Κλισέ κι ατάκες

Πολύ πρόσφατα, είχα μια συζήτηση για το πόσο έχω βαρεθεί τα κλισέ. Με αφορμή τα κεντρικά δελτία ειδήσεων, έθαψα τις αθλητικές εφημερίδες, τις ταινίες James Bond, μέχρι και τον Στήβεν Σήγκαλ. Το τέλος της συζήτησης με βρήκε στη σπάνια θέση του να έχω εντελώς διαφορετική άποψη από την αρχική μου. Αν δεν υπήρχαν τα κλισέ, ο κινηματογράφος θα ήταν πιο άνοστος, ο κόσμος της αθλητικής δημοσιογραφίας φτωχότερος και ο πρωθυπουργός μας πρακτικά μουγγός.

Μα η μεγαλύτερη προσφορά των κλισέ, είναι ότι κάνουν τις πρωτότυπες ατάκες πραγματικά ξεχωριστές. Παραθέτω λοιπόν κάποιες από τις καλύτερες του κινηματογράφου που μου έχουν κάνει εντύπωση.

1) Η τελευταία ατάκα της αγαπημένης μου ταινίας, Fight club.
Narrator - You met me at a very strange time in my life

2) Για όποιους έχουν δε την ταινία δε χρειάζονται σχόλια.
The Big Lebowski

Blond Treehorn Thug: [holding up a bowling ball] What the fuck is this? The Dude: Obviously you're not a golfer.

Jesus Quintana: Nobody fucks with the Jesus!


Maude Lebowski: Do you like sex, Mr. Lebowski? The Dude: 'Scuse me? Maude Lebowski: Sex. The physical act of love. Coitus. Do you like it? The Dude: I was talking about my rug. Maude Lebowski: You're not interested in sex? The Dude: You mean coitus?

3) Μία ταινία – 300 ατάκες.300.

Stelios: It is an honor to die at your side. King Leonidas: It is an honor to have lived at yours.

Persian: A thousand nations of the Persian empire descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun! Stelios: Then we will fight in the shade.

Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness! King Leonidas: Madness...? THIS... IS... SPARTA! [Kicks the messenger down the well]

Xerxes: It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. Imagine what horrible fate awaits my enemies when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. King Leonidas: And I would die for any one of mine

Spartan King Leonidas: Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... For tonight, we dine in hell!

4) Oldboy

Dae-su Oh: Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.

Mr. Park: You see, they say that people shrivel up because they have an imagination. So, don't imagine anything, you'll become brave as hell

5) Down by law. Κλασική η πρώτη ατάκα από μια κλασική κάλτ ταινία.

Roberto: I scream. You scream. We all scream. For ice cream.

Bobbie: You always makin' big plans for tomorrow. You know why? Because you always fuckin' up today.

Bobbie: My mama used to say that America's the big melting pot. You bring it to a boil and all the scum rises to the top.

6) Evil dead II. Η επιτομή του κάλτ.
Annie: The first passage will allow the demon to manifest itself in the flesh. Ash: Why the hell would we want to do that?

Ash: [to his freshly sawn off possessed hand] Here's your new home. [Ash places a bucket and a bunch of books on it to trap the hand, the top book reads "A farewell to arms"]

7) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Clementine: And in your little brain. You try to figure out, "Did she fuck someone tonight?" Joel: No, see Clem. I assume you fucked someone tonight. Isn’t that how you get people to like you?

8) Lost in translation. Η πιο πετυχημένη ατάκα στην ιστορία του κινηματογράφου. Όποιος έχει παιδιά με νιώθει.

Bob: It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids. Charlotte: It's scary. Bob: The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born. Charlotte: Nobody ever tells you that. Bob: Your life, as you know it... is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk... and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life. Charlotte: That's nice.

9) The Truman show
Sylvia: Look at what you've done to him! Christof: I have given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in, is the sick place.

Truman Burbank: Somebody help me, I'm being spontaneous!

Truman: [to an unseen Christof] Who are you? Christof: [on a speaker] I am the Creator - of a television show that gives hope and joy and inspiration to millions. Truman: Then who am I? Christof: You're the star.

Christof: I know you better than you know yourself. Truman: You never had a camera in my head!

10) Πολυτεχνίτης κι ερημοσπίτης.

Για να καταγράψει κάποιος τις αξιόλογες ατάκες της ταινίας, δεν έχει παρά να βρει το σενάριο σε ηλεκτρονική μορφή, να πληκτρολογήσει Ctrl+A, μετά Ctrl+C και τέλος Ctrl+V εκεί που θέλει.

Μεταφέρω λοιπόν για λόγους οικονομίας χώρου, μόνο έναν ενδεικτικό διάλογο

(Ο Βέγγος κάνει το φαρμακοποιό)Κώστας Μεντής: Πόσο κάνει; [Μια ασπιρίνη]Θανάσης Βέγγος: Εσύ πόσο δίνεις;Κώστας Μεντής: Τι πόσο δίνω; Πόσο κάνει;Θανάσης Βέγγος: Εσύ πόσο δίνεις; Πες μια τιμή έκει χάμω, φίξ, να ξεμπερδεύουμε...Κώστας Μεντής: Ένα πενηνταράκι καλά είναι;Θανάσης Βέγγος: Όχι, πάρτη. Στη χαρίζω.Κώστας Μεντής: Πώς μου τη χαρίζεις;Θανάσης Βέγγος: Έτσι, στη χαρίζω βρε αδερφέ μου. Θα ξεφτιλιστούμε τώρα για ένα πενηνταράκι; Στην κερνάω εγώ! Αν θέλεις σε κερνάω και λίγο λάβδανο. Θέλεις;Κώστας Μεντής: Δεν είμαστε καλά!Θανάσης Βέγγος: Κάτσε να σου δώσω κι ένα σαπούνι, να πλένεσαι, να με θυμάσαι!Κώστας Μεντής: Δεν είμαστε καθόλου καλά μου φάινεται!


Κάνοντας κανείς λόγο για ατάκες, δεν μπορεί να ξεχάσει τους αδερφούς Μαρξ, που δε σταμάτησαν να κάνουν λογοπαίγνια και φάρσες ποτέ. Ιδού μερικές από τις ατάκες τους:

Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Groucho Marx
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter.
Some day I intend reading it.

Groucho Marx
I find television very educating.
Every time somebody turns on the set,
I go into the other room and read a book.

Groucho Marx
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Groucho Marx
I sent the club a wire stating,
PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION.
I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB
THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.

Groucho Marx
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.

Groucho Marx
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Groucho Marx
He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.

Groucho
If I hold you any closer I'll be in back of you!

Policeman: "A hermit eh? Then why's your table set for four?"
Groucho: "That's nothing. My alarm clock is set for eight."

Groucho: Do you follow me?
Margaret Dumont: Yes!
Groucho: Well, you better stop following me, or I'll have you arrested.

Groucho
I'll do anything you say. In fact I'll even stay. But I must be going.

Cab driver: Hey mister, $18.75
Groucho: 1875? That's what I thought. The 1940 models run much smoother.

Chico
"I'll teach you to kick me..."
"You don't need to teach me I already know how!"

Chico
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

Attorney: Chicolini, when were you born?
Chicolini: I don't remember. I was just a little baby.

Groucho
I could dance with you till the cows come home...But I would rather dance with the cows till you come home

Groucho
I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove

Groucho
I danced before Napoleon. No, Napoleon danced before me - in fact, he danced two hundred years before me.

Treasury Secretary: "Sir, you try my patience!"
Firefly: "Don't mind if I do. You must try mine sometime."

Groucho
Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and i think it's you.