If there鈥檚 one thing you can count on at a film festival, it鈥檚 the memorable one-liners you鈥檒l hear on and off screen.
My favourite so far is a line by Juliette Lewis, one of the stars of Max McGuire鈥檚 Foreverland.
鈥淓go eggs cracked into an omelette of enlightenment,鈥� says her character, an eccentric aunt recalling a domestic dispute.
Two others also happen to be from Foreverland, which was notable for many reasons, particularly for its witty screenplay.
鈥淐ancer is the Coca-Cola of killer diseases,鈥� declares Laurence Leboeuf鈥檚 character.
Matt Frewer鈥檚 character, a droll funeral director also got big laughs at Sunday鈥檚 screening when he deadpanned while showing off caskets to Max Thieriot鈥檚 morbidly curious protagonist: 鈥淩epeat customers are such a rarity in this business.鈥�
And from the real world:
A female patron, annoyed because her husband wasn鈥檛 with her at a Sunday screening, overheard saying: 鈥淗e鈥檚 watching the Stupidbowl.鈥�
鈥淗ouse of Pleasures is the most inappropriately titled movie at this festival,鈥� said an unidentified festivalgoer at the gala.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 realize I was coming to a funeral,鈥� quipped Urs V. Strausak, Consul General of Switzerland, after Iain Hooey delivered a silly faux eulogy for celluloid before the erotic opening feature started.
鈥淛ohn! What happened? Did you f@#$ her?,鈥� John Landis, laughingly recalling a phone call from the late John Belushi in response to a scathing review Landis received from then-New York Times film critic Janet Maslin.
