Monthly Archives: April 2014
Movie Quote of the Day – Imitation of Life, 1934 (dir. John M. Stahl)
Delilah: What’s my baby want?
Peola: I want to be white, like I look.
Delilah: Peola!
Peola: Look at me. Am I not white? Isn’t that a white girl there?
Delilah: Oh, honey. We’s had this out so many times. Can’t you get it out of your head?
Peola: No, I can’t! You wouldn’t understand that, would you? Oh, what is there for me anyway!?
Movie Quote of the Day – Because I Said So, 2007 (dir. Michael Lehmann)
Daphne: And who am I supposed to choose anyway, huh? Who do you think is better?
Johnny: Me.
Daphne: What?
Johnny: I like you. And I have an odd instinct that I’d like her too. Maybe I should meet her.
Daphne: Let me be perfectly honest with you, okay? You’re a very charming guy, irresistible, in fact. And that’s why I know you would be a horrendous choice because I’m not looking for a great affair for my daughter. You know, like, a gorgeous musician who’s gonna break her heart. I’m looking for a life partner.
Johnny: That’s great. Thanks. Yeah, no, I love being reduced to a cultural cliché. That’s just terrific. Because only musicians break people’s hearts. Wow.
Movie Quote of the Day – Enemy Mine, 1985 (dir. Wolfgang Petersen)
Davidge: “If one receives evil from another, let one not do evil in return. Rather, let him extend love to the enemy, that love might unite them.” I’ve heard all this before. . .in the human Taalmaan.
Jerry: Of course you have. Truth is truth.
Movie Quote of the Day – She’s So Lovely, 1997 (dir. Nick Cassavetes)
Eddie: Oh, boy, are you pretty. You are so pretty. What would you do if I kissed you? Would you scream?
Maureen: Not me.
Eddie: We were meant for each other. We’re all banged up.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Rainmaker, 1997 (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Rudy Baylor: Sworn in by a fool and vouched for by a scoundrel. I’m a lawyer at last.
Movie Quote of the Day – Forsaking All Others, 1934 (dir. W.S. Van Dyke)
Eleanor: Oh, I’m so tired of being a bridesmaid. I’d like to get married so I could wear a decent hat.
Shempy: That’s the best reason for getting married I ever heard.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Old Maid, 1939 (dir. Edmund Goulding)
Tina: I’ll go, but before I go, you’ve got to know that I’m sick your spying and fault-finding and meddling–
Delia Lovell: No, Tina!
Tina: You can say what you want to me Mummy, because you understand me and I love you. But she’s just a sour old maid who hates me–
Delia Lovell: Tina!
Tina: –because I’m young and attractive and in love, while she’s old and hideous and dried up and has never known anything about love!
Female Filmmaker Friday: Bridget Jones’s Diary, 2001 (dir. Sharon Maguire)
It’s Friday, so it’s time for another edition of Female Filmmaker Friday. Next week I might not post one because of TCMFF, but I think you guys can handle that. This week I’m going to talk about one of my all-time favorite films. There’s a lot to say about Bridget Jones’s Diary and I’m definitely not going to hit all the points; instead I’m just going to write about the aspects and scenes that have stuck with me over the years. I’ve seen this film a million times since it came out in theaters (it was one of the very first DVDs I ever owned) and I’ve also read the book(s). As much as I enjoyed them, this film is my favorite interpretation of the iconic Ms. Jones.
Movie Quote of the Day – Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, 2013 (dir. David Lowery)
Ruth Guthrie: I haven’t slept in four years. And I’m tired. I’m so goddamn tired.
Patrick Wheeler: Then rest.
Movie Quote of the Day – Sayonara, 1957 (dir. Joshua Logan)
Major Gruver: Look, Miss Ogi, I’m not up too good on the Japanese way of doing things. Maybe I’m saying the wrong things. Maybe my American manners are embarrassing. But I figured, as long as you came over here tonight maybe you were interested a little bit in meeting me too.Now, maybe I’m wrong and if I’m wrong, then you’ve got to tell me where we go from here, because I don’t know what to say. I’ve run out of things to say.
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