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The Elephant Man (1980)
Directed by David Lynch
Cinematography by Freddie Francis
“People are frightened by what they don’t understand.”
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Directed by Chantal Akerman
Cinematography by Babette Mangolte
“Did you wash your hands?”
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Wild Strawberries (1957)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography by Gunnar Fischer
“When you were little you belived in Santa Claus, now you belive in God.”
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Alice in the Cities (1974)
Directed by Wim Wenders
Cinematography by Robby Müller
“When you drive around America, something happens to you. The images you see change you.”
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Cinematography by Robert Richardson
“Don’t cry in front of the Mexicans.”
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Marriage Story (2019)
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Cinematography by Robbie Ryan
“I never really came alive for myself; I was only feeding his aliveness.”
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Pain and Glory (2019)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Cinematography by José Luis Alcaine
“Love is not enough to save the person you love.”
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cinematography by Jürgen Jürges
“But when we’re together, we must be nice to each other. Otherwise, life’s not worth living.”
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The Lighthouse (2019)
Directed by Robert Eggers
Cinematography by Jarin Blaschke
“Should pale death, with treble dread, make the ocean caves our bed, God who hears the surges roll deign to save our suppliant soul.”
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Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography by Sven Nykvist
“We were not in love. On the contrary, we were sad.”
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Us (2019)
Directed by Jordan Peele
Cinematography by Mike Gioulakis
“If you wanna get crazy, we can get crazy!”
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Rope (1948)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematography by William V. Skall and Joseph A. Valentine
“The power to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create.”
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The Seventh Continent (1989)
Directed by Michael Haneke
Cinematography by Anton Peschke
“Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if instead of head we had a monitor so everyone could see what we thought.”
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Mistress America (2015)
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Cinematography by Sam Levy
“I need someone I can love, not keep up with.”
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
Directed by James L. Brooks
Cinematography by Andrzej Bartkowiak
“Impatient boys sometimes miss dessert.”
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La Ciénaga (2001)
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Cinematography by Hugo Colace
“Mercedes always had a weakness for useless men, too bad I realized late.”
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Trois Couleurs: Rouge (1994)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cinematography by Piotr Sobocinski
“Perhaps you’re the woman I never met.”
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Trois Couleurs: Blanc (1994)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cinematography by Edward Klosinski
“That was a blank. The next one’s real.”
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Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cinematography by Slawomir Idziak
“Now I have only one thing left to do: nothing. I don’t want any belongings, any memories. No friends, no love. Those are all traps.”
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Baby Driver (2017)
Directed by Edgar Wright
Cinematography by Bill Pope
“The moment you catch feelings is the moment you catch a bullet.”
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