Wristcutters: A Love Story - The Value of Uniqueness in Adversity
Kneller:
Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and he would say, "You're crooked. You've always been crooked and you'll continue to be crooked. But look at me! Look at me!" said the straight tree. He said, "I'm tall and I'm straight." And then one day the lumberjacks came into the forest and looked around, and the manager in charge said, "Cut all the straight trees." And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange.
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Wristcutters: A Love Story - Miracles in an Unconventional World
Zia:
He was floating in the air..
Kneller:
I wouldn't pay attention to what happens all the time around here.
Zia:
What happens? Miracles?
Kneller:
Yeah. People floating in the air, like, uh, people turning stones into plants, or, changing the color of different objects.
Zia:
Fixing the headlights, maybe?
Kneller:
What do you mean, fixing the headlights?
Zia: [To Kneller]
His headlights have been broken for ages, and she fixed them not far from here just by touching a button.
Kneller:
Oh. Yeah, something small and insignificant like that.
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Wristcutters: A Love Story - A Conversation About Steak Thickness
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Wristcutters: A Love Story - Brainwashed Choices in Afterlife Conversations
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Wristcutters: A Love Story - Communication and Confusion Among Characters
Kneller: [Waving a stuffed animal in front of Freddy]
Come on, Freddy! Come on!
Messiah:
Don't do that.. you're confusing him.
Messiah:
The dog has spoken.
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Short Cuts - Escalating Tensions in a Frustrated Argument
Doreen Piggot:
Why don't you go get drunk and pee all over...
Earl Piggot:
I'm gonna get drunk! I'm gonna get drunk right now! Ah dammit!
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Short Cuts - Confrontation Between Earl and Doreen Piggot
Earl Piggot:
You know, I don't know who you think would wanna look at your sad, middle aged ass anymore!
Doreen Piggot:
Don't talk to me like that and don't you come back here! I'm not taking you back no more, understand? No more! I'm not taking you back!
Earl Piggot:
I'm not COMING back!
Doreen Piggot:
Slobbering over Honey like that. It was so embarrassing...
Earl Piggot:
I never touched Honey!
Doreen Piggot:
I didn't say you touched her, I said you slobbered on her!
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Rumble Fish - Perceptions of Sanity and Madness
Rusty:
How can you tell if someone is crazy?
Benny:
Can't always... Depends on how many think he's crazy.
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Rumble Fish - The Perception of Time in Youth and Age
Benny:
Time is a funny thing. Time is a very peculiar item. You see when you're young, you're a kid, you got time, you got nothing but time. Throw away a couple of years, a couple of years there... it doesn't matter. You know. The older you get you say, "Jesus, how much I got? I got thirty-five summers left." Think about it. Thirty-five summers.!!!!!
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Licorice Pizza - Power and Authenticity in Leadership
Rex Blau:
You shiny, gold, tall, inexpensive prick!
Joel Wachs:
All that we need are people in positions of power to remember to be who they were when they were voted in.
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Down by Law - Directions and Uncertainty in Conversation
Jack:
Yeah.
Zack:
I don't see a sign around or anything.
Jack:
Well, she said the one on the right goes west.
Zack:
She said she didn't know.
Jack:
Look, man, it don't matter to me. You go - whichever way you want. Right?
Zack:
Right.
Jack:
And I'll go the other way.
Zack:
Yeah, right.
Jack:
Right.
Zack:
Yeah, right.
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Down by Law - Fashion and Humor in Unlikely Conversations
Jack: [swapping clothes with Zack]
This is how you dressed before you were in the joint, right? Sort of garbage man on parade.
Zack:
You, uh, plannin on doin a little squirrel huntin', Jack?
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Down by Law - Innocence Amidst Injustice in Prison
Roberto:
So, Jack. Jack, why, why are you put in this prison?
Jack:
I don't know, Bob. It was voodoo or somethin', you know. - I was framed. I was completely innocent. You understand?
Roberto:
Yes. You are innocent man. I understand. And you, my friend, Jack, why are you put in this prison?
