The Best Soundbites from AFI 100 Movies Special — Who Said What?
If you’re still scratching your head over the AFI’s latest 100 movies list, let it go. We can bicker and dicker about what’s where on that list all night long. Let’s just one thing’s clear: Martin Scorsese is the new industry darling… finally.
Instead, here are some of the best soundbites from the AFI TV presentation of the list.
Lawrence of Arabia (#7)
As a piece of visual work, it’s pretty intimidating. Amazing. — Sydney Pollack
We made it in Arabia … we were 400 miles from the nearest water. Wow. — Peter O’Toole
Star Wars (#13)
We really wanted it to be one of those Errol Flynn action movies. — George Lucas
Apocalypse Now (#30)
The film felt strangely psychedelic but still very real. — Harrison Ford
It was all improvised (speaking of scenes with Marlon Brando). Marlon starts throwing bananas at me at one point and I said, “That’s it, I’m out of here.” — Dennis Hopper
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#33)
Nicholson is some sort of cosmic treat. To work with him, everything is different every time. It’s extraordinary. – Shirley Maclaine
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (#34)
At that time (the film’s release), nobody thought an animated cartoon could entertain an audience at a feature length. — John Lasseter
The Deer Hunter (#53)
Christopher Walken is a revelation. He and De Niro together are breathtaking. — Martin Sheen
Jaws (#56)
The magic … is Steven’s ability to terrify you without ever showing you anything. — Richard Dreyfuss
I hadn’t planned for Jaws to be a movie where you had to wait an hour to see the shark. Only because [the shark] didn’t work did you have to wait to see the darned thing. — Steven Spielberg
Raiders of the Lost Ark (#66)
I had one of the best times of my entire life working on that picture. – Steven Spielberg
Tootsie (#69)
I figured if I’m going to be a woman, I want to be as beautiful as possible. And they said, “That’s as beautiful as we can get you.” …
(about men approaching only attractive women): There are too many interesting women I haven’t talked to in this life because I’ve been brainwashed. And that was never a comedy for me. — Dustin Hoffman
All The President’s Men (#77)
[The film] accomplished something: Make a thriller out of something that’s already happened, and where you know the end — Sydney Pollack
Titanic (#83)
[It] equals Casablanca as an iconic love story. — William Friedkin
Easy Rider (#84)
We had our own music, we had our own poetry… we didn’t have our own movie. — Peter Fonda
12 Angry Men (#87)
Henry Fonda could make you believe just about anything. — Sidney Lumet
Pulp Fiction (#94)
[It] is probably the best film of my generation. — M. Night Shyamalan
Note: Halle Berry did appear on the show. More than once. But telling everyone Jodie Foster is your favorite, or that Meryl Streep is amazing, is not particularly insightful or revelatory. But thanks for playing.
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