Quotes

Burt Shlubb and Douglas Klump

It is inclement upon me to comment with marked displeasure on your rash impulsiveness in selecting such an eye-catching and impractical car to heist, Mr. Shlubb.

Burt Shlubb and Douglas Klump

Protest though you might, Mr. Klump, you must nonetheless admit the phallic magistry of said Ferrari's performance. An engine of Cyclopean power throbs beneath this steel stallion's hood.

Burt Shlubb and Douglas Klump

Irrelevant to said mission is the following query, which I now put forth to you. Wherein this most streamlined and trunkless of transports, boner-inspiring though it may be, wherein are we to reposit our recently deceased cargo?

Burt Shlubb and Douglas Klump

A worthy concern. Neatly elucidated.

Others

Kill him for me, Marv. Kill him good.

Others

Turn the right corner in Sin City and you can find anything

Others

Care for a smoke? [repeated line]

Others

I coulda put a bullet in your ear just now, laddy, if I hadn't gone off and got me revolver all wet and useless.

Others

Better come clean with ya now, sweetheart. That was an outright lie I was giving ya about my revolver.

Others

You recognize my voice, Hartigan? You recognize my voice, you piece-of-shit cop? I look different, but I bet you can recognize my voice.

Others

Power don't come from a badge or a gun. Power comes from lying. Lying big and gettin' the whole damn world to play along with you. Once you've got everybody agreeing with what they know in their hearts ain't true, you've got 'em by the balls.

Others

Everyone would lie for me. Everyone who counts. Otherwise, their own lies — everything that runs Sin City — it all comes tumbling down like a pack of cards.

Others

When he came to me he was a tormented boy. Tormented by guilt. I tried to counsel him, but the eating, it filled him with white light. Tearful, he swore to me that he felt the touch of God Almighty. He didn't just eat their bodies. He ate their souls. And I joined in.

Dialogue

The Salesman: [voiceover] She shivers in the wind like the last leaf on a dying tree. I let her hear my footsteps, she only goes stiff for a moment. The Salesman: Care for a smoke?" The Customer: Sure, I'll take one. Are you as bored by that crowd as I am? The Salesman: I didn't come here for the party, I came here for you. I've watched you for days, you're everything a man could ever want. It's not just your face or your figure. It's your eyes, all the things I see in your eyes. The Customer: What is it you see in my eyes? The Salesman: I see a crazy calm. You're sick of running, you're ready to face what you have to face but you don't want to face it alone. The Customer: No, I don't want to face it alone. The Salesman: [voiceover] The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume with sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be alright. That I'll save her from whatever she's running from and take her far far away. I tel

Dialogue

Cardinal Roark: Will that bring you satisfaction, my son? Killing a helpless, old, fart? Marv: Killing? No. No satisfaction. Everything up until the killing, well that'll be a gas.

Dialogue

Marv: I had a fight with some cops. Lucille: Oh, that's lovely. You didn't happen to kill any of them, did you? Marv: Not that I know of, but they know they been in a fight, that's for damn sure.

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Gail: Those boys in that Chrysler are one mistake away from seeing what Miho can do, and she's been aching for some practice. Dwight: [voiceover] She guides my glance upwards to the pixy perched on the roof's edge. Deadly little Miho.

Dialogue

Wendy: You sat there and took it... when you could've taken my gun away from me any time you wanted to... Marv: Sure, but I thought I might be able to talk some sense into you. And I probably would've had to paste you one, and I don't hurt girls.

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Marv: Wait a minute. Why'd she call you Wendy? Wendy: Because that's my name, you ape. Goldie was my sister, my twin sister. Marv: I guess she was the nice one.

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Hartigan: Excuse me miss, I was wondering if you could help me. I'm looking for someone. Shelley: Cold night like this, everyone is looking for someone, stranger. Hartigan: It's not like that. Her name is Nancy. Shellie: Eyes to the stage, pilgrim. She's just warming up.

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Gail: Those four in the Chrysler, are they some of the barmaid's boyfriends? Dwight: One of them thinks he is. I followed him here to make sure he didn't hurt any of the girls. Gail: Us helpless little girls.

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Marv: Hey, there is no settling down. This is blood for blood and by the gallons! It's the good old days! The bad days! The all-or-nothing days! They're back! There's no choices left and I'm ready for war. Lucille: Prison was hell for you, Marv. It'll be life this time. Marv: Hell is waking up every goddamn day and not even knowing why you're here. But I'm out now. It took someone who was kind to me, getting killed to do it. But I'm out and I know exactly what I got to do.

About

Robert Rodriguez: Mickey [Rourke] had this one piece of music he would play on the set to get him into the character of Marv. We couldn't use it in the movie because it was too expensive. It was a Johnny Cash song - it was actually a remake of a Nine Inch Nails song called Hurt. You play that song and if you listen to that song that's how he did Marv for all the voiceover. It would just help him to get into that place - that Marv place. We got some remarkable work from him just from playing that song. That's his time machine. His transport. Q: Why did you think Elijah Wood would make such a convincing psycho? Robert Rodriguez: I worked with him in The Faculty and he has these really piercing blue eyes that women love but that I always found quite creepy. I told him back then, "One day I will cast you as a psychopath," never thinking that it would actually come about. He was one of the first people to see my early tests for Sin City and said, "Oh, I would kill to be in that movie!" So w