Theory of Brunettes: quotes from Hal Hartley's movies

Submitted by cramoukji on Thu, 04/07/2005 - 08:46
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  • "There's only trouble and desire... and when you desire something you get in trouble but when you're in trouble, you don't desire anything at all" (from SIMPLE MEN)
  • "To know we can die is to be dead already" (from THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT)
  • "Young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk, yeah that's it" (from THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT)
  • "Long Island is a terminal moraine" (from SIMPLE MEN)
  • "Well, mister, you can't have something for nothing, you know...will you marry me?" (from SURVIVING DESIRE)
  • "The world is a dangerous place" (from AMBITION)
  • "A family is like a gun. You point it in the wrong direction and you could kill someone" (from TRUST)
  • "Get yourself a thesaurus" (from TRUST)
  • "Mine's gin, what's your poison?" (from TRUST)
  • "I'll marry you if you admit that trust, respect and admiration equal love" (from TRUST)
  • "We got romantic
  • -Romantic?
  • -Well, we kissed" (from FLIRT)
  • "Listen, you can't waltz in here, use my toaster and spout universal truths without qualifications" (from SURVIVING DESIRE)
  • "Floppy disks ? But they're square and they're not floppy either, they're stiff" (from AMATEUR)
  • "An honest man is always in trouble" (from HENRY FOOL)
  • "I'm good at what I do" (from AMBITION)
  • "I'm not mixed up, I'm depressed" (from THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH)
  • "God, Simon,
    Spoiler: Highlight to view
    you're like a total fuckin' rock star
    " (from HENRY FOOL) (hidden for language)
  • "It's my memoirs, my confession.
  • -What have you done ?
  • -I've been bad, repeatedly" (from HENRY FOOL)
  • "Armaggedon, Armageddon and Jheosaphat, how may I direct your call?" (from THE BOOK OF LIFE)
  • "God's tolerance for you stupid human beings has reached its end" (from THE BOOK OF LIFE)
Author Comments: 

Hopefully, these samples of dialogue will get more people interested in the works of filmmaker extraordinaire Hal Hartley.
Please note these quotes were typed off the top of my head so they might not be 100% accurate to the exact word.
Contributions are welcome if you have them, I know one listologist who probably will.