{ la barrera de la piel }

"-Pero prefiero explorar a los demás. Me interesa más que mi propia desgracia.
Me encanta meterme en sus entrañas y removerlo todo, pero no se puede derribar la barrera de la piel."

El amor es el demonio. Estudio para un retrato de Francis Bacon (Love Is the Devil. Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, John Maybury, 1998)

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Mercromina – El Libro De Oro De La Congelación
2002
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{ esas preposiciones }

"-¿Tan mal te va?
-Mal. Tal vez me corte al cuello.
-Esas preposiciones...
-¿En el cuello?
-Sólo "cortarse el cuello".

Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)

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Belle and Sebastian – I Fought In A War
2000
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pues así, a mordiscos

{ fifth time }

"-My God, you must really love this picture.
-Me?
-You've been here all day.
And I've seen you here twice before.
-You mean me?
-Yes, you. This is the fifth time you're seeing this."

La Rosa Púrpura del Cairo (The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen, 1985)

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The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
1999
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Y las veces que haga falta, si nos hace sentir mejor.
Hoy le dedico mi disco favorito, bitch

{ blister in the sun }

"-Did you sleep well, Mr. Connors?
-I slept alone, Mrs. Lancaster."

Atrapado en el tiempo (Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, 1993)

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Nouvelle Vague – Blister In The Sun
2009
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{ sound like a dick }

"-Wow, this is so awkwards.
I really want you to leave, but I don't know how to say it without sounding like a dick."

La boda de mi mejor amiga (Bridesmaids, Paul Feig, 2011)

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Los Planetas – El Verano Más Triste
2010
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yes, it really makes you sound like a dick

{ las personas normales }

"-¿Por qué no te alegras por mí y luego en casa me pones verde como hacen las personas normales?

La boda de mi mejor amiga (Bridesmaids, Paul Feig, 2011)

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Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
1995
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confirmado, soy fan

{ un libro triste }

"-¿Es por lo del diario?
-¿Qué diario?
-Tu diario es muy interesante.
-¿Has leido mis cosas?
-Al principio no sabía que era tu diario. Pensaba que era un manuscrito de un libro triste."

La boda de mi mejor amiga (Bridesmaids, Paul Feig, 2011)

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Destroyer – Kaputt
2011
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Mr. ILM, tenía ud. toda la razón
Mi nueva película favorita, fuente inagotable de capturas

{ believer }

"-When the time is back she'll pay me back.
-You sure about that?
-No. But I hope for the best.
I have to."

El Diablo se viste de Prada (The Devil wears Prada, David Frankel, 2006)

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John Maus – Believer
2011
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Nigel, no estás solo

{ a personal thing }

"-This is one of the reasons why we are strong.
We should not make it a... personal thing."

12 Angry Men (12 Hombres sin piedad, Sidney Lumet, 1957)

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Scott Matthew – The Wonder Of Falling In Love
2011
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{ Mogwai }

"-What is that?
-Mogwai.
-What's he doing?
-Singing. He does that sometimes."

Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)

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Mogwai – White Noise
2011
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Hi Mogwai

{ let me hear that song }

"-This is my whole world, and it's enough.
Or it was until a few weeks ago."

Breve Encuentro (Brief Encounter, David Lean, 1945)

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The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
2011
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let me hear that song

{ the world won't listen }

"-He has something to say to you.
-You understand what he says when he speaks to you?
-To hear, one has only to listen."

Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)

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The Smiths – The World Won't Listen
1987
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pues eso

{ an idea }

"-An idea. Resilient. Highly contagious.
Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it's almost impossible to eradicate."

Origen (Inception, Christoper Nolan, 2010)

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Radiohead – Knives Out
2001
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y tanto

{ bésame }

"-¡Angelina!
-¿Te das cuenta de que son las nueve y cuarto y aún no me has besado?
-¡Angelina!
-¡Bésame!"

La Dama del Armiño (The Lady in Ermine, Ernst Lubitsch, 1948)

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Gary Numan – Cars
1979
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{ tigers }

"-I'm quite serious.
I'm interested in you.
After all, I specialize in the subversive."

I Shot Andy Warhol (Mary Harron, 1996)

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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Tigers
2011
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{ año nuevo }

"-Si pudieras marcharte y volver hace diez años."

Encubridora (Rancho Notorius, Fritz Lang, 1952)

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David Bowie – Absolute Beginners (Single Version)
1986
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absolutely true

{ chin pun }

"-Qué más da. La vida sigue.
Puede que no haya boda. Que no haya sexo.
Pero desde luego... habrá baile."

La boda de mi mejor amigo (My Best Friend's Wedding, P.J. Hogan, 1997)

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Listas listas listas Moustache
(un año de canciones en el Ipod Analógico)
2011

Enero empezó con el amor en fuga; en Febrero sonaron trompetas y violines; para Marzo fue sólo cuestión de tiempo; Abril tuvo su canción: 'Getting away with it'; Mayo, para bien o para mal, 'vanished'; en Junio Gay fue el nuevo Punk; en Julio volvió a sonar, como todos los años, 'Hier Encore'; Agosto habría sido difícil sin Dusty Springfield; y Septiembre, ah Septiembre, New York New York; en Octubre llegó la cumbia para quedarse; Noviembre fue 'Keep on running'; y contra todo pronóstico (o no) en Diciembre sonó 'Lust for life'.

