The Dark Crystal (1982) - Quotes

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: [[w:Trevor Jones|Trevor Jones; http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2013/01/14/1141982/ Jim Henson's Red Book] * ], as quoted in , Henson.com (January 14, 2013).

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: From the very first in scoring the music for The Dark Crystal, I set out to find two melodic ideas — one for the Mystics, the other for the Skeksis. These two motifs, when counterpointed, fuse to become one, and in the Great Conjunction at the film’s climax, they join to become the central theme.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: [[w:The World of the Dark Crystal|The World of the Dark Crystal] * Brian Froud, from "A Journey Into The Dark Crystal", the opening essay to the 2003 edition of ]

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: It had always been our intention to create a tale with the weight of myth; a story that felt as though it had been told many times before in another land, another age, another world; a story whose profound, universal truth is revealed in the retelling. Since the movie continues to be used in philosophy, religion and metaphysics classes as well as in film seminars, we seem to have succeeded.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: * Kenneth von Gunden (1989), Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films, p. 30.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: The Dark Crystal is a difficult film to categorize, evaluate, and appreciate. For every positive thing one can say about it, a corresponding negative can be cited: It is a brilliantly conceived world... inhabited by less than compelling central characters; it is a marvel of technological achievement... all but undone by the limitations of technology; it is a very adult fantasy... that works best for undemanding adolescents; and, finally, it is a triumph of the puppeteer's art... which cannot escape its Muppet origins.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: * Brian Froud

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: [...; of the Skeksis who plot against each other] I once saw this film in Italian, and it was hilarious. This scene , in particular, was a lot of fun, because when listen to it Italian, it's like a demented Vatican.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: [[Taron Egerton; https://io9.gizmodo.com/taron-egerton-lisa-henson-on-finding-hope-in-the-melan-1836558654 Taron Egerton, Lisa Henson on Finding Hope in the 'Melancholy' of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance] *], as quoted in , Io9.gizmodo.com, July 20, 2019

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: I think that the original movie, for anyone who’s a fan of it and fell in love with it, I do think melancholy is an intrinsic part of it. That’s part of the charm of it and the love of it.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: [[w:Kari Byron|Kari Byron; http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/2770/Kari-Byron/ "Kari Byron: Mythbusters"] * ], as quoted in , Suicidegirls (Mar 30, 2011).

Quotes about The Dark Crystal: [digital effects are; old-school effects] Remember The Dark Crystal? How cool was that freaking movie? I would watch that any day over all of the digitized junk that I see now. Sure, beautiful, but the are so visceral and so real — the actual puppets and models, and actors interacting with monsters that they could see instead of a green screen.

Aughra: What was sundered and undone shall be whole, the two made one.

urSkek leader: [Jen carries Kira's dead body in his arms; about Kira's dead body; Kira revives] And now the prophecy is fulfilled. We are again one. Many ages ago, in our arrogance and delusion, we shattered the pure Crystal and our world split apart. Your courage and sacrifice have made us whole, and restored the true power of the Crystal. Hold her to you. She is part of you, as we all are part of each other. Now we leave you the Crystal of Truth. Make your world in its light.

Jen: Wings? I don’t have wings.

Kira: Of course not. You're a boy.

Emperor: Is it ready?

Scientist: [the Emperor consumes the liquid and lumbers over to the mirror] Very fresh. Very strong, sire. Oh, it will make you young again, sire.

Emperor: [sees his hand withering again; furiously; throws the essence bottle to the ground] Young! Young! Yes, young! You fraud!

Scientist: [backing away in terror] Wait! Please, sire!

Emperor: [angrily brushes the bottles off the Scientist's desk; storms off] LIAR! Slave squeezer...!

Scientist: [through labored breaths] It always worked better when we used Gelflings...

Jen: [while riding the Landstriders] The prophecy didn't say anything about this!

Kira: Prophets don't know everything!

Ritual Master: Watch your tongue, harridan! We are lords of the Crystal!

Aughra: [sitting down on the ground] Lords? Not for long! What about the prophecy, that a Gelfling will end Skeksis power? He'll come! Make you crawl, like the worms you are!

Jen: You...Gelfling? Like me?

Kira: [surprised] Well, yes!

Jen: But, I thought I was the only one.

Kira: I thought I was.

Jen: I'm looking for Aughra.

Aughra: Who sent you?

Jen: My master, wisest of the Mystics.

Aughra: Where is he? Around here?

Jen: He's dead.

Aughra: Could be anywhere, then.

Jen: Are you Aughra?

Aughra: Are you afraid of me? Think I'm going to EAT YOU?! Hmm? What do you want of me?

Jen: A shard. A Crystal shard.

Aughra: [''to vines''] That's all you want? A Crystal shard? Hmph! Drop him.

Ornamentalist: Oh yes, my lord Chamberlain, time to choose an Emperor.

Chamberlain: Yes, it should be me!

