Monthly Archives: June 2012
Movie Quote of the Day – Revenge of the Nerds, 1984 (dir. Jeff Kanew)
Gilbert: I just wanted to say that I’m a nerd, and I’m here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds. I mean uh, all our lives we’ve been laughed at and made to feel inferior. And tonight, those bastards, they trashed our house. Why? Cause we’re smart? Cause we look different? Well, we’re not. I’m a nerd, and uh, I’m pretty proud of it.
Movie Quote of the Day – It Could Happen to You, 1994 (dir. Andrew Bergman)
Yvonne Biasi: Because of me, you have nothing.
Charlie Lang: Because of you, I have you. Why can’t you understand that? If you don’t want me, that’s different. If you don’t want me, I’ll walk right out that door and you’ll never see me again.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984 (dir. Wes Craven)
Freddy Krueger: I’m your boyfriend now, Nancy.
Movie Quote of the Day – Les parapluies de Cherbourg, 1964 (dir. Jacques Demy)
Geneviève Emery: Mother, he’s leaving. He’ll be away for two years. I can’t live without him. I’ll die.
Madame Emery: Stop crying. Look at me. People only die of love in movies.
Movie Quote of the Day – Changeling, 2008 (dir. Clint Eastwood)
Christine Collins: Why aren’t you listening to me?
Capt. J.J. Jones: I am listening, dammit, I am listening! And I understand your feelings. He’s changed, no mistake. And that’s. . .you’ve both been through a terrible experience and that’s why he needs your love and support to bounce back.
Christine Collins: He’s not my son!
Capt. J.J. Jones: Why are you doing this, Mrs. Collins? Why are you doing this? You, you seem perfectly capable of taking care of the boy. Your job pays you enough to attend to his personal needs, so I don’t understand why you’re running away from your responsibilities as a mother.
Christine Collins: I am not running away from anything! Least of all my responsibilities! I am even taking care of that. . .boy right now, because I am all he has! What worries me is that you have stopped looking for my son! And that is your responsibility!
Capt. J.J. Jones: Why should we be looking for someone we’ve already found?
Christine Collins: Because you have not found him.
Capt. J.J. Jones: His identity has been confirmed by the best minds in the field of child identification. People who know what they’re doing.
Christine Collins: And I don’t?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Defiant Ones, 1958 (dir. Stanley Kramer)
John ‘Joker’ Jackson: You’re gonna make somebody a fine old lady one day.
Noah Cullen: Ain’t that the truth.
Movie Quote of the Day – Wet Hot American Summer, 2001 (dir. David Wain)
Andy: You taste like a burger. I don’t like you anymore.
May 2012 in Films: French Films, Student Films and One Year in San Francisco
Sunday marked the one year anniversary of my return to San Francisco and boy what a year it has been. So much cinema. So many opportunities. I’m glad you all came along for the ride. I have some exciting news! The book that I contributed the foreword to is finally available for pre-order! It is called Lew Ayres: Hollywood’s Conscientious Objector by Lesley L. Coffin and you can pre-order it here. I watched a lot of student films at the Academy of Art University’s Epidemic Film Festival and did a few interviews/went to some Q&As with industry professionals. There’ll be content from that posted at YAM Magazine sometime soon. I also finished the Antoine Doinel cycle by François Turffaut and it was amazing. As always, the full list is after the cut, plus five favorites.
Movie Quote of the Day – How to Marry a Millionaire, 1953 (dir. Jean Negulesco)
Pola Debevoise: You know who I’d like to marry?
Loco Dempsey: Who?
Pola Debevoise: Rockefeller.
Loco Dempsey: Which one?
Pola Debevoise: I don’t care.
Loco Dempsey: I wouldn’t mind marrying a Vanderbilt.
Pola Debevoise: Or Mr. Cadillac.
Schatze Page: No such person. I checked.
Loco Dempsey: Is there a Mr. Texaco?
the diary of a film history fanatic 