Categories
Excuses, justification

The years go by


Sautet, Piccoli, Massari
Les Choses de la vie (1970)

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Uncategorized

We know the dead can’t talk


Le Spécialiste (1969)

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Condolences, consolation Pain

Life, even at its best, is hardly endurable

 

Capra
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

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Inspirational, advice

One must know when to be moral


Rohmer
La Collectionneuse (1967)

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Disappointment

Sometimes, reality is too complex


Godard
Alphaville (1965)

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That’s always how it is. You never understand anything


Godard, Karina
Alphaville (1965)

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Fear

The silence of infinite space appalled me

Interrogé par Alpha 60, Lemmy Caution parodie Pascal :

“Vous arrivez des pays extérieurs : qu’avez-vous éprouvé en traversant les espaces galaxiques ? — Le silence de ces espaces infinis m’a… m’a effrayé.”

“Le silence éternel de ces espaces infinis m’effraie.” (Pensées)

 


Godard, Constantine
Alphaville (1965)

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Inspirational, advice

A guy who’s never seen people walk won’t try out his own legs

Chabrol, Brialy, Blain
Le Beau Serge (1958)

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Uncategorized

Evil is a necessary thing


Le Corbeau (1943)

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Inspirational, advice

In this life, we should trust everyone


Olmi
Il posto (1961)

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Uncategorized

Et qu’est-ce qui reste ?


Le Décalogue (1989)

Categories
Boredom Disappointment Special occasions

There is little chance that anything will change


Mon oncle d’Amérique (1980)

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Uncategorized

The unconscious is a formidable instrument


Mon oncle d’Amérique (1980)

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Fear Threat, orders

The result is anguish


Mon oncle d’Amérique (1980)

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Disgust, dislike

Ugliness is a kind of death

La laideur est une sorte de mort


Varda, Marchand
Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

He who cares not for art cares not for life


Fellini
I vitelloni (1953)

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Threat, orders

I’ll show you the life of the mind


Baron Fink (1991)

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Inspirational, advice

Blessed are they who expect nothing


Hitchcock
The Trouble with Harry (1953)

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Fear Loneliness

Nothing exists


Cria cuervos (1976)

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Uncategorized

Men rarely love beauty


Les Enfants du paradis (1945)

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Disappointment

Life is but an empty bubble

 

My Man Godfrey (1936)

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Refusal

Donc l’argument ne vaut rien pour quelqu’un qui est absolument incroyant

 

Rohmer, Trintignant, Vittez
Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)

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Inspirational, advice

Hold fast to that idea and you will prosper

 

Rossellini, Arditi
Blaise Pascal (1972)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

Ce qu’aucun homme ne maîtrise

 

Lean, O'Toole, Guinness
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Uncategorized

Mankind is gradually degenerating


Eustache, léaud
La Maman et la Putain (1973)

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A philosopher is a man who pits his awareness against opinion


Godard, Léaud
Masculin féminin (1966)

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Uncategorized

Mathematician and philosopher are one

Rohmer, Trintignant
Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)

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Surprise, wonder

“Man is a thinking reed.” “The two infinities”

L’homme n’est qu’un roseau, le plus faible de la nature, mais c’est un roseau pensant.
(Pascal, Pensées
Notre raison est toujours déçue par l’inconstance des apparences : rien ne peut fixer le fini entre les deux infinis qui l’enferment et le fuient.
(Pascal, Pensées)
 
 

Rohmer, Fabian, Vittez
Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)