Daily Dialogue — November 20, 2013
Guido: “So you were saying the key that always makes you say yes has to come from heaven?”
Dora: “Yes.”
Guido: “I’ll give it a try. If the Virgin Mary tosses it down to me… You never know. MARIA, the key!!” (A key is dropped down.) “Is this it?”
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Guido: “Do you really have to go home? What about the chocolate ice cream? Let’s get it right now.”
Dora: “No, not now.”
Guido: “Then, when?”
Dora: “I don’t know.”
Guido: “Are we going to let heaven decide that too?”
Dora: “No, leave Mary alone. Don’t bother her over an ice cream.”
Guido: “No, it’s much too important. We can’t decide when to have it. I have to ask her. Maria! Send someone to tell us how long before we can have the ice cream.”
Doctor Lessing: “Seven seconds!”
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Dora: “This is my house.”
Guido: “I’ve gone by here a thousand times. I’ve always asked myself who lives here? I wanted to open my store right out front.”
Dora: “The book shop?”
Guido: “Yes, I’ll see you every day.”
Dora: “Then, goodbye. You’ve been so nice to me. All I want now is a hot bath.”
Guido: “I forgot to tell you.”
Dora: “Go ahead.”
Guido: “You can’t imagine how much I feel like making love to you. But I’ll never tell anyone, especially not you. They’d have to torture me to make me say it.”
Dora: “Say what?”
Guido: “That I want to make love to you. Not just once, over and over again. But I’ll never tell you that. I’d have to be crazy to tell you I’d even make love to you now. Right here, for the rest of my life.”
Dora: “You’d better run or you’ll get wet. It’s going to rain again.”
Guido: “Princess.”
Dora: “You’re all wet.”
Guido: “My suit is no big deal. It’s the hat that bothers me. I need a dry hat, but where can I find one?”
Dora: “How did it go? Right, it’s easy! Maria, send someone to give my friend a dry hat.”
— Life is Beautiful (1997), written by Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is First Date, suggested by igetsbuckets. Today’s suggestion is by Jordan Paige.
Trivia: Roberto Benigni says the title comes from a quote by Leon Trotsky. In exile in Mexico, knowing he was about to be killed by Joseph Stalin’s assassins, he saw his wife in the garden and wrote that, in spite of everything, “life is beautiful”.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Jordan: “It’s a long first date scene, but one of my favorites for a couple reasons. First of all, it sets the stage for the tone and theme of the movie. The movie strikes me as an ode to humor, the magic and warmth it can provide even in the darkest time of human history. Here we have their first date, where they take a walk through the city on a cold, gloomy and rainy evening. Despite this, Guido touches Dora’s heart with his humor and lighthearted view of the world. Secondly, it also sets the stage for the conveniences Guido takes advantage of in order to provide the illusion of magic in the lives of his loved ones. Finally, who can resist falling in love with this character after his endearing proclamation of love for Dora?”
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