The Moon by Our Teeth
1967 · 78 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 52 VOTES · DIR. Michel Soutter
Overview
The film follows William, thirty-ish, out of work and looking for a new life after apparently having been thrown out of his previous one. He meets up with Noelle, who seems intrigued by his restlessness - until her economist boyfriend shows up. Yet plot details do little to convey the power of the film, which lay in its capturing the anarchic texture of William's life - a life whose lack of direction was read as a rebuke of the Swiss myth of orderliness and self-satisfaction. With his roots in documentary, Soutter excelled at creating a loose, vibrant cinema, full of quick zooms and dynamic hand-held shots, with dialogue that often alternated between outright quotations and stylized interviews.
Dialogue Timeline — 516 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:44 Manuela?
00:04:36 " The green violinist and the lovers floating on the music
00:06:42 I'm getting old. Something has to change.
00:10:51 " A day without love should be forgotten.
00:12:30 A sad snail talks to an old woman.
00:13:58 - Women are never serious. - Who?
00:19:31 I do not accept the world as it is.
00:21:44 - It's beautiful.
00:23:47 - And music? - There's no radio...
00:26:17 " I want to die for you. "
00:29:29 - You'll become something. - You know what I think.
00:31:17 I wait and you rush ahead.
00:33:04 the heart is willing but the mind can't.
00:39:17 - Why didn't you call? - I wanted to surprise you.
00:43:18 Sorry I couldn't give you a lift. My car is full of plants.
00:44:47 - Do you believe in God? - No longer and not yet.
00:49:12 "Nada"
00:53:50 - Can I borrow a car? - Take mine.
00:55:39 is waiting for us in a café. Let's go.
01:00:17 Look at me.
01:03:51 Don't fool yourself. I've seen nice legs before.
01:05:39 - Did they go bankrupt? - No. There was an explosion.
01:09:24 He lives like a wild man.
01:12:17 Take that, coward!