GITS Script Reading and Analysis Series: “The Sixth Sense” — Dialogue

27 Jan 2012 • 1 min read

This week we are analyzing the screenplay for the 1999 movie The Sixth Sense written by M. Night Shyamalan.

You can access the September 12, 1997 draft of the script through myPDFscripts here.

Today we discuss the script’s dialogue:

* What do you consider to be the most memorable lines, either good or… not so good? Why did they work — or not — for you?

* Any notable callbacks (a line used once, then used again later in a different context)?

* How about set-up & payoffs?

* Any exposition that caught your eye for being handled exceptionally well?

See you in comments for a discussion about dialogue in The Sixth Sense.

For Day 1 of our analysis of The Sixth Sense, go here.

For Day 2 on structure, go here.

For Day 3 on characters, go here.

For Day 4 on themes, go here.

NOTE: THIS SERIES AND THE USE OF SCRIPTS IS STRICTLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES!

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