Dialogue highlights for me: p 6-8 The discussion on the train re: her hair colour, and the names of the other colours. I thought this was a great example of indirect dialogue - they are interrupting one another, not always responding to one another but saying their own thing (or responding later). It was fun, fast-paced, enjoyable - and it really revealed their contrasting characters. p16 I found this a very interesting repetition - essentially the same line coming up twice - but also, each time, Clem not getting what Joel says. (He says “I don’t know” and she takes that as a “no” - again, revealing of her character). p16 re: reincincarnation Clem: Do you believe in that stuff?? Joel: I don’t know. Clem: Me neither p18 re: psychic Clem: Do you believe in that stuff?? Joel: I don’t know. Clem: Me neither p42 Patrick telling Stan about his new girlfriend - great dialogue “I have a girlfriend now… Did I tell you I have a new girlfriend?” that makes it completely clear that this is an unusual situation for Patrick, to have a girlfriend (she is probably his first) and that he is geeky and socially awkward… p46 - I just loved this line, cracked me up:?JOEL: There’s some guy here who stole your underwear. p49 this exchange was really touching: ?JOEL:?It’s going, Clementine. All the crap and hurt and disappointment. It’s all being wiped away, She looks up at him. CLEMENTINE:?I’m glad. Their eyes lock. She is fading before his eyes. JOEL:?Me, too. p51 Sc 63 - it’s already established that Patrick thinks that Mary doesn’t like him… then she gets two glasses of Scotch,, and her line just totally confirms his suspicions: MARY?: Oh, Patrick, you didn’t want any, did you? p63 Sc83 - another exchange that I liked, sleazy little Patrick and the stolen gift: CLEMENTINE:?Wow. What is it? ?PATRICK:?I don’t know! Open it up p70 Sc89 - the stoned “What should we do” dialogue is fantastic!

All good stuff, Jacqueline. For me, I'll go with this one side of Clementine early on in the story [P. 6]: "Well, I'm there. I've seen you, man. I hide in the back as much as is humanly possible. You have a cell phone? I have to quit right this minute. I'll call in dead. I'll go on the dole like my daddy before me. Might be the hair." She's such a fun and flighty character. This side helps to establish that mood.

Interestingly, the most famous line in the film “Meet me in Montauk” is not in the script. There's a line on page 83 that Dr. Mierzwiak says to Mary that I've always liked. After she reads the Nietzsche quote and he knows it already: "It's a good quote, Mary. I'm glad we both know it." It's such a diplomatic thing to say.