"R-O-S-E-B-U-D"

reče Charles Foster Kane na početku filma* i umre. Ovo je jedna od najupečatljivijih uvodnih scena u istoriji filma.

*Citizen Kane (1941)

Prošl put smo razgovarali o poslednjim rečima koje čujemo u nekom filmu pre nego što se upali svetlo u bioskopskoj sali. Nekako je sasvim logično da ova post bude o prvim rečima koje čujemo u filmu kada se svetla ugase. Evo nekih svetlih primera:

“This picture takes place in Paris in those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm --- and if a Frenchman turned out the light, it was not on account of an air raid!” Ninotchka (1939)

"Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!" Conana the Barbarian (1982)

“Yes, this is Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. It's about five o'clock in the morning. That's the Homicide Squad - complete with detectives and newspapermen. A murder has been reported from one of those great big houses in the ten thousand block. You'll read about it in the late editions, I'm sure...” Sunset blvd (1950)

“To me a dollar was a dollar in any language.” Gilda (1946)

“This is a Hallowe'en tale of Brooklyn, where anything can happen - - and it usually does. At 3 P.M. on this particular day, this was happening -”  Arsenic and old lace (1944)

“Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick (1956)

“He was the most extraordinary man I ever knew.” Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

"It started - for me, it started - last Thursday, in response to an urgent message from my nurse, I hurried home from a medical convention I'd been attending. At first glance, everything looked the same. It wasn't. Something evil had taken possession of the town." Invasion of the body snatchers (1956)

“I beg your pardon, but aren't you Guy Haines?” Strangers on a train (1951)

“Hey boy, what you doin' with my Mama's car? Wait there!” Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

“Apaches, Captain! The hills are swarmin' with 'em.” Stagecoach (1939)

“Will you just watch the hair? You know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair.” Saturday night fever (1977)

“Hello, gorgeous.” Funny girl (1968)

“Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Rebecca (1940)

“Somebody's comin', Pa.”
“Well, let him come.” Shane (1953)

“Who are you?”
“I am Death.” The seventh seal (1956)

“Gelsomina!....Gelsomina!” La strada (1956)

“I believe in America.” Godfather (1972)

“Saigon. Shit! I'm still only in Saigon. Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle...” Apocalypse now (1979)

Here you are, sir. Main Level D.” 2001 (1968)

“Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness.” Cat people (1942)

“You never did eat your lunch, did you?”
“I'd better get back to the office. These extended lunch hours give my boss excess acid.” Psycho (1960)

“There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.” A clockwork orange (1971)

“'Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion.' Uh, no, make that: 'He-he...romanticized it all out of proportion. Now...to him...no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.' Ahhh, now let me start this over...” Manhattan (1979) 

“My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already.” American beauty (1999)

"I was Sheriff of this county when I was 25 years old. Hard to believe." No country for old men (2007)

Senator Samuel Foley - dead, yeah, yeah, died a minute ago - here at St. Vincent's.” Mr. Smith goes to Washington (1939)