The Moderns

1988 · 126 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,115 VOTES · DIR. Alan Rudolph

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Overview

Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,116 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:57 Merci, Julien.
00:06:09 You said the same thing about Paris six years ago.
00:09:40 That's funny.
00:13:31 It's the rainy season.
00:16:27 Consider it a public service.
00:23:18 Don't worry. It's not a habit you'll keep for very long.
00:26:38 It's because there's so few sincere women in Paris lately, it's a shock to his system.
00:30:33 Hart, marriage is absolutely bitched.
00:35:04 I was with my father.
00:38:34 Just a little.
00:49:24 C'est la vie.
00:54:28 I guess this wasn't a good idea.
01:03:32 Thanks for the workout, Hart.
01:07:47 ...for getting involved with women.
01:12:09 Stone will pay through his nose to get these in his salon.
01:16:17 I'm informed that you specialize in bargains.
01:20:46 Not you.
01:24:43 Who?
01:29:18 ...because I paid hard cash for it.
01:37:05 And now I can be anybody I want to be.
01:43:03 Taxi!
01:48:03 He can't swim?
01:56:12 "Au revoir, Paris"
10:00:00 from another deal.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,116
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:01:57
Final line10:00:00

Production Record

DirectorAlan Rudolph
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,115