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Adam 2022-10-14 22:24:48
[Film Review] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 8.2/10
This Powell-Pressburger's pièce de résistence, which eulogizes the quintessential “Englishness”, is a lavish moonshot on show, not least for its renowned Technicolor sumptuousness that transmogrifies studio-bound fakery into manufactured imagery of an eyeful. The titular Colonel Blimp, a beloved...
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp quotes
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Spud Wilson: You say war starts at midnight, how do you know the enemy says so too?
Clive Candy: But, my dear fellow, that was agreed, wasn't it?
Spud Wilson: Agreed my foot! How many agreements have been kept by the enemy since this war started? We agree to keep to the rules of the game and they go on kicking us in the pants!
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Clive Candy: I've been serving my country for 44 years. What was your position before this one, sir, eh?
B.B.C. Official: A lawyer.
Clive Candy: A lawyer? Well, I was a soldier. And before that I suppose you were at college, and I was a soldier. And I was a soldier when you were a baby. And before you were born, sir, when you were nothing but a toss-up between a girl's and a boy's name, I was a soldier then.
