Favorite Movie Quotes

LiamFan! · June 18th, 2001, 03:21 PM

Put your favorite quotes here!

Lou · June 18th, 2001, 03:26 PM

Here's one from one of my all-time favorite films, and I like this quote because it is so useful...

"It's Chinatown, Jake."

LiamFan! · June 18th, 2001, 03:26 PM

One of my favorites was in "East of Eden" with James Dean. He's talking to his mother, played by Jo Van Fleet (she won an Oscar for her appearance).

He's asking for a loan to pay back his father for the money he lost in a failed agricultural venture, and his mother says, after saying it's funny that he'd be asking her for money to pay back his father, "if you don't think that's funny, maybe you better not go to college."

This always got a big laugh from the college crowd at the art theater. ;-)

LiamFan! · June 18th, 2001, 03:27 PM

I like that one, Lou!

Another one we use is from "Dog Day Afternoon."

"You take your bayonet..."

Lou · June 18th, 2001, 03:55 PM

Oh. Context. Okay. In Chinatown, Jake Gittes is a PI interested in the mysterious death of Mulwray, head of the L.A. Dept. of Water and Power. His investigation (let's call it snooping) leads him to Mulwray's widow, Evelyn, and her father, Noah Cross, a man who is politically powerful. Turns out that Evelyn has a grown daughter whose father is Evelyn's father, Noah Cross. The final scene takes place in Chinatown. Evelyn and Noah are arguing over the daughter on the street, it's night, and Jake and the cops are there. Evelyn takes off in a convertible, her daughter in the passenger seat, one of the cops fires, and a horn sounds. Evelyn has been shot in the eye and her head has fallen forward onto the horn. The daughter is screaming. All arrive at the bloody scene in the middle of the street, and in a horrifying moment, Noah Cross takes the daughter into his arms and pulls her away. Jake--engulfed now in rage and grief--makes a move, but one of the cops hold him back and says, "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." This is the final line of the film, and it is filled with meaning--that power, money, corruption make Jake (and all of us) victims.

LiamFan! · June 18th, 2001, 03:57 PM

Take a bow, Lou!!

Lou · June 18th, 2001, 03:58 PM

Good one, Les! Reminds me of Vincent in Pulp Fiction, saying...

"We should have shotguns for this."

LiamFan! · June 18th, 2001, 04:02 PM

John Goodman in Barton Fink:

"I'll show you the life of the mind!"

LiamFan! · June 18th, 2001, 04:02 PM

Lou, have you seen Barton Fink?

Lou · June 18th, 2001, 04:10 PM

Yes. That's the one where something happens with the wallpaper?

Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein: "The neck's broken. The brain is useless. We must find another brain."

QuietWoman · June 18th, 2001, 04:52 PM

Desert Hearts.

Said by a working man, to the heroine (a young sassy lesbian) as she is walking towards her place ... (he's seen one woman just leave after saying the night, and then another drive up and talk with the heroine) ....

<sotto voce> "How you get so much traffic with no equipment ... beats me!"

Lou · June 19th, 2001, 12:34 PM

Louise: "You get what you settle for."

Amen, Louise.

LiamFan! · June 20th, 2001, 12:40 AM

Ed Norton in Fight Club:

"I am Jack's smirking revenge."

bikerxena · June 20th, 2001, 10:38 PM

"Dick Laurent is dead."<p>
A pivitol quote from "Lost Highway." My boss and I occasionally say it to one another, just to evoke the movie, which we've both seen several times. Robert Blake's character is listed simply as "Mystery Man." He's mighty lucky the news hasn't used footage from "Lost Highway" to show Blake when covering his wife's murder!<p>
Here's the best site I could find for <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/8994/LostHigh.html">Lost Highway</a>. The original studio site was even better, but you can get the jist of the movie here. Also, it appears to be widely available, including on eBay.

LiamFan! · June 20th, 2001, 11:06 PM

I read a cool interview with Robert Blake about Lost Highway...I'll try to find it. The whole whiteface look thing was Blake's idea, and Lynch went along with it. Very strange.

