I have always thought this is the kind of film I want to write. It has a simple easy to follow plot, likable characters with pure entertaining, memorable dialogue.
"Bender: Well, I don’t know any lepers either - but I’m not gonna run out and join one of their f****n’ clubs."
With the Breakfast Club, there is a quotable moment every 1 or 2 minutes. Due to the nature of the plot in which it mostly contains five people sitting talking in a confined space, this is all the more impressive that the overall movie didn't come across as boring and slow. This has really affected how I have been writing for my movie which I feel is also heavily dialogue based.
"Bender: So it’s sorta social. Demented and sad, but social."
Most of my short film is based within the forest with some exchanges between Josh and Dan being the height of dialogue. I tried to make the dialogue fast paced with snappy well thought out comebacks to keep the audiences attention.
"Bender: I wanna be just like you. I figure all I need is a lobotomy and some tights.
Brian: (to Andrew) - You wear tights?
Andrew: No, I don’t wear tights. I wear the required uniform.
Brian: Tights."
The ending scene of this movie is not only iconic but brilliantly worked. While the movie is essentially ending and there is no possible room for more of the genius dialogue we have been supplied with, a voice over blasts out the film's swan song.
Bender is walking towards a final freeze frame air punch to wrap up the movie, serenaded by an 80's classic and galvanising dialogue. Nothing is actually said here by the character in shot, but the audience still go away feeling fullfilled, I feel I can try to adapt this technique with my end scene in Dislocation.
In short, this film makes me want to make films.
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