Daily Dialogue — September 16, 2016

“I want you to understand something, Jerry. I don’t like people knowing about me, in fact I don’t like it when ANYONE knows about me. So you can take that paper of yours and wipe off your dick with it! You made me mad, Jerry. Now I’m gonna have to do something to work it off… You and me, we’re gonna have a fight. Today. After school. Three o’clock. In the parking lot. You try and run, I’m gonna track you down. You go to a teacher, it’s only gonna get worse. You sneak home, I’m gonna be under your bed.”

— Three O’Clock High (1987), written by Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Szolossi

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Bullying.

Trivia: According to Phil Joanou, he was heavily influenced by Martin Scorsese’s After Hours (1985) and Raging Bull (1980) while making this film.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The key to this scene, apart from Jerry’s pathetic attempt to connect with Barry, is he touches Barry. No one does that and Jerry discovers that fact the hard way.