Blue in the Face
1995 · 83 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 10,343 VOTES · DIR. Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Overview
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.
Dialogue Timeline — 844 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:25:32 There ain't one black person even hangin' around this neighborhood.
00:27:18 I was from Africa. But in case you didn't remember, they stole us from Africa.
00:29:53 Sittin' in the chair White man over there
00:31:54 - Why do they always smoke in some weird way like this?
00:34:09 Pete.
00:35:59 Is there anyone you hate enough to want dead, and if somebody said they'd kill that person...
00:37:56 the width is questionable, and I got a little... It curves a little to the left.
00:40:09 because I will have taken it out.
00:42:35 Too late. We're already in contract.
00:45:00 Jackie!
00:47:20 Thanks, sport.
00:50:05 Thirty seconds over Tokyo.
00:53:16 That Auggie, he gonna drive me cuckoo!
00:55:31 I've known ya for a long time. I don't think you're in a good place.
00:57:57 - Oh, man. Oh, man. - Where'd you go?
01:00:04 So I'm not gonna let you fucking tell me no one more time.
01:02:22 Fever all through the night
01:04:53 - Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da Boom - Ooh!
01:07:05 and I sort of lost track of the time.
01:09:05 No, seriously, man, seriously. No, I'm very musical.
01:10:54 The guy lives, of course. Kid's ten years old. Goes home, all right?
01:12:42 - He's got a heart. - I bought some fried chicken with it.
01:16:41 And I think about the way that she does love me
04:06:02 livin' in Brooklyn.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed844
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:25:32
Final line04:06:02
Production Record
DirectorPaul Auster, Wayne Wang
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue$1,300,000
IMDb votes10,343