Yearly Archives: 2014
Female Filmmaker Friday: Sedmikrásky (Daisies), 1966 (dir. Věra Chytilová)
This is my 8th piece for Female Filmmaker Friday and I thought with the news of Věra Chytilová’s passing this week it would be the perfect time to discuss her seminal work of 1960s feminist film. Chytilová was an important member of the Czech New Wave and basically the only major voice of that movement to stay in her home country despite its harsh reception of subversive art and often being subjected to censorship and having her films banned in her own country. She’s a fascinating figure and deserves much more attention that she often gets.
Movie Quote of the Day – American Pie, 1999 (dir. Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz)
Jim: Guys, uh, what exactly does third base feel like?
Kevin: You want to take this one?
Oz: Like warm apple pie.
Jim: Yeah?
Oz: Yeah.
Jim: Apple pie, huh?
Oz: Uh huh.
Jim: McDonald’s or homemade?
Movie Quote of the Day – Mystery Men, 1999 (dir. Kinka Usher)
The Shoveller: We’re not your classic superheroes. We’re not the favorites. We’re the other guys. We’re the guys nobody bets on.
Movie Quote of the Day – Conversations With Other Women, 2005 (dir. Hans Canosa)
Man: Why did you come, really?
Woman: Do you want me to say I was hoping I’d see you?
Man: Yes – and I want you to mean it.
Woman: You’re so romantic.
Man: By romantic, you mean, what, old fashioned?
Woman: No, by romantic, I mean romantic.
Movie Quote of the Day – They Drive by Night, 1940 (dir. Raoul Walsh)
Joe Fabrini: I always have liked redheads.
Cassie Hartley: You shouldn’t. Red means stop.
Joe Fabrini: I’m colorblind.
Movie Quote of the Day – TRON: Legacy, 2010 (dir. Joseph Kosinski)
Quorra: What’s next, Sam?
Sam Flynn: Guess we’re suppose to change the world.
Movie Quote of the Day – Cosmopolis, 2012 (dir. David Cronenberg)
Eric Packer: I remember what you told me once.
Didi Fancher: What’s that?
Eric Packer: Talent is more erotic when it’s wasted.
Didi Fancher: What did I mean?
Movie Quote of the Day – Orlando, 1992 (dir. Sally Potter)
First Official: One :You are legally dead, and therefore cannot hold any property whatsoever.
Orlando: Ah. Fine.
First Official: Two: You are now a female.
Second Official: Which amounts to much the same thing.
Female Filmmaker Friday: Starstruck, 1982 (dir. Gillian Armstrong)
Gillian Armstrong is one of my favorite directors. Later on I will write about My Brilliant Career and Little Women (1994), which is one of my all-time favorite movies. I’ve seen that one more than any other film I think. Which brings me to this week’s Female Filmmaker Friday on Armstrong’s sophomore feature Startruck. I actually bought this film without knowing anything about it other than it was directed by Armstrong and came in a shiny pink DVD case. Amazon recommended it when I bought Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens. Definitely one of the best cold-buys I’ve ever done.
Movie Quote of the Day – Cutter’s Way, 1981 (dir. Ivan Passer)
Richard Bone: You know, you have one big problem.
Alex Cutter: What’s that?
Richard Bone: Your imagination.
Alex Cutter: These are just the facts, Rich. I mean, I haven’t even begun to let my imagination loose on this one.
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