Daily Dialogue — October 26, 2011

BRUNDLE: Why did you want to kill Brundle? The baby might be all that’s left of the real me. Please don’t kill me.

VERONICA: I can’t have it. I’m afraid.

BRUNDLE: Please, have the baby.

VERONICA: I can’t! I can’t!

BRUNDLE: Too bad. Too bad.

— Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), Veronica (Geena Davis), The Fly (1986), screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue and David Cronenberg, based on a short story by George Langelaan

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is monsters, suggested by Teddy Pasternak who also suggested The Fly.

Trivia: Screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue originated the idea of remaking The Fly, and wrote the script. When David Cronenberg was hired as director, one condition was that he be able to extensively rewrite the script. Cronenberg substantially altered the characters (and their names), the dialogue, and much of the plot. However, key details from Pogue’s script (the fusion of man and fly and details of the metamorphosis) were retained.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Two characters confronting an extraordinary circumstance, each with a different need arising out of it. Both have a legitimate point. And so a moment of genuine conflict… and a creepy interchange to boot.

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