One of the most moving scenes from Marriage Story takes place in the third Act of the film. Previously, after an excruciating, heartbreaking fight, Charlie (Adam Driver) and Sandra (Scarlett Johansson) managed to find an…
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“I don’t know what to say really”. The legendary Any Given Sunday speech, the ultra-famous pep talk given by coach Tony D’Amato to his team before a crucial match, begins in a way you wouldn’t…
A well written interrogation scene is a demonstration of competence by the interrogator. Competence – i.e. a method, the development of a previously prepared strategy, the progressive discovery of the plan followed by the detective…
When I read in screenwriting textbooks that film dialogue is different from real dialogue — conflict, twists, and thick subtext are not so common in everyday conversations — interrogation scenes always come to mind. They…
Read the PostInterrogation Scenes as Film Dialogue: Paradigmatic Cases
This Is Us, Episode 2: Los Angeles. Kevin, having decided he can no longer stomach being associated with such a lowbrow show, has clamorously quit The Manny, the awful sitcom he’s been starring in. At…