Once you been up there you know you’ve been some place. ibid. Jim in planetarium
I don’t want to make friends. ibid. Jim in planetarium
We will disappear into the blackness of the space from which we came. Destroyed as we began in a burst of gas and fire. The heavens are still and cold once more. In all the immensity of our universe and the galaxies beyond the Earth will not be missed. In the infinite reaches of space the problems of man seem trivial indeed. And man existing alone seems himself an episode of little consequence. That’s all. ibid. planetarium commentary
It’s just the age when nothing fits. ibid. mother to father of daughter
I’m just trying to show you how foolish you are. ibid. mother to son
I have never done anything wrong. I’ve been going around with my head in the sink for years. ibid.
Every time you can’t face yourself you blame it on me ... I want to do something right. ibid. son
I know one thing. I’m never going back in that zoo. ibid. him to her
Jim, do you think the end of the world will come at night-time? ibid.
This thing isn’t about a gambling debt? 2 Days in the Valley 1996 starring Charlize Theron & Jeff Daniels & Danny Aiello & Greg Cruttwell & James Spader & Teri Hatcher & Glenne Headly & Eric Stoltz & Peter Horton & Marsha Mason & Paul Mazursky et al, director John Herzfeld, assassin to assassin
I might be an asshole, but I worked hard to become one. ibid. rich bloke
Excuse me I have video footage … I have some footage for sale. Nightcrawler 2014 starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Rene Russo & Riz Ahmed & Bill Paxton & Marco Rodriguez & Michael Papajohn & & James Huang & Kent Shocknek & Pat Harvey & Sharon Tay et al, director Dan Gilroy
I’m promoting you to executive vice president of video news. ibid. Lou to Rick
I believe in death, destruction, chaos, filth and greed. American History X 1998 starring Edward Norton & Edward Furlong & Beverly D'Angelo & Jennifer Lien & Ethan Suplee & Fairuza Balk & Avery Brooks & Elliott Gould & Stacy Keach et al, director Tony Kaye, Danny
One out of every twenty-one black American males will be murdered in their lifetime. Most will die at the hands of another black male. Boyz n the Hood 1991 starring Ice Cube & Cuba Gooding junior & Laurence Fishburn & Morris Chestnut & Nia Long & Angela Bassett & Tyra Ferrell et al, director John Singleton, opening caption
Why? They want us to kill ourselves. ibid. dad to crowd
Give me the motherfucking gun, Tre. ibid. father to son
Either they don’t know, don’t show or don’t care about what’s going on in the Hood. ibid. brother
2,400 times a year. 44 times a week. 9 times a day. Every 48 minutes. A bank is robbed here. This is the bank robbery capital of the world: Los Angeles. Den of Thieves 2018 starring Gerard Butler & Pablo Schreiber & O’Shea Jackson junior & 50 Cent & Evan Jones & Cooper Andrews & Maurice Compte & Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau & Dan Olivieri & Lewis Tan et al, director Christian Gudegast, caption
They stole a fucking empty armoured truck? ibid. Big Nick
You’re not the bad guys. We are. ibid. Big Nick to barman the driver
The Fed is the Olympics. And Merrimen is Carl fucking Lewis. ibid.
East Las Angeles 1972: He’s got a great record – the Black Rooster – thirteen KOs. Blood In, Blood Out 1993 starring Damian Chapa & Jesse Borrego & Benjamin Bratt & Enrique Castillo & Delroy Lindo & Victor Rivers & Geoffrey Rivas & Tom Towles & Carlos Carrasco et al, director Taylor Hackford, Cousin
Now you home with us and defend the barrio. ibid. other cousin
You’re just fighting yourselves. ibid. mother
It’s the gangs that run this place. ibid. inmate
Gentlemen, you’re names are not on the list; if you don’t have an invitation, you can’t come in here. ibid. woman on door
This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be. ibid. Miklo
Cocaine is America’s cup of coffee. ibid. inmate
Where’s there’s war there’s opportunity. ibid. Miklo
I know how you feel. I’m not the guy to go running to the cops. I’m on the lam myself. I swear, I can prove it. Make time. I got the dough. Roadblock 1951 staring Charles McGraw & Joan Dixon & Lowell Gilmore & Louis Jean Heydt & Milburn Stone et al, director Harold Daniels, driver to dud with gun
Her: Some day you’re going to want something nice and expensive. But you can’t afford on a detective’s salary.
