Daily Dialogue theme next week: War

The Daily Dialogue theme for next week: War.

“Gentlemen of the court, there are times
that I’m ashamed to be a member of the human race
and this is one such occasion.”
 — Paths of Glory (1957)

Some of the greatest movies — and movie moments — have occurred in war movies such as the execution scene in Paths of Glory as seen above. Let’s see if we can find seven notable war movie scenes with memorable dialogue.

The usual drill:

* Copy/paste dialogue from IMDb Quotes or some other transcript source.

* Copy/paste the URL of an accompanying video from YouTube or some other video source.

I’d also ask you to think about why the dialogue is notable. Is there anything about the dialogue which provides some takeaway related to the craft of writing? If so, feel free to lay that wisdom on us.

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Upcoming schedule of themes:

May 2-May 8: Brothers
May 9-May 15: Vixen
May 16-May 22: Celebration
May 23-May 29: Coen Brothers
May 30-June 5: Teacher
June 6-June 12: Dog
June 13-June 19: Stoned
June 20-June 26: First Date
June 27-July 3: Rant
July 4-July 10: Apology

Be sure to post your ideas for this week’s theme: War.

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