"Women love love; men love solitude. So why throw them together? To rob one another of solitude and love."
"A woman can't do much to ruin a man. He carries his tragedy within him. She can provoke him, irritate him, she can kill him. That's all."
The most honest movie ever made. Celluloid Seferis.
Bruce, I love you, buddy, but you should have known: no force on Earth can stop the people of SRBIJA.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
Quite possibly the most misunderstood movie of all time; Roger Ebert for once got something right, by defending it way back in 1996. A parody of action films done perfectly, avoiding modern self-referentiality and constant wink-winks. Perhaps the first successful remake-quel to (n)ever come out of the Hollywood machine, as it deliberately repeats and mocks beats from Escape from New York (e.g. Plissken finds and rests on a random chair,…
"To wives and sweethearts. May they never meet."
An absorbing, triumphant masterpiece that has steadily climbed and solidified its place among my all time favorites. Peter Weir beautifully translates the Patrick O'Brian novels on screen, creating a marvelous combination between the sensibilities and grandiose ideas of a David Lean epic, and the highest technical qualities and action of its day.
If it weren't for the fact that Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany are well-known contemporary stars, I would have never…
