Guest Post: Movie Quote(s) of the Day from Quotabl.es
Hello, Cinema Fanatics!
I’m here to tell you a little bit about a new quotations website and database called Quotables. We’ve taken the traditional quotations dictionary and transformed it into social, simple to use resource for the Web. Quotables makes sure your favourite quotes are never forgotten, keeping your quote collection in one place and making it easy to share your favourite quotes with your friends.
We’re also big film buffs, and delighted that Marya agreed to have us. Here are our Top 10 classic film quotes. We’ve picked our favourites and removed the cliches. Enjoy!
1. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
— Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride, http://quotabl.es/quotes/4837
2. Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There’s no crying! THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!
— Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own, http://quotabl.es/quotes/4841
3. You don’t know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do…I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.
—Jessica Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? http://quotabl.es/quotes/5557
4. That’s quite a nice little nothing you’re almost wearing. I approve.
— James Bond, Diamonds are Forever, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6933
5. And on the third day, God created the Remington bolt-action rifle, so that Man could fight the dinosaurs. And the homosexuals.
— Homeschooled Boy, Mean Girls, http://quotabl.es/quotes/4857
6. Vivian: Nice costume.
Elle: I like your costume too. Except when I dress up as a frigid bitch, I try not to look so constipated.
— Elle Woods, Legally Blonde, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6629
7. Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.
— Franz Leibkind, The Producers, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6717
8. Kurt: I’m Kurt. I’m eleven. I’m incorrigible.
Maria: Congratulations.
Kurt: What’s “incorrigible”?
— Kurt Von Trapp, The Sound of Music, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6669
9. Max Fischer: I like your nurse’s uniform, guy.
Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs.
Max Fischer: O, R they?
— Max Fischer, Rushmore, http://quotabl.es/quotes/6513
10. WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB! We are here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff.
— Kim Pine, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, http://quotabl.es/quotes/8365
My Summer Under The Stars – 46 Movies in 31 Days on TCM
I actually watched 68 new-to-me movies in August altogether, which I believe is a record for me. 46 of them, however were on Turner Classic Movies’s Summer Under The Stars. There were several days where I watched between four and six films all in a row on TCM. There were even some days where in the midst of watching new-to-me films I watched some old favorites as well. I discovered at least one old film star I’d never known about and now love. I finally watched some essential classic films that had somehow escaped me up until now. I watched a few films that were pretty forgettable and I discovered some films that I will love forever. Overall, it was a wonderful journey of film immersion for someone who loves film down to her bones, and now I don’t know what do to with my life until next August.
Movie Quote of the Day – Bridget Jones’s Diary, 2001 (dir. Sharon Maguire)
Bridget: Where the fuck’s the fucking tuna? [beat] This is Bridget Jones, for Sit Up Britain, searching for tuna.
Auteur of the Week: Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel only has three films to his name (with a fourth coming later this year), but all three films are both visual and visceral masterpieces. Coming from a fine art background, Schnabel has made three of the best, most visually stunning biopics in the last fifteen years. Schnabel’s films are kind of like his art, they’re bold and they’re colorful and they’re a mixture of all sorts of things and in the end they are celebrations of life itself.
Movie Quote of the Day – The American President, 1995 (dir. Rob Reiner)
Leo: What is it…what is it?
Sydney: A ham.
Leo: [beat] A ham?
Sydney: He sent me a Virginia ham.
Leo’s Secretary: Dig it, Ms. Wade. You’re the President’s girlfriend.
Leo: There’s never an egg timer around when you need one.
It’s The End of Summer and the Beginning of Fall Film Festivals
I’ve never been to a film festival, but boy do I long to do so. A lot of this year’s major buzz-worthy films are having their debuts and/or are being showcased at various film festivals. Here are some of the up coming film festivals and some of the noteworthy the films being showcased.
Oscar Vault Monday – A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951 (dir. Elia Kazan)
I hadn’t seen this movie until about a month or so ago, when I discovered it was on Instant Netflix. I watched it pretty late at night, and I must say that was probably not the best idea. It is a brilliant masterpiece of a film, but it is has such heavy subject matter, it made for a pretty fretful night of sleep. I’ve watched several adaptations of Tennessee Williams plays, and I definitely think this is the best of the lot. I also think it is Marlon Brando’s best work (although, I have not seen but pieces of The Godfather; please refrain from stoning me, I swear I’ll remedy that soon). It was nominated for a whopping 12 Academy Awards, winning four and is one of a handful of films to be nominated in all four of the acting categories. It was nominated for: Best B&W Cinematography, Best B&W Costume Design, Best Score, Best Sound, Best Writing, Screenplay (this was back when their were three writing categories), Best Actor Marlon Brando, Best Director Elia Kazan and Best Picture. It won the following categories: Best B&W Art Direction, Best Actress Vivien Leigh, Best Supporting Actress Kim Hunter and Best Supporting Actor Karl Malden. For Best Picture it was up against A Place In The Sun, Decision Before Dawn, Quo Vadis, and winner An American In Paris. I’ve seen two of those films and I would most definitely say the Academy made the wrong decision here. It was really another case of flashy musical winning over gritty, masterful drama.
Movie Quote of the Day – Hable con ella (Talk To Her), 2002 (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Benigno: Talk to her. Tell her that.
Marco: I’d like to but she can’t hear me.
Benigno: Why are you so sure about that?
Marco: Because her brain is turned off.
Benigno: A woman’s brain is a mystery, and in this state even more so. You have to pay attention to women, talk to them, be thoughtful occasionally. Caress them. Remember they exist, they’re alive and they matter to us. That’s the only therapy. I know from experience.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Beautiful Mind, 2001 (dir. Ron Howard)
Nash: There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.
Movie Quote of the Day – Ever After, 1998 (dir. Andy Tennant)
Danielle: I would rather die a thousand deaths than see my mother’s dress on that spoiled, selfish cow!
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent: Hmm. Perhaps we can arrange that.
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