All We Knew Is Dead

The Velvet Vampire (1971) - Stephanie Rothman

- Susan, have you ever noticed how men envy us?

- Envy us, how?

- The pleasure we have that only we can have. We can’t help it. It’s just our nature, the way we are. And in their secret hearts, they hate us for it because they can never know what it’s like.

Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1947) - Hans Fallada Sie hatten noch nicht begriffen, dass es in diesem Kriegs-Deutschland ein privates Leben überhaupt nicht mehr gab. Kein Sichzurückziehen rettete davor, dass jeder Deutsche zur Allgemeinheit der Deutschen gehörte und das deutsche Schicksal miterleben musste – so wie ja auch die immer zahlreicher werdenden Bomben wahllos auf Gerechte wie Ungerechte fielen.

Scarecrow (1973) - Jerry Schatzberg

The crows are laughin'… I guess the fish are reciting poetry…

The Conversation (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola

You're not supposed to feel anything about it.

Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen

Lately the strangest things have been going through my mind.

Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen

All the books on death and dying are yours, and all the poetry books are mine.

La bête / The Beast (2023) - Bertrand Bonello

Ça rend vivant, l'angoisse.

Uncle Yanco (1968) - Agnes Varda

The night has tremendous charm too. I compare the night to God.

Ô Saisons Ô Châteaux (1958) - Agnès Varda

Ô saisons, ô châteaux, Quelle âme est sans défaut?

Ô saisons, ô châteaux,

J'ai fait la magique étude Du bonheur,que nul n'élude.

Ô vivre lui, chaque fois Que chante son coq gaulois.

Mais! je n'aurais plus d'envie, Il s'est chargé de ma vie.

Ce charme! il prit âme et corps, et dispersa tous efforts.

Que comprendre à ma parole? Il fait qu'elle fuit et vole!

Ô saisons, ô châteaux!

Et, si le malheur m'entraîne, Sa disgrâce m'est certaine.

Il faut que son dédain, las! Me livre au plus prompt trépas!

Ô Saisons, ô Châteaux!

- Arthur Rimbaud

Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Buster Keaton

There is an old proverb which says: Don't try to do two things at once and expect to do justice to both. This is the story of a boy who tried it. While employed as a moving picture operator in a small town theater he was also studying to be a detective.

The Color of Pomegranates (1969) - Sergei Parajanov

A book must be cherished and loved, for a book is both life and soul. If there were no written word, the ignorant would rule the world. Read a book loudly for all to hear, for not everyone can read.

Hairspray (1988) - John Waters

l happen to be the height of teen fashion.

The Aesthetics of Mythmaking in German Postwar Culture (2024) -André Fischer

The enigma of appearance and inaccessibility are characteristic of artworks as phenomena for our experience, fleeting images of what does not exist.

The General (1927) - Buster Keaton

The Great Dictator (1940) - Charlie Chaplin.

Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.