The Shining

My friend makes mocking references to fidelio all the time.

I haven't seen Lyndon since I was like 15 fwiw. I was holding out for long time to see a film print, but WB apparently no longer loans out film prints, which means Kubrick will basically never be projected on film again. Guess I should check out the blu-ray.

how would you guys rank the kubrick movies in terms of quotability?
i'm thinking full metal jacket would win, but quotability would otherwise correlate pretty highly with "best regarded"

clockwork orange will have a rabid dormy following until our civilization is finally and mercifully reduced to ash.

strangelove is pretty high. depending on the breaks.

2001, clockwork, and full metal jacket top 3 in quotability is my guess though spartacus is a dark horse there

blu-ray of BL looked pretty good to me but I can't vouch for what the correct aspect ratio is supposed to be.

Most quotable for my generation seems to be The Shining and FMJ. Knew a lot of creeps really into FMJ actually!

If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word... my word is poontang

clockwork isn't so much quoted as just generally referenced, or paraphrased, but i guess that's the case w a lot of "quotable" movies. helps that it has its own patois.

WB apparently no longer loans out film prints, which means Kubrick will basically never be projected on film again.

jeez i didn't know that. i saw it on film just a few years back. guess there'll be some scratchy reels loaned out from private collections tho.

what's quoted much from clockwork?

strangelove has "he'll see everything! he'll see the big board!" and "you can't fight in here gentlemen this is the war room" and the president/premier phone call and everything slim pickens says (personal favorite: "i reckon y'all wouldn't be human beings if you didn't have some purty strong PERSONAL FEELINS about NOOKLEAR COMBAT") and of course our precious bodily fluids. you don't hear any of those things as much as you hear I'M SORRY DAVE but there are a lot more of them.

messed up that attempted transcription of the way slim pickens says nuclear

i bet every white house chief of staff has cracked "you can't fight in here, this is the war room!" in the actual war room, thinking he's the first person to make the reference.

"droogs" from clockwork but especially the image of his eyes being forced open.

And the white outfits with codpieces. I am using "quotability" very broadly obv.

"steers and queers" and "what is your general malfunction" and "me love you long time" all very popular when i was growing up

yeah clockwork's imagery and nadsat in general gets refed all the time but i can't actually think of any full lines from it at all besides "i was cured all right".

david thomson says barry lyndon is the first film that ever sent him to sleep.

i watched it again recently and was struck by how it's v much kubrick's version of lawrence of arabia, complete w/triumphant first half and downer second half. it no longer feels as ponderous as maybe it once did, now that 'slow cinema' is a thing; kubrick's favourite compositional trick here is to open on a small detail and then zoom out - there's a surprising amount of zoom used throughout, moreso than in any other kubrick irrc, and that alone makes it quite zippy.

the ending is p devastating

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 5:12 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

Cool post btw. I'd probably be way more into a detailed reading of Lyndon than I would of The Shining, just because it seems to get examined less often.

"i'm siiiiinging in the rain..."

Most quoted: 1) Strangelove, 2) Full Metal Jacket, 3) The Shining.

The secret of "Barry Lyndon" is that it reveals how Kubrick killed JFK

nobody really quotes (kubrick's) lolita but sometimes if someone asks me what i liked best about something i say "i think it was the... cherry pies"

jeez i didn't know that. i saw it on film just a few years back. guess there'll be some scratchy reels loaned out from private collections tho.

― zvookster, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 5:48 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah, and I think 20th Century Fox has gone fully digital too. It's interesting how the digital changeover was slowly building for a couple years and then surged forward in the past 18 months or so - I'd have to work pretty hard to track down a theater that projects new releases on film in this town, whereas it was much more of a mixed bag as late as early '11.

I quote "nurse the tooth" whenever I can.

turds you in atl? has plaza on ponce gone digital?

Yeah it has, but they can still project film and they still have some pretty nice 35mm repertory showings. The Tara went digital last year too.

i can't actually think of any full lines from it at all besides "i was cured all right".

ULTRAVIOLENCE

SHOOT IT UH-UP!

Ponder for a moment "balls" asking a question of "turds," OK back to the thread now.

Anyway, HAL's lines in 2001 all pretty quotable. "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave" shows up a lot, right?

the most useful line from 2001, i've found, is "this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. goodbye."

ugh just remembered "the ole in-out" which has disturbingly stuck in my head ever since.

i always hear that in buscemi's voice.

I prefer to conduct most conversations with unpleasant people as if I'm HAL.

i can see you're very upset about this. i really think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.

The oysters-and-snails line from Spartacus is sort of quotable.

trying to say HAL's lines out loud really drives home how good the guy who voiced him was

totally!

there's that part in manhattan where michael murphy tells diane keaton they have to break up and diane keaton says "yeah. i could tell by the way your voice sounded over the phone. very authoritative. like the pope, or the computer in 2001."

HAL's dying monologue is seriously upsetting, espec. the moment when he goes 'i'm a...fraid' for the last time and suddenly his personality's gone forever and he's back to reciting his first words.

bawled at that as a kid.

dave.

stop.

stop, dave.

My mind is going.

dai-sy

dai-sy

I can feel it.

ogod had forgotten my mind is going

Yeah that is the best. Totally amazing scene.

The "this conversation can serve no purpose anymore" is probably one of the most chilling lines ever for me because it's like he retreats into this realm of pure logic--beyond the reach of any emotional appeal or suffering.

for awhile i was convinced voice of HAL was also voice of KITT.

xp yeah and then as soon as he's existentially threatened the disconnected unconcern is replaced w bargaining like a psychopath: "i know i've made some very poor decisions recently. but i can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal."