Reminds me of Best in Show:
Max Berman: I had a terrible day today. I can’t get rid of it in my head. You know, you have a bad day - someone returns a sweater. I have a bad day - lives get lost. People lose their lives. I’m the chief hostage negotiator for the Akron and tri-county area and I talk people down. Whenever they get a jumper on a big building, they call me.
Gerry Fleck: How many people have you talked down? I mean, is there a…?
Max Berman: Well, they always jump. I’ve got news for you. It’s a little secret from the trade. They all jump. But today, we had a tough one. There’s a guy, he jumps… that doesn’t bother me, it happens all the time. But you see, you think they drop like rocks. They don’t. He hit a gargoyle on the way down. This guy gets his head caught in the gargoyle’s mouth. The head…
[snaps his fingers]
Max Berman: pops off like a grape, the body continues to spin down like a whirligig. When they hit… everything pops out. It’s like a piñata. The intestines, like they’re spring-loaded… pop out!I think I was happy not having read that
The movie has a very uncomfortable sense of humor. It’s one of my all-time favorite movies and the scene where Gerry and Cookie have their credit card declined still makes me squirm.
Hostage prior to explosion:
Wasssssupppp?
