| Biography |
People are always asking me if I know Quentin Quintessential.
(no order)
Koroshi no rakuin (1967, Suzuki)
"You don't sleep with your eyes open? You are not trained enough..."
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966, Leone)
"When you have to shoot, shoot.
Don't talk"
Fight Club (1999, Fincher)
"Listen up, maggots. You are not special.
You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake.
You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else"
American History X (1998, Kaye)
"Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time"
Magnolia (1999, Anderson)
"This happens. This is something that happens"
Pulp Fiction (1994, Tarantino)
"You're the evil man.
And I'm the righteous man.
And Mr. 9mm here,
he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness"
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999, Jarmusch)
"There is something to be learned from a rainstorm.
When meeting with a sudden shower,
you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road.
But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet.
When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed,
though you still get the same soaking.
This understanding extends to everything"
Sin City (2005, Rodriguez/Miller)
"I love hitmen. No matter what you do to them, you don't feel bad"
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999, Minghella)
"You're the brother I never had. I'm the brother you never had.
I would do anything for you, Dickie"
LA Confidential (1997, Hanson)
"Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona"
Reservoir Dogs (1992, Tarantino)
"If you shoot this man, you die next. I repeat: if you shoot this man, you die next"
8 Mile (2002, Hanson)
"Don't ever try to judge me dude,
You don't know what the fuck I've been through,
But I know something about you,
You went to Cranbrook - that's a private school
What's the matter, dog? You're embarrassed?
This guy's a gangster? His real name is Clarence! ♫"
Goodfellas (1990, Scorsese)
"You mean, let me understand this 'cause,
ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe,
but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you?
I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you?
What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"
Shogun Assassin (1980, Houston)
"When we're on a mission, I keep count of how many ninja my father kills.
He says not to keep count, only to pray for their souls.
But if I don't keep count, I don't know how many souls to pray for.
So I keep count."
The Warriors (1979, Hill)
"Warriors, come out to play-i-ay!"
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007, Miike)
"Not too shabby.."
Bande à part (1964, Godard)
"Franz is wondering if the world is becoming a dream...
or if the dream is becoming the world..."
Shichinin no samurai (1954, Kurosawa)
"What do you think of farmers? You think they're saints?
Hah! They're foxy beasts!
They say, "We've got no rice, we've no wheat. We've got nothing!"
But they have! They have everything!
Dig under the floors! Or search the barns! You'll find plenty!
Beans, salt, rice, sake! Look in the valleys, they've got hidden warehouses!
They pose as saints but are full of lies! If they smell a battle, they hunt the defeated!
They're nothing but stingy, greedy, blubbering, foxy, and mean!
God damn it all! But then who made them such beasts? You did!
You samurai did it! You burn their villages!
Destroy their farms! Steal their food! Force them to labour!
Take their women! And kill them if they resist!
So what should farmers do?"
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