Category: Cinematically Speaking…

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008): "The murder of innocence usually begins with an agreed upon lie." 

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985): "Woody Allen's best movies may be the one's he stars in but his most consistent (Radio Days, Sweet and Lowdown, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) are the ones where he does not."

Question: Which do you prefer?

Cabaret (1972): "Life has to be a cabaret when your world is collapsing in front of you."

Seen: As part of my effort to complete the AFI 400. 271 films down, 129 to go.

The Great Ziegfeld (1936): "I am a few too many years and culture iterations removed from the life of Mr. Ziegfeld to understand why it justifies 3 hours and 15 minutes of screen time." 

Seen: As part of my effort to see the entire AFI 400. 270 films down, 130 to go.

500 Days of Summer (2009): "Those who know love is unpredictable will find it intoxicating. Those who wish it were will find it maddening."

Affliction (1997): "The paradox of American masculinity is the capacity for violence paired with a lack of emotional insight."

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009): "A loveable, shaggy chesnut still feels like trying to laugh at a toddler reciting 'Why did the chicken cross the road?"

Earth (2007):

"We all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

—John F. Kennedy Jr.

" The same rocket technology that delivers nuclear
warheads has also taken us peacefully into space. From that perspective, we
see our Earth as it really is — a small and fragile and beautiful blue globe,
the only home we have. We see no barriers of race or religion or country.
We see the essential unity of our species and our planet; and with faith and
common sense, that bright vision will ultimately prevail."

—Jimmy Carter