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Dancer in the Dark Quotes

"In a world of shadows, she found the light of life."

R 2000 · 2h 20m
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15 quotes
Dancer in the Dark
Concern and Frustration in a Difficult Situation
Selma How is she doing?
[in the cinema, asking description of the movie because she can't see]
Kathy It's when she cannot keep up, and she's going to faint. Ah, she fainted.
Angry man Please be quiet.
Kathy Oh, give us a break. She doesn't see that well.
Angry man I paid good money to see this film.
Kathy Well, so did she.
Selma I love it when they dance.
Angry man For Pete's sake, it's a musical. Of course they're dancing!
Kathy We know that!
Angry man Oh, you're so smart.
Kathy Yes.
Selma I think you made friends, Kathy.
[laughing]
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Dancer in the Dark
Facing the Reality of Blindness
Selma Would it make you feel better If I told you a secret?
Bill What secret could you tell me?
Selma I'm going blind. Not yet, but... soon. Maybe sometime this year.
Bill Blind...
Selma It's not as bad as it sounds. It's, uh... It's a family thing.
Bill But, blind?
Selma I've always known it. From... when I was a little girl, I knew.
Bill And you're okay?
Selma Well, I came to America because in America, they can give Gene an operation.
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Dancer in the Dark
A Name That Holds Meaning
Selma You're fantastic. You just have to listen to your heart, Cvalda.
Kathy I don't want you to call me Cvalda.
Selma You're Cvalda to me.
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Dancer in the Dark
Finding Music in Everyday Sounds
Selma Ježková Clatter, crash, clack! Racket, bang, thump! Rattle, clang, crack, thud, whack, bam! It's music, now dance!
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Dancer in the Dark
Conflict Over Maternal Responsibilities and Sacrifices
Kathy But he needs his mother, you know, alive, no matter where!
Selma You don't understand! He needs his eyes!
Kathy He needs his mother!
Selma No!
Kathy Yes! Alive!
Selma NO!!
Kathy Listen to reason for once, Selma! Selma...
Selma I listen to my heart...
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Dancer in the Dark
A Conversation About Perception and Understanding
Jeff You can't see, can you?
Selma What is there to see?
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Dancer in the Dark
Finding Light in a World of Shadows
Taglines In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.
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Dancer in the Dark
Finding Music in Hardship
Selma Ježková I've got little games I play when it goes really hard. When I'm working in the factory... and the machines, they make these... rhythms... And I just start dreaming, and it all becomes music.
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Dancer in the Dark
Seeing Beyond Sight
Taglines You don't need eyes to see.
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Dancer in the Dark
The Illusion of Musicals in Dreams
Selma Ježková I used to dream that I was in a musical coz in a musical nothing dreadful ever happens.
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Dancer in the Dark
Dreams of America in a Tin of Candy
Selma Ježková In Czechoslovakia, I saw a film, and they were eating candy from a tin just like this. I thought to myself... how wonderful it must be in the United States.
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Dancer in the Dark
Nostalgia for Endless Films and Childhood Memories
Selma You know when the camera goes really big and it comes up out of the roof, and you just know that it's gonna end? I hate that. I used to cheat on that when I was a little girl back in Czechoslovakia. I would leave the cinema just after the next to last song, and the film would just go on forever. It's lovely, isn't it?
Bill That is lovely.
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Dancer in the Dark
Dreaming of Joy in Quiet Moments
Brenda Why don't you try to think of something nice, all right?
Selma It's just so quiet here.
Brenda What's that got to do with it, Selma?
Selma You know, when I used to work in the factory... I used to dream that I was in a musical... Because, in a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens.
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Dancer in the Dark
Musicals and the Nature of Expression
Jeff Look, I don't understand. In musicals... why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden? I mean, I don't suddenly start... to sing and dance.
Selma No... You're right, Jeff. You don't.
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Dancer in the Dark
Desire for Connection Amidst Tragic Awareness
Jeff Why did you have him? You knew he would have the same disease as you.
Selma I just wanted to hold a little baby... just in my arms.
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