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06 Contents
10 INTRODUCTION
VISIONARIES 1902–1931
20 Labor omnia vincit A Trip to the Moon
22 Out of the cradle endlessly rocking Intolerance
24 I must become Caligari! The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
28 What are we waiting for? Battleship Potemkin
30 This song of the Man and his Wife is of no place and every place Sunrise
32 Those who toiled knew nothing of the dreams of those who planned Metropolis
34 If you say what you’re thinking, I’ll strangle you Steamboat Bill, Jr.
35 Has God promised you things? The Passion of Joan of Arc
36 Falling in love again, never wanted to The Blue Angel
37 If I were you, I’d make a bit of a scene People on Sunday
38 Tomorrow the birds will sing City Lights
A GOLDEN AGE IN BLACK AND WHITE 1931–1949
46 Don’t want to, but must! M
48 Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first Duck Soup
49 Don’t be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen, those chains are made of chrome steel King Kong
50 War is declared! Down with monitors and punishment! Zero de Conduite
52 To a new world of gods and monsters! The Bride of Frankenstein
53 Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
54 I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore The Wizard of Oz
60 Everybody has their reasons The Rules of the Game
62 Tomorrow is another day Gone with the Wind
64 You’re wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way His Girl Friday
66 It isn’t enough to tell us what a man did. You’ve got to tell us who he was Citizen Kane
72 Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine Casablanca
76 How dare you call me a ham? To Be or Not to Be
78 It’s hot in here by the stove Ossessione
79 How singularly innocent I look this morning Laura
80 A kick in the rear, if well delivered, is a sure laugh Children of Paradise
84 Children believe what we tell them La Belle et la Bête
86 This is the universe. Big, isn’t it? A Matter of Life and Death
88 George, remember no man is a failure who has friends It’s a Wonderful Life
94 I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble The Bicycle Thief
98 It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms Kind Hearts and Coronets
100 The world doesn’t make any heroes outside of your stories The Third Man
FEAR AND WONDER 1950–1959
108 We all want to forget something, so we tell stories Rashomon
114 I am big. It’s the pictures that got small Sunset Boulevard
116 I have always relied on the kindness of strangers A Streetcar Named Desire
118 It’s a hard world for little things The Night of the Hunter
122 What’s the first thing an actor learns? “The show must go on!” Singin’ in the Rain
126 Let’s go home Tokyo Story
128 When I was a kid, I used to see men go off on these kind of jobs—and not come back The Wages of Fear
129 But if we don’t use your device against Godzilla, what are we going to do? Godzilla
130 Just wait until you see your mother. She’s never looked so radiant All That Heaven Allows
131 I don’t think that I want to learn that way Rebel Without a Cause
132 When I’m better, we’ll go and look at the trains again Pather Panchali
134 Get me to that bus stop and forget you ever saw me Kiss Me Deadly
135 That’ll be the day The Searchers
136 I have long walked by your side The Seventh Seal
140 If I do what you tell me, will you love me? Vertigo
146 What did you do during the uprising? Ashes and Diamonds
148 Well, nobody’s perfect Some Like It Hot
150 Your parents say you’re always lying The 400 Blows
REBEL REBEL 1960–1974
160 You are the first woman on the first day of creation La Dolce Vita
166 Don’t use the brakes. Cars are made to go, not to stop À bout de souffle
168 That’s what all these loony laws are for, to be broken by blokes like us Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
170 I have never stayed so long anywhere Last Year at Marienbad
172 This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood La jetée
173 Guy, I love you. You smell of gasoline The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
174 There’s gold in the sea beyond Black God, White Devil
176 Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the War Room! Dr. Strangelove
180 I can’t seem to stop singing wherever I am The Sound of Music
182 It’s difficult to start a revolution The Battle of Algiers
188 Who wants to be an angel? Chelsea Girls
189 Let’s see the sights! Playtime
190 This here’s Miss Bonnie Parker. I’m Clyde Barrow. We rob banks Bonnie and Clyde
192 I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that 2001: A Space Odyssey
194 We’re gonna stick together, just like it used to be The Wild Bunch
196 They see a free individual, it’s gonna scare ’em Easy Rider
198 Are you fond of meat? Le Boucher
200 Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me The Godfather
206 That man is a head taller than me. That may change Aguirre, the Wrath of God
208 The guests are here, sir The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
210 Did you really see her? Don’t Look Now
214 You can talk to him whenever you want. Just close your eyes and call him The Spirit of the Beehive
216 You know what happens to nosy fellows? Chinatown
222 And we’ll buy ourselves a little piece of heaven Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
ANGELS AND MONSTERS 1975–1991
228 You’re gonna need a bigger boat Jaws
232 There’s some questions got answers and some haven’t Picnic at Hanging Rock
234 Someday a real rain will come Taxi Driver
240 I lurve you, you know? I loave you. I luff you. Two ‘F’s Annie Hall
242 The Force is strong with this one Star Wars
243 You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? Alien
244 It’s so quiet out here. It is the quietest place in the world Stalker
248 You have to have good men. Good men, all of them Das Boot
250 I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe Blade Runner
256 I can’t figure out if you’re a detective or a pervert Blue Velvet
258 Why am I me, and why not you? Wings of Desire
262 I thought this only happened in the movies Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
263 Being happy isn’t all that great Sex, Lies, and Videotape
264 Today’s temperature’s gonna rise up over 100 degrees Do the Right Thing
265 She has the face of Buddha and the heart of a scorpion Raise the Red Lantern
SMALL WORLD 1992–PRESENT
270 The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men Pulp Fiction
276 I feel something important is happening around me. And it scares me Three Colors: Red
278 Get busy living, or get busy dying The Shawshank Redemption
280 To infinity, and beyond! Toy Story
281 It’s not how you fall that matters. It’s how you land La Haine
282 I’m not sure I agree with you one hundred percent on your police work there, Lou Fargo
284 We’ve all lost our children The Sweet Hereafter
285 I miss my father Central Station
286 Here’s to the man who killed my sister Festen
288 Everyone’s fear takes on a life of its own Ringu
290 A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
296 You don’t remember your name? Spirited Away
298 I like to look for things no-one else catches Amélie
300 What an extraordinary stance! Lagaan
302 It all began with the forging of the Great Rings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
304 You need more than guts to be a good gangster. You need ideas City of God
310 Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone Oldboy
312 You don’t know me, but I know you The Lives of Others
314 You’ll see that life isn’t like fairy tales Pan’s Labyrinth
318 This is our destiny Slumdog Millionaire
320 This box is full of stuff that almost killed me The Hurt Locker
322 If I die, what a beautiful death! Man on Wire
323 I’d like to ask you something, Father The White Ribbon
324 Everyone pays for the things they do Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
326 So, what do you like about being up here? Gravity
327 We’re all just winging it Boyhood
328 DIRECTORY
344 INDEX
352 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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