Movie Trope Thursday: War Is Hell
“He’s dead. I’m crippled. You’re lost. Do you suppose it’s always like that? I mean war.” ~Flight Officer David Campbell
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: War Is Hell"Every Thursday a trope and/or cliche is discussed in its connection to classic cinema such as how it is done correctly or incorrectly.
“He’s dead. I’m crippled. You’re lost. Do you suppose it’s always like that? I mean war.” ~Flight Officer David Campbell
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: War Is Hell"Cartoonist: Oh-ho, you feel good, do you?
Bosko: Yeah, I’s just out of da pen!
~Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)
Judge Thatcher: But you have no human feeling? My daughter is dying!
Dr. Richard Vollin: Death hasn’t the same significance for me as it has for you.
~The Raven (1935)
“After all, it’s not as if we were Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. We did have careers apart from each other.” ~Ginger Rogers on her partnership with Fred Astaire
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: Small Reference Pools"“They’re already here! You’re next!” ~Dr. Miles J. Bennell, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: Cassandra Truth"“I sure am glad there’s no more men around.” ~Squirrel, Peace on Earth (1939)
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: Humans Are the Real Monsters"“Can someone tell me what the hell this is about?” ~Rock Hudson walking out of the premiere of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: Mind Screw"” Marie [Windsor] had the best line. She said, ‘We didn’t call it film noir in our day. We called it B-picture making.’ But those are the movies people remember. Strange, isn’t it?” ~Audrey Totter
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: Vindicated by History"“I do not like producers.” ~Fritz Lang
Read more "Movie Trope Thursday: Executive Meddling"“Enthusiasms, enthusiasms… What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork…” ~Al Capone, The Untouchables (1987)
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