Secondhand Lions (2003). Writer: Tim McCanlies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkccqolaVGg Hub: I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men, and loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. Now, go home, boy! Dialogue on Dialogue: Much of the story expounds on what Hub declares here. This statement is an encapsulation, while the rest of the film shows the details as flashbacks.

A Thousand Clowns (1965), screenplay by Herb Gardner, based on his original play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VXyDhB2VrE MURRAY BURNS: This is your neighbor speaking. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that something must be done about your garbage cans in the alley, here. It is definitely second-rate garbage! Now, by next week, I want to see a better class of garbage. More empty champagne bottles and caviar cans. I'm sure you're all behind me on this, so let's snap it up and get on the ball! Dialogue on Dialogue: Murray Burns, a former comedy writer for a children's TV show, finds modern society the biggest joke of all, and feels little reticence about displaying his distaste for it.

Trainspotting (1996) Writing by: Irvine Walsh (Novel), John Hodge (Screenplay) Tommy: Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish? Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: It's shite being Scottish. We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth. The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized by. We're ruled by effete arseholes. It's a shite state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and all the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgkZDbe4Xk Dialogue on dialogue: A rant can be a string of f-bombs or a moment of clarity in the mind of the deranged. Mark's inner and outer journey is all about connecting up the moments of clarity hidden under the haze of addiction. It's not just a rant, it's his inner need for transformation shining through. Trivia: The film was shot in seven and a half weeks.

Thanks, Will and Michael, for your suggestions. Excellent! Also check out the next post re DD weekly themes. If you have any ideas, please post there.

Not sure if an "un-medicated" frenzy qualifies, but one of my faves is the rant we overhear (in advance of actual rant) during the opening of MICHAEL CLAYTON. It's quite lengthy, but here's the opening bit... ARTHUR EDENS (V.O.) ...Michael. Dear, Michael. Nurse Michael. Dr. Clayton. Secret Hero. Keeper of the Hidden Sins. Of course it’s you. Who else could they send? Who else could be trusted? Smoke on the horizon -- hole in the bucket -- voices crying from Milwaukee to Manhattan, “Where’s our hero?” “Where’s our Cleanser Of The Hidden Sins?” And here you are, sleeves rolled up, lips sealed -- broom -- dustbin -- bankroll at the ready! Fifties, is it still fifties? When you came to Boston, you remember? God, you must’ve had a thousand of them! The cash -- the smile -- the quiet word in the corner -- of course it’s you, Michael, who else could it ever be? But Michael, please, before you sweep, please just hear me out -- just try -- because it’s not like Boston -- it’s not an episode -- relapse -- fuck up -- I’m begging you, Michael, make believe it’s not just madness, because it’s not just madness -- (continuing, as--)