Make Way for Tomorrow [1937]
1. "Two Old-Fashioned Cocktails for two old-fashioned people."
2. Beulah whispers into her son’s ear, "You were always my favorite." They hug. I sniffled.
3. Mr. Rubens brings Bark a pail of hot chicken soup. He thanks him warmly but his daughter-in-law is suspicious.
Sleep Dealer [2008]
1. “Your DNA is your passport.”
2. The e-poster boasting of LIVE NODE GIRLS.
3. They sit at the edge of the river in its concrete riverbed. Just like L.A.
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story [2008]
1. Karl Rove: "Lee was part-myth, part-showman, part- political mastermind." Elsewhere Rove is described as Atwater’s protege.
2. Another great quote from someone else: "He used his own cynicism to anesthetize people."
3. Ed Rollins talks about how when they cleared away Atwater’s personal effects after his death, his Bible was still wrapped in cellophane.
Waltz in Starlight [2007]
1. Sand leaking from the hinges of the violin case.
2. Nobu is asked how things are in Tokyo. "I’m getting used to it," he replies.
3. Grandfather relaxes by watching sumo wrestling on TV.
Fear(s) of the Dark [2007]
1. He taps on the side of the jar. The insect taps back at him.
2. "You have to see your dream through to the end if you want to be cured."
3. A blank white screen. A tiny, shimmering dot appears. Howling wind on the soundtrack. Then you realize it’s a traveler struggling to make his way through the snow.
Hunger [2008]
1. "What makes this strike different is that you’re prepared to die."
2. An empty prison hallway. Streams of urine seep from under every cell’s door and flow to the middle of the hallway.
3. Using his middle finger, a prison nurse gingerly rubs ointment into the bedsores of Bobby’s shoulders and back.
Of Time and the City [2008]
1. "We love the place we hate, and we hate the place we love."
2. A church has been turned into a club; "cocktails in Babylon."
3. A kid shimmies down the pole of a street sign. No trees to climb.