Zack:
I was set up, Bob. Just like Jack. I am - an innocent man.
Roberto:
I see. You too are a innocent man.
Zack:
So, Bob...
Roberto:
Yes?
Zack:
For why are you in this prison put?
Roberto:
Me? I killed a man.
Zack: [[Walt Whitman]
You killed a man, huh? What'd you do that for, Bob? The guy didn't like ]?
Roberto:
I never ask-a to dis man if he like-a de Walt Whitman.
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Down by Law - A Reflection on a Sad, Beautiful World
Roberto:
Is a sad and beautiful world.
Zack:
Yeah, it's a sad and beautiful world... that's a good one. Yeah, yeah... buzz off.
Roberto:
Ah, thank you, Buzz off to you too.
Zack:
No... buzz off!
Roberto: [writing]
Ah, "buzz off". b-u-z-z o-f-f... Buzz off... Is, uh, "is a sad and beautiful world", "Good evening. Buzz off to everybody" "Oh, thank you, buzz off to you too." Oh, it's a pleasure. Thank you.
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Down by Law - Existence and Reality in Confinement
Jack: [speaking to himself]
Guard! I need a light here. I can't believe this. Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! What am I doin in here?
Zack:
Can't you see? You are not the only innocent asshole in here. I was set up too. Just like you. Just like you.
Jack:
I am not just like you; whatever you say. I don't even want to deal with you. You got it? As far as I'm concerned, you don't even exist. Not at all. Got it?
Zack:
Well, you don't exist either. Walls don't exist. The floor doesn't exist. This stress is not here. These bunks aren't here. Bars aren't here. None of this is really here. None of this is really here at all.
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Down by Law - Confronting Fear of Commitment
Laurette:
Look at you, Zack. Look what you're doin to yourself. You're diggin your own grave. Why can't you just stay at one station for awhile? Why do you always got to go fuck up your own future, huh? What are you so afraid of, Zack?
Zack:
Yeah, well, that's right, alright. You can't live in the present forever.
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Down by Law - Unexpected Encounters in Troubling Times
Preston:
Zack! Hey man! What the fuck ya doin here in the garbage?
Zack: [without looking at Preston]
Just leave me alone, Preston. I'm in a bad mood.
Preston:
Then I'm just the man you've been looking for. In fact, I've been looking for you.
Zack:
That's a bad sign.
Preston:
Now, Zack, baby! I got somethin real good for you. An hour's work for a whole lotta scratch.
Zack:
I ain't interested.
Preston:
Then you ARE in a bad mood. You won't even let me propose it to you. Can you just listen to me for one minute, will ya? One minute of your, uh... valuable time?
Zack: [sighs in exasperation]
Just fuck off, Preston.
Preston: [chuckles and acts like he's going to walk away from him, but then goes back to him]
All I wanna do is pay you a grand, in exchange of a single hour of your very very valuable time. But this ain't no break in, no delivery of controlled substances, none of this stuff. It's just to drive a car, from one part of town to another, alone. That's it.
Zack:
What kind of car will that be, Preston?
Preston:
That will be a very nice car. A very nice, very expensive imported car, which just happens to be in between owners at the present time.
Preston:
Look man, all you gotta do is drive the car across town, park it, leave it. I can pay half grand upfront, and the other half later. The whole thing's over in an hour! It's very safe, very clean, and believe me, I can get a million guys to do this for me.
Zack:
Then why don't you do it yourself?
Preston:
I'm offerin a grand so I don't have to answer stupid questions like that.
Zack:
Well... I might consider the grand up front... then I might think about it.
Preston: [pause]
Jesus! Zack... you are in a nasty mood. So just to cheer you up a little bit, I give you 750 upfront. OK?
Preston: [he gives Zack the keys of the car]
Alright, alright, Mr. All-Mighty-Hot-Shit. I'm gonna do you this favor.
Zack: [impressed]
Oh man! A Jaguar!
Preston: [he gives Zack the money]
I'll give you the whole thing up front.
Preston: [long pause]
Now you owe me. Zack, you know you can buy yourself twenty girls for all of that?
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