Monthly Archives: February 2014
Female Filmmaker Friday: She-Devil, 1989 (dir. Susan Seidelman)
So this is week six of Female Filmmaker Friday and my fifth and final look the work of Susan Seidelman in the 1980s. I’ve really enjoyed delving into her work and I hope you guys have found some films you plan to see in the future.
Movie Quote of the Day – Designing Woman, 1957 (dir. Vincente Minnelli)
Mike: What’s on your mind?
Marilla: Guess.
Mike: You’re going to bite me on the ear again.
Marilla: Don’t you like it?
Mike: It’s a very strange, but pleasurable sensation.
Movie Quote of the Day – Reflections in a Golden Eye, 1967 (dir. John Huston)
Leonora: Son, have you ever been collared and dragged out into the street and thrashed by a naked woman?
Movie Quote of the Day – Eye of the Beholder, 1999 (dir. Stephan Elliott)
Stephen: If I blink, I might lose her.
Lucy: So?
Stephen: So the last time I blinked, I lost you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Mona Lisa, 1986 (dir. Neil Jordan)
Simone: Haven’t you ever needed someone?
George: All the time.
Movie Quote of the Day – Critters, 1986 (dir. Stephen Herek)
Steve: What do I want to see no barn for?
April: Come on, it’s romantic.
Movie Quote of the Day – Reckless, 1935 (dir. Victor Fleming)
Ned Riley: Not bad, eh, Mr. . . . ?
Robert Harrison, Jr.: Harrison. All my enemies call me Bob.
Ned Riley: Well then, I’ll call you Bob.
Movie Quote of the Day – 50 First Dates, 2004 (dir. Peter Segal)
Henry: It’s gonna be alright, Luce.
Lucy: Don’t call me Luce. I barely know you.
Marlin: Sweetie, you’re sorta dating him.
Henry: Sorry I’m not better looking.
Female Filmmaker Friday: Cookie, 1989 (dir. Susan Seidelman)
I can’t believe this is my fifth installment of Female Filmmaker Friday! I hope you guys have enjoyed the previous installments. This is week four on the 80s films of Susan Seidelman. Next week I will be doing my final entry on her films – on She-Devil, and oh boy do I have lots of (good) things to say about that gem! But before I get to that one, let’s talk about her earlier film from 1989 – Cookie.
Movie Quote of the Day – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, 2006 (dir. Tom Tykwer)
Antoine Richis: Why did you kill my daughter?
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille: I just needed her.
Antoine Richis: Very well, but remember this. . .I’ll be looking at you when you’re laid on the cross and the twelve blows are crashing down on your limbs. When the crowd is finally tired of your screams and wandered home, I will climb up through your blood and sit beside you. I will look deep into your eyes. . .and drop by drop I will trickle my disgust into them like burning acid until. . . finally. . .you perish.
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