Categories
Disappointment Surprise, wonder

Pourquoi cette frénésie de réussir ?

(“Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed”, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods)

Sirk, Wyman
All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Categories
Disappointment Inspirational, advice

We don’t remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten

On ne se souvient pas, on réécrit la mémoire comme on réécrit l’histoire.

Marker
Sans soleil (1983)

Categories
Love

Nothing distinguishes memories from ordinary moments

Rien ne distingue les souvenirs des autres moments : ce n’est que plus tard qu’ils se font reconnaître, à leurs cicatrices

Marker
La Jetée (1962)

Categories
Shame, guilt

The shame, embarrassment, is actually the glue that holds the universe together

Stutz (2022)

Categories
Surprise, wonder

Confucius ? Je le croyais chinois. — Chinois-indien

 Hawks, Hudson
Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964)

Categories
Uncategorized

La beauté est subjective

Wellman, McIntire
Westward the Women (1951)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments

Le plus grand philosophe depuis Aristote

Donen, Astaire, Hepburn
Funny Face (1957)

Categories
Uncategorized

Aristote n’était pas belge !

Curtis, Kline, Cleese
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Categories
Excuses, justification

It seems that destiny has taken a hand

Curtiz, Bogart
Casablanca (1942)

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Uncategorized

Fate will do what it wills

Pitt
Bullet Train (2022)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Toast

Vis chaque jour comme si ce devait être le dernier

Live every day like it’s going to be your last, for one day you’re sure to be right

Cette variation sur une pensée de Marc-Aurèle est attribuée à… Steve Jobs, Muhammad Ali et Ray Charles.

Beresford
Breaker Morant (1980)

Categories
Excuses, justification

Les faits sont les faits

Mamoulian, Charisse
Silk Stockings (1957)

Categories
Uncategorized

Friedrich Nietzche

Kline
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Categories
Boasting

Je lis les philosophes !

Kline
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Categories
Excuses, justification Refusal

Je me moque de ce qui est bien ou mal

De Toth, Ryan
Day of the Outlaw (1959)

Categories
Disappointment Excuses, justification

It’s not easy hating evil

Kurosawa
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Categories
Refusal

Notre grand Staline… — Pas de philosophie

The Iron Petticoat (1956)

Categories
Excuses, justification

Je philosophais

I was just philosophizing

Dmytryk, Mitchum, Young
Crossfire (1947)

Categories
Excuses, justification

On est tous pareils au fond


Mifune
Gojumannin no isan (1963)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Disappointment Inspirational, advice

C’est la vie !


Hitchcock, Fontiane
Rebecca (1940)

Categories
Fear Love

Love is very close to hate


Brahm, Oberon, Cregar
The Lodger (1944)

Categories
Excuses, justification

Parce qu’on n’est pas maître des choses, dans la vie


Hitchcock, Kelly, Cummings
Dial M for Murder (1954)

Categories
Disappointment Surprise, wonder

Parce qu’on n’est pas maître des choses, dans la vie


Hitchcock, Milland
Dial M for Murder (1954)

Categories
Uncategorized

A clean slate, all debts paid. That was Catherine’s philosophy


Truffaut, Moreau
Jules et Jim (1962)

Categories
Uncategorized

You can call it the art of fighting without fighting


Enter the Dragon (1973)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction Inspirational, advice

Je profite de la vie


Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Disappointment Sadness

La vie ne nous gâte pas toujours


Another Year (2010)

Categories
Surprise, wonder

Faut pas se fier aux apparences

But looks aren’t everything

(more sunglasses)

Scorsese, Keitel, De Niro
Taxi Driver (1976)

Categories
Excuses, justification Fear

Tout le monde meurt


Carriers (2009)

Categories
Excuses, justification

Je n’ai pas de préjugés


Fellini, Masina
Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Categories
Hope, desire Inspirational, advice

Il y a une justice dans le monde


Fellini, Masina, Périer
Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Inspirational, advice

You won’t believe it, but everything serves a purpose


Fellini
La strada (1954)

Categories
Good News

Any stone. This little stone serves a purpose, too


Fellini
La strada (1954)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

Cette leçon existentielle vaut plus que des livres de cours


Allen
Irrational Man (2015)

Categories
Love

En amour, on est souvent son propre ennemi


Allen
Wonder Wheel (2017)

Categories
Get well soon, health

Socrate disait : Une vie sans examen ne vaut pas la peine d’être vécue


Allen
Café Society (2016)

Categories
Get well soon, health Inspirational, advice Love

L’amour sans retour fait plus de victimes que la tuberculose

Café Society (2016)

Categories
Friendship Inspirational, advice

Believe me, friend… it takes all kinds to make up this whole world


Renoir
The Southerner (1945)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Stress, worry

Tu crois que ça peut pas empirer ? Si, ça peut

Pitt
Fury (2014)

Categories
Disappointment Surprise, wonder

Donnez tout ce qu’elle veut à une femme, elle vous engueule


Donen, Finney
Two for the Road (1967)

Categories
Stress, worry

Qui suis-je ?


Hitchcock, Grant
North by Northwest (1959)

Categories
Uncategorized

The is no proof you exist


Les Petites Marguerites (1966)

Categories
Uncategorized

What are we next to these masterworks that have been witnessed by millions?

— I don’t know.


OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d’espions (2006)

Categories
Love Refusal

Two people shouldn’t know each other too well if they want to fall in love


Antonioni, Vitti
L’eclisse (1962)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Threat, orders

Truth is not always a pleasant thing


Kubrick, Scott
Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Get well soon, health Hope, desire Inspirational, advice

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Categories
Refusal Surprise, wonder

The very concept is unimaginable


Hitchcock, Hedren
The Birds (1963)

Categories
Loneliness Love Refusal

Men and women can never get along

Carné, Gabin, Morgan
Le Quai des brumes (1938)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Love

Love is a stream


Love Streams (1984)

Man was created for the cat’s sake


Je t’aime, je t’aime (1968)