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“You shouldn’t keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn’t have been that sentimental.”

endless list of favourite classic films; Vertigo  (1958)

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I… I used to make long speeches to you after you left. I used to talk to you all the time, even though I was alone. I walked around for months talking to you. Now I don’t know what to say. It was easier when I just imagined you. I even imagined you talking back to me.

Paris, Texas | 1984 | Wim Wenders 

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Roman Holiday (1953) dir. William Wyler

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You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.

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Just as a flower does not choose its color, we are not responsible for what we have come to be. Only once you realize this do you become free.

Stoker (2013) Dir. Park Chan-wook

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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) dir. Wes Anderson

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Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee. Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.

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How can a novelist achieve atonement when with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also god?

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Persona (1967) Ingmar Bergman

The Unbrearable Lightness of Being (1988) Philip Kaufman

Amélie (2001) Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Carol (2015) Todd Haynes

Closer (2004) Mike Nichols

La double vie de Véronique (1991)  Krzysztof Kieślowski 

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“The truth? Well, I’ve grown accustomed to a great divide between what people believe and what I know to be real.”

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Inglourious Basterds (2007; Quentin Tarantino)

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The girl was very young, about 17, or 18, I guess. And the guy was… quite a bit older. And she was very beautiful, you know? And he…he loved her more than he ever felt possible.

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For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

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At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you’re going to be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you. — Moonlight (2016)

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Don’t let it be forgotten that for one brief shining moment, there was a Camelot. There won’t be another Camelot. Not another Camelot.