The dialogue between old and young love (Max and Diana) in the film is very interesting.

Torey 2022-03-21 09:01:41

Diana : I think we should reconsider our relationship, Max : Agreed Diana : Max, you're a family man, and you want family fun, that's fine, but I can't give you that, you All I got from me was a couple of new consolations and cynicism, and an embarrassing scene like last night, and I apologize for what I said to you. You're not the worst, don't lie to you, I've seen worse. At least you don't snore or grind your teeth. Max : Why is the rudeest way a woman treats a man is to attack him in bed, I'm too old to care about that. Diana : You seem to be ready (to go) Max : Oh, Diana, I knew we were over a few weeks ago, Diana : Are you going back to your wife? Max : Try it, she won't cheer, don't worry about me. I have a way, I'm fine, I'm more worried about you, and you won't drink alcohol to relieve your worries, so I'm afraid that in a year or two, you will become mentally ill, or jump out of the office window on the 14th floor. Diana : Stop being amorous, Max, I don't need you, I don't need your pain, I don't need your rotten death in middle age, I don't need you, please get out! Max : You need me, you need me so much, because I am your last connection to a real human being, and I love you, and that painful, rotten love that makes you the only thing you have other than pointless hysteria. Diana : Then don't leave me Max: It's too late, Diana, you have nothing left for me, you are Howard's executioner, if I stay with you I'll be destroyed, like Howard Bill, like Lauren Hopkins Destruction, like everyone you've ever met with your TV, you're like a humanoid machine, Diana, ignorant of pain, no pleasure, everything in life seems cliché to you, war crime death is in your eyes It's no different from a few bottles of beer, everyday things are just comedy with holes, even the concept of time and space is just tidbits or slow motion in your understanding, you're crazy, Diana, hopeless, anyone who comes into contact with you It will die with you, but I won't, at least I can still feel the joy, the pain, and the love, it's a happy ending, back to the husband's prodigal son in three acts and four, back to the wife he built the love nest with Beside her, a ruthless woman is standing alone in an empty room. The ending song is played slowly, commercials are played, and then next week's program preview.

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  • Winston 2022-04-22 07:01:09

    What a script... "I'm sorry I impugned your cocksmanship."

  • Micheal 2022-04-21 09:01:45

    For the United States, which has just experienced the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and inflation, the film is mixed with too much catharsis. And this is not a simple demonstration of the crazy media, but also a collective reflection on the socialization of the people. The way of acting is slightly radical, and the Oscar winner after Peter Finch's death is also a legend.

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  • Howard Beale: [on the air] Last night, I was awakened from a fitful sleep shortly after two o'clock in the morning, by a shrill, civil and faceless voice. I couldn't make it out, at first, in the dark bedroom. And I said, "I'm sorry, you will have to talk a little louder"... The voice said to me, "I want you to tell the people the truth, not an easy thing to do, because the people don't want to know the truth." And, I said, "You're kidding. What the hell should I know about the truth?" But, the voice said to me, "Don't worry about the truth. I will put the words in your mouth." And I said, "What is this, the burning bush? For God sake, I'm not Moses." And the voice said to me, "And I'm not God! What does that got to do with it." And the voice said to me, "We're not talking about eternal truth or absolute truth or ultimate truth. We're talking about impermanent, transient human truth. I don't expect you people to be capable of truth; but, God damn it, at least you're capable of self-preservation!" And I said, "Why me?" And the voice said, "Because you're on television, dummy! You have 40 million Americans listening to you and after this show you could have 50 million. For Pete sake, I'm not asking you to walk the land in sack cloth and ashes, preaching the Armageddon. You're on TV, man!"

  • Laureen Hobbs: The Ecumenical Liberation Army is an ultra left sect, creating political confusion with wildcat violence and pseudo-insurrectionary acts - which the Communist Party does not endorse. The American masses are not yet ready for open revolt. We would not want to produce a television show celebrating historically deviational terrorism.

    Diana Christensen: Miss Hobbs, I'm offering you an hour of primetime television every week, into which you can stick whatever propaganda that you want.