Teddy Pasternak at 2011-10-15 20:08:36:
So many to choose from... let's add one more: Freudian Slips! Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - "Because I'm in lesbians with you." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WVtZL5O_jQ
Deaf Ears at 2011-10-15 21:36:47:
Dinner table (or maybe any mealtime) conversations.
Deaf Ears at 2011-10-16 02:49:26:
Here's one example. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) directed by Francis Coppola screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Coppola SONNY: Ah, say -- what do you think of the nerve those Japs -- those slanty eyed bastards, huh. Dropping bombs in out back yard -- and on Pops birthday ya know. FREDO: Now they didn't know it was Pop's birthday. SONNY: They didn't know it was Pop's birthday. TOM: We should have expected it after the Oil embargo. SONNY: What do you mean expect it -- expect it or not they have no right dropping bombs. What are you a Jap lover or something -- are you on their side? TESSIO: I understand thirty thousand men enlisted this morning. SONNY: A bunch of saps. MICHAEL: Why are they saps? CONNIE: Come on we don't have to talk about the war. SONNY: Hey beat it -- you go talk to Carlo alright. They're saps because they risk their lives for strangers. MICHAEL: Now that's Pop talking. SONNY: You're god damn right that's Pop talking. MICHAEL: They risk, they risk their lives for their country. SONNY: Your country's not your blood -- you remember that. MICHAEL: I don't feel that way. SONNY: Well if you don't fell that way why don't you just quit collage and go to -- go to join the Army. MICHAEL: I did -- I enlisted in the Marines. TOM: Michael why -- why didn't you come to us? I mean Pop had to pull a lot of strings to get you a deferment. MICHAEL: I didn't ask for a deferment -- and I didn't want it. SONNY: What's wrong. TOM: Come on, come on knock it off. TESSIO: Sonny -- SONNY: Punk! TESSIO: Sonny - Sonny, sit down. SONNY: Go on. TESSIO: Sit down. TWIN: Mommy, Daddy's fighting again. SONNY: Go show Carlo the tree. TWIN: -- Uncle Michael, Mama. SONNY: Nice -- real nice -- break your fathers heart on his birthday. FREDO: That's swell -- congratulations. SONNY: Go on encourage him. I want -- I want you to get me a drink -- go on. TOM: Now you don't understand but, uh, your father has big plans for you. Now many times he and I have talked about your future. MICHAEL: Talked to my father about my future? My future. TOM: Mikey, he has high hopes for you. MICHAEL: Well I have my own plans for my future. SONNY: What'd you go to collage to get stupid? You're really stupid. CONNIE: He's here come on. [Every but MICHAEL walks out.] SONNY: Come on -- come on -- stupid. [MICHAEL sits alone at the table.] EVERYONE: Surprise -- For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow -- that nobody can deny -- that nobody can deny.
Deaf Ears at 2011-10-16 02:51:57:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyNHcdbau8
Scott at 2011-10-16 11:24:40:
Mealtime conversations it is. I can think of a half-dozen right off the top of my head. The simple act of breaking bread together can provide a rich context in which characters can share meaningful thoughts and feelings. Good suggestion, Deaf Ears.
Deaf Ears at 2011-10-16 19:47:32:
Thanks, Scott! It's funny, I love this GODFATHER II scene, but what really inspired me to think of this category were the mealtime scenes in TREE OF LIFE - lots of primal drama played out around that table... couldn't find the scene or the dialogue online, though.