Good Will Hunting
Narrative Technology: Secret Discloser
“SEAN My father was an alcoholic. Mean fuckin' drunk. He'd come home hammered, lookin' to wail on somebody. So, I had to provoke him so he wouldn't go after my mother and little brother. Interesting nights were when he wore his rings. WILL Yeah...he used to just put a uh...a wrench, a stick, and a belt on the table, and just say choose. SEAN Well, I gotta' go with the belt there, Vanna. WILL Uh..well, I used to go with the wrench. SEAN Why the wrench? WILL cus' Fuck him, that's why. SEAN Your foster father? WILL Yeah. So uh...you know, what is it? Like, Will has an attachment disorder? Is it all that stuff? Fear of abandonment? Is that why uh...Is that why I broke up with Skylar? SEAN I didn't know you had. WILL Yeah...I did. SEAN You wanna talk about it? WILL No... SEAN Hey, Will? I don't know a lot. But you see this? All this shit. It's not your fault. WILL Yeah, I know that. SEAN Look at me, son. It's not your fault. WILL I know. SEAN It's not your fault. WILL I know. SEAN No, no, you don't. It's not your fault. WILL I know. SEAN It's not your fault. WILL All right. SEAN It's not your fault. It's not your fault. WILL Don't fuck with me. SEAN It's not your fault. WILL Don't fuck with me all right? Don't fuck with me, Sean, not you. SEAN It's not your fault...It's not your fault... WILL (through heavy sobbing) Oh God....Oh God, I'm so sorry...” (Miramax, Good Will Hunting transcript)
Contributed by: AACB
May 28, 2025