Bye Bye Monkey - Conflict Between Anarchist and Authority Figures
Andreas Flaxman: [as Luigi leaves]
Out! Out! Never come back!
Luigi Nocello: [returning, he brandishes his cane]
You are worse than... than a judge, worse than a cop, worse than a policeman! You are worse than all of them!
Luigi Nocello: [screaming]
Anarchist! Yes!
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La Dolce Vita - Lost Ambitions and Time's Passage
Marcello Rubini:
I'm wasting time. I won't manage anything anymore. Once I had ambitions, but maybe I'm losing everything. I forgot everything.
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La Dolce Vita - Rejection of Maternal Love and Conformity
Marcello Rubini: [to Emma]
A man who agrees to live like this is a finished man, he's nothing but a worm! I don't believe in your aggressive, sticky, maternal love! I don't want it, I have no use for it! This isn't love, it's brutalization!
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La Dolce Vita - The Essence of Womanhood in Creation
Marcello Rubini: [to Sylvia]
You are everything... everything! You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home.
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8½ - The Search for Truth and Self-Acceptance
Guido Anselmi:
The truth is: I do not know... I seek... I have not yet found. Only with this in mind can I feel alive and look at you without shame.
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8½ - Self-Reflection Amidst Life's Confusion
Guido Anselmi:
All the confusion of my life... has been a reflection of myself! Myself as I am, not as I'd like to be.
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8½ - The Balance of Truth and Compassion
Guido Anselmi:
My Dears... Happiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.
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8½ - Struggles of Artistic Honesty and Courage
Guido Anselmi:
I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest film. No lies whatsoever. I thought I had something so simple to say. Something useful to everybody. A film that could help bury forever all those dead things we carry within ourselves. Instead, I'm the one without the courage to bury anything at all. When did I go wrong? I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it all the same.
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8½ - Critique of Symbolism and Escapism
Guido Anselmi:
Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence.
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8½ - Acceptance as a Path to Discovery
Guido Anselmi:
Accept me as I am. Only then can we discover each other.
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