Monthly Archives: July 2014
Movie Quote of the Day – Point Break, 1991 (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
Ben Harp: You know nothing. In fact, you know less than nothing. If you knew that you knew nothing, then that would be something, but you don’t.
Johnny Utah: Yes, sir.
Female Filmmaker Friday: Sweetie, 1989 (dir. Jane Campion)
I saw this for the first time a few weeks back. It is Jane Campion’s feature film debut and it is fucking gorgeously shot. Shout out to cinematographer Sally Bongers for capturing Campion’s unique vision! It’s also really fucking bittersweet and strange. That said, I don’t really want to spoil the twists and turns too much, so mostly I’m going to focus this week on some arresting shots that have haunted me for the last few weeks.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Station Agent, 2003 (dir. Thomas McCarthy)
Finbar McBride: It’s funny how people see me. . .treat me, since I’m really just a simple, boring person.
Movie Quote of the Day – 12 Years A Slave, 2013 (dir. Steve McQueen)
John Tibeats: God damn you! I thought you knowed something!
Solomon Northup: I did as instructed. If there’s something wrong, then it’s wrong with your instructions.
Guest Post: TCM Party Takes the San Francisco Silent Film Festival
TCMParty‘s Trevor Jost has written a few guest posts for the site in the past, so I was very excited when he asked if he could write about the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Since moving to LA last year I’ve missed like four events with that festival and it breaks my heart. I hope you enjoy reading Trevor’s take on the festival as much as I did!
Movie Quote of the Day – Splash, 1984 (dir. Ron Howard)
Freddie: So, how is she?
Allen: How is she? She’s a. . .she’s a mermaid. I don’t understand. All my life I’ve been waiting for someone and when I find her, she’s a fish.
Freddie: Nobody said love’s perfect!
Allen: Oh, Freddie, I don’t expect it to be perfect, but for God’s sake, it’s usually human! Every day people meet and they fall in love. Look what I got.
Freddie: Look what you got. Yeah, let’s look at what you got. Let’s take a good look at what you got. People fall in love every day, huh? Is that what you said?
Allen: Yeah.
Freddie: Yeah? That’s a crock! It doesn’t work that way. Do you realize how happy you were with her? That is, when you weren’t driving yourself crazy. Every day? Come on. Some people will never be that happy! I’ll never be that happy. What am I talking to you for? You don’t know nothing.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Grifters, 1990 (dir. Stephen Frears)
Myra Langtry: I’m Roy’s friend.
Lilly Dillon: Yes. I imagine you’re lots of people’s friend.
Myra Langtry: Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you’re plenty old enough to be Roy’s mother.
Lilly Dillon: Aren’t we all?
Roy Dillon: Play nice. Don’t fight.
Movie Quote of the Day – We Bought a Zoo, 2011 (dir. Cameron Crowe)
Dylan Mee: It’s like you embarrass yourself if you say something and you embarrass yourself if you don’t.
Benjamin Mee: You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Reaching For The Moon, 2013 (dir. Bruno Barreto)
Elizabeth Bishop: Lota! The New Yorker wants me to write poems for them on a regular basis.
Lota de Macedo Soares: Wow! That’s fantastic, don’t they pay really well too?
Elizabeth Bishop: Yes, yes. It’s marvelous.
Lota de Macedo Soares: So, what’s the problem?
Elizabeth Bishop: I dunno. It’s a commitment.
Lota de Macedo Soares: You don’t like commitments?
Elizabeth Bishop: I already have a commitment to pessimism. A pessimist is never disappointed.
Movie Quote of the Day – Killer Joe, 2012 (dir. William Friedkin)
Dottie Smith: How are you gonna kill my mama?
Killer Joe Cooper: That’s not appropriate dinner conversation, Dottie.
Dottie Smith: Unless you poison her.
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