Categories
Disappointment

But instead of licking my hand, you barked


Lubitsch, Stewart, Sullavan
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

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Uncategorized

All my knowledge comes from books, and I’d just finished a novel


Lubitsch, Stewart, Sullavan
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Categories
Birthday, aging Inspirational, advice

You’re a woman of 50. Grow up


Wilder, Swanson, Holden
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Categories
Birthday, aging Condolences, consolation

There’s nothing tragic about being 50, unless you try to be 25

 

Wilder, Swanson, Holden
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Fear Sex

“She’s afraid of the big bad wolf Tra, la, la, la, la”


Capra, Gable
It Happened One Night (1934)

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Get well soon, health Happiness, satisfaction Love Sadness

Tell her, her love was the only real happiness that I have ever known

Cet aveu n’est pas dans le roman, mais on peut à la rigueur le placer dans le bref intervalle dont parle M. Bertrand dans la lettre CLXIII : “Ensuite il [Valmont] a voulu qu’on les laissât seul ensemble pendant un moment.”


Frears, Malkovich
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Categories
Fear

The was Bluebeard in France, Jack the Ripper in London


Tourneur
The Leopard Man (1943)

Categories
Disappointment Love Refusal Sadness Split ups Wedding, marriage

We will never get married


Duvivier
Poil de carotte (1932)

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Love

Meow

Duvivier, Rogers, Fonda
Tales of Manhattan (1942)

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Welcome

Jane. — Tarzan


Van Dyke, Weissmuller, O'Sullivan
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

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Love

I can’t concentrate when you like at me like that


Seiter, Hayworth, Astaire
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

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Love

I love you more than beans and rice

(More vegetables)

Malle, Carradine, Shields
Pretty Baby (1978)

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Disgust, dislike Refusal

I really hate that kind of music


Jarmusch, Lurie
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

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Refusal Sadness Shame, guilt

Don’t ask why. I won’t tell you


Chabrol, Lafont, Audran
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)

Categories
Get well soon, health Sex Shame, guilt

Le Dr Brabec appelle ça : “ejaculatio praecox”


Menzel
Trains étroitement surveillés (1966)

Categories
Fear Refusal

Ah, don’t make me burn in hell!


Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

Categories
Fear Stress, worry

Something tells me the omelette is about to hit the fan

(More omelettes)

Wilder, Lemmon, Curtis
Some Like It Hot (1959)

Categories
Surprise, wonder

Vous devenez vertueux ?

 

Sirk
A Scandal in Paris (1946)

Categories
Excuses, justification

Il ne s’agit pas de vertu, mais de savoir vivre


Sirk, Sanders
A Scandal in Paris (1946)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments Inspirational, advice Invitation, party Work

J’ai besoin d’un homme efficace, comme… vous


Sirk, Sanders
A Scandal in Paris (1946)

Categories
Disappointment

Je reprends du gin


Wilder
The Front Page (1974)

Categories
Surprise, wonder

Dieu tout puissant !


Wilder, Lemmon
The Front Page (1974)

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Good News Happiness, satisfaction Work

Il ne m’est jamais rien arrivé de mieux !


Wilder, Lemmon, Sarandon
The Front Page (1974)

Categories
Good News Inspirational, advice

Demain, nous allons épater la ville


Wilder, Matthau, Lemmon
The Front Page (1974)

Categories
Refusal

Watson, this is a very small flat. We don’t want to clutter it with women


Wilder
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Categories
Love Sadness

Cry, when love broke your heart

 

Machaty, Lamarr
Ekstase (1933)

Categories
Excuses, justification

Almost killed a man once. Shot a little too low.


Lewis, Cummins
Gun Crazy (1950)

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Uncategorized

He is far more glib of tongue


Uchida
The Mad Fox (1962)

Categories
Refusal Sex Surprise, wonder

You loook surprised. I assume you must be a virgin


Ishii
Inferno of Torture (1969)

Categories
Disappointment Sex Surprise, wonder

Did you lie to me about your virginity?


Narizzano, Bankhead
Die, Die, My Darling (1965)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments Valentine

Oh, Gee, Baby! How did the angels ever let you leave Heaven?

 


King Vidor
The Crowd (1928)

Categories
Birthday, aging

The stars are ageless, aren’t they?


Wilder, Swanson
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Categories
Sex

Sure, with the tongue


Godard, Brasseur, Karina
Bande à part (19§4)

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Refusal

Kiss my ass

Forman
Amadeus (1984)

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Disgust, dislike Surprise, wonder

How do women stand it? Naked men are repulsive

Antoine : Si j’étais une femme, je pourrais pas supporter de voir un homme à poil, je trouve ça vraiment dégoutant.

Christine : Pas tous.

Truffaut, Jade
Domicile conjugal (1970)

Categories
Refusal Split ups

Va te faire foutre


Truffaut
Domicile conjugal (1970)

Categories
Disappointment Inspirational, advice Sex

You are not chickening out, are you?


Malle, Bardot, Birkin
Don Juan 73 (1973)

Categories
Sex

You think we should?


Vadim, Bardot, Birkin
Don Juan 73 (1973)

Categories
Refusal Sex

No sex

 

Lubitsch, Cooper, Hopkins, March
Design for Living (1933)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

You began with too much self-mortification


Pialat, Depardieu
Notorious (1946)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments Happiness, satisfaction Inspirational, advice Sex

Do it again. I like it. Do it again


Conway, Harlow, Morris
Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments Sex

Oh, that’s not bad either


Don Juan 73 (1973)

Categories
Refusal Sex

I’m not answering. — Now you understand


Vadim, Bardot, Birkin
Don Juan 73 (1973)

Categories
Refusal Stress, worry

It’s almost 7… my hair’s not done…


Jean Boyer
Coiffeur pour dames (1952)

Categories
Loneliness Love

We are… we are two lonely creatures


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

Categories
Inspirational, advice Threat, orders

I kill with my heart. That’s why I never miss my aim


Juran
The Black Castle (1952)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments Welcome

Gee, you’re beautiful


Brown, Stewart
Come Live with Me (1941)

Categories
Uncategorized

Too dark, it’s like bloody fingers


Chabrol, Huppert
Violette Nozière (1977)

Categories
Fear Love

Why are you afraid of me?


 Freund, Lorre
Mad Love (1935)

Categories
Love Threat, orders

I love you, I love you


Freund, Lorre
Mad Love (1935)