Dialogue scenes that made it into the history of cinema from Red Rock Entertainment testimonial
The best and most memorable dialogues of all times people usually relate to the important events of their life: school interviews, some cozy evenings with friends, weddings, etc. However, sometimes, the memorable moments happen unexpectedly: in the street with a stranger, with a shop assistant, or even in an argument inside your own head. Life brings surprises on every corner but in the film industry, every single dialogue is a scrupulous work of the writers, directors, and actors to make even the simplest ideas become essential for the viewers. Since Red Rock Entertainment reviews hundreds of films regularly, they selected three films with the best dialogues to learn from.
Something old: Manhattan (1979)
Woody Allen has been famous for his personal interpretation of the world in films. No matter what film of Allen’s you take, you instantly know his hand. Manhattan combines many of director’s inspirations but New York plays its biggest part here. A chatty New Yorker Isaac, played by Woody Allen himself, dates Tracy for whom this shallow relationship seems to be the centre of the world. She loves Isaac. Isaac, while preferring a pseudo-intellectual — Mary, yet stays with Tracy.
At the end of the film, after a poor attempt to seduce Mary, Isaac understand that he actually always liked and loved Tracy. And when she is getting ready to leave for London on a scholarship, Isaac comes to stop her from the travel. Even though the young beauty convinces the old fool that she would love him even after return, Woody’s character is not that sure in such an outcome. And this causes one of the most famous phrases to be born; Tracy comforts Isaac “You have to have a little faith in people.”
With the Gershwin’s famous “Rhapsody in Blue” in the background, the black and white film gracefully comes to an end to stay forever in the history of film.
Even though the dialogue is generally a communication between two people or more, we couldn’t omit this one-man film. Timothy Spall has opened all of his talents to the world by playing 15 different characters, all of which communicate with each other in the head of a single man — Stanley. Stephen Cookson, the director of the film, tells a story of a tormented by the old memories man who got incarcerated for a horrible crime and has a single desire and request — to visit his daughter’s grave.
Spall play each and every role in this film making the screen happening surreal and breathtaking. The actor’s impersonations of Noël Coward, Max Wall, or Tony Hancock, the comedy icons from the 40s-70s, spice up the otherwise pitiful story and add some hysteria to the plot. The film is based on dialogues and the exceptional talent of Timothy Spall who manages to make each and every one of them unique, funny, and memorable. There is no one line to be remembered because the whole film is a single long dialogue with oneself.
Something borrowed: Perfetti sconosciuti (Perfect strangers, 2016)
The best tradition of Italian comedy with the traditional southern accent burst into the Italian Academy Awards back in 2016. The film won Best Film nomination and created a furor all over the world. Shot in a single room, Perfect Strangers tells the story of a friendly dinner at which bosom friends decide to uncover their electronic life by sharing all calls, messages, and pictures sent to their phones during the dinner time.
Some characters learn that the daughter doesn’t love them, others uncover the love affair of the partner, and someone is getting ready to go clean with the private life. Comedy, laughter, drama and incredibly real dialogues of this film put it deservedly into this article. Yes, there are no great philosophical thoughts here, no stilted language, you might not be citing those dialogues afterward. But the whole film is developed so close to the everyday life of everyone on the planet, that the viewers instantly identify themselves with the film characters. If this is not the greatest form of art, then what is?
