Inexplicably feels like a dreamlike scene

Germaine 2022-09-29 23:26:10

I watched it when I was about seven or eight years old. I don't know why this film left such a deep impression on me when I was young. I have only watched this film once, but the three scenes of drinking whiskey, burning tobacco and narcotic drugs for warmth and the ending are extremely impressive and unforgettable to this day. The ending is especially dreamy under the whitewash of memories: the hostess is working in the office, and the male host comes to her in crocodile leather shoes. It's clear and has no aftertaste.

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Romancing the Stone quotes

  • Joan Wilder: Excuse me, mister. Can you tell where can I get to a telephone?

    Jack Colton: No, lady. I don't have any idea. I'm sorry.

    Joan Wilder: But it's very important that I get to one.

    Jack Colton: Well, we've all got our problems today. Don't we?

    Joan Wilder: Can you tell me where the nearest town is?

    Jack Colton: English speaking? How about Miami?

    Joan Wilder: Will there be another bus?

    Jack Colton: Another bus? This is it.

    [looks around a deserted, dirt mountain road]

    Jack Colton: You've got rush hour.

    Joan Wilder: I need to get to Cartagena.

    Jack Colton: Cartagena? Angel, you are hell and gone from Cartagena. Cartagena's over there on the coast.

    Joan Wilder: But they told me this bus...

    Jack Colton: Who told you that? Who told you this bus was going to Cartagena?

    Joan Wilder: That man...

    Jack Colton: That nice man who pulled a gun on you? What else did he tell you?

  • Jack Colton: [Jack and Joan find the stone in a cave] Jesus Christ, we're in a lot of trouble.

    Ralph: [surprising them, holding a gun] Understatement of the year, asshole.

    Jack Colton: [to Joan] Is there anybody who *isn't* following you?

    Ralph: Put the goods in the bag.

    [Jack surrenders the stone]

    Ralph: Now move it, before Batman comes home.