Saturday, August 6, 2005

AFI #083 Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula from Dracula (1931)

Count Dracula: I am Dracula. Renfield: Oh. It's really good to see you. I don't know what happened to the driver and my luggage,and... well, and with all this, I thought I was in the wrong place. Count Dracula: I bid you welcome. [Dracula goes up the stairs. Renfield starts to follow him. Suddenly, Dracula hears wolves howling.] Count Dracula: Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. [Dracula goes up the steps, and waits for Renfield, who without difficulty, cuts open a huge spider's web using his walking stick.] Count Dracula: The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly. The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield. Renfield: Why, er... yes. - Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula from Dracula (1931) Bolded portion is ranked #83 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Friday, August 5, 2005

AFI #084 Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham from King Kong (1933)

Denham: Let me through, officer, my name's Denham...Lieutenant, I'm Carl Denham. Passerby: Denham? He's the one that captured the monster! Police Lieutenant: Well, Denham, the airplanes got him. Denham: Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes.It was beauty killed the beast. - Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham from King Kong (1933) Bolded portion is ranked #84 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.