Little man: What did you say your name was again?
Man With No Name: I didn’t. High Plains Drifter 1973 starring Clint Eastwood & Verna Bloom & Marianna Hill & Mitchell Ryan & Jack Ging & Ted Hartley & Billy Curtis & Dan Vadis & Geoffrey Lewis et al, director Clint Eastwood
Billy, he wasn’t a loved man, you know. And he didn’t have much personality. What he did have was all bad just bad. ibid. Sheriff
It’s what people know about themselves inside that makes them afraid. ibid. Man with No Name
I never did know your name. ibid. little man
Just grief painting pictures in her brain. Side Effects 2013 starring Jude Law & Rooney Mara & Catherine Zeta-Jones & Channing Tatum & Vinessa Shaw & Ann Dowd & Polly Draper & David Costible & Mamie Gummer & Scott Shepherd et al, director Steven Soderbergh, Banks
Everyone takes them … It just makes it easier for you to be who you are. ibid.
It’s like there’s this poisonous fogbank rolling in on my mind and I’m paralysed. ibid. Emily to Banks with Martin
She kills people in her sleep too. ibid. Banks
The CW-7 which despite being the topic of so much controversy over the past seven years has continued development … The artificial cooling substance CW-7 will success in bringing average global temperatures down to manageable levels. Snowpiercer 2013 starring Chris Evans & Song Kang-ho & Tilda Swinton & Jamie Bell & Octavia Spencer & Ewan Bremner & John Hurt & Ed Harris & Go Ah-sung & Luke Pasqualino & Alison Pill et al, director Bong Joon-ho, opening news snippets
Soon after dispersing CW-7 the world froze. All life became extinct. The precious few who boarded the Rattling Arc are humanity’s last survivors. ibid. captions
Passengers, this is not a shoe, this is disorder. This is size ten chaos … We must all of us in this train of life remain in our allotted station. ibid. Minister Mason
My friend, you suffer from the misplaced optimism of the doomed. ibid.
The engine is sacred. And Wilford is divine. ibid.
The car’s waiting outside. You’ll walk between us saying nothing. North by Northwest 1959 starring Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint & James Mason & Jessie Royce Landis & Leo G Carroll & Josephone Hutchinson & Philip Ober & Martin Landau & Adam Willims & Edwart Platt et al, director Alfred Hitchcock, Grant nabbed in hotel
Mrs Finlay: How long do you think he’ll stay alive?
Spymaster: That’s his problem. ibid.
You’re not a fake. You’re a genuine idiot. ibid. woman at art auction
It’s twins, Vi. The Krays 1990 starring Martin Kemp & Gary Kemp & Billie Whitelaw & Tom Bell & Steven Berkoff & Susan Fleetwood & Charlotte Cornwell & Kate Hardie & Avis Bunnage & Alfred Lynch & Gary Love & Jimmy Jewel et al, director Peter Medak, opening scene mother giving birth
Men are born children and they stay children. ibid. Rose
No-one’s gonna hurt you. Not with me around. They wouldn’t dare. ibid. Vi to boys
What have we got all of us – nothing except each other. ibid.
Clothes are important. Make you what you are. ibid. Ronnie to boys
It was the women who had the war, the real war. The women were left at home in the shit, not sitting in some sparkling plane or gleaming tank. There’s no glamour for us. ibid. Rose in front room
I’m not afraid of the Krays. Pair of fucking freaks. ibid. Jack the Hat
You know what glamour is? It’s fear. I learned that a long time ago. If people are afraid of you, you can just do anything. ibid. Ronnie to gang
It’s crumbling, Reg. It’s all falling apart. ibid. Ronnie
There’s a whole army of bastards out there screaming for our blood. ibid.
Fast Eddie: Yeah, like a church. The Church of the Good Hustler.
Charlie: Looks more like a morgue to me. And those tables are the slabs they lay the stiffs on.
Fast Eddie: I’ll be alive when I get out, Charlie. The Hustler 1961 starring Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason & Piper Laurie & George C Scott & Myron McCormick & Murray Hamilton & Stefan Gierasch et al, director Robert Rossen
No Gambling Allowed. ibid. sign in billiards hall
Any table. No bar. No pinball machines. No bowling allies. Just pool. Nothing else. ibid. man behind counter in billiard hall
Well who’s going to beat me? ibid. Fast Eddie to Charlie
You shoot a good stick? ibid. Minnesota Fats to Fast Eddie
Big John, you think this boy is a hustler? ibid.
Fast Eddie: Didn’t leave you much.
Minnesota Fats: You left enough. ibid.
Like he’s playing a violin or something. ibid. Eddie to Charlie
No Masse Shots Allowed. ibid. sign in billiard hall
I’m the best you’ve ever seen, Fats. ibid. Fast Eddie
You really look beautiful, Fats. ibid.
You always drink like this so early in the morning? ibid. him to her
I lie. When I’m drunk I lie. ibid. her to him
I want you to come on the road with me. ibid. Charlie to Fast Eddie
He thinks I care about the money. I care about you. ibid.
Everybody wants a piece of me. ibid. him to her
We have a contract of depravity. All we have to do is pull a blind down. ibid. her story
What else have we got? We never talk about anything. We stay in this room and we drink and we make love. We’re strangers. What happens when the liquor and the money runs out, Eddie? ibid. her to him
You bum. You pool-room bum. ibid. her to him
You think that’s a talent too, knowing how to drink whisky? ibid. Shark to Fast Eddie
Winning? That can be heavy on your back too like a monkey. ibid. Shark to Fast Eddie
I don’t make bad bets; seven-five twenty-five that’s it. ibid. Shark to Fast Eddie
We got no use for pool sharks round here. ibid. man in pool room
She: Is he a winner?
He: Well he owns things.
She: Is that what makes a winner?
He: Well what else does? ibid.