"There is little or no offending material apart from four cunts, one clitoris, and a foreskin. And as they only occur in this opening introduction, you’re past them now."
- Monty Python’s Instant Record Collection
“What is your nationality?”
“I’m a drunkard.”
“That makes Rick a citizen of the world.”
Casablanca (1942) directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson as “Sam.”
“Where were you last night?”
“That’s so long ago I don’t remember.”
“Will I see you tonight?”
“I never make plans that far ahead.”
Casablanca (1942) directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson as “Sam.”
“Everything I’m about to tell you is a joke.” Ozaki addresses the old man of his Yakuza crew with extreme earnestness. This is one of my favorite movie lines ever.
Gozu (極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 ＧＯＺＵ, Gokudō kyōfu dai-gekijō: Gozu, literally: Grand Theatre of Perversion and Fear: Cow’s Head) (2003) Japanese, directed by Takashi Miike.
Clue (1985)
-I hate her SO much, it-it-fla-flames, flames on the side of my face, hea-heaving, heaving breaths, heav- … (animated gif)
(Cluedo outside North America) (1985) directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Madeline Kahn, and Lee Ving. Based on the Parker Brothers board game of the same name.
-Communism is just a red herring.
Clue (Cluedo outside North America) (1985) directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Madeline Kahn, and Lee Ving. Based on the Parker Brothers board game of the same name.
“It’s heavy. What is it?”
“The stuff that dreams are made of.”
Spade here paraphrases Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest: “We are such stuff / As dreams are made on.” You’ll find Spade’s version more commonly quoted, whether folks recognize the difference or not.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) A Film Noir classic based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. Nominated for three Academy Awards.
Maltese Falcon (1941)
“When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it.” (animated gif)
The Maltese Falcon (1941) A Film Noir classic based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. Nominated for three Academy Awards.
“Mother is God in the eyes of a child.”
One of my favorite lines in the movie.
Silent Hill (2006) directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary.
Starring Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, and Jodelle Ferland as Sharon
“Here’s to your fuck, Frank.”
Blue Velvet (1986) Written and directed by David Lynch, starring Kyle Maclachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern.
“Get off me, I’m straight!” “So’s spaghetti ‘til you get it heated up!”
A Dirty Shame (2004) written and directed by John Waters
Starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Suzanne Shepherd, and Mink Stole.
“It was a long, hard road to THIS vagina!” — I bet!
A Dirty Shame (2004) written and directed by John Waters
Starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Suzanne Shepherd, and Mink Stole.
“I ran outside, clapping my hands loudly, and I yelled, ‘No blow-jobs!’ …And they just laughed.”
A Dirty Shame (2004) written and directed by John Waters
Starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Suzanne Shepherd, and Mink Stole.
“I’m viagravated and I’m not going to take it anymore!”
A Dirty Shame (2004) written and directed by John Waters
Starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Suzanne Shepherd, and Mink Stole.
“Mailmen are beatin’ off everywhere!”
A Dirty Shame (2004) written and directed by John Waters
Starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Suzanne Shepherd, and Mink Stole.
Scix in the Back Row
Screen Shots, animated gifs, reviews and sound clips from films, specializing in the weird, noir, cult, camp, horror and obscure, from the beginning of film to just yesterday.
(And occasional Minecraft posts.)
This is me, watching from the back row.
