Sublime

Hollywood tends to extremes;

three most important functions of dialogue – characterization, exposition and subtext

posit an idea, explore it, then come to a conclusion that, if the drama is convincing, is proved true.

These characters—hero, villain, victim—represent three opposing drives within every human being—the will to triumph, the impulse to destroy, and the hope to survive.

if you disguise exposition with ‘emotional overlay’, it’s rendered

When word and action are divorced and effectively juxtaposed, the viewer is immediately more involved. If dialogue is just telling, this doesn’t happen.

corresponds with who they want to be.