Daily Dialogue — November 25, 2012

Paul: Okay, we bet- what time is it?
Peter: 8:40.
Paul: That in, let’s say, 12 hours all three of you are gonna be kaput. Okay?
Anna: What?
Paul: You bet that you’ll be alive tomorrow at 9 o’clock and we bet that you’ll be dead. Okay?
Peter: They don’t want to bet.
Paul: Well it’s not an option. There has to be a bet.

[turns toward camera, breaks fourth wall, addressing the audience]

Paul: I mean, what do you think? You think they stand a chance? Well, you’re on their side, aren’t you? Who are you betting on, hmm?
Peter: But, wait, what kind of bet is this? If they’re dead, they can’t live up to their side. If they win, they can’t live either.
Paul: Yes, they’ll lose either way. That’s what I’m saying.

— Paul (Michael Pitt), Peter (Brady Corbet), Funny Games (2007), written by Michael Haneke

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Breaking the 4th Wall, suggested by Shaula Evans. Today’s suggestion by Teddy Pasternak.

Trivia: The film is a shot-by-shot remake of the original.

Dialogue On Dialogue: We’ve seen breaking the 4th wall played for laughs quite a bit this week. In Funny Games… not so much.