lapsedmodernist | Mar. 8th, 2008

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie. (or in some cases, just remember them.)
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it correctly and the name of the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb/Wikiquote search functions. That would be cheatin'.

1. "I wrote a suicide note."
"You did?"
"Yeah, right after I regained conciousness." The Royal Tenenbaums identified by

ricecricket.

2. ~~"It's my best production ever. A pity your Mom will be the only audience."~~ Goodbye Lenin identified by

exeleye

3. ~~"All that other stuff, all that history? To hell with it, right? Forget the Alamo."~~ Lone Star identified by

brooklyn_jak

4. "Time to die, Sullivan"

5. "My husband was a movie freak. Actually, he was particularly obsessed with one movie, "The Wizard of Oz." He talked about it constantly. I thought it was cute at first. On our wedding night, I was a virgin. When we made love - you've seen the movie, haven't you?"
"The Wizard of Oz"? Yeah."
"Well, whenever he - you know, when he came..."
"Yeah."
"He would scream out, "Surrender Dorothy!" That's all! Just "Surrender Dorothy!" After Hours, identified by

theophile who, I suppose, has somewhat of an unfair advantage by way living with me. He gets props for answering with an awesome screenshot from the film.

6. "How come I've never seen you people before?"
"Because we are the people you do not see. We are the ones who drive your cabs. We clean your rooms. And suck your cocks. Dirty Pretty Things identified by

ubiquity75

7. "I just mean during the day. Daylight. When was the last time you remember seeing it? And I'm not talking about some distant, half-forgotten childhood memory, I mean like yesterday. Last week. Can you come up with a single memory? You can't, can you? You know something, I don't think the sun even... exists... in this place. 'Cause I've been up for hours, and hours, and hours, and the night never ends here. " Dark City, identified by

redheadedmuse and

theophile

~~8. "Huh. Doesn't want his ring back in his mouth, eh? Can't say I blame him. "~~ Labyrinth, identified by

redheadedmuse

9. ~~"At least I tried heroin."~~ Me Without You, which someone identified anonymously

10. ~~"What do you want to do to me right now? Come on. Everyone is turning colors. Kids are making out in the street. No one is getting their dinner."~~ Pleasantville identified by

omnia_mutantur

11. "It's really about control, my body, my mind. Who was going to own it? Them? Or me? "

~~12. "Ohh, what's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?"~~ The Matrix, identified by

redheadedmuse

13. ~~"All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not. "~~ Fight Club identified by

omnia_mutantur

14. this one is kind of a cheat because I am including a scene description, too, but I imagine few enough of you have seen it that it might help.

The protagonist picks up a gun, takes all but one bullet out of the chamber, shuts his eyes tight, puts the gun to the temple and pulls the trigger. There is a click. He is still alive. He picks up the phone, dials a number and says "It's me. I'll do it."

15. ~~"Baby, you're gonna miss that plane."~~ Before Sunset identified by

ricecricket

NB these are films that have been released in the US. I could do another whole one of those with Russian movies, but that would be unfair to most of you...

also, from that awesome website where, among other things, Hollywood movies are reinterpreted via folk art and Old Russian, "Rise of the Machines"!

http://www.hiero.ru/2041072