tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post7693173430185882168..comments2024-03-10T08:57:07.915-07:00Comments on Kid In The Front Row Film Blog: Natural & Realistic DialogueKid In The Front Rowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498466805415882523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-19870592257137136042012-07-19T21:24:50.059-07:002012-07-19T21:24:50.059-07:00Well, as you can likely deduce from my screen-name...Well, as you can likely deduce from my screen-name, I'm a huge Billy Wilder fan. I think that The Apartment is the very best thing ever written. Ever. Said and done. Wilder wrote dialogue like Charlie Chaplin moved: quickly, hilariously, and with a wonderful gloss of melancholy. Just as movement made the Tramp, Wilder's dialogue made all of his characters something special.<br /><br />iheartbillywilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345573849846504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-39130288196171972402010-12-06T21:12:05.232-08:002010-12-06T21:12:05.232-08:00But surely, the best movie dialogue IS natural, it...But surely, the best movie dialogue IS natural, it's just the natural part that people don't think of. It's a part that the writer has syphoned from real life. When you think of yourself having spoken to another person, you remember being inarticulate, stumbling over words; a conversation with no thrust leading to no specific place. You didn't know why you were saying what you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-17866571212461201672009-04-10T08:55:00.000-07:002009-04-10T08:55:00.000-07:00I've honestly never thought about movie dialogue t...I've honestly never thought about movie dialogue that much...and not in terms of natural or realistic. After I read this I thought, "Why HAVEN'T I thought about it?"<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to checking out 'The Apartment'. After all, I like living...and you make a compelling argument.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318995922395308120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-17927802735107419152009-04-02T01:20:00.000-07:002009-04-02T01:20:00.000-07:00Good talk about dialogue. I always use this rule. ...Good talk about dialogue. I always use this rule. It's basic but if you keepit in mind, it usually helps:<BR/><BR/>Bob says something to Sam<BR/><BR/>Sam' mind on something else. He talks about that.<BR/><BR/>In time, Sam takes an interest in Bob.<BR/><BR/>Then Bob has a sudden interest in what Sam was saying.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870545005924820667noreply@blogger.com