Quote of the day: Umberto Eco on cult movies

[gwalla]

"What are the requirements for transforming a book or movie into a cult object? The work must be loved, obviously, but this is not enough. It must provide a completely furnished world so that its fans can quote characters and episodes as if they were aspects of the fan’s private sectarian world, a world about which one can make up quizzes and play

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[goulo]

Casablanca! By coincidence I've recently been pondering doing Esperanto subtitles for Casablanca (having already subtitled It's a Wonderful Life). Casablanca's a classic film that a lