Best Boy (1979)
“At age 52, Philly began to go to school.”
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“At age 52, Philly began to go to school.”
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“How did you know I’d respond to you the way I have?”
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“Something is very wrong with this town.”
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“You say my mind is affecting my legs. You’re wrong: it’s my legs that are affecting my mind.”
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“Blood. Caste. Besides, we always have breeding records to go by. Sometimes we guess. We always pray. You will pray, too.”
“We don’t murder; we kill.”
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Response to Peary’s Review: … and “Marvin with the little boy from the concentration camp.” Fuller emphasizes the “surreal aspects of war, from bizarre images and nightmarish situations to soldiers carrying on everyday conversations although their friends have just died in battle or they themselves may die a moment later.” He argues that “if you were disappointed when you first saw” this flick, “give it another try — it really improves the second time around.” Redeeming Qualities:
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“What madness to have hidden such a jewel!”
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“I am nothing but a spectacle of an ill-fated woman.”
“You mean more to me than any scientific truth.”
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“Because that’s what the Fuhrer wants. But we must like each other, because we are all in the same boat.”
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