It’s that time again! Film Noir Class quotes!

“The appeal for Matrix is in great special effects and… great leather costumes…” –Chris

“Rufus Sewell. He’s not really let’s see Rufus!” –Chris, regarding the popularity of Dark City versus The Matrix

“Cool people deserve to live. Other people… don’t matter much.” –Chris on the moral of The Matrix

“Why were there so many rhetorical questions?” –Chris

“What does the word ‘maudlin’ mean? Like ‘I’m maudlin these clothes’?” –Arjun

“I can’t say I know much about the history of the zither.” –Chris

Me: He was the singing voice of Jack in “The Nightmare Before Christmas”!

Chris: Thank God we got back to Tim Burton.

–regarding Danny Elfman

“I remember back in Catholic school–I try not to remember back in Catholic school–on the playground, we would act out the bearing of the Cross. We would get one self-important kid who would volunteer to be Jesus, and the rest of us would beat the crap out of him.” –Chris

Me: (incredulous) You mean… there are movies based on books that don’t accurately portray the source material?

Ian: That would be a great segue to “Lord of the Rings”!

Arjun: I love how we don’t even talk about Lord of the Rings anymore, we just talk about talking about it.

–regarding “Kiss Me Deadly”

Me: It’s a film class! What were you expecting?

Chris: It’s not an Oscar class! Oscar has nothing to do with film!

–post-oscar excitement

Arjun: Did erotic dancers really dance like that in the 20’s?

Chris: I’m not going to pretend to be an authority on the history of erotic dancing.

–giggling about “Night of the Hunter” and reflecting back on “Metropolis”

All of Malibu would be wiped out! *wipes away imaginary tear* –Chris, “Kiss Me Deadly”

“She’s not a prostitute! She’s woobait!” –Me, “Kiss Me Deadly”

“Oh, screw The Matrix.” –Chris, “Dark City”

“The first time I saw Zoolander, I didn’t really like it, but the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh times, I really liked it.” –Arjun

“I think it will take decades to truly appreciate Dude Where’s My Car… all the subtle nuances.” –Chris