Him: Like what?
Her: Like me. ibid.
And I want you, Joe [kisses]. But not as an insurance cop making three hundred and fifty a month. ibid.
Set up a general road block covering all transportation and embarkation points – air, rail, bus and water. We want Joe Peters for murder and robbery of the United States’ mail. Peters is driving a black 1950 Plymouth sedan license number 1X1 ... ibid. rozzer on radio
It’s because of everything you can’t get a kiss. Harsh Times 2005 starring Christian Bale & Freddy Rodriguez & Eva Longoria & Tammy Trull & Terry Crews & Samantha Esteban & Tania Verafield & Noel Gugliemi & Chaka Forman & Adriana Millan et al, director David Ayer, her to him
Are you going to be happy once he’s dead? ibid. bird of sidekick to Bale
After it’s all over and we’re safe it’s be just you and me, you and me, the way it should have been all along from the start. Criss Cross 1949 starring Burt Lancaster & Yvonne de Carlo & Dan Duryea & Stephen McNally & Esy Morales & Tom Pedi & Percy Helton & Alan Napier & Griff Barnett & Meg Randall & Richard Long et al, director Robert Siodmak, her to him opening scene
Went into the store just to get a beer; came out an accessory to murder and armed robbery. Menace II Society 1993 starring Tyrin Turner & Jada Pinkett & Larenz Tate & Samuel L Jackson & Glen Plummer & Clifton Powell & Arnold Johnson et al, directors Allen & Albert Hughes
When the riots stopped, the drugs started. ibid.
I thought killing those fools would make me feel good, but it really didn’t make me feel anything. I just knew that I could kill somebody. ibid. commentary
Ronnie: You’re alive ain’t you?
Caine: And who says that’s good? ibid.
His were the scars of a boxer who had used his fists to climb the social ladder of the Mob ... He wanted to own this town. His name was Mickey Cohen. Gangster Squad 2013 starring Josh Brolin & Ryan Gosling & Sean Penn & Nick Nolte & Emma Stone & Robert Patrick & Anthony Mackie et al, director Ruben Fleischer
This isn’t Chicago! This is the wild fucking west! ... This is my destiny! Los Angeles is my fucking destiny! ibid. Mickey
I’m dying. I’ve been poisoned with some Chinese synthetic shit. Crank 2006 starring Jason Statham & Amy Smart & Jose Pablo Cantillo & Efren Ramirez & Dwight Toakam & Carlos Sanz & Reno Wilson et al, directors Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, Chev to Quack
Your whole crew is history. ibid. Chev to Ricky
A white male apparently fell from the sky. Crank: High Voltage 2009 starring Jason Statham & Amy Smart & Efren Ramirez & Dwight Yoakam & Reno Wilson & Clifton Collins & David Carradine et al, directors Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, news
Just juice me. ibid. Chev
Keep your dirty hands off me. This Gun for Hire 1942 starring Veronica Lake & Alan Ladd & Robert Preston & Laird Cregar & Tully Marshall & Marc Lawrence & Olin Howland & Roger Imhof & Pamela Blake & Frank Ferguson et al, director Frank Tuttle, cleaning lady to Alan Ladd
Chemist and Woman Murdered. ibid. San Francisco Express headline
Way out west there was this fella that I wanna tell you about – fella by the name o’ Jeff Lebowski … The Big Lebowski 1998 starring Jeff Bridges & John Goodman & Steve Buscemi & David Huddleston & Julianne Moore & Tara Reid & John Turturro & Philip Seymour Hoffman & Sam Elliott & Ben Gazzara & David Thewlis et al, director Joel Coen, opening commentary
This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. ibid. Walter