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Loved the argument about the house.


Ellison's excuses were fantastic. He said them as if he was completely in the right and believed he could convince her of his position, ignoring the spirit of what Tracy was talking about and focusing on the literal meaning of the words used.

When Tracy first finds out they're living in the murder house:

"I asked you if we were living near the house."
"You asked me if we were living two houses from a crime scene."

When Ellison explains that it's not like they had to wash the blood off the walls:

"You're saying it didn't happen here?"
"No. It happened in the back yard."

When talking about the effect it's having on their kids:

"Our daughter just painted a dead girl on our wall."
"She's missing. Technically she's missing."

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lol indeed, great dialogue!

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I've just finished re-watching this with my son and we were both laughing at his skillful mental gymnastics!

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I agree, this scene cracked me up. I love the look on Ellison's face when Tracy says '. . . .your goddamn book'. He reminded me of a child on the naughty step

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I Agree too with the OP and everyone's reply..LMAO! During that scene!

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Yeah, Ellison knew she caught him lying but he still tried to weasel out of it with technicalities. Kind of like Bill Clinton during the big Monica Lewinsky scandal. "Well technically, according to Webster's definition of 'sexual intercourse', we did not engage in such activities", pulling out a dictionary while putting on a big thick pair of reading glasses-

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Ethan Hawke's character is really sleezy in this movie. That dialogue sums it up pretty perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQiCqkP7xIw

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It's even creepier now that you mention it, because people will have to wash his and his family's blood off of their walls now.

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“When Ellison explains that it's not like they had to wash the blood off the walls:“

Ironic. Someone will be washing him and his fams blood off the walls

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