You’re not suddenly going to go away again, are you?
CARRIE
No. I might drown. But otherwise, no.
CHARLES
OK, OK. We’ll go in.
They head inside but Charles turns to her again:
CHARLES
But first, let me ask you one thing. Do you think — after we’ve dried off, after we’ve spent lots more time together — you might agree not to marry me? And do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life?
He waits for her answer.
CHARLES
Do you?
CARRIE
I do...
Dir: Mike Newell • Scr: Richard Curtis • Cast: Hugh Grant (Charles), Andie MacDowell (Carrie)
1995 SE7EN
An ageing detective is left shocked by the brutality of the serial killer he has apprehended.
SOMERSET
Ernest Hemingway once wrote: ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.
Dir: David Fincher • Scr: Andrew Kevin Walker • Cast: Morgan Freeman (Detective Lieutenant William Somerset)
1999 AMERICAN BEAUTY
A man fighting for joy and dignity narrates the story of his life — after he has died.
LESTER
I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time. . . For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars. . . And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined our street. . . Or my grandmother’s hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper. . . And the first time I saw my cousin Tony’s brand new Firebird. . . And Janie. . . And Janie. . . And. . . Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me. . . but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. . . And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. . . You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry. . . you will someday.
Dir: Sam Mendes • Scr: Alan Ball • Cast: Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham)
Writer Alan Ball claimed the film – originally intended as a play – was inspired by his memory of watching a paper bag swirling in the wind at the World Trade Center plaza.
1999 EYES WIDE SHUT
Victor reassures a friend that the death of girl they knew was just an unfortunate accident.
VICTOR
Life goes on. It always does: until it doesn’t.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick • Scr: Stanley Kubrick, Frederic Raphael • Based on a novella by Arthur Schnitzler • Cast: Sydney Pollack (Victor Ziegler)
Director Kubrick hated travelling so the New York exteriors had to be built in London. The film holds the record for the longest ever continuous shooting schedule; on one occasion, Kubrick repeated a shot of Tom Cruise walking through a door ninety times until he felt it was right. Kubrick died four days after completing his edit, for which he had the contractual right of final cut, so Warner Brothers were bound to release the film exactly as it stood.
Among the various props in the movie can be seen a VHS copy of Rain Man, a hit for Tom Cruise in 1988, and DVDs of several Kubrick films including his previous production Full Metal Jacket (1987).
1999 FIGHT CLUB
The leader of an anarchic self-help group warns his audience to seize the day.
NARRATOR
This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.
Dir: David Fincher • Scr: Jim Uhls • Based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk • Cast: Edward Norton (Narrator)
2000 DANCER IN THE DARK
Selma finds the fantasy world of cinema a comfort amid life’s challenges.
SELMA
You like the movies, don’t you?
BILL
I love the movies. I just love the musicals.
SELMA
But isn’t it annoying when they do the last song in the films?
BILL
Why?
SELMA
Because you just know when it goes really big. . . and the camera goes like out of the roof. . . and you just know it’s going to end. I hate that. I would leave just after the next to last song. . . and the film would just go on forever.
Dir: Lars von Trier • Scr: Lars von Trier • Cast: Björk (Selma Ježková), David Morse (Bill Houston)
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Titles
12 Angry Men 246
24 Hour Party People 323
25th Hour 61–62
42nd Street 2
50 First Dates 371
2001: A Space Odyssey 218–20
About Schmidt 152
Ace In The Hole 164, 329
Adam’s Rib 50
African Queen, The 73
Aguirre, Wrath Of God (Aguirre, Der Zorn Gottes) 253
Airplane 88–90
Alfie 115, 405
Alien 224–25
Aliens 411
All About Eve 28–29, 50, 193
All Quiet On The Western Front 274
All That Jazz 200
All The President’s Men 255–56
Almost Famous 36–37
Amadeus 341
Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin D’Amélie Poulain) 365
American Beauty 348–49, 418–19
American In Paris, An 193–94
American Psycho 232–33
Analyze This 151–52
Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy 128–29
Angels With Dirty Faces 214
Annie Hall 386
Apartment, The 333, 382–84
Apocalypse Now 281–84
Asphalt Jungle, The 163
Auntie Mame 9
Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery 363–64
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 232
Bad Day At Black Rock 54
Bad Teacher 353
Badlands 337
Ball Of Fire 138
Barbarella 221
Barfly 174–75
Basic Instinct 149
Battle Of Algiers, The (La Battaglia Di Algeri) 280
Battle Of Britain 280
Beat The Devil 359
Beautiful Girls 123
Beautiful Mind, A 124–25
Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La Bête) 214
Before Sunset 98
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls 199
Big Chill, The 90
Big Fish 125
Big Lebowski, The 319
Big Red One, The 285
Big Sleep, The 72, 140, 191–92, 302
Billy Elliot 22
Bitter Moon 91
Black Hawk Down 292
Blade Runner 408–10
Blazing Saddles 168–69
Blues Brothers, The 84
Body Heat 201
Boiler Room 266
Boogie Nights 150
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan 151
Bourne Identity, The 370
Brazil 410–11
Breathless (À Bout De Souffle) 10–11
Bride Of Frankenstein, The 28
Bridge On The River Kwai, The 278
Bridges Of Madison County, The 17
Brief Encounter 380
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia 168
Brokeback Mountain 389–90
Bull Durham 204
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) 12, 30
Cabaret 406
Cabin In The Cotton, The 188
Caddyshack 33
8–39
California Suite 13
Cape Fear 217–18
Carry On Cleo 55
Carry On Up The Khyber 81
Casablanca 47–48, 106–8
Casino 344
Catch-22 406
Chato’s Land 168
Chicago 97–98
Chinatown 169, 253
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 221
Citizen Kane 242, 358
City Slickers 412
Clockwork Orange, A 221
Closer 129–31
Color Of Night 260
Colors 151
Consequences Of Love, The (Le Conseguenze Dell’Amore) 389
Contender, The 180
Cool Hand Luke 249–50, 405–6
Copycat 344
Crash 98–99, 267
Crazy Heart 372
Cromwell 281
Crossfire 277
Dancer In The Dark 420
Dangerous Beauty 206
Dangerous Method, A 151
Dark Knight, The 62, 237
Darling 197
Dawn Of The Dead 223
Day At The Races, A 398
Day The Earth Stood Still, The 244–45
Dead Man Walking 261
Dead Poets Society 14
Deconstructing Harry 232, 262
Deer Hunter, The 407–8
Deliverance 222
Departed, The 23
Detour 69
Devil Wears Prada, The 233–34
Devil’s Advocate, The 123, 231
Devil’s Rejects, The 233
Die Hard 314–15
Dirty Harry 307
Disclosure 260
Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood 38
Do The Right Thing 33
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 352
Double Indemnity 68–69
Dr Strangelove 279
Dracula 212
Dressed To Kill 200–201
Duck Soup 46, 190
Eagle Vs Shark 352
Elephant Man, The 386
English Patient, The 122–23
Erin Brockovich 320
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 100
Exorcist, The 222–23
Exterminating Angel, The (El Ángel Exterminador) 218
Eyes Wide Shut 419
Face In The Crowd, A 329
Fargo 318
Fellini’s Casanova 116
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 342
Few Good Men, A 287–88
Field Of Dreams 15
50 First Dates 371
Fight Club 179–80, 419
Fish Called Wanda, A 144, 343
Fistful Of Dollars, A 306
Fly, The 227
Forrest Gump 34
42nd Street 2
Four Weddings And A Funeral 417
Full Metal Jacket 286–87
Funny Girl 384
Garden State 371
Gas Food Lodging 15
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 7, 194
Get Carter 166
Giant 74
Gilda 141
Gladiator 291, 320–23
Glengarry Glen Ross 259
Godfather, The 166–67
Godfather: Part II, The 254
Goldfinger 195
Gone With The Wind 2, 46, 138
Good Will Hunting 348
Goodfellas 178
Gorky Park 202
Graduate, The 197–98
Gran Torino 41
Grande Illusion, La 328
Grapes Of Wrath, The 301–2, 398
Great Santini, The 284–85
Gregory’s Girl 118
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes 14
Grosse Pointe Blank 179
Groundhog Day 362–63
Guys And Dolls 74
Hail The Conquering Hero 277
Hanna 133
Hannah And Her Sisters 118
Harold And Maude 31
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone 38
Harvey 7
Heat 93
Heaven’s Gate 360–61
Heist 180
Hell’s Angels 188
High Fidelity 152
High Noon 304–5
His Girl Friday 68
Hope And Glory 90–91
Hud 143
I Am Sam 37
I, Robot 22–23
