5/18/2011

30 Day Film Challenge Day 8: The Film You Can Quote Best

I hate to do it because I already used Boogie Nights once, but the simple truth is that I know this film inside and out, and on a good day I can quote Philip Baker Hall's awesome monologue here verbatim. While this one bit alone is about as quotable as it gets("butter in my ass, lollipops in my mouth"), there are a number of perfect little lines sprinkled throughout: The Colonel's snide "Oh you think so, doctor?" after a girl overdoses at the party; or Dirk Diggler's nonsensical Napoleon rant "People were constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire"; or Reed Rothchild comparing himself to Han Solo. Paul Thomas Anderson's script is just brilliant and memorable.



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