Starting Out in the Evening [2007]
1. “If we get in an accident and die, I won’t be able to tip you well!”
2. She kisses his hand and he drops her coat.
3. The slap.
Starting Out in the Evening [2007]
1. “If we get in an accident and die, I won’t be able to tip you well!”
2. She kisses his hand and he drops her coat.
3. The slap.
Hail the Conquering Hero [1944]
1. “Oh, I get it, you’re Daffy-dill from Dopeyville.” “No I’m not. I’m as sane as a Dane.”
2. “Those aren’t lies, they’re campaign promises. People expect ’em.”
3. “I’m not running on a platform of correct grammar.”
Che: Part One, The Argentine [2008]
1. He thanks Senator McCarthy for the Bay of Pigs invasion.
2. “Take out your math notebook.”
3. He changes his mind about the makeup and says, “Perhaps a little powder.”
Che: Part Two, Guerrilla [2008]
1. He knows the man is about to die. He rubs his chest and tells him, “The worse is over.”
2. Pig carcass hanging upside down from the tree.
3. The blanket covering his corpse is tied down with white rope.
Octopussy [1983]
1. His feet, clad in black loafers, skitter across the gravel at the side of the tracks as he hangs from the outside of the moving train.
2. “Damn it man, there’s a bomb in there!” 007 in a clown outfit, complete with whiteface makeup and a red nose. Would you believe him?
3. Louis Jourdan purrs, sadly, “Octopussy. Octopussy.”
Seven Days in May [1964]
1. “You wanna dance?” “No thank ya, honey, I just had a hernia operation.”
2. John Houseman sits alone at a round table, covered with a white tablecloth, upon which is a bottle of wine, a wine glass, the remains of a sumptuous dinner, and a telephone.
3. He opens the drawer, partially removes the sheaf of letters. Pauses. Puts the letters back into the drawer without showing them to General Scott. Shuts the drawer.
Whatever Works [2009]
1. “Melodie was telling me about your theory that life is meaningless.”
“Well, don’t let it spoil your evening.”
2. Patricia Clarkson seems to be channeling Diane Ladd in Wild at Heart. Her name is even the same: Marietta.
3. They kiss. “Entropy!” she exclaims.
The Great Moment [1944]
1. He’s in a dazed bliss. He looks down at his hand, which is impaled on the paper spike.
2. The ether-soaked cloth lies on his face. “Pears,” he says; then, a moment later, “Peaches.” His hand goes slack and he drops the broken fiddle.
3. Dr. Jackson sits at the bar drinking absinthe. Dr. Morton joins him, orders a rum punch.
Henry Fool [1997]
1. On the kitchen counter, tupperware stacked on top of a green plastic Jell-o mold.
2. She plops a toy truck in front of the child. “Play,” she says, and walks away. He kicks it over gently.
3. “Your poem brought on my period a week and a half early.”
The Lower Depths [1957]
1. “How can you go to hell when you’re already there?”
2. Amid the commotion he pockets a cake of soap.
3. She runs over to the wall and beats on it with her fists.
I had the famous, original Don the Beachcomber’s Zombie last night. Which was awesome. But then I had another. Uh oh.