Under the Volcano (1984)
Albert Finney: Geoffrey Firmin
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Quotes
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Geoffrey Firmin : How, unless you drink as I do, can you hope to understand the beauty of an old indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?
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Geoffrey Firmin : Hell is my natural habitat.
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Yvonne Firmin : [dressed to go to the fiesta] Ready?
Geoffrey Firmin : [surprised] You are... you are...
Yvonne Firmin : Thank you.
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Geoffrey Firmin : Have a drink with me.
Yvonne Firmin : No, you have one. I'll cheer.
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Geoffrey Firmin : No si puede vivir sin amar.
Yvonne Firmin : What?
Geoffrey Firmin : One cannot live without love.
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Geoffrey Firmin : He on whose heart the dust of Mexico has lain, will find no peace in any other land.
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Geoffrey Firmin : I mustn't judge others - as I judge myself.
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Geoffrey Firmin : Hugh! Where are you? Where can the young pup be? Hugh! An emissary calls! The Consul of Cuckold's Haven! Come and give the wife a welcome back kiss!
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Geoffrey Firmin : Knock! Knock!
Yvonne Firmin : Who's there?
Geoffrey Firmin : Cat.
Yvonne Firmin : Cat who?
Geoffrey Firmin : Catastrophe.
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Hugh Firmin : Geoff, what possesses you?
Geoffrey Firmin : Sobriety, I'm afraid. Too much moderation. I need drink desperatly to get my balance back.
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Geoffrey Firmin : There is nothing more real than magic.
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Geoffrey Firmin : Hey! There it is! We ought to go - to the fiesta!
Yvonne Firmin : What? Now?
Geoffrey Firmin : Yes, it will be all gone tomorrow. I mean, we ought to. Unless, of course, you're too fagged?
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Geoffrey Firmin : The whole world will learn to laugh at the sight of stinking cadavers. Oh, ha! Ha! Ha! Bloody, ha! Ha! Ha!
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Yvonne Firmin : They look so serene.
Geoffrey Firmin : Our ever present guardian angels.
Yvonne Firmin : Popocatépetl and his sleeping lady. We should pay them a visit.
Geoffrey Firmin : Now, that's the spirit. After the bulls, we'll pop up old Popo and look into the hot heart of the volcano.
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Yvonne Firmin : All right, Geoffrey. We can talk about it when you're rested.
Geoffrey Firmin : When I'm sober, you mean? Surely, you know by this time that I can't get drunk however much I drink and that I'm only drunk in the conventional, incoherent, staggering sense when I haven't had a drink. Surely, you appreciate the fine balance I must strike between the shakes of too little and the abyss of too much?
Yvonne Firmin : I do appreciate it.
Geoffrey Firmin : Yes. Quite. Well.
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[repeated line]
Geoffrey Firmin : Are you listening, Fernando?