Expressions originating in films
Discussion
Johnspex said:
That's what I said. First the line (in the fifties) , then the song (in the fifties), then the saying (from the fifties onwards), then the movie ( from the seventies but about the fifties). OK?
It was easy to understand what you meant. A quick look suggests that you are right and the phrase comes from that time.
daddy cool said:
"Aliens"... (even the bizarre ones we don't even understand, like "assholes and elbows, people!" .
The actor who played Apone died recently and there was an explanation on some news page -Supposedly it's from slaves picking cotton "all I want to see are assholes and elbows" as in everybody bent over hard at work picking cotton
The term "gaslighting" is probably a good example.
A lot of examples people are giving are either just quotes, or already existed prior to being made widely known by being used on screen.
Not quite what the thread is looking for, but there have been real products that only came into existence after being made as film props that people saw and wanted to buy (red swingline stapler from Office Space, the Talkboy in Home Alone 2). Crucial difference to "normal" product placement is that they weren't intending to make and sell them originally.
A lot of examples people are giving are either just quotes, or already existed prior to being made widely known by being used on screen.
Not quite what the thread is looking for, but there have been real products that only came into existence after being made as film props that people saw and wanted to buy (red swingline stapler from Office Space, the Talkboy in Home Alone 2). Crucial difference to "normal" product placement is that they weren't intending to make and sell them originally.
Hugo a Gogo said:
daddy cool said:
"Aliens"... (even the bizarre ones we don't even understand, like "assholes and elbows, people!" .
The actor who played Apone died recently and there was an explanation on some news page -Supposedly it's from slaves picking cotton "all I want to see are assholes and elbows" as in everybody bent over hard at work picking cotton
Eric Mc said:
Johnspex said:
That's what I said. First the line (in the fifties) , then the song (in the fifties), then the saying (from the fifties onwards), then the movie ( from the seventies but about the fifties). OK?
I would say the expression predates the 1950s too - by a long margin.InitialDave said:
The term "gaslighting" is probably a good example.
A lot of examples people are giving are either just quotes, or already existed prior to being made widely known by being used on screen.
Not quite what the thread is looking for, but there have been real products that only came into existence after being made as film props that people saw and wanted to buy (red swingline stapler from Office Space, the Talkboy in Home Alone 2). Crucial difference to "normal" product placement is that they weren't intending to make and sell them originally.
What about the film "Fanny by Gaslight" ? A lot of examples people are giving are either just quotes, or already existed prior to being made widely known by being used on screen.
Not quite what the thread is looking for, but there have been real products that only came into existence after being made as film props that people saw and wanted to buy (red swingline stapler from Office Space, the Talkboy in Home Alone 2). Crucial difference to "normal" product placement is that they weren't intending to make and sell them originally.
Most of what's been said are just lines from films. For iconic quotes that have since entered the lexicon Casablanca is the greatest.
"Here's looking at you kid".
"Round up the usual suspects".
"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship".
"We'll always have Paris".
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine".
"You played it for her, you can play it for me".
"Here's looking at you kid".
"Round up the usual suspects".
"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship".
"We'll always have Paris".
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine".
"You played it for her, you can play it for me".
Eric Mc said:
Correct. Nobody in Britain would have spelt the word "programme" the American way back then. It's only with the advent of computers into our daily lives ( really the 1980s) that American spelling has come to dominate.
Nobody would have known how it was spelled if they were saying it, which is what you posted: you were saying it.
t version of joeys “ow you doin?” To a woman before? Darn, someone beat me to Casablanca! Practically every line in the film is a quote!
Although"Play it again Sam" isn't strictly right from the film.
ETA Elementary my dear Watson- invented for the film's, presumably Rathbone,and used ever since.
Wax on,Wax off.
Liam Neesons "special skills " lines,quoted by idiots wanting to sound tough ever since
Have we had"We're not in Kansas any more"?
Although"Play it again Sam" isn't strictly right from the film.
ETA Elementary my dear Watson- invented for the film's, presumably Rathbone,and used ever since.
Wax on,Wax off.
Liam Neesons "special skills " lines,quoted by idiots wanting to sound tough ever since
Have we had"We're not in Kansas any more"?
Edited by kowalski655 on Tuesday 8th January 10:56
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