Daily Dialogue — October 23, 2014

FATHER: (hoarse whisper) I… was … dis … dis …
FISCHER: I know, Dad. You were disappointed that I couldn’t be you.

The dying man SHAKES HIS HEAD with surprising energy.

FATHER: (whisper) I was disappointed… that you tried.

— Inception (2010), written by Christopher Nolan

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Dying Words. Today’s suggestion by suzannepham.

Trivia: If you take the first letters of the main characters’ names — Dom, Robert, Eames, Arthur, Mal and Saito — they spell “Dreams”. If you add Peter, Ariadne and Yusuf, the whole makes “Dreams Pay”, which is what they do for a mind thief.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Suzanne: “I love this dialogue because it is economical with words, and with so few words (“I was disappointed that you tried.”), it flips the entire relationship between Fischer and his dying father, which is pivotal to the plot. Fischer thought he was failing by not living up to his father’s legacy; now he understands his father wants him to make his own path.”

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