Daily Dialogue — June 6, 2015

SALLY: It was the curse, wasn’t it? He died because I loved him so much!
AUNT FRANCES: Oh, my poor little girl. We had no idea when we cast the spell.
SALLY: What spell? What are you talking about? Ohhh. Oh, you didn’t. You didn’t. Please tell me that my own flesh and blood — 
AUNT JET: It was just a little push. You wanted so much to be happy.
AUNT FRANCES: We never expected that you would truly love him.
SALLY: Well, I did. And I want him back. You brought him into my life. Now I want you to bring him back. Bring him back. I have never asked you for anything. I’ve never asked you for spells, but do this. I know you can, I know you can bring him back.
AUNT JET: No, dear. We won’t do that.
AUNT FRANCES: We don’t do that.
SALLY: But you can. You can do this. I know you can. I remember. I found it here when Mommy and Daddy died.
AUNT FRANCES: Even if we did bring him back, it wouldn’t be Michael. It would be something else, something dark and unnatural.
SALLY: I don’t care what he comes back as — as long as he comes back. Please do this for me? Please? Please? Please? Please?

— Practical Magic (1998), screenplay by Robin Swicord and Akiva Goldsman and Adam Brooks, story by Alice Hoffman

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

Trivia: The black dog that follows Sally’s (Sandra Bullock’s character) husband Michael (Mark Feuerstein’s character) on the day of his death is no accident. According to several cultural traditions (mainly those of the British isles and Latin America), a sign of impending death can take the form of a black dog.

Dialogue On Dialogue: It’s one of the main stages of grief: Bargaining. Here Sally does her best to bring back her dead husband.