Daily Dialogue — September 12, 2011

“EVERYONE!!!”

— Stansfield (Gary Oldman), Leon: The Professional (1994), written by Luc Besson

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The Daily Dialogue theme this week is screamfests. Leon: The Professional suggested by Saint.

Trivia: According to Patrice Ledoux, Luc Besson planned Léon as filler. At the time, he had already started working on The Fifth Element, but production was delayed due to Bruce Willis’s schedule. Rather than dismiss the production team and lose his creative momentum, Besson wrote Léon. It took him only 30 days to write the script, and the shoot lasted only 90 days. Ironically, Léon is now generally considered to be a far superior film to The Fifth Element.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Some times a single word can say it all. Here Stansfield says “everyone” once in a reasonable tone. Then when questioned about it, his scream conveys — in text and subtext — his heightened level of anger at the situation. Dealing with professional assassins will do that to you. 

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