Quotable Cinema

Nov 20 2024 302 ep. 1

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Quotable Cinema: 🎬 Iconic Lines from the Silver Screen 🎥 is a captivating podcast series dedicated to celebrating the most memorable and impactful lines in film history. Each episode delves into the world of classic and contemporary cinema, exploring the stories behind the lines that have moved audiences, defined characters, and left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape.

Listeners can expect a journey through the magic of movie dialogue, from the stirring speeches and witty one-liners to the romantic declarations and philosophical musings that have echoed through theaters. Join us as we celebrate the words that have made us laugh, cry, think, and feel, all while shaping the world of cinema, meticulously curated by Cala Vox.

Now magically available for your reading delight as two eBooks, Part 1 and Part 2, on Amazon Kindle.

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I always like sinners a lot better than saints. She was real easy to look at, but I'm glad I never saw her again.

Nov 20 2024 1 mins

"I always like sinners a lot better than saints. She was real easy to look at, but I'm glad I never saw her again."Last Man Standing (from 1996), directed by Walter Hill, stars Bruce Willis as John Smith, a drifter who stumbles into a small Texas town during Prohibition and gets entangled in a brutal feud between two rival gangs. Loosely inspired by the Japanese film Yojimbo by Aki

"Livin' with Comanches ain't bein' alive."

Nov 19 2024 1 mins

"Livin' with Comanches ain't bein' alive."The Searchers (1956), directed by John Ford, is a powerful Western inspired by Alan Le May's 1954 novel. The story follows Ethan Edwards (John Wayne), a hardened Civil War veteran who embarks on a years-long quest to rescue his niece Debbie (Natalie Wood) from a Comanche tribe. With its exploration of obsession, cultural conflict, and moral

"You know, Norman, you really are the sweetest man in the world, but I'm the only one who knows it."

Nov 18 2024 1 mins

"You know, Norman, you really are the sweetest man in the world, but I'm the only one who knows it."On Golden Pond is a 1981 film based on Ernest Thompson's play of the same name, directed by Mark Rydell. The film stars Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn as Norman and Ethel Thayer, an elderly couple spending a summer at their lakeside cottage, where they reconnect with their daughte

"Twenty dollars? You must be living in style."

Nov 17 2024 1 mins

"Twenty dollars? You must be living in style."The Magnificent Seven (1960), directed by John Sturges, is a celebrated Western adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. The film stars Yul Brynner as Chris, a gunfighter who assembles a diverse crew, including Vin (Steve McQueen), Bernardo (Charles Bronson), and Chico (Horst Buchholz), to defend a poor Mexican village from the rut

"The stuff that dreams are made of."

Nov 16 2024 1 mins

"The stuff that dreams are made of."The Maltese Falcon (1941) is a classic noir mystery directed by John Huston, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, a shrewd private detective drawn into a web of greed and deception by femme fatale Brigid O'Shaughnessy, played by Mary Astor. The plot revolves around a priceless statuette—the Maltes

"They're going to kill me in the morning... I'll never see the sun."

Nov 15 2024 1 mins

"They're going to kill me in the morning... I'll never see the sun."(Ben Wade)3:10 to Yuma is a gritty Western directed by James Mangold, based on Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story. Starring Russell Crowe as notorious outlaw Ben Wade and Christian Bale as struggling rancher Dan Evans, the film follows Evans as he attempts to bring Wade to justice by getting him onto the 3.10 train

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

Nov 14 2024 1 mins

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."Moulin Rouge! is a visually stunning 2001 musical romance directed by Baz Luhrmann, blending the worlds of Parisian cabaret and love with a modern soundtrack. Starring Nicole Kidman as Satine, the sparkling but fragile star of the Moulin Rouge, and Ewan McGregor as Christian, an idealistic writer, the sto

"Don't move. I'll prepare something for you. I'll wait on you. I want to serve you."

Nov 13 2024 1 mins

"Don't move. I'll prepare something for you. I'll wait on you. I want to serve you."(Madame de Tourvel)Valmont is a seductive period drama directed by Milos Forman from 1989, adapted from the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Colin Firth stars as the charismatic Vicomte de Valmont, who, alongside Annette Bening’s cunning Marquise de Merteuil, engages i

"One question. Do you want to stick to that story, or do you want to keep your teeth?"

Nov 12 2024 1 mins

"One question. Do you want to stick to that story, or do you want to keep your teeth?"(Bobo to Lilly)The Grifters (1990), directed by Stephen Frears, is a tense neo-noir thriller based on Jim Thompson's novel. It stars John Cusack as small-time con man Roy Dillon, with Anjelica Huston as his scheming mother Lilly, and Annette Bening as his dangerously seductive girlfriend Myra. Pat

"The murder rate used to be a thousand a year. Three a day, and that was high. Now it's five. Higher in the summer.."

Nov 11 2024 1 mins

"The murder rate used to be a thousand a year. Three a day, and that was high. Now it's five. Higher in the summer. Fourteen, two Fridays ago."8 Million Ways to Die is a gritty 1986 neo-noir crime thriller directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from Lawrence Block's novel. Jeff Bridges stars as Matt Scudder, a former cop and recovering alcoholic who finds himself drawn into a tangled crimi