Feb 21, 2008
Barcelona (1994)
I still don't know why I loved Barcelona, though the delivery on my favorite line, "Well, I wasn't using prig pejoratively" was impeccably timed. Unfortunately, no one I know has seen the movie, so it falls on deaf ears when I reference that line. I'd say, "Before 'Bottle Rocket', there was 'Barcelona'," but they came out the same year, so...
I was once in charge of picking the movie with two “meat and potatoes” guy friends and I selected, of all things, Barcelona (having liked Metropolitan, and using the phrase “upper haute bourgeoisie repeatedly). I can’t remember a thing about Barcelona, but I know I really liked it and they didn’t get it AT ALL and basically swore off ever watching a movie with me again for all time.
Barcelona is very funny, though I don’t remember that line. The line that sticks in my head is “Every day, in every way, I’m trying to be the best lieutenant second-grade that I can be.”