There's always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs after you.
I was going to do one more Showgirls-related post before the proverbial lights of the Stardust go dim. It was going to be a compendium of the best Showgirls characters and their defining quotes... and then I saw Eric's post. How can you compete with that? Not only is it hilarious and super tech-savvy (the screen captures lead to mp3s!), it's thorough. I thought my coup de grace was going to be the inclusion of the little-discussed-but-personally-beloved Latina Personnel Woman (Irene Olga Lopez) and her supremely depressing interaction with
However, that doesn't mean that I can't still post my ghetto-ass screen-capture of my pick for the number one Showgirls quote:
Don't speak French? Head over to Eric's and listen to it for yourself. (He ranks it at Number 3.)
posted by Ben @ 4:01 PM
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Ne te fasse de passe! Brilliance!
I haven't seen Showgirls, but I just discovered your blog and love the diversity--and Malle's Elevator to the Gallows is one of my favorites!
Oh, and great blog title, too. Sciascia is one of my favorite writers, and I just read "The Wine Dark Sea" last month. (Or am I reading the reference wrong?)
-Cullen (Cinema Journal)
Thanks, Cullen.
The origin of my blog title goes like this: a couple years ago I was at a friends house, hungover, feeling blah. I picked up an old paperback copy of the Odyssey. In that translation all the references to the wine-dark sea were translated as "the wine-colored sea." So I stole that and used it. (I must profess my ignorance of Mr.Sciascia... Now I feel compelled to catch up.)
The Odyssey! Geez, it's been too long since I last read that... it never even crossed my mind. Thanks for pointing out the reference that Sciascia was making!
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