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