Papageiena at 2009-03-02 16:47:00:
Gosford Park is loaded with subtext, and in all the right places.

"What on earth are you wearing?"
"Why? Don't you like it? You bought it."
"Did I? How extraordinary of me."
305Writer at 2009-03-02 16:59:00:
The Godfather 2

Michael turns, and starts to leave. A frightened voice
behind him:

FREDO
Mikey?

Michael doesn't stop, doesn't turn back. He continues off
through the veranda, and out the summer doors.

Neri stops by him.

MICHAEL
I don't want anything to happen to
him while my Mother's alive.

Michael leaves.
Caitlin at 2009-03-02 17:13:00:
I think the more interesting and revealing subtext of that Juno quote is that Juno wouldn't even consider the possibility of going to prom with someone else.
Joshua James at 2009-03-02 17:35:00:
MILLER'S CROSSING ... love the dialogue, love it.
E.C. Henry at 2009-03-02 19:41:00:
I LOATHE subtext. I think it's hightly overrated.

- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA
El MC de Club Silencio at 2009-03-02 19:45:00:
Any given line of a Jim Jarmusch movie is loaded with subtext.
Jeff at 2009-03-02 20:27:00:
Gotta' go with Mr. James on this one.... Miller's Crossing is pure poetry. Barton Fink doubly so.

I think your best example of subtext in action would be David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner in that the first hour and ten minutes of the film is ALL subtext... everyone is hiding a serpentine plot behind cheery nuances and subtle pleasantries. Wonderful music, that dialogue, all of it!

Neil Simon is rather masterful at this delicate art as well... check out Brighton Beach Memoirs and especially Broadway Bound. What "isn't said" is devistating (if that makes any sense...)
Kiwichick at 2009-03-02 20:40:00:
This bit was in the Pride and Prejudice telepay, not the screenplay. Should've been in the screenplay because it's pretty much the big declaration - and the "L" word is nowhere to be seen...

D: It must be agreeable to her to live within easy distance of her family.

L: Easy distance? It's nearly fifty miles!

D: What is fifty miles of good road? Yes, an easy distance.

L: Near and far are relative terms. It is possible for a woman to be settled too near her family.

D: Yes, exactly. You would not wish to be always near Longbourn, I think.
OutOfContext at 2009-03-03 06:35:00:
The coin flip scene in No Country for Old Man seems like an obvious, if chilling example of subtext....
Luzid at 2009-03-04 20:35:00:
And that, E.C., is why you fail.

I'm sorry, but the sheer arrogance of dissing something so intrinsic to good writing required a response.
presented by Billy Marshall Stoneking at 2011-07-04 16:51:06:
Luzid - I think you missed E.C.'s subtext - maybe the "z" is obscuring your view. For more on Subtext visit http://www.wheresthedrama.com