Katha at 2015-11-23 07:43:25:

TOM: It's these card and these movies and these pop songs. They're to blame for all the lies and the heartache, everything! We're responsible! I‘m responsible! I think we do a bad thing here. People should be able to say how they feel, how they really feel, not, you know, some words that some strangers put in their mouths. Words like “love“ that don‘t mean anything. Sorry, I‘m sorry, I, uh ... I quit. I‘m ... There's enough bullshit in the world without my help. — (500) Days of Summer (2009), written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH1XR8gyYJE The Daily Dialogue theme for the month: Writers and Writing. Trivia: According to the DVD commentary, the writer estimates that 75% of the film actually happened to him. The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2006 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year. Dialogue On Dialogue: Writers can change the people‘s view on the world - even if they‘re are writing greeting cards ; - ) Does fiction give an untrue view on the world (like Platon thought and the heart-broken protagonist of 500 days of Summer)? Or does it give a different understanding of the world?

Katha at 2015-11-24 09:21:44:

I hope it's okay to post another one: BENJAMIN: Now I‘m out of excuses. I‘ll have to write. But where do I start? IRENE: Wherever you remember the most. It was over 20 years ago. Which part comes back most often? That‘s the image you should start with. — The Secret In Their Eyes (2009), written by Eduardo Sacheri and Juan José Campanella, based on the novel “La pegunta de sus ojos“ by Eduardo Sacheri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qB8Kb4Rw5M The Daily Dialogue theme for the month: Writers and Writing. Trivia: As of June 2010, this is the first Argentinian movie to reach the IMDb Top 250. Dialogue On Dialogue: Where to start? This question haunts writers for ages and ages. There is never a single answer to it. Before the protagonist of “The Secret In Their Eyes“ visits his former love, he has written „I fear“ while lying in bad. Then he remembers Irene first, though he don‘t admit it to her. “I remember plenty of beginnings, but I‘m not sure if they have to do with the story.“ But they have to do something with the story, and that‘s what I like the most at this movie: That the junta and the murder and the personal story are connected, that a political oppression influences every part of life, even love and “usual“ crime investigations. An other aspect concerning writing: It can be an attempt to calm the ghosts of the past.

Katha at 2015-11-26 17:39:19:

“He doesn’t even look like a writer.” — Mistress America (2015), written by Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z8MCW16uZY (Trailer) Trivia: Writer and actress Greta Gerwig said in an interview: “We don’t do improvisation and no lines are changed.“ http://www.moviesonline.ca/2015/08/greta-gerwig-interview-mistress-america/ Dialogue On Dialogue: Unfortunately I didn‘t find this scene online, it puts together all the dreams of 18 year old college‘s students who wants to write (can you remember this feeling? I can). Tony says this lines when he and the movie‘ main protagonist Tracy feel depressed because they didn‘t made it into the college‘s writer‘s club. This rejection brings Tracy to take her sister-to-be‘s life into a short-story.