...you know I love 'em!"
Beetlejuice is another of my favorite films, for many reasons:
* Alec Baldwin was still hot hot hot hot hot HOT HOOOOTT!
* Some of the most underrated one-liners in film. To wit...the ghosts' caseworker, Juno (played by the inimitable Sylvia Sydney) wonders why the ghosts are so unhappy in their home, which has been remodeled by new owners since their deaths. "Things seem pretty quiet around here," she rasps. "You should thank God you didn't die in Italy." Genius.
* A hysterical score by Danny Elfman
* LOVE LOVE LOVE the post-modern, Art In America representation of a country home.
* What? A clever plot, subtle dialogue, great design, fabulous music, and just enough "quirk" to make it different? WHAT'S THAT?
* Oh...two words: Catherine. O'Hara.
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