Brenda: How do you go from this tranquility to that violence?
Sonny Crockett: I usually take the Ferrari.
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Haqeeqat 1964
You never know when these Bollywood joints are going to break out into song, even in somber war pictures like this. At one point, a platoon of soldiers (presumed dead) start singing about how the news of their deaths will affect their loved ones. It’s a tender moment and doesn’t undercut the tone as much as one might expect, but it’s still pretty funny to see their unflappable C.O. (who has chosen not to participate in the musical interlude) roll his eyes as the final note fades: “God help me, I’m surrounded by a bunch of fucking cupcakes.”
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The Big City 1963
Ah, the door-to-door hustle.
I had a summer job back in college, pounding the pavement for The Sierra Club, selling magazine subscriptions. Most of the canvassers took it pretty seriously, but there was this cool punk rock girl, Emily, who like me, couldn’t be bothered to take anything seriously. On the days they’d pair us up, we’d invent little games to amuse ourselves.
One such game was to come up with a random word that the other person had to…
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The Wolf of Snow Hollow 2020
When I was a kid, my dad represented a man accused of multiple murders, and when he was acquitted of the crimes, as a show of gratitude, he took our family out to dinner at Bonanza Steakhouse. As we all sat there eating, I kept staring over at the man, wondering if he was capable of such atrocious acts. At one point, he busted me, looked up from his plate and met my gaze. He set his silverware down and…
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Castle in the Sky 1986
When I was 19, I was shipped off to serve a two-year mission for my church and one of the rules was that we weren’t permitted worldly distractions, particularly movies. One evening, my companion and I were over at a Japanese family’s house and they threw Castle in the Sky on for their kids while we chatted about boring churchy stuff at the dining room table.
What started as a few stolen glances quickly became a full-on apostasy as I…