Daily Dialogue — September 18, 2017

Charlotte: So, what are you doing here?
Bob: Uh, a couple of things. Taking a break from my wife, forgetting my son’s birthday. And, uh, getting paid two million dollars to endorse a whiskey when I could be doing a play somewhere.
Charlotte: Oh.
Bob: But the good news is, the whiskey works.

— Lost in Translation (2003), written by Sofia Coppola

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Bar.

Trivia: In 1999, Bill Murray replaced his talent agency with an automated voice mailbox that can be reached with an 800 number he gives out sparingly. Sofia Coppola reportedly left hundreds of messages on Murray’s mailbox before he finally called back to discuss her offer to cast him as the star.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The intersection between Charlotte and Bob in this bar scene is one for the ages. Thick with subtext, it sets the stage for the rest of the movie.