The Movie Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) (2016)
VISIONARIES • 1902–1931
Labor omnia vincit • A Trip to the Moon
Out of the cradle endlessly rocking • Intolerance
I must become Caligari! • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
What are we waiting for? • Battleship Potemkin
This song of the Man and his Wife is of no place and every place • Sunrise
Those who toiled knew nothing of the dreams of those who planned • Metropolis
If you say what you’re thinking, I’ll strangle you • Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Has God promised you things? • The Passion of Joan of Arc
Falling in love again, never wanted to • The Blue Angel
If I were you, I’d make a bit of a scene • People on Sunday
Tomorrow the birds will sing • City Lights
A GOLDEN AGE IN BLACK AND WHITE • 1931–1949
Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first • Duck Soup
Don’t be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen, those chains are made of chrome steel • King Kong
War is declared! Down with monitors and punishment! • Zero de Conduite
To a new world of gods and monsters! • The Bride of Frankenstein
Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore • The Wizard of Oz
Everybody has their reasons • The Rules of the Game
Tomorrow is another day • Gone with the Wind
You’re wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way • His Girl Friday
It isn’t enough to tell us what a man did. You’ve got to tell us who he was • Citizen Kane
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine • Casablanca
How dare you call me a ham? • To Be or Not to Be
It’s hot in here by the stove • Ossessione
How singularly innocent I look this morning • Laura
A kick in the rear, if well delivered, is a sure laugh • Children of Paradise
Children believe what we tell them • La Belle et la Bête
This is the universe. Big, isn’t it? • A Matter of Life and Death
George, remember no man is a failure who has friends • It’s a Wonderful Life
I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble • The Bicycle Thief
The world doesn’t make any heroes outside of your stories • The Third Man
FEAR AND WONDER • 1950–1959
We all want to forget something, so we tell stories • Rashomon
I am big. It’s the pictures that got small • Sunset Boulevard
I have always relied on the kindness of strangers • A Streetcar Named Desire
It’s a hard world for little things • The Night of the Hunter
What’s the first thing an actor learns? “The show must go on!” • Singin’ in the Rain
But if we don’t use your device against Godzilla, what are we going to do? • Godzilla
Just wait until you see your mother. She’s never looked so radiant • All That Heaven Allows
I don’t think that I want to learn that way • Rebel Without a Cause
When I’m better, we’ll go and look at the trains again • Pather Panchali
Get me to that bus stop and forget you ever saw me • Kiss Me Deadly
That’ll be the day • The Searchers
I have long walked by your side • The Seventh Seal
If I do what you tell me, will you love me? • Vertigo
What did you do during the uprising? • Ashes and Diamonds
Well, nobody’s perfect • Some Like It Hot
Your parents say you’re always lying • The 400 Blows
REBEL REBEL • 1960–1974
You are the first woman on the first day of creation • La Dolce Vita
Don’t use the brakes. Cars are made to go, not to stop • À bout de souffle
I have never stayed so long anywhere • Last Year at Marienbad
This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood • La jetée
Guy, I love you. You smell of gasoline • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
There’s gold in the sea beyond • Black God, White Devil
Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the War Room! • Dr. Strangelove
I can’t seem to stop singing wherever I am • The Sound of Music
It’s difficult to start a revolution • The Battle of Algiers
Who wants to be an angel? • Chelsea Girls
Let’s see the sights! • Playtime
This here’s Miss Bonnie Parker. I’m Clyde Barrow. We rob banks • Bonnie and Clyde
I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that • 2001: A Space Odyssey
We’re gonna stick together, just like it used to be • The Wild Bunch
They see a free individual, it’s gonna scare ’em • Easy Rider
Are you fond of meat? • Le Boucher
Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me • The Godfather
That man is a head taller than me. That may change • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The guests are here, sir • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Did you really see her? • Don’t Look Now
You can talk to him whenever you want. Just close your eyes and call him • The Spirit of the Beehive
You know what happens to nosy fellows? • Chinatown
And we’ll buy ourselves a little piece of heaven • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
ANGELS AND MONSTERS • 1975–1991
You’re gonna need a bigger boat • Jaws
There’s some questions got answers and some haven’t • Picnic at Hanging Rock
Someday a real rain will come • Taxi Driver
I lurve you, you know? I loave you. I luff you. Two ‘F’s • Annie Hall
The Force is strong with this one • Star Wars
You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? • Alien
It’s so quiet out here. It is the quietest place in the world • Stalker
You have to have good men. Good men, all of them • Das Boot
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe • Blade Runner
I can’t figure out if you’re a detective or a pervert • Blue Velvet
Why am I me, and why not you? • Wings of Desire
I thought this only happened in the movies • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Being happy isn’t all that great • Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Today’s temperature’s gonna rise up over 100 degrees • Do the Right Thing
She has the face of Buddha and the heart of a scorpion • Raise the Red Lantern
SMALL WORLD • 1992–PRESENT
The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men • Pulp Fiction
I feel something important is happening around me. And it scares me • Three Colors: Red
Get busy living, or get busy dying • The Shawshank Redemption
To infinity, and beyond! • Toy Story
It’s not how you fall that matters. It’s how you land • La Haine
I’m not sure I agree with you one hundred percent on your police work there, Lou • Fargo
We’ve all lost our children • The Sweet Hereafter
I miss my father • Central Station
Here’s to the man who killed my sister • Festen
Everyone’s fear takes on a life of its own • Ringu
You don’t remember your name? • Spirited Away
I like to look for things no-one else catches • Amélie
What an extraordinary stance! • Lagaan
It all began with the forging of the Great Rings • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
You need more than guts to be a good gangster. You need ideas • City of God
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone • Oldboy
You don’t know me, but I know you • The Lives of Others
You’ll see that life isn’t like fairy tales • Pan’s Labyrinth
This is our destiny • Slumdog Millionaire
This box is full of stuff that almost killed me • The Hurt Locker
If I die, what a beautiful death! • Man on Wire
I’d like to ask you something, Father • The White Ribbon
Everyone pays for the things they do • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia