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Movie Quote of the Day – Meek’s Cutoff, 2011 (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
Emily Tetherow: You don’t know much about women, do you Stephen Meek?
Stephen Meek: Well, I, I know somethin’ or other.
Emily Tetherow: If you say so.
Stephen Meek: Well, I know women are different from men. I know that much. Well, I’ll tell you the difference if you care to hear.
Emily Tetherow: I don’t doubt you will.
Stephen Meek: Women, women are created on the principle of chaos. The chaos of creation, disorder, bringing new things into the world. Men are created on the principle of destruction. It’s like cleansing, ordering, destruction. You think I’m wrong, you can tell me. Chaos and destruction. Those two genders are always at it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Last Night, 2011 (dir. Massy Tadjedin)
Joanna: I think it’s possible that I will you into being in my life. It’s like if I think about you for too long, you pick up on it.
Alex: Were you thinking about me?
Joanna: I always think about you when things aren’t going well.
Movie Quote of the Day – La hija natural, 2011 (dir. Leticia Tonos)
Juana: Any woman who believes what a man says is hopeless.
Movie Quote of the Day – Nuit #1, 2011 (dir. Anne Émond)
Clara: Being alone is unbearable, but there’s no one I want to be with either.
Movie Quote of the Day – Pariah, 2011 (dir. Dee Rees)
Arthur: You tell your mother that’s not true.
Alike: You already know.
Arthur: No, I don’t know. You tell your mom it’s just a phase.
Alike: It’s not a phase.
Audrey: You shoulda done something! You shoulda done something!
Alike: There’s nothing wrong with me!
Movie Quote of the Day – Kung Fu Panda 2, 2011 (dir. Jennifer Yuh)
Mantis: You know, guys, I never expected to die like this. I thought I’d meet a nice girl, settle down, and then she’d eat my head.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Dish & the Spoon, 2011 (dir. Alison Bagnall)
Boy: I don’t really understand Thanksgiving. Like, what. . .I thought you annihilated the indians, not sat down and had a big dinner with them.
Rose: No, we did. Both.
Boy: What? You. . So you celebrate killing them? That’s. . .that’s the celebration?
Rose: No, no-no-no, the indians did end up all dead but what we celebrate is the meal that happened before we killed them, because when we got here, they had things that we wanted, and we had things that they wanted – like guns and drinks – and it was a mutually beneficial relationship; and then, at some point, our needs conflicted – and when needs conflict, most of the time, one person gets what they want and the other person doesn’t – so we gave them smallpox on purpose, and then we continued to sort of systematically kill them – but what we celebrate is. . .the meal that we had before any of that happened, when everything was good.
Boy: Hitler. . .Hitler was popular before the killing. You know? People don’t celebrate that.
Rose: But he didn’t have dinner with the Jews. You see my point?
Boy: No.
Female Filmmaker Friday: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts, 2011 (dir. Annie Howell, Lisa Robinson)
This is a small, beautiful film I watched on Netflix a few months ago that really surprised in how simple, yet effective it was in its storytelling. It’s the only feature film from writer/directors Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson, which is a shame. It stars Anna Margaret Hollyman, who is known for starring in micro-budget films (The Color Wheel, White Reindeer). This is actually the first of her films I have seen, but I really enjoy her screen presence.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Awakening, 2011 (dir. Nick Murphy)
Florence Cathcart: A life haunted isn’t a life at all. We may as well be ghosts ourselves.
Movie Quote of the Day – One Day, 2011 (dir. Lone Scherfig)
Emma: If I can’t talk to you, then what is the point of you? Of us?
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