Thief

Thief1981

Director: Michael Mann
Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 122 minutes

Few directors polarize audiences like Peter Greenaway, a filmmaker as influenced by Jacobean revenge tragedy and 17th century painting as by the French New Wave. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is both adored and detested for its comb… more »



Frank:
Look, in what I do there are sometimes pressures. What the hell do you think that I do? Come on. Come on, every morning I walk in for five months, say hi - what the hell do you think that I do?

Jessie:
You sell little f***ing cars, that's what you do.

Frank:
I wear $150 slacks, I wear silk shirts, I wear $800 suits, I wear a gold watch, I wear a perfect, D-flawless three carat ring. I change cars like other guys change their f***ing shoes. I'm a thief. I've been in prison, all right?

Jessie:
So what, I don't care.

Frank:
So what?

Jessie:
Don't tell me.

Frank:
So what? I never even told my wife that...

Jessie:
I don't care.

Frank:
Who is now gone. Did I ever come on to you?

Jessie:
No.

Frank:
Well you see.

Jessie:
See? See what?

Frank:
See, I - I am a straight arrow. I am a true blue kind of a guy. I've been cool. I am now unmarried. So let's cut the mini-moves and the bullshit, and get on with this big romance.

Jessie:
...What? I don't believe it. Do you think that I've been waiting for you to come along? What is this sh*t.

Frank:
You think I'm kidding, I can tell. This is strictly on the up and up.

Jessie:
Jesus Christ.

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