Author Archives: Marya E. Gates
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?
Female Filmmaker Friday: Elle s’en va, 2014 (dir. Emmanuelle Bercot)
I wanted to see this film when it was in theaters earlier this year (I’m calling it a 2014 releases because that’s its U.S. release date; sue me), but somehow I missed it and was really bummed. Then the other day I was looking for something to watch on Netflix and it was in the suggested list! Sometimes Netflix gets it so right! This is Emmanuelle Bercot’s third film (she started out as an actress). I haven’t seen her other films, though I want to because this film had a very distinctive tone and I’m curious to see if her other films feel the same. She wrote this script specifically for Catherine Deneuve and it’s wonderful to see the actress really tear into the material.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Ghost and the Darkness, 1996 (dir. Stephen Hopkins)
John Patterson: Have you ever failed?
Charles Remington: Only at life.
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