Tommy’s dead isn’t he?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: Don’t even talk about Tommy.
Brad Whitewood Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Terry?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: I didn’t do nothing to Terry.

Brad Jr. fires a shot.

Brad Whitewood Sr.: NO! NO! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!
Brad Whitewood Jr.: IS THIS THE GUN YOU USED ON EVERYONE? ON ME? Is this the family gun Dad?

— At Close Range (1986), screenplay by Nicholas Kazan, story by Elliott Lewitt and Nicholas Kazan

The Daily Daily dialogue theme for the week: Grief. Today’s suggestion by Lois Bernard.

Trivia: Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan originally wrote in the script a scene in which after Brad Sr. and Brad Jr. “do laundry”, Brad Sr. takes little Brad to a whorehouse. The scene was not filmed due to “reasons beyond his control”.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Lois: “Not exactly grief, but a cross between justice and grief, few words. Some say this is ‘over-directed’ but I think its perfect.”