Monthly Archives: July 2012
Movie Quote of the Day – Grace of My Heart, 1996 (dir. Allison Anders)
Jay Phillips: You know, sometimes when I look at you, I see you way in the future as this amazing old lady who’s done all this really far out things.
Denise Waverly: Mm-hmm.
Jay Phillips: But you don’t see that. What’s it gonna take for me to get you to see your spark?
TCM to Examine Hollywood’s Depiction of People with Disabilities in The Projected Image: A History of Disability in Film in October
This looks like it could be a really interesting exploration of cinema history. The press release and full schedule are after the cut.
Movie Quote of the Day – My Own Private Idaho, 1991 (dir. Gus Van Sant)
Mike Waters: How’d we get home?
Scott Favor: That German guy. Hans. He brought you downtown, you were passed out. He said he was heading to Portland, so I asked him for a ride.
Mike Waters: For some reason I’m forgetting a German guy named Hans.
Scott Favor: Well, you were sleeping.
Movie Quote of the Day – Natural Born Killers, 1994 (dir. Oliver Stone)
Mallory: Wherever we go, whatever happens, Mickey, when I look up at the stars, I’ll know you’ll be lookin’ up at the same ones.
Mickey: Same ones, baby.
Mallory: You make everyday feel like kindergarten.
Movie Quote of the Day – Notting Hill, 1999 (dir. Roger Michell)
Spike: Hey, you couldn’t help me with an incredibly important decision, could you?
William: This is important in comparison to, let’s say, whether they should cancel third world debt?
Spike: That’s right. . .I’m at last going out on a date with the great Janine and I just want to be sure I’ve picked the right t-shirt.
William: What are the choices?
Spike: Well. . .wait for it. . .first there’s this one. . .Cool, huh?
William: Yes. . .might make it hard to strike a really romantic note.
Spike: Point taken. Don’t despair! If it’s romance we’re looking for, I believe I have just the thing!
William: Well, there again, she might not think you have true love on your mind.
Spike: Right. Just one more. [beat] True love, here I come!
William: Well, yeah, that’s, that’s perfect.
Spike: Thanks. Great. Wish me luck.
William: Good luck.
Movie Quote of the Day – Jane Eyre, 1996 (dir. Franco Zeffirelli)
Jane Eyre: It’s a long way off.
Mr. Rochester: No matter; a girl of your sense will not object to the voyage.
Jane Eyre: Not the voyage, but the distance. And then the sea is such a barrier.
Mr. Rochester: From. . .what, Jane?
Jane Eyre: From England, sir, and from Thornfield . . .and. . .
From The Warner Archive: Crime Does Not Pay – The Complete Shorts Collection (1935-1947)
Prior to the Warner Archive’s releases of this collection earlier this month, I had actually never heard of these MGM-produced shorts. I have now watched all fifty of the Crime Does Not Pay shorts, and I must say I kind of really loved them. You could argue that something like these shorts is what led to the original crime procedurals like Dragnet, but also, since they are told mostly from the point of view of the criminals, something like Law and Order: Criminal Intent. If you love those shows, you will love these shorts.
Movie Quote of the Day – Love with the Proper Stranger, 1963 (dir. Robert Mulligan)
Rocky Papasano: Man, do you look wild.
Angie Rossini: Thank you.
Rocky Papasano: No, I mean it – I really mean it.
Angie Rossini: Look how surprised he sounds.
Rocky Papasano: You look so – what am I gonna tell ‘ya? You look like a woman.
Angie Rossini: How can you manage to make even a compliment sound like a slap in the face?
Rocky Papasano: What did I say? You look like a woman! I apologise – excuse me. You look like a man.
Movie Quote of the Day – September Affair, 1950 (dir. William Dieterle)
David Lawrence: That was entirely premeditated.
Manina Stuart: I didn’t think it was gravity. [beat] And I don’t think we should make a habit of it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Starship Troopers, 1997 (dir. Paul Verhoeven)
Johnny Rico: I want to join up. I think I’ve got what it takes to be a Citizen.
Jean Rasczak: Good for you. Go find out.
Johnny Rico: Well, my parents are against it. And I know it’s my choice. I was wondering, what would you do, if you were me ?
Jean Rasczak: Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom that anyone really has. Use that freedom. Make up your own mind, Rico.
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