IdleRich
IdleRich
Yesterday Three Billboards Outside Ebbing was on telly and I was enjoying it (actually got a bit wearing towards the end) and I was thinking that really the only thing that made it good was the dialogue. Although sometimes it kinda tipped over to being too good or too neat at least and thus unrealistic. It made me think that with so many films the dialogue is an afterthought pasted on to a narrative which is really the story the director or writer wanted to tell. Obvious (recentish) exceptions to this are Tarantino and Coen Brothers I guess, and I suppose it's no surprise that I liked McDonaugh's dialogue in TBOEM cos it's very clear he's been influenced by both of the above.
Who else writes good dialogue these days? Consistently? In the past there are maybe a few - I'm thinking about Shadows which we watched last week which was very naturalistic and claimed (I think dishonestly) to be improvised. But yeah, what else?
Who else writes good dialogue these days? Consistently? In the past there are maybe a few - I'm thinking about Shadows which we watched last week which was very naturalistic and claimed (I think dishonestly) to be improvised. But yeah, what else?