Daniel Schorr: Discovering the object of the game *is* the object of the game.
[Nicholas van Orten loses a shoe when climbing a fire-escape ladder]

Nicholas: There goes a thousand dollars.

Christine: Your shoes cost a thousand dollars?

Nicholas: That one did.
[In a fancy restaurant]

Conrad: I've been here before.

Nicholas: I took you here for your birthday.

Conrad: No, I used to buy crystal meth from the Maitre D.
Conrad: They just fuck you and they fuck you and they fuck you, and then just when you think it's all over, that's when the real fucking starts!
Nicholas: I'm being toyed with by a bunch of depraved children
Jim Feingold: The game is tailored specifically to each participant. Think of it as a great vacation, except you don't go to it, it comes to you.
Jim Feingold: We're like an experiential Book-of-the-Month Club.
Nicholas: I don't care about the money. I'm pulling back the curtain. I want to meet the wizard.
Conrad: This is for you.

Nicholas: You shouldn't have.

Conrad: What do you get for the man who has... everything?

Nicholas: [reading card] "Consumer Recreation Services." Well, I do have golf clubs.

Conrad: Call that number.

Nicholas: Why?

Conrad: Make your life... fun.

Nicholas: Fun.

Conrad: You know what that is... uh, you've seen other people have it.
Nicholas: Did I have a choice? Did I have a choice?
Conrad: They won't leave me alone! I'm a goddam human piñata!
Nicholas: No, what is this? What are you... selling?

Jim Feingold: Oh. It's a game.
New Member Ted: This was the best one *ever*!

Jim Feingold: [shakes Nicholas's hand] You know, thank God you jumped, because if you didn't, I was supposed to throw you off!
Samuel Sutherland: [Nicholas is making rounds at his birthday party] Nicholas, I haven't a *clue* what's going on, but your taste in champagne is excellent, as always.

Anson Baer: It was a *great* entrance!
Nicholas: What's that?

Conrad: [signs document] This... is... the bill.

Nicholas: Do you want to split it?

Conrad: [exhales] Oh God yes! I'll take some of that...

[shows Nicholas enormous number at bottom of receipt]

Nicholas: [shocked look] Oh my God...
Nicholas: And you really believe that just because you publish children's books, people are going to care about my reputation? You can have pictures of me wearing nipple rings, butt-fucking Captain Kangaroo. The only thing they care about is the stock and whether that stock is up or down!
Daniel Schorr: [on TV] There's a tiny camera looking at you right now.

Nicholas: That's impossible.

Daniel Schorr: You're right, impossible. You're having a conversation with your television.
Nicholas: [In the stopped elevator] I'll give you a boost.

Christine: You first.

Nicholas: This isn't an attempt to be gallant. If I don't lift you, how are you going to get there?

Christine: You pull me up.

Nicholas: It's much easier this way. Come on, step up...

Christine: No.

Nicholas: Please...

Christine: I'm not wearing underwear. Okay? There, I said it. Satisfied?

Nicholas: [Looks at her skirt] Oh. Fine.
Nicholas: So, you've played recently?

New Member Ted: Oh, about a year ago. I was working in Los Angeles.

Nicholas: I hear the London office is very good, too. It just sounds like a lot of fantasy, role-playing nonsense.

New Member Ted: [leans in] You wanna know what it is? What it's all about?

[Nicholas leans closer]

New Member Ted: John 9:25.

Nicholas: I... haven't been to Sunday school in a long time.

New Member Ted: 'Whereas once I was blind, now I can see.'

[rises]

New Member Ted: Good night, Nicholas. Best of luck.

Nicholas: Good night.
Nicholas: You don't know anything about society, Marie; you don't have the satisfaction of avoiding it.
Daniel Schorr: [on TV] A staggering 57% of American workers believe there is a very real chance they will be unemployed in the next 5 to 7 years. But what does that matter to a bloated millionaire fat-cat like you?
Christine: What *is* the going rate for a trapped-in-an-elevator adventure?
Christine: You got a shower in your office?

Nicholas: Yeah.

Christine: You an athlete or something?

Nicholas: No, I'm an investment banker.
Nicholas: [leveling gun at carjacker] I am extremely fragile right now.
[last lines]

Christine: Would you like to have coffee with me at the airport?
Conrad: I just found myself laying naked on a beach near Ibiza and all of a sudden it clicked: October 12th, Nicky's birthday.

Nicholas: October 11th.

Conrad: Whatever.
Nicholas: You can't smoke here.

Conrad: I'm with you.

Nicholas: It's illegal to smoke in restaurants in California.

Conrad: Fuck California!
Nicholas: Seymour Butts. Never get tired of that one.
Nicholas: I got this key out of a mouth of this... wooden clown.

Christine: ...Never mind.
Nicholas: [when he and Christine wind up in composters] Dinner for two, please.
New Member Ted: You know, I envy you. I wish I could go back and do it for the first time, all over again. Here's to new experiences.
Elizabeth: Have you had a nice birthday?

Nicholas Van Orton: Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress?

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Extended Reading

The Game short comments

Jadon 2021-10-20 19:01:18

A game for the rich, isn't it? In fact, you can send a few killers directly to pretend to throw him down from the World Trade Center, so that he can regain his life, and the shots of jumping off the building are very beautiful. David’s movies leave the climax blooming at the end. When the answer to the game is finally revealed, it is estimated that the audience in the movie theater is as happy as the festival, relieved...
Milton 2021-10-20 19:01:18

David Fincher is still in the thriller style and has always remained suspenseful. The atmosphere of a large number of night scene lighting perspectives and soundtracks is rendered very well. All elements serve for the genre, so the plot should not be too real, and Douglas's character is unstable. It fits the setting of a character who becomes a marionette (DVD cover). The supporting role is good, and I heard sweetness, but I haven't seen this film, the archive film.