I Walked With A Zombie 378
Ice Storm, The 94, 265
If... 116, 250
I’m No Angel 191
In A Lonely Place 113
In Bruges 100, 182–83
Inception 372–73
Incredible Shrinking Man, The 401–2
Inglourious Basterds 293–95
Island Of Lost Souls 212–13
Italian Job, The 337
It’s A Wonderful Life 302
Jackie Brown 288, 348
Jaws 170, 307–10
Jerk, The 83
Johnny Guitar 305
Judgment At Nuremberg 247
Killing, The 29
Kind Hearts And Coronets 158, 329
King Kong 213
King Of Comedy 340
King’s Speech, The 101
Knife In The Water (NóŻwWodzie) 247
Lady Eve, The 68
Lady From Shanghai, The 49, 328
Lady Vanishes, The 398
Last Detail, The 81–82
Last Emperor, The 257–58
Last Samurai, The 22
Last Seduction, The 205
Last Tango In Paris 81
Laura 49
Lavender Hill Mob, The 381
Lawrence Of Arabia 305–6
Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) 11
Let The Right One In (Låt Den Rätte Komma In) 371–72
Licence To Kill 177
Life Of Brian 312–13
Lifeboat 378–79
Lion In Winter, The 250
Little Miss Sunshine 390
Looking For Mr Goodbar 200
Lord Jim 306
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The 266
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, The 38–40
Lost In Translation 388
Lost Weekend, The 6–7
Love Actually 128
Love And Death 13, 116
Mad Max II 361
Magnificent Seven, The 279
Magnolia 265
Major And The Minor, The 138
Major Barbara 244
Maltese Falcon, The 3
Man For All Seasons, A 248
Man Who Came To Dinner, The 48, 244
Manchurian Candidate, The 80
Mary Poppins 80
Matchmaker, The 9
Matrix, The 20
Matter Of Life And Death, A (aka Stairway To Heaven) 106–12
Memento 364–65
Mildred Pierce 140
Million Dollar Baby 388
Minority Report 370–71
Misery 228
Mississippi Burning 60, 176
Monty Python And The Holy Grail 254–55
Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life 256–57
Moonstruck 121
Mr & Mrs Smith 100
Mr Deeds Goes To Town 300
Mr Smith Goes To Washington 301
Mrs Miniver 274–75
Murder By Death 360
My Fair Lady 248
Myra Breckinridge 199
Naked 317
Naked City, The 398–99
Naked Gun 331⁄3 150
Nashville 255
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 15
Network 310
Never Give A Sucker An Even Break 358
Night Moves 170
Night Of The Hunter, The 114–15
Ninotchka 138
No Country For Old Men 234–36
None But The Lonely Heart 380
North By Northwest 330–33
Nosferatu The Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht) 118
Nostalgia (Nostalghia) 202
Notorious 69–70, 192–93
Notting Hill 387
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 349–50
Old Acquaintance 358
On Golden Pond 32
On The Beach 403
On The Waterfront 382
Once Upon A Time In The West 334
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 143
One Hour Photo 365
Out Of The Past 158, 381
Palm Beach Story, The 158
Paper Moon 59
Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid 82–83
Patton 280–81
Peeping Tom 142
People Vs. Larry Flynt, The 318–19
Personal Services 143
Petrified Forest, The 106
Philadelphia 260
Philadelphia Story, The 28
Pillow Talk 141
Pink Panther Strikes Again, The 338
Plan 9 From Outer Space 9
Planet Of The Apes 12
Platoon 285–86
Play It Again, Sam 385
Player, The 414
Point Blank 165
Point Break 60
Pretty Woman 122, 147
Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, The 12
Producers, The 335
Professionals, The 58
Psycho 215
Pulp Fiction 91–93, 178–79
Quiet Man, The 53
Raiders Of The Lost Ark 31–32
Red 132
Remember The Titans 97
Revolutionary Road 101
Right Stuff, The 313
Road, The 23
Rock, The 319
Rocky 311
Rounders 94
Rules of Attraction, The 125
Rules Of Engagement 291–92
Sabrina 8, 113
Saving Private Ryan 290
Scarface 143, 171
Scent Of A Woman 149
Schindler’s List 229
Schizopolis 261
Se7en 229, 418
Searchers, The 8–9
Secret Life Of Words, The 131–32
Secrets & Lies 387
Seven Year Itch, The 141
Seventh Seal, The (Det Sjunde Inseglet) 9, 214–15, 401
Sex And The City 23
Shadowlands 363
Shaft 171
Shawshank Redemption, The 16
Shining, The 225–26
Shootist, The 311, 407
Shop Around The Corner, The 46–47
Shutter Island 237
Sideways 351
Silence Of The Lambs, The 228, 413
Singin’ In The Rain 53
Sixth Sense, The 21–22
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs 2
Social Network, The 63
Some Like It Hot 75–76
Sound Of Music, The 333
Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The 334
Stairway To Heaven (aka A Matter Of Life And Death) 106–12
Stalag 17 73–74
All the Best Lines Page 33