Quiet Film Lover Gifts

'Do you have any silent movies? My volume switch is broken.'

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

"I'll do the movie but I want to be highly compensated and highly acclaimed."

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

"Death Star? Is that in the Valley?"

"Gone with the wind with cats" "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." "Me neither, who cares—let's take a nap."

"Housekeeping?!"

Buster Keaton

'I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.'

Kirsten Johnson

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, in all the solar systems, in all the galaxies, in all the universe, she walks into mine.

A 1920's film director with hand-cranked camera and megaphone.

'They're alright if you like Charlie Chaplin inflight movies.'

Ennio Morricone

Jack Nicholson

"I'm just gonna reach in my back pocket real slow-like and turn off my ringer."

'...tonights main feature is silent and in black and white.'

Laurel and Hardy

Ask Sadie! I just read an article where Daisy Ridley said J.J. Abrams wrote drafts for Episode VIII and Episode IX. And then Rian Johnson THREW THAT OUT and went a whole different direction. This makes me lose all faith in Star Wars. Am I overreacting? **Actual reader question. Excellent question. This reminds me of the time I saw Gone with the Wind on opening day. I was the invited guest of an elderly veteran of the Civil War. He couldn't stop yammering about how seceding from the union didn't

Interesting encounters in history.

Charlie Chaplin

At a silent moment - I don't know Slim, it's quiet.. a little too quiet.

Djargo.

An early turning-point in old Hollywood...

Phantom of Casablanca

Al Pacino

Shirley MacLaine caricature

Tenafly International Film Festival

'Kiss me Hardy.'

John Wayne

Titanic 100th anniversary

'Life is like a box of chocolate laxatives!' - Forest Grump

"See you there at seven. And the dress code is business noir."

I told you Norman Bates and Oedipus would have a lot to talk about.

Marlon Brando