Monthly Archives: September 2010
Oscar Vault Monday – American Graffiti, 1973 (dir. George Lucas)
My first memories of American Graffiti mostly revolve around my love of the film’s soundtrack. I remember watching it as a little kid and not really being able to follow the plot, but absolutely falling in love with the soundtrack. It’s perhaps the best soundtrack of all time. That may be debatable, but I’ll stick with my opinion there. Apparently George Lucas wrote the screenplay after being challenge on the set of THX-1138 by Francis Ford Coppola to write something that mainstream audiences would enjoy. Lucas then set the film in 1962 around the cruising culture he remembered as a teenager in Modesto. The result was a ridiculously successful film full of early-60s, pre-Vietnam-era nostalgia. The film had a $775,000 budget and wound up grossing $118 mil. It was also nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Supporting Actress Candy Clark, Best Director and Best Picture. It was up against A Touch of Class, Cries and Whispers, The Exorcist and winner The Sting.
Movie Quote of the Day – Meet Joe Black, 1998 (dir. Martin Brest)
Butler: You’re a peanut butter man now, eh, sir?
Joe Black: Yes, I believe I am.
Movie Quote of the Day – Rocky, 1976 (dir John G. Avildsen)
Adrian Pennino: You want a roommate?
Rocky Balboa: Absolutely.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Big Lebowski, 1998 (dir. Joel and Ethan Coen)
The Dude: They gave the Dude a beeper, so whenever these guys call–
Walter: What if it’s during a game?
The Dude: I told him if it was during league play–
Donny: If what’s during league play?
Walter: Life does not stop and start at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit.
Movie Quote of the Day – Vanilla Sky, 2001 (dir. Cameron Crowe)
David: Do you remember what you told me once? That every passing minute is a another chance to turn it all around.
Sofía: I’ll find you again.
David: I’ll see you in another life… when we are both cats.
Guest Post: Movie Quote(s) of the Day from Quotabl.es
Hello, Cinema Fanatics!
I’m here to tell you a little bit about a new quotations website and database called Quotables. We’ve taken the traditional quotations dictionary and transformed it into social, simple to use resource for the Web. Quotables makes sure your favourite quotes are never forgotten, keeping your quote collection in one place and making it easy to share your favourite quotes with your friends.
We’re also big film buffs, and delighted that Marya agreed to have us. Here are our Top 10 classic film quotes. We’ve picked our favourites and removed the cliches. Enjoy!
1. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
— Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride, http://quotabl.es/quotes/4837
2. Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There’s no crying! THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!
— Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own, http://quotabl.es/quotes/4841
3. You don’t know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do…I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.
—Jessica Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? http://quotabl.es/quotes/5557
4. That’s quite a nice little nothing you’re almost wearing. I approve.
— James Bond, Diamonds are Forever, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6933
5. And on the third day, God created the Remington bolt-action rifle, so that Man could fight the dinosaurs. And the homosexuals.
— Homeschooled Boy, Mean Girls, http://quotabl.es/quotes/4857
6. Vivian: Nice costume.
Elle: I like your costume too. Except when I dress up as a frigid bitch, I try not to look so constipated.
— Elle Woods, Legally Blonde, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6629
7. Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.
— Franz Leibkind, The Producers, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6717
8. Kurt: I’m Kurt. I’m eleven. I’m incorrigible.
Maria: Congratulations.
Kurt: What’s “incorrigible”?
— Kurt Von Trapp, The Sound of Music, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6669
9. Max Fischer: I like your nurse’s uniform, guy.
Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs.
Max Fischer: O, R they?
— Max Fischer, Rushmore, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6513
10. WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB! We are here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff.
— Kim Pine, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, http://quotabl.es/quotes/8365
My Summer Under The Stars – 46 Movies in 31 Days on TCM
I actually watched 68 new-to-me movies in August altogether, which I believe is a record for me. 46 of them, however were on Turner Classic Movies’s Summer Under The Stars. There were several days where I watched between four and six films all in a row on TCM. There were even some days where in the midst of watching new-to-me films I watched some old favorites as well. I discovered at least one old film star I’d never known about and now love. I finally watched some essential classic films that had somehow escaped me up until now. I watched a few films that were pretty forgettable and I discovered some films that I will love forever. Overall, it was a wonderful journey of film immersion for someone who loves film down to her bones, and now I don’t know what do to with my life until next August.
Movie Quote of the Day – Bridget Jones’s Diary, 2001 (dir. Sharon Maguire)
Bridget: Where the fuck’s the fucking tuna? [beat] This is Bridget Jones, for Sit Up Britain, searching for tuna.
the diary of a film history fanatic 