You can only read it as a cached copy...but here 'tis:

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...nterview&hl=en

June 18th, 2001, 03:21 PM	#1
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	Put your favorite quotes here! __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

June 18th, 2001, 03:26 PM	#2
Lou Idealist Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,159	Here's one from one of my all-time favorite films, and I like this quote because it is so useful... "It's Chinatown, Jake." __________________ We must travel in the direction of our fear. --John Berryman

June 18th, 2001, 03:26 PM	#3
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	One of my favorites was in "East of Eden" with James Dean. He's talking to his mother, played by Jo Van Fleet (she won an Oscar for her appearance). He's asking for a loan to pay back his father for the money he lost in a failed agricultural venture, and his mother says, after saying it's funny that he'd be asking her for money to pay back his father, "if you don't think that's funny, maybe you better not go to college." This always got a big laugh from the college crowd at the art theater. ;-) __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

June 18th, 2001, 03:27 PM	#4
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	I like that one, Lou! Another one we use is from "Dog Day Afternoon." "You take your bayonet..." __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

June 18th, 2001, 03:55 PM	#5
Lou Idealist Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,159	Oh. Context. Okay. In Chinatown, Jake Gittes is a PI interested in the mysterious death of Mulwray, head of the L.A. Dept. of Water and Power. His investigation (let's call it snooping) leads him to Mulwray's widow, Evelyn, and her father, Noah Cross, a man who is politically powerful. Turns out that Evelyn has a grown daughter whose father is Evelyn's father, Noah Cross. The final scene takes place in Chinatown. Evelyn and Noah are arguing over the daughter on the street, it's night, and Jake and the cops are there. Evelyn takes off in a convertible, her daughter in the passenger seat, one of the cops fires, and a horn sounds. Evelyn has been shot in the eye and her head has fallen forward onto the horn. The daughter is screaming. All arrive at the bloody scene in the middle of the street, and in a horrifying moment, Noah Cross takes the daughter into his arms and pulls her away. Jake--engulfed now in rage and grief--makes a move, but one of the cops hold him back and says, "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." This is the final line of the film, and it is filled with meaning--that power, money, corruption make Jake (and all of us) victims. __________________ We must travel in the direction of our fear. --John Berryman

June 18th, 2001, 03:57 PM	#6
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	Take a bow, Lou!! __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

June 18th, 2001, 03:58 PM	#7
Lou Idealist Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,159	Good one, Les! Reminds me of Vincent in Pulp Fiction, saying... "We should have shotguns for this." __________________ We must travel in the direction of our fear. --John Berryman

June 18th, 2001, 04:02 PM	#8
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	John Goodman in Barton Fink: "I'll show you the life of the mind!" __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

June 18th, 2001, 04:02 PM	#9
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	Lou, have you seen Barton Fink? __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

June 18th, 2001, 04:10 PM	#10
Lou Idealist Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,159	Yes. That's the one where something happens with the wallpaper? Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein: "The neck's broken. The brain is useless. We must find another brain." __________________ We must travel in the direction of our fear. --John Berryman

June 18th, 2001, 04:52 PM	#11
QuietWoman Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Sunny England! Posts: 278	Desert Hearts. Said by a working man, to the heroine (a young sassy lesbian) as she is walking towards her place ... (he's seen one woman just leave after saying the night, and then another drive up and talk with the heroine) .... <sotto voce> "How you get so much traffic with no equipment ... beats me!"

June 19th, 2001, 12:34 PM	#12
Lou Idealist Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,159	Louise: "You get what you settle for." Amen, Louise. __________________ We must travel in the direction of our fear. --John Berryman

June 20th, 2001, 12:40 AM	#13
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	Ed Norton in Fight Club: "I am Jack's smirking revenge." __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

June 20th, 2001, 10:38 PM	#14
bikerxena Biker and Animal Lover Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: So Cal Posts: 327	"Dick Laurent is dead."<p> A pivitol quote from "Lost Highway." My boss and I occasionally say it to one another, just to evoke the movie, which we've both seen several times. Robert Blake's character is listed simply as "Mystery Man." He's mighty lucky the news hasn't used footage from "Lost Highway" to show Blake when covering his wife's murder!<p> Here's the best site I could find for <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/8994/LostHigh.html">Lost Highway</a>. The original studio site was even better, but you can get the jist of the movie here. Also, it appears to be widely available, including on eBay. __________________ Peace on Earth

June 20th, 2001, 11:06 PM	#15
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	I read a cool interview with Robert Blake about Lost Highway...I'll try to find it. The whole whiteface look thing was Blake's idea, and Lynch went along with it. Very strange. You can only read it as a cached copy...but here 'tis: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...nterview&hl=en __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II