Daily Dialogue — May 27, 2015

Tom: Um. Smells delicious.
Summer: Oh, honey, that’s because it is delicious. [sets invisible food in front of Tom] I made it myself.
Tom: Bald eagle.
Summer: Your favorite.

— (500) Days of Summer (2009), written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Dating.

Trivia: The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2006 Blacklist; a list of the “most liked” unmade scripts of the year.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This movie is one of the best examples of setups and payoffs, and because of the nonlinear structure… payoffs, then setups. This Ikea scene is one of them.