Monthly Archives: November 2010
Movie Quote of the Day – Adventureland, 2009 (dir. Greg Mottola)
James Brenna: I’m not even qualified for manual labor. I majored in Comparative Literature and Renaissance Studies. Unless someone needs help restoring a fresco, I’m practically useless.
Oscar Vault Monday – The Red Shoes, 1948 (dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
There is just so much to say about 1948’s The Red Shoes, that I just can’t cover it all. I saw this for the first time last week and I absolutely fell in love with it. I think it’s one of those films that has aged splendidly because it was so ahead of its time when it was first released. It’s about obsession and love and desire and artistic drive and feminism and just so many other things. It also contains some of the greatest art direction and cinematography of all time. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (won), Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (won), Oscar Best Film Editing, Best Writing – Motion Picture Story and Best Picture. It was up against Johnny Belinda, The Snake Pit, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and winner Hamlet.
Movie Quote of the Day – Young Frankenstein, 1974 (dir. Mel Brooks)
Igor: Dr. Frankenstein…
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Fronkensteen.”
Igor: You’re putting me on.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it’s pronounced “Fronkensteen.”
Igor: Do you also say “Froderick”?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No. . .”Frederick.”
Igor: Well, why isn’t it “Froderick Fronkensteen”?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn’t; it’s “Frederick Fronkensteen.”
Igor: I see.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor. [pronounces it ee-gor]
Igor: No, it’s pronounced “I-gor”.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But they told me it was “ee-gor.”
Igor: Well, they were wrong then, weren’t they?
Movie Quote of the Day – Puss In Boots, 1988 (dir. Eugene Marner)
Corin: What luck, I inherited something I have to feed.
Puss: You never even gave me a decent name. How are you going to give me a decent meal? Much less a good pair of boots?
Movie Quote of the Day – My Cousin Vinny, 1992 (dir. Jonathan Lynn)
Vinny Gambini: What’s the matter with you?
Mona Lisa Vito: I don’t know.
Vinny Gambini: You’re acting like you’re nervous or something.
Mona Lisa Vito: Well, yeah. I am.
Vinny Gambini: What are you nervous about? I’m the one that’s under the gun here. Trial starts tomorrow.
Mona Lisa Vito: You wanna know what I’m nervous about? I’ll tell you what I’m nervous about! I am in the dark here with all this legal crap. I have no idea what’s going on. All I know is that you’re screwing up and I can’t help.
Vinny Gambini: You left me a little camera, didn’t you?
Mona Lisa Vito: Oh, Vinny! I’m watching you go down in flames, and you’re bringing me with you and I can’t do anything about it!
Vinny Gambini: And?
Mona Lisa Vito: Well I hate to bring it up because I know you’ve got enough pressure on you already. But, we agreed to get married as soon as you won your first case. Meanwhile, TEN YEARS LATER, my niece, the daughter of my sister is getting married. My biological clock is [taps her foot] TICKING LIKE THIS and the way this case is going, I ain’t never getting married.
Vinny Gambini: Lisa, I don’t need this. I swear to God, I do not need this right now, okay? I’ve got a judge that’s just aching to throw me in jail. An idiot who wants to fight me for two hundred dollars. Slaughtered pigs. Giant loud whistles. I ain’t slept in five days. I got no money, a dress code problem, AND a little murder case which, in the balance, holds the lives of two innocent kids. Not to mention your [taps his foot] BIOLOGICAL CLOCK – my career, your life, our marriage, and let me see, what else can we pile on? Is there any more SHIT we can pile on to the top of the outcome of this case? Is it possible?
Mona Lisa Vito: [beat] Maybe it was a bad time to bring it up.
Movie Quote of the Day – In Bruges, 2008 (dir. Martin McDonagh)
Natalie: Harry. Harry! It’s a inanimate fucking object!
Harry: You’re an inanimate fuckin’ object!
New Posters For “True Grit,” “How Do You Know”
A whole series of character posters have been released for the Coen Bros.’ remake of True Grit and a really cute one-sheet for James L. Brooks’ dramedy How Do You Know.
Movie Quote of the Day – While You Were Sleeping, 1995 (dir. Jon Turteltaub)
Jack: You suck!
Peter: I suck, or the outfit sucks?
Jack: It’s a toss-up.
Auteur of the Week: Steven Spielberg (4 of 4)
My four-week look at the complete directorial filmography of New Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is finally coming to a close. You can look at part one here, part two here and part three here. While the last decade may not be my favorite decade of Spielberg’s work, at least three of his films from the 2000s are among my favorite of his films, as well as of all-time.
Movie Quote of the Day – Freaky Friday, 2003 (dir. Mark Waters)
Tess (in Anna’s body): I look like Stevie Nicks.
Anna (in Tess’s body): Who’s he?
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