Monthly Archives: December 2014
Movie Quote of the Day – Le week-end, 2014 (dir. Roger Michell)
Meg: You always did edit out the arguments and the misery.
Nick: You can’t not love and hate the same person — usually within the space of five minutes in my experience.
Movie Quote of the Day – Monkey Business, 1952 (dir. Howard Hawks)
Dr. Barnaby Fulton: Aren’t you here early?
Lois Laurel: Oh, yes. Mr. Oxley’s been complaining about my punctuation, so I’m careful to get here before nine.
Female Filmmaker Friday: The Preacher’s Wife, 1996 (dir. Penny Marshall)
I’m not sure if I saw this first or the first film adaptation of Robert Nathan’s book, 1947’s The Bishop’s Wife (with one of my favorite Cary Grant performances!), but I did watch this movie A LOT in the late-90s when it was on TV all the time (I think TBS?) I did, however, have no idea that Penny Marshall directed it until I noticed it was on Netflix last week. I decided it was time I revisited this film (not the least of which because Denzel Washington is so goddamn charming as Dudley!)
Movie Quote of the Day – The Wolf of Wall Street, 2013 (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Patrick Denham: Let me tell you something else. Honestly – I’m not bullshitting here – this is one of the nicest boats I’ve ever been on. I gotta tell ya.
Jordan Belfort: I bet it is.
Patrick Denham: Hey, you know what I was just thinking, too? The fucking hero that I’m going to be back at the office when the Bureau seizes this fucking boat, because I mean fuckity fuck fuck, Jordan, look at this thing! It’s beautiful! And you’ve got the beautiful girls and everything. It’s wonderful.
Jordan Belfort: [laughing] Alright, get the fuck off my boat.
Movie Quote of the Day – An Ideal Husband, 1999 (dir. Oliver Parker)
Lord Arthur Goring: Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Movie Quote of the Day – Nell, 1994 (dir. Michael Apted)
Jerry: I like it here. It’s a quiet place. You’ve got the right idea, Nell. You live with people, you get problems. First they screw you up, then they leave you, right?
Movie Quote of the Day – Shadow of the Vampire, 2000 (dir. E. Elias Merhige)
F.W. Murnau: Frankly, Count, I find this composition unworkable. Could you return to your original mark, please? If it’s not in frame, it doesn’t exist.
Movie Quote of the Day – What Women Want, 2000 (dir. Nancy Meyers)
Darcy McGuire: What kind of knight in shining armor would I be if the man I love needs rescuing and I just let him walk out my door?
Nick Marshall: My hero.
Movie Quote of the Day – Flannel Pajamas, 2006 (dir. Jeff Lipsky)
Stuart: Why am I trying to hold this thing together? Because I love her? She can’t stand me! Am I being unbelievably selfish?
Movie Quote of the Day – La Vénus à la fourrure (Venus in Fur), 2014 (dir. Roman Polanski)
Thomas: Shall I make some coffee?
Vanda: [laughs]
Thomas: What?
Vanda: Are you coming on to me, Tom?
Thomas: Certainly not! I’m just offering you coffee.
Vanda: Symbolic coffee?
Thomas: Not at all! Real coffee.
Vanda: Would your wife like you offering me “real” coffee?
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