Author Archives: Marya E. Gates
Movie Quote of the Day – 2046, 2004 (dir. Wong Kar-Wai)
Chow Mo Wan: Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too soon or too late. If I’d lived in another time or place. . .my story might have had a very different ending.
Movie Quote of the Day – Ladies They Talk About, 1933 (dir. Howard Bretherton, William Keighley)
Susie: Say, there isn’t any punishment bad enough for you!
Nan Taylor: Yeah? Well, being penned up here with a daffodil like you comes awful close.
Movie Quote of the Day – Dazed and Confused, 1993 (dir. Richard Linklater)
Wooderson: That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age. [laughs] Yes, they do.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Bad News Bears, 1976 (dir. Michael Ritchie)
Amanda: I hear you like to gamble.
Kelly: We go a dollar a game here. Serve it.
Amanda: I don’t want to play for money. If I win, you play baseball for the Bears.
Kelly: And if I win?
Amanda: Name it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Clear and Present Danger, 1994 (dir. Phillip Noyce)
Jack Ryan: I’m here to rent the Huey.
Helicopter owner: We don’t rent it anymore, but it is for sale.
Jack Ryan: How much?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Uh, my pilot and I will have to take it for a test drive.
Helicopter owner: Of course, you just have to leave a deposit.
Jack Ryan: How much is that?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Umm…
[Shows a CIA business card]
Jack Ryan: Would you take a company check?
Helicopter owner: Yes.
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!
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