Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

Max von Sydow: Frederick

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• Frederick : It's been ages since I sat in front to the TV. Just changing channels to find something. You see the whole culture. Nazis, deodorant salesmen, wrestlers, beauty contests, a talk show. Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling, huh? But the worst are the fundamentalist preachers. Third grade con men telling the poor suckers that watch them that they speak with Jesus, and to please send in money. Money, money, money! If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

• Frederick : You missed a very dull TV show on Auschwitz. More gruesome film clips, and more puzzled intellectuals declaring their mystification over the systematic murder of millions. The reason they can never answer the question "How could it possibly happen?" is that it's the wrong question. Given what people are, the question is "Why doesn't it happen more often?"

• Frederick : I'm not interested in what your interior decorator thinks, okay?

  Dusty : I can't commit to anything without consulting her first. That's what I have her for, okay?

  Frederick : This is degrading. You don't buy paintings to blend in with the sofa.

  Dusty : It's not a sofa - it's an ottoman!

• Frederick : There was a time when you were happy to be only with me. You wanted to learn about poetry, about music. Have I taught you everything I can give? I don't think so.

• Frederick : I prefer to sell my work to people who appreciate it, not to Rock Stars.