Other Titles • Dark City • Dark Empire (1997) • Dark World (1997)
Quotes from Dark City (1998)
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Mr. Hand: It seems you have discovered your unpleasant nature.
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[opening narration] Dr. Schreber: First came darkness, then came the strangers.
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John Murdoch: I was just thinking, what you do seems kind of dangerous right now. I mean, how do you know I'm not the killer? May: I don't. Why, you feeling any urges I should know about?
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John Murdoch: When was the last time you remember doing something during the day? Inspector Frank Bumstead: What do you mean? John Murdoch: I just mean during the day. Daylight. When was the last time you remember seeing it? And I'm not talking about some distant, half-forgotten childhood memory, I mean like yesterday. Last week. Can you come up with a single memory? You can't, can you? You know something, I don't think the sun even... exists... in this place. 'Cause I've been up for hours, and hours, and hours, and the night never ends here.
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Mr. Wall: Do not fret, Anna. I will give you some more pretty things soon. Emma Murdoch: I'm not Anna. Mr. Wall: You will be soon, yes.
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Dr. Schreber: You are probably wondering why I keep appearing in your memories, John. It is because I have inserted myself into them.
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Mr. Hand: I have become the monster you were intended to be.
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John Murdoch: Here, let me ask you a question. You heard of a place called Shell Beach? Inspector Frank Bumstead: Sure. John Murdoch: Do you know how to get there? Inspector Frank Bumstead: Yeah. John Murdoch: Tell me. Inspector Frank Bumstead: Right. You just... you go to the... John Murdoch: Where? Where do you go? Inspector Frank Bumstead: Just give me a second, will you... John Murdoch: You can't remember, can you?
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John Murdoch: I know this is gonna sound crazy, but what if we never knew each other before now... and everything you remember, and everything that I'm supposed to remember, never really happened, someone just wants us to think it did? Emma Murdoch: But how can that be true? I so vividly remember meeting you. I remember falling in love with you. I remember losing you. Emma Murdoch: I love you John, you can't fake something like that. John Murdoch: No, you can't.
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[at the murder scene] Inspector Frank Bumstead: What's that make so far, Husselbeck? Six hookers in all? Husselbeck: I believe so, sir. Inspector Frank Bumstead: Give the man an "A" for effort.
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Husselbeck: Everything Detective Walenski committed to paper should be here. Inspector Frank Bumstead: The only thing that should be committed is Wolenski.
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John Murdoch: Hey, do you know the way to Shell Beach? Taxi Driver: You're kidding! Me and the Mrs. spent our honeymoon there. All you gotta do is take Main Street West to... or is it the Cross... You know, that's funny, I can't remember if it's Main Street West or the Crosstown.
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[after Mr. Hand is imprinted with Murdoch's memories] Mr. Book: Is it done? Mr. Hand: Oh yes, Mr. Book. I have John Murdoch in mind.
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Walenski: I've been trying to remember things, CLEARLY remember things, from my past, but the more I try to think back, the more it all starts to unravel. None of it seems real. It's like I've just been dreaming this life, and when I finally wake up, I'll be somebody else. Somebody totally different! Inspector Frank Bumstead: You saw something, didn't you, Eddie? Something to do with the case. Walenski: There is no case! There never was! It's all just a big joke! It's a joke!
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[Schraber mixes memories] Dr. Schreber: These do bring back memories. This one is still warm. What is it? The recollections of a great lover? A catalog of conquests? We will soon find out. You wouldn't appreciate that, would you, Mr. Whatever-your-name is? Not the sort of conquest you would ever understand. Let's see, a touch of unhappy childhood, a dash of teenage rebellion, and last but not least, a tragic death in the family.
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Mr. Hand: There used to be a ferry when I was a boy. Biggest thing you ever saw, lit up like a floating birthday cake. Emma Murdoch: That's just what my husband once said to me on this very spot. Mr. Hand: Where is your husband now? Emma Murdoch: I wish I knew. What brings you here? Mr. Hand: I met my wife at this place. Emma Murdoch: It's where I first me my husband. Mr. Hand: Small world.
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[Emma notices Bumstead's accordian] Emma Murdoch: It's beautiful. Inspector Frank Bumstead: It was a gift from my mother. She died recently. I keep it with me to remind me of her. Emma Murdoch: I'm sorry. Inspector Frank Bumstead: It's a funny thing, though. I can't remember WHEN she gave it to me. How do you think I could forget a thing like this?
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[At the final tuning] Mr. Book: SHUT IT DOWN! SHUT IT DOWN FOREVER!
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Inspector Frank Bumstead: So Husselbeck, what kind of killer do you think stops to save a dying fish?
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John Murdoch: Excuse me. How do I get to the end of the line? Train Passenger: You want the Express. John Murdoch: [after train blows by him] Hey, how come that train didn't stop? Station Master: That's the Express.
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Mr. Hand: But I wanted to know what it was like... how you feel. John Murdoch: You know how I was supposed to feel. That person isn't me... never was. You wanted to know what it was about us that made us human. Well, you're not going to find it... [Murdoch points at his head] John Murdoch: ...in here. You were looking in the wrong place.
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