Lol terrible exposition! http://youtu.be/x5-JVvCrGC8 Try and beat this clip! I dare you!

I'll nominate ending lines and suggest this... Walsh: Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. http://movieclips.com/hbwi-chinatown-movie-its-chinatown/

I'd vote Nonverbal Communication So much can be said with a look instead of a one-liner. Patriot Games http://youtu.be/Yd5sMYhbuPE?t=3m47s

You win. That was awesome!

Nonverbal.

Okay, folks, let's think this through. With non-verbal as the theme for Daily Dialogue, that means we'd have no dialogue, yes? Interesting idea. Can someone given me an example of what that would be? Scene description from a script where characters use actions as opposed to dialogue to convey something? I'm happy to run with this, especially to reinforce the fact that movies are essentially a visual medium. But what are some good examples we can run with for seven straight days?

I have a few examples for Screwball Banter, between the female and male lead - some classics, but the challenge is coming up with more modern examples. I didn't use Down with Love, because that's more of a parody of a screwball, but here are a few: Bringing up Baby (the first movie I think of when I think of screwball) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4U4aA0ZmVM Born Yesterday (a little different because the female protagonist is not "smart" or doesn't think she is) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOAacrg8HdU What's up Doc (considered by many to be the last true screwball - though it has more slapstick than the classics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2a0N0TqVYI Hudsucker Proxy (the female lead is modeled on screwball heroines as part of the period setting) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpiyrd28vfA&list=PL1D1433699F240B9B&index=91 and one that I'm surprised doesn't come up in discussions of screwball more often - A Life Less Ordinary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMpDLfXaZTo I thought about Soapdish, but decided it's not quite right. Very easy to find more examples among the classics...but would love to see if people have any more modern examples in mind.

A suggestion for the non-verbal theme, since I was just looking at it, Born Yesterday. Not totally without dialogue, but with very little. Much of the humor and communication in this scene is non-verbal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVtxrGOJzOs I shall have to think on this some more, because I love moments where things are communicated between characters without dialogue...but at the moment, trying to think of those examples is escaping me

OK - when you stay up all night like I tend to, you have time to look up lots of scenes. Hard to find just the right moment, since the non-verbal stuff tends not to be what's in YouTube clips. I have several examples, but am not certain all would quite qualify. Are we looking for a scene with absolutely no dialogue? Does one person reacting count, even if it's very expressive (a non-verbal monologue)? What about montages that are 'mit out sound', like the beginning of Up? The upcoming movie "The Artist" will be especially interesting in this light... Some of these are quite brief, and as I said above - we may decide not all qualify, but here are several Say Anything - boombox scene (very hard to find a clip because the copyright on the song is tightly controlled on YouTube and there are lots of spoofs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j379JbL-xM Like Water for Chocolate - quail in rose petal sauce (could not find a version with subtitles that wasn't dubbed... but a great movie for non-verbal communication, because her repressed and forbidden emotions come out in her food and effect everyone) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_u2gbvxS1A Searching for Bobby Fischer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ALulqW6Qg The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - shootout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9cfQx2OZY The Quiet Man - exchanging glances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2BEdLZBRJA Rififi - heist, a group communicating non-verbally http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMUNofll-u8 the searchers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4P7fhcJIzA Glory - flogging http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDOPJawut4Y The Deer Hunter - Walken's breakdown (a little perfunctory dialogue, but mostly non-verbal) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXteVh8y4k& Le Samourai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG65Stk0eB4 MI2 - flamenco scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwiM-gd5cCs Barry Lyndon - exchanging glances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO6WpC8Qqnw Not sure if these two qualify, but they are great examples of acting without dialogue Away from Her - Fiona wandering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40rhHcpB7w4 the ending of Nights in Cabiria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Vsa-ognSM

Laura, a special blast of creative juju for you-you for those links! You've convinced me: Let's go with non-verbal 'dialogue' next week. And the question for each day's selection: What are the characters 'saying' with their actions? As I said, this will be an excellent reminder that movies are first and foremost a visual medium. Again thanks, Laura.

How about supremely ironic moments like 4:07 in the following: http://youtu.be/ixljcH4ghgk Abusive husband, challenged by J.Lo to fight, remarks, "Is this fair?"

The above is from "Enough"-- Following is supreme irony in an entirely different genre, the ending of "Life of Brian," http://youtu.be/1loyjm4SOa0 "Always look on the bright side of life."

For non-verbals, I think Clint's "Outlaw Josey Wales" has lots of examples. I discovered that someone put together spitting scenes: http://youtu.be/-MfbYnz8ucc You can find the showdown at 9:00 in the following: http://youtu.be/0lB_yeIlDqs If you ever do "Male bonding," as a dialogue theme, the scene with Running Bear is exemplary: http://youtu.be/U4e3-YK3rVA

Whoops, the character's name is Ten Bears, with the scene posted on youtube by 96RunningBear. Scott, is there a way you can enable deleting and/or editing of our posts? Thanks.

Elisa, we continue to go through site revisions as well as a big redesign upcoming. I have added the request for users to edit posts to the list. The best I can see available is for users to be able to do so for a limited amount of time [like 30 minutes after posting].

Thanks, Scott, it's not a big problem. I just have to get used to checking for errors *before* posting rather than after, LOL. I did not realize that I could edit for 30 minutes after.

One of my favorite moments from the martial arts genre is from the movie "The Corrupter," when Chow Yun Fat as NY Chinatown policeman has just beaten up Fukian Dragon gang leader Bobby Vu. The fight starts at around 4:38 in the following: http://youtu.be/YW3_Ur8DoI0 Right after kicking Bobby Vu, Fat brushes back his hair and beams. He radiates power in a way that is analogous to saying to the rest of the gang, "Make my day!" Nobody dares.

Here's another idea for weekly dialogue themes: conversations with God. One I love is from the single movie in which John Denver starred, "Oh, God!" http://youtu.be/5W0Z2uksgd8 George Burns appears as God at around 2:50 in the above clip. Enjoy! I like old George as God much better than talking bushes, pun intended.

All the non-verbal scenes I keep coming up with are just non-speaking scenes (like Fargo: http://youtu.be/3McfrgMN8EM?t=8s) rather than dialog without saying anything. Best I can think of now is the movie 3-Iron which I recommend for anyone to watch, just leave the subtitles off, and enjoy the story. Here's a long sample: http://youtu.be/MPGlfbKnFxQ

Major props for the glorious clips Laura. Le Samourai is a perfect film for this category. If this is revisited, I suggest Bang Bang from The Brothers Bloom, Johnny Depp in Benny & Joon, or the girl who blinks "I Love You" on her eyelids in Raiders of the Lost Ark.