Author Archives: Marya E. Gates
Movie Quote of the Day – Critters, 1986 (dir. Stephen Herek)
Steve: What do I want to see no barn for?
April: Come on, it’s romantic.
Movie Quote of the Day – Reckless, 1935 (dir. Victor Fleming)
Ned Riley: Not bad, eh, Mr. . . . ?
Robert Harrison, Jr.: Harrison. All my enemies call me Bob.
Ned Riley: Well then, I’ll call you Bob.
Movie Quote of the Day – 50 First Dates, 2004 (dir. Peter Segal)
Henry: It’s gonna be alright, Luce.
Lucy: Don’t call me Luce. I barely know you.
Marlin: Sweetie, you’re sorta dating him.
Henry: Sorry I’m not better looking.
Female Filmmaker Friday: Cookie, 1989 (dir. Susan Seidelman)
I can’t believe this is my fifth installment of Female Filmmaker Friday! I hope you guys have enjoyed the previous installments. This is week four on the 80s films of Susan Seidelman. Next week I will be doing my final entry on her films – on She-Devil, and oh boy do I have lots of (good) things to say about that gem! But before I get to that one, let’s talk about her earlier film from 1989 – Cookie.
Movie Quote of the Day – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, 2006 (dir. Tom Tykwer)
Antoine Richis: Why did you kill my daughter?
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille: I just needed her.
Antoine Richis: Very well, but remember this. . .I’ll be looking at you when you’re laid on the cross and the twelve blows are crashing down on your limbs. When the crowd is finally tired of your screams and wandered home, I will climb up through your blood and sit beside you. I will look deep into your eyes. . .and drop by drop I will trickle my disgust into them like burning acid until. . . finally. . .you perish.
Movie Quote of the Day – Fool For Love, 1985 (dir. Robert Altman)
May: You have no right to be jealous of me. Not after all the bullshit I’ve been through.
Eddie: We got a pact. Remember that?
May: We haven’t got anything any more.
Eddie: Is that right? How come you’re so excited?
May: I’m not excited!
Eddie: Yeah, you are. You’re beside yourself.
May: You’re drivin’ me crazy, that’s why.
Eddie: You know we’re connected, May. We’ll always be connected. That was decided a long time ago.
Movie Quote of the Day – Cat Ballou, 1965 (dir. Elliot Silverstein)
Kid Sheleen: Yeah, it’s all over in Dodge. Tombstone, too; Cheyenne, Deadwood, all gone, all dead and gone. Why, the last time I come through Tombstone, the big excitement there was about the new rollerskate rink that they had laid out over the OK Corral. I’ll tell you something else, I used to work for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and a Congress of Rough Riders. And I rescued many a stagecoach passengers from road agents and drunkard injuns. . .in the nick of time! Twice a day, three times on Saturday!
A Video For My 2,000th Post
I can’t even believe I’ve posted 1,999 posts – making this number 2,000!. And the next one is 2,001! Too bad I already did 2001: A Space Odyssey for MQOTD. Anyways, enjoy this video featuring a cameo from my cat Mr. Rochester.
Movie Quote of the Day – Factotum, 2005 (dir. Bent Hamer)
Pickle Factory boss: What do you write?
Henry Chinaski: Mostly short stories. I’m halfway through a novel.
Pickle Factory boss: What’s it about?
Henry Chinaski: Everything.
Pickle Factory boss: You mean, for instance, it’s about. . .cancer?
Henry Chinaski: Yes.
Pickle Factory boss: How about my wife?
Henry Chinaski: She’s in there too.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Rock, 1996 (dir. Michael Bay)
Agent Paxton: Congratulations, Dr. Goodspeed. You did it.
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed: Thank you, sir.
Agent Paxton: You know, for a while there, I didn’t think you were going to make it. Well done, son. So where’s Mason?
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed: Vaporized. Blown out to sea.
Agent Paxton: Blown out to sea, huh?
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed: Yeah.
Agent Paxton: Poor bastard.
Director Womack: Goodspeed, where’s Mason? Where’s his body? I wanna see that son of a bitch!
Agent Paxton: Vaporized, sir. Excuse me, gentlemen.
Director Womack: What? Vaporized? A body can vaporize?
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed: Oh, yeah! Absolutely, sir.
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