Daily Dialogue — March 30, 2015

“We heard Manhattan before we ever saw it, a thousand strange voices coming from everywhere. And you’re not going to believe this, but we had to go under the water to get to the city. And we lost contact with everything; it was like we were on another planet.”

— In America (2002), written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Foreigner. Today’s suggestion by Daniel Cossu.

Trivia: Jim Sheridan said in interview that the character of Frankie, the dead son, was based Frankie Sheridan, his late brother. The film is dedicated to this Frankie in closing credits.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Daniel: “For those of you who haven’t seen this lovely film, I can highly recommend it. Great performances and honest, heartfelt writing. It really captures the feelings of coming to a new place as a foreigner. In the eyes of these young sisters, arriving in America must have felt like being on ‘another planet’”.

If you have a suggestion for this week’s theme, please post in comments.