the yellow brick road


Ten Great Films I Saw in January
February 1, 2010, 5:10 am
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Once Upon a Time in the West |Sergio Leone, 1968|
Do you know anything about a guy going around playing the harmonica? He’s someone you’d remember. Instead of talking, he plays. And when he better play, he talks.”


Spirit of the Beehive |Victor Erice, 1973|
“I told you he was a spirit. If you’re his friend, you can talk to him whenever you want. Just close your eyes & call him… It’s me, Ana… It’s me Ana..
.”


Ninotchka |Ernst Lubitsch, 1939|
“It’s midnight. Look at the clock, one hand has met the other hand, they kiss. Isn’t that wonderful?”


Bright Star |Jane Campion, 2009|
“It ought to come like leaves to a tree, or it better not come at all.”


The Passion of Joan of Arc |Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1928|


Odd Man Out |Carol Reed, 1947|
“In my profession there is neither good nor bad. There is innocence & guilt. That’s all.”


A Serious Man |Coen Bros., 2009|
“I think, really, the Jolly Roger is the appropriate course of action.”


The Lady from Shanghai |Orson Welles, 1947|
“That’s how I found her & from that moment I did not use my head, except to think about her.”


The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice |Orson Welles, 1952|
“Oh beware, my lord, of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”


Brief Encounter |David Lean, 1945|
“This can’t last. This misery can’t last. I must remember that & try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. There’ll come a time in the future when I shan’t mind about this anymore, when I can look back & say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was. No, no, I don’t want that time to come ever. I want to remember every minute, always, always to the end of my days.”

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