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Everybody's got the right to be different—even though at times they go to extremes
I don't think I have done this meme before. Picked up in this incarnation from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lignota:
1. Pick 15 or 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. No googling or using IMDb search functions.
This is less randomized than the similar lyrics meme; I can't tell if that will make it impenetrable or dead obvious. All quotations presented in translation, regardless of their original language. Be warned that I have taken a liberal approach to instruction #2, as some of the films I like best are poorly represented in the memorable quotes of IMDb.
1) If it wasn't for the concussion, I'd take you out!
2) Tell me, Muse, of the storyteller who has been thrust to the edge of the world, both an infant and an ancient, and through him reveal Everyman. (Homer, Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire). —lnhammer)
3) I suppose you're just some harmless beachcomber who happens to wear a tuxedo?
4) Well, that explains it, then. The A2s always were a bit twitchy. (Bishop, Aliens. —morbidmom04)
5) Does this look sexual to you?
6) I swear to you that I didn't say a word about angels.
7) Look at yourself! What do you see, girl? You see the body of a woman. The temple of creation and motherhood. You see the flesh of Eve that man since Adam has profaned. That body was meant for begetting children. It was not meant for the lust of men. (Harry Powell, The Night of the Hunter. —rushthatspeaks)
8) At a stage in life when other men prosper, I'm reduced to living in Philadelphia! (John Adams, 1776. —stephanieburgis)
9) Well, naturally. It's much too dangerous to jump through fire with their clothes on. (Lord Summerisle, The Wicker Man (1973). —chalkhorse, wyldemusick, xterminal)
10) And when you see the bluebells in the spring and the wild thyme, the broom and the heather, you're only seeing what their eyes saw. You ford the same rivers. The same birds are singing. When you lie flat on your back and rest and watch the clouds sailing, as I often do, you're so close to those other pilgrims that you can hear the thrumming of the hooves of their horses and the sound of the wheels on the road, their laughter and talk, and the music of the instruments they carried. (Thomas Colpeper, A Canterbury Tale. —rushthatspeaks)
11) You have caused me to lose my temper, a thing that has hardly ever happened before. I prefer to say nothing more tonight. I am going to bed. (Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady. —rosefox and nineweaving)
12) Respectability just made me bankrupt.
13) It was always in my blood to die at sea, but it was not a fate I ever wanted for you. (Bootstrap Bill Turner, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. —gaudior, coraline, erinya_dhaunae)
14) Don't make it sound like such a threat. Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony. (Toddy, Victor/Victoria. —liveavatar)
15) It is my only weakness. (Dr. Pretorius, Bride of Frankenstein. —yendi)
lignota:1. Pick 15 or 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. No googling or using IMDb search functions.
This is less randomized than the similar lyrics meme; I can't tell if that will make it impenetrable or dead obvious. All quotations presented in translation, regardless of their original language. Be warned that I have taken a liberal approach to instruction #2, as some of the films I like best are poorly represented in the memorable quotes of IMDb.
1) If it wasn't for the concussion, I'd take you out!
2) Tell me, Muse, of the storyteller who has been thrust to the edge of the world, both an infant and an ancient, and through him reveal Everyman. (Homer, Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire). —
lnhammer)3) I suppose you're just some harmless beachcomber who happens to wear a tuxedo?
4) Well, that explains it, then. The A2s always were a bit twitchy. (Bishop, Aliens. —
morbidmom04)5) Does this look sexual to you?
6) I swear to you that I didn't say a word about angels.
7) Look at yourself! What do you see, girl? You see the body of a woman. The temple of creation and motherhood. You see the flesh of Eve that man since Adam has profaned. That body was meant for begetting children. It was not meant for the lust of men. (Harry Powell, The Night of the Hunter. —
rushthatspeaks)8) At a stage in life when other men prosper, I'm reduced to living in Philadelphia! (John Adams, 1776. —
stephanieburgis)9) Well, naturally. It's much too dangerous to jump through fire with their clothes on. (Lord Summerisle, The Wicker Man (1973). —
chalkhorse, wyldemusick, xterminal)10) And when you see the bluebells in the spring and the wild thyme, the broom and the heather, you're only seeing what their eyes saw. You ford the same rivers. The same birds are singing. When you lie flat on your back and rest and watch the clouds sailing, as I often do, you're so close to those other pilgrims that you can hear the thrumming of the hooves of their horses and the sound of the wheels on the road, their laughter and talk, and the music of the instruments they carried. (Thomas Colpeper, A Canterbury Tale. —
rushthatspeaks)11) You have caused me to lose my temper, a thing that has hardly ever happened before. I prefer to say nothing more tonight. I am going to bed. (Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady. —
rosefox and nineweaving)12) Respectability just made me bankrupt.
13) It was always in my blood to die at sea, but it was not a fate I ever wanted for you. (Bootstrap Bill Turner, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. —
gaudior, coraline, erinya_dhaunae)14) Don't make it sound like such a threat. Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony. (Toddy, Victor/Victoria. —
liveavatar)15) It is my only weakness. (Dr. Pretorius, Bride of Frankenstein. —
yendi)
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Correct!
(I'm sure it's quoted in other movies. But not by Ernest Thesiger.)
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(#15 was the only quote I knew...)
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I cannot answer that question, but if you acquire one, may I time-share it?
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8 sounds incredibly familiar, but it may only be that I have lived in Philadelphia.
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I believe this can be arranged. It's worth memorizing.
(i.e., correct!)
8 sounds incredibly familiar, but it may only be that I have lived in Philadelphia.
"First prize, one week in Philadelphia; second prize . . ."
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Correct!
Twitchy, yeah, that makes me feel better.
So it's a bit of an understatement . . .
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Don't apologize; what should it be? This was from one of the few films I don't own and therefore couldn't transcribe for myself, so I did indeed have to resort to the internet.
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"Naturally! It's far too dangerous to jump through the fire with your clothes on!"
(exclamation point mine)
I have seen The Wicker Man far too many times to count! Showing in my Occult in Cinema class next week, too.
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I think 7) might be Carrie.
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No, but you're in the right kind of landscape.
(With no relevance to movies whatsoever: I have been meaning to ask about your icon. Explain!)
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The penguin's name is Darwin, natch. (It was a birthday gift, received after my first trip to Burning Man, where I camped with the Lost Penguin Cafe theme camp) and earned my playa-name, "Science.")
Yarrr! Ramen!
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Awesome.
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This time your brain is correct. Any idea which?
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Correct!
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It is not. What's The Prophecy?
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That's pretty much what I would have said.
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Nine
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Nine
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Both of you, correct!
Only two ears and the tail
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Correct! Extra points for "The Shady Dame from Seville."
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Correct!
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Correct!
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Correct!
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Der Himmel über Berlin, inexplicably translated in this country as Wings of Desire. Correct, and bonus points for knowing the original title!
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It is not; I'm sorry.
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Correct!
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I had never even heard of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit!
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098032/
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But #7 is Night of the Hunter, AKA Another Film I Need To See Again Soon.
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"Erzähle, Muse, vom Erzähler, dem an den Weltrand verschlagenen kindlichen Uralten und mache an ihn kenntlich den Jedermann."
But #7 is Night of the Hunter, AKA Another Film I Need To See Again Soon.
Correct!
I'm not sure what kind of double feature it would make with A Canterbury Tale, but I would be very amenable toward a rewatch. I also haven't seen the movie in years.