Daily Dialogue — September 22, 2012

MRS. WILSON: Yes?
MICKEY: Delivery for Ed Wilson.
MRS. WILSON:What on earth is it?
MICKEY: It’s beef, lady, fifty pounds of beef.
MRS WILSON: Well you wait right here. I have to have a word with my husband.
MALLORY: Who’re you?
MICKEY: Mickey. Who’re you?
MALLORY: I’m Mallory.
MICKEY: You oughta change your name to beautiful. You a big… meat eater, Mallory?
MALLORY: I could be.
MICKEY: You always dress like that, or you just… waitin’ for me?
MALLORY: Why would I be dressed like this for somebody I don’t know?
MICKEY: Maybe something inside told you to. You know, like fate. You believe in fate, Mallory?
MALLORY: Maybe.
MICKEY: You don’t look too happy. Wanna go for a ride? Talk about it?

— Mrs. Wilson (Edie McClurg), Mickey (Woody Harrelson), Mallory (Juliette Lewis), Natural Born Killers (1994), screenplay by Oliver Stone, David Veloz, and Richard Rutkowski, story by Quentin Tarantino

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is meet-cute, recommended by robfrappier. Today’s suggestion by Def Earz.

Trivia: This was Quentin Tarantino’s second feature length screenplay (his first was True Romance). The script was rewritten by director Oliver Stone, producer Richard Rutowski and screenwriter David Veloz prior to and during production. The finished film bears little resemblance to Tarintino’s original script.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Def Earz’s commentary: “This is how two serial killers meet in a sitcom from hell. The dialogue is borderline corn-ball, almost normal but with double entendres and con-man philosophy thrown in to keep us off center.”