General: Not him, I must rule!

Treasurer: [to High Priest] You could be the Emperor.

Ornamentalist: There's going to be a fight!

Chamberlain: [cunningly] It's time to make...my move.

Jen: [arriving home] Master?

Master: At the time when three suns meet...

Jen: Master! What's wrong?

Master: You are in danger, Gelfling...and I must leave you.

Jen: Leave me? Master, no!

Master: Gelfling, I have told you of the Skeksis.

Jen: The Skeksis killed my mother and father.

Master: The story runs deeper than you know, and you are part of it.

Jen: I don't understand.

Master: The Skeksis will vow to destroy you...for the prophecy says you must find the shard. The Crystal shard.

Jen: The Crystal shard?

Master: To save our world, Gelfling, you must find the shard...before the three suns meet. If not, Skeksis rule forever.

Jen: Where is it?

Master: Aughra holds the shard. Follow the greater sun for a day to the home of Aughra...there. She knows all the secrets.

Jen: Aughra? Follow the greater sun? But master, I'm only a Gelfling.

Master: [resting his head, passing away] I should've told you these things long ago. Now it is up to you. Remember me, Jen. We may meet in another life...but not again in this one.

Jen: [sorrowful] Master...don't leave me.

urZah: [at the Master's funeral] Dear friend, be well. Receive your belongings, receive them serenely. Now we send forth Jen. Watch over his dangerous quest.

Ritual Master: Crystal bats, fly! Search the land! Search the water! Search the sky!

Scientist: The reflector will capture the beams of the Dark Crystal floating high above. Look into the reflector, Podling. Feel the power of the Dark Crystal!

Aughra: [[death] Stupid Garthim! You want Gelfling? Why not ask me?! No — easier to send your crab-brained soldiers, burn my home! Now home gone, Gelfling gone — nothing but Aughra! Mouldy mildew, mother of mouthmuck, dangle and strangle and ]!

Aughra: [[end; [beginning; [change; [good; [bad] The Great Conjunction is the ] of the world! Or the ]. Hm! End, begin, all the same. Big ]. Sometimes ], sometimes ].

Aughra: [snorts] A thousand years ago, there was a Great Conjunction. I was there. Three suns lined up. That's when the Crystal cracked. That's when the Skeksis appeared, and the Mystics. Another Great Conjunction coming up! Anything could happen. Whole world might burn up. End of Aughra! Hm!

Aughra: But Gelfling all dead! Garthim kill them all! You can't be Gelfling! You look like Gelfling... smell like Gelfling... maybe you are Gelfling!

Jen: * Reading prophecy about the Dark Crystal

Jen: [[sun; [hand] When single shines the triple ] What was sundered and undone Shall be whole, the two made one By Gelfling ] or else by none.

Jen: [[Sun] What in the world? This place is weird. Let's see. Her name is Aughra. "Follow the Greater ] for a day to the home of Aughra." Hmph. Some directions! Who is Aughra, anyway? One of these things? Maybe she murders Gelflings. What am I doing here?

Historian: In the valley of the Mystics, there lives a Gelfling, Jen. The Skeksis killed his family, destroyed his clan. Only Jen survived, to be raised by the wisest of the Mystics. But there is a prophecy. A thousand years have passed, and now, once more, the world must undergo a time of testing. Now it must be healed, or pass forever into the rule of evil. At this time, Jen is the chosen one. Today, Jen's pipe gives no comfort. For today, his master lies dying. And a journey must begin; the journey of Jen.

Historian: A thousand years ago, the Crystal cracked. And here, far from the castle, the race of Mystics came to live in a dream of peace. Their ways were the gentle ways of natural wizards. Yet now there are only ten. A dying race, numbly rehearsing the ancient ways in a blur of forgetfulness. But today, the ritual gives no comfort. Today, the wisest of the Mystics lies dying. Today, they summon the one who must save them.

Historian: Another world, another time, in the age of wonder. A thousand years ago, this land was green and good, until the Crystal cracked. For a single piece was lost; a shard of the Crystal. Then strife began, and two new races appeared: the cruel Skeksis, the gentle Mystics. Here in the castle of the Crystal, the Skeksis took control. Now the Skeksis gather in the sacred chamber, where the Crystal hangs above a shaft of air and fire. The Skeksis with their hard and twisted bodies, their harsh and twisted wills. For a thousand years they have ruled, yet now there are only ten. A dying race, ruled by a dying emperor, imprisoned within themselves in a dying land. Today, once more, they gather at the Crystal as the first sun climbs to its peak. For this is the way of the Skeksis. As they ravaged the land, so too they learned to draw new life from the sun. Today, once more, they will replenish themselves, cheat death again, through the power of their source, their treasure, their fate - the Dark Crystal. But today, the ceremony of the sun gives no comfort. Today, an emperor lies dying. Today, a new emperor must seize the throne.