The city bought the site for a parking lot. They're demolishing it Saturday.
Read more Spaccafico QuotesFrom: Cinema Paradiso
At a party, a lieutenant pinches this girl's ass. She turns around. It's the colonel's daughter. Terrified, the lieutenant says, "If your heart is as hard as what I just felt, I'm a dead man."
Alfredo: The bigger the man, the deeper the footprint. And if he loves, he suffers, knowing it's a dead-end street.Salvatore: That's nice, what you just said. But sad.Alfredo: I didn't say it. It was John Wayne in "The Shepard of the Hills."Salvatore: You old pirate!
Alfredo: Get out of here! Go back to Rome. You're young and the world is yours. I'm old. I don't want to hear you talk anymore. I want to hear others talking about you. Don't come back. Don't think about us. Don't look back. Don't write. Don't give in to nostalgia. Forget us all. If you do and you come back, don't come see me. I won't let you in my house. Understand?Salvatore: Thank you. For everything you've done for me.Alfredo: Whatever you end up doing, love it. The way you loved the projection booth when you were a little squirt.