“You know when the camera goes really big and it comes up out of the...” – Selma, Dancer In The Dark ... Movie Quotes Database

Selma

You know when the camera goes really big and it comes up out of the roof, and you just know that it's gonna end? I hate that. I used to cheat on that when I was a little girl back in Czechoslovakia. I would leave the cinema just after the next to last song, and the film would just go on forever. It's lovely, isn't it?

Bill

That is lovely.

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Bill David Morse

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