The Dark Crystal Quotes
1982 films, 1980s American films, British films, Adventure films, Fantasy films, Films directed by Jim Henson, Films directed by Frank Oz, Films set on fictional planets, Films about wizards
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“It's a rather dark vision, actually.”
“I wanted to do a film where the creatures didn't look like us.”
“It's an adventure story. But it's definitely not in our world.”
“The Dark Crystal (1982) is nothing if not a parable of Fall and Redemption...”
“I've always thought that science fiction films set in our world have always rung false.”
“It was not smooth at all, and it was because of me, not because of Jim. Jim should have **”
“People shouldn't come expecting to see the Muppets because they are not here. This is something else.”
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“The Dark Crystal is a movie I saw a little too young, it shocked me a little bit and never left my mind.”
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“The Great Conjunction is the end of the world! Or the beginning. Hm! End, begin, all the same. Big change. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.”
“When single shines the triple sun
What was sundered and undone
Shall be whole, the two made one
By Gelfling hand or else by none.”
“This weird UFO of a movie that didn't belong in the Eighties. It was ahead of its time and a little bit obsolete at the same time because it was done with puppets.”
“But Gelfling all dead! Garthim kill them all! You can't be Gelfling! You look like Gelfling... smell like Gelfling... maybe you are Gelfling!”
“[T]he Skeksis will always be horribly memorable. I'm pretty sure the scene where the Chamberlain is attacked and defrocked by his sneering brothers gave me nightmares as a youngster.”
“I think that the original movie, for anyone who’s a fan of it and fell in love with it, I do think melancholy is an intrinsic part of it. That’s part of the charm of it and the love of it.”
“I once saw this film in Italian, and it was hilarious. [...] This scene [of the Skeksis who plot against each other], in particular, was a lot of fun, because when listen to it Italian, it's like a demented Vatican.”