Taking the early, early train to Lund so I decided to treat myself to a movie so I saw Clerks (1994). I hadn’t seen it for a long time and I had forgotten how great the movie was. It’s basically about a day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies and the meaning of life. It’s all very low key, filmed in black & white and with an awesome dialogue.
Here are some of the highlights:
Randal: Some guy came into the store refusing to pay late fees. Said the store was closed for two hours yesterday. I tore up his membership.
Dante: Shocking abuse of authority.
Randal: Hey, I’m a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule.Customer: It’s important to have a job that makes a difference, boys. That’s why I manually masturbate caged animals for artificial insemination.
Jay’s Lady Friend: He only speaks Russian?
Jay: Naw, he speaks some English, but he can’t not speak it good like we do.Randal: Fine then, just let me borrow your car.
Dante: What for?
Randal: I want to go rent a movie. What was that?
Dante: You work at a video store!
Randal: I work at a shitty video store! I want to go to a good video store and get a good movie!Dante: A word of advice, my friend. Sometimes you gotta let those hard-to-reach chips go.
Dante: You hate people!
Randal: But I love gatherings. Isn’t it ironic?Dante: I’m not the kind of person who will disrupt things so that I can shit comfortably.
Caitlin Bree: Can I use the bathroom?
Randal: Sure, but there’s no light back there.
Caitlin Bree: Why aren’t there any lights?
Randal: Well, there are, but for some reason they stop working at 5:14 every night. Nobody can figure it out. And the boss doesn’t want to pay the electrician to fix it, because the electrician owes money to the video store.
Caitlin Bree: Such a sordid state of affairs.
Randal: And I’m caught right in the middle – torn between my loyalty to the boss and my desire to piss with the lights on.Coroner: My only question is how did she come to have sex with the dead guy?
Dante: She thought it was me.
Coroner: What kind of convenience store do you run here?Randal: Duh duh… duh duh… duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh… Salsa shark! We’re gonna need a bigger boat! Man goes into cage, cage goes into salsa. Shark’s in the salsa. Our shark.
Silent Bob: You know, there’s a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don’t all bring you lasagna at work. Most of ’em just cheat on you.
Actually I had not planned to watch the whole movie – I was going to work on the train but I really got sucked in. Anyway I will be arriving in about ten minutes so its time to pack up and head to the office for another day at work 🙂