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Movie Quote of the Day – White Palace, 1990 (dir. Luis Mandoki)
Max: What if I told you, I have no interest in getting laid right now?
Neil: Interest in getting laid is the human condition!
Movie Quote of the Day – Mermaids, 1990 (dir. Richard Benjamin)
Charlotte Flax: [voice over] Oh, I’m going to hell for sure. Here he is, talking about his dead mother and I can’t help wishing his hands were unbuttoning my dress!
Movie Quote of the Day – Alice, 1990 (dir. Woody Allen)
Alice Tate: I’ve experienced a double blow. A husband who loved me once, I know that he no longer does. And a man I met recently and developed strong feelings for now doesn’t seem to want me.
Dr. Yang: Love. Love is most complex emotion. Human beings unpredictable. No logic to emotions. Where there is no logic, there is no rational thought. Where there is no rational thought, there can be much romance but much suffering.
Alice Tate: Gee, I. . .I feel like I’m adrift, like I’ve been cut loose. A while ago I had a routine life, with feelings I understood. A husband, a home.
Dr. Yang: Mrs. Tate had illusion of happiness. Upon closer observation, not very honest husband, not very honest with self.
Alice Tate: I’m frightened.
Dr. Yang: Freedom is frightening feeling.
Oscar Vault Monday – Ghost, 1990 (dir. Jerry Zucker)
I love this movie way too much. It has always been a favorite of mine and I think it always will be. I just feel like it is one of the most passionate films ever made. I think it has aged well (yes, even the special effects) and I think that is because of the strength of the story and the performances of all the actors involved. Ghost was ranked #19 on AFI’s 100 Years. . .100 Passions list and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two: Best Original Score (Maurice Jarre), Best Film Editing (Walter Murch), Best Original Screenplay (won), Best Supporting Actress and Best Picture. The other films nominated for Best Picture that year were Awakenings, The Godfather Part III, Goodfellas and winner Dances With Wolves. There will be quite a few spoilers for this film if you haven’t seen it, so beware.
Movie Quote of the Day – Henry & June, 1990 (dir. Philip Kaufman)
Anaïs Nin: I’m passing through a crisis Eduardo.
Eduardo Sanchez: Be careful Anaïs, abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones.
Movie Quote of the Day – ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), 1990 (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Ricky: I tried speaking to you, but you wouldn’t let me. I had to kidnap you so you’d get to know me. I’m sure you’ll get to love me as I love you. I’m 23 years old, I have 50,000 pesetas, and I’m alone in the world. I’ll try to be a good husband to you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Back to the Future Part III, 1990 (dir. Robert Zemeckis)
Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen: What’s your name, dude?
Marty McFly: Uh, Mar- Eastwood. Clint Eastwood.
Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen: What kind of stupid name is that?
Movie Quote of the Day – Cry-Baby, 1990 (dir. John Waters)
Allison: Oh, Cry-Baby, your fingers feel so good!
Cry-Baby: I’ve been saving it up for a girl like you, honey.
Movie Quote of the Day – Tremors, 1990 (dir. Ron Underwood)
Burt Gummer: Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn’t ya, you bastard!?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Godfather: Part III, 1990 (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Michael Corleone: Just when I thought I was out. . .they pull me back in.
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