Films Screened in ARTS 1301
We watch one feature film in this class each semester. There is a "Movie Critique Sheet" assigned as well.
While I cannot say what film we will watch this semester, this document contains links to all the films I have
ever screened in this course over the years. I hope you enjoy this semester's film!
Blue Velvet
Welcome to college. This is one of my favorites! "Pabst Blue Ribbon! Mr. Candyman!"
Matewan
This is about my home state... "Mind your dress, Ma, he's bleedin' like a stuck pig."
Little Miss Sunshine
I couldn't believe this led to a class debate on the appropriateness of child beauty pageants. "Grandpa
won't wake up."
Map of the Human Heart
I've shown this many times. Students like it. "Holy Boy, F--K YOU!"
Wild at Heart
upsetting to many students... "Those toenails dry yet, sweetheart? We got some dancin' to do."
Citizen Kane
Its a sled ??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Welcome to Sarajevo
Want to see what war is like?
Trainspotting
"We called him Mother Superior on account of the length of his habit." This has been the most chatted
about film I've shown... the overall favorite so far...
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. " ...a comedy about nuclear war... many
students did not get it...
You Can Count on Me
Are you lucky enough to have an uncle Terry?
Sideways
This movie is a satire about lying. "No rock. When she came to the bar, sans rock."
Limbo
This film really angered the students. The ending enraged many. "We're on a survival school camping
trip! I mean, this is what they call quality time, isn't it?"
North by Northwest
a favorite Hitchcock... "Well, didn't you hear what I said? I want to be take to police headquarters. I'm
a dangerous assassin, I'm a mad killer on the loose."
The Great Santini
My dad recommended this to me... finally I watched it and - wow! "Watch yer' six!"... "Nothin' but the
best for my hogs"...
Munich
Avner chose to turn the light off. "Just don't think about it."
Rear Window
Grace Kelly really lit up the screen. "We think Thorwald's guilty"...
Sunshine State
"The important thing is to keep that smile on your face, even when you're drowning."
The Rainmaker
"There's gotta be a hundred years of law experience sitting at this very table. My staff has flunked the
bar exam six times. "
Lost in Translation
"Let's never come here again because it will never be as much fun. "
The Evening Star
"There she is, the evening star. She shines first, she shines brightest, and she shines longest. "
Lone Star
"Back in the 1960's, a reporter from a national magazine went to the governor of our Lone Star state,
and asked, "Governor, what's your idea of what a real Texan ought to be?" And the governor said,
"Son, that's easy. Just go down to Rio County and get a look at Sheriff Buddy Deeds." "...Forget the
Alamo."
The Handmaid's Tale"
"We pledge allegiance to the Bible. The Old Testament shall be our sole and only Constitution."
The Boondock Saints
"So Duffy, you got any theories to go with that... tie?"
The Pelican Brief
Darby Shaw: Everyone I have told about the brief is dead. Gray Grantham: I take my chances.
Runaway Jury
Trials are too important to be decided by juries.
Frida
"I'm just keeping you honest, panzon."
A History of Violence
Everyone has something to hide.
Nine Lives
"Each woman is a universe." "How come they say cats have nine lives?"
Jacob's Ladder
This one will make you forget your problems for two hours. "Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only
thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments.
They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're
frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've
made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth."
Roger & Me
"So this was GM chairman Roger Smith. And he appeared to have a brilliant plan: First, close 11
factories in the U.S, then open 11 in Mexico where you pay the workers 70 cents an hour. Then, use
the money you've saved by building cars in Mexico to take over other companies, preferably high-tech
firms and weapons manufacturers."
Half Nelson
"Man... I'm sweating like George Bush on Judgment Day."
Gran Torino
"I used to stack f---s likes you five feet high in Korea... use ya for sand bags."
Deliverance
"The law? Ha! What law? WHERE'S THE LAW, DREW?"
No Country for Old Men
"Mister? You got a bone stickin' out of your arm."
Down in the Valley
...a delusional man who believes he's a cowboy and the relationship that he starts with a rebellious
young woman...
The Wrestler
"The only place I get hurt is out there." [Randy points away from the ring]
i am sam
"I love you like the song."
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Now more than ever we need the Jedi.
Persepolis
Marjane's grandmother: Fear lulls our minds to sleep.
Jaws
“You're gonna need a bigger boat.”
The Heart of the Game
One of the things really that makes coaching fun is when you tell teenagers "Go do 'ABC'", and
they'll look at you and say "Yes, we're going to go do 'ABC'", and they're excited about "ABC", and
five seconds later you watch them do "XYZ", and sometimes I'll ask them "Why did you do 'XYZ'?"
and they never have an answer. They always look at you like, "Why would you ask a question like
that?"
Fatal Attraction
You play fair with me, I'll play fair with you.
Inglourious Basterds
I love rumors! Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.
The Contender
Who doesn't want a shortcut to greatness?
The Firm
Somewhere, inside, in the dark, the firm is listening.
Idiocracy
I'm Secretary of State, brought to you by Carl's Jr.
Shawshank Redemption
Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Play the sunset.
Match Point
So tell me, what's a beautiful young American ping-pong player doing mingling among the British
upper class?
Stand By Me
I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
Office Space
“But, but… I was told I would receive a piece of cake.”
Fight Club
Losing all hope is freedom
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
No one was supposed to get hurt.
The Edge
“Most people who die in the woods die of shame.”
Salvador
“It is widely rumored sir, that you are the head of the death squads terrorizing the countryside of
the city!”
Michael Clayton
The Truth Can Be Adjusted
Bob Roberts
Vote first. Ask questions later. “…and they’ll complain and complain and complain and complain…”
Heathers
“Well, f---- me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Teresa?”