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chin pun

{ normal people talk }

"-What are you looking for? A date for the weekend?
-No, I'm just interested in you.
What do you want? What do you like? What do you think about? What kind of men are you interested in? What do you do for fun?
-Are you trying to make me look like a fool?
-I'm trying to talk like normal people.
Isn't this how they talk?"

Atrapado en el Tiempo (Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, 1993)

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Dominique A – Pour La Peau
2001
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{ my own }

"-Are you a member of a revolutionary organization?
-Yah, my own."

I Shot Andy Warhol (Mary Harron, 1996)

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CSS – Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex
2006
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vamos que nos vamos!

{ silly dreams }

"-All the silly dreams disappeared. I got out at Ketchworht and gave up my ticket and walked home as usual, soberly, and without any wings at all."

Breve Encuentro (Brief Encounter, David Lean, 1945)

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The Cure – Disintegration
1989
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I never said I would stay to the end

{ blemish }

"-You're an angel. Darling, do you think you could get this spot out for me?
I can afford a blemish on my character, but not on my clothes."

Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)

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Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
1977
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{ your love alone is not enough }

"-I would love to stand here and talk with you.
But I'm not going to."

Atrapado en el Tiempo (Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, 1993)

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Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson – Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
2007
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grumpy

{ vanished }

"I stood there and watched his train draw out of the station.
I stared after it until its tail light had vanished into the darkness."

Breve Encuentro (Brief Encounter, David Lean, 1945)

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Rufus Wainwright – Chelsea Hotel No. 2
2006
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{ back where I started }

"-Well, you're free. Maybe the trouble is you're not used to it yet.
-No, the trouble is I always end up back where I started."

Vidas Rebeldes (The Misfits, John Huston, 1961)

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The Rapture – Roller Coaster
2011
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venga montaña rusa

{ arrows of eros }

"-Condesa, anoche se perdió un sueño fantástico. No sólo un sueño que se desvanece y al amanecer se olvida. No, uno de los que perduran.
Cuando no vino anoche, todo parecía perdido, pero no me rendí.
E hice bien: me recompensaron.
El reloj volvió a dar las nueve."

La Dama del Armiño (The Lady in Ermine, Ernst Lubitsch, 1948)

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Golden Silvers – Arrows Of Eros
2009
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{ inexplicable obsession }

"-Don't. It's not your fault, really.
You're just a by-product of my inexplicable obsession with emotionally distant men.
I'll get over us."

Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003)

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The Rapture – Can You Find A Way?
2011
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{ more than this }

"-It's very kind of you, you know.
-I'm not kind, I'm vicious. It's the secret of my charm."

Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)

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Roxy Music – More Than This
1982
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{ I feel it all }

"-I want to learn about the real world with you.
-I can't.
-Look at this way. How many times is a man so taken with a woman that he walks off the screen to get her?"

La Rosa Púrpura del Cairo (The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen, 1985)

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Feist – I Feel It All
2008
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{ come off the screen }

"-How can he come off the screen? It's never happened before.
-That doesn't mean it can't happen for a first time."

La Rosa Púrpura del Cairo (The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen, 1985)

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Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime - 2005 Remastered Album Version
1981
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{ países que no recuerdas }

"Teníamos las piezas del puzzle, pero al encajarlas, quedaban vacíos con extrañas formas, iguales a lo que los rodeaba, como países que no recuerdas."

Las Vírgenes Suicidas (The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola, 1999)

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sad sad sad (artillería pesada)
diciembre de 2011
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{ never built to last }

"-Hello?
-I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

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Electric President – We Were Never Built To Last
2006
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{ you wanted a hit }

"-An as the audience drools with sublimated sexual pleasure, the two enormous and highly paid heads come together for that ultimate and inevitable moment.
The final, earth-moving, studio-rent-paying, theatre-filling, pop-corn selling...
...kiss."

Encuentro en París (Paris, When It Sizzles, Richard Quine, 1964)

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LCD Soundsystem – You Wanted A Hit
2010
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{ bullet proof }

"-No, dear. I didn't.
But I thought of it."

Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)

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Radiohead – Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was
1995
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I wish that I was bullet proof

{ Hanno ammazzato compare Turiddu! }

"Doña Lola se casó con el carretero. Y los domingos salía al balcón con las manos en el vientre para mostrar los enormes anillos de oro que le había regalado el marido."

Giovanni Verga. "Cavalleria rusticana", Cavalleria rusticana y otros relatos sicilianos, traducción, prólogo y notas a cargo de José Abad. Granada: Ediciones Traspiés, 2010, p. 21.

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Pietro Mascagni – Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Callas, di Stefano, Panerai, Serafin) [1953]
Coro e Orchestra del teatro alla Scala, Milano
1953
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Mi vida en un solo acto (muchas gracias, muchas)

{ distortion }

"-Si te preguntara cuáles son tus defectos, ¿qué dirías?
-¿Por qué? Mejor mis cualidades.
-No. Me interesan tus defectos."

Une femme mariée: Suite de fragments d'un film tourné en 1964 (Jean-Luc Godard, 1964)

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The Magnetic Fields – Distortion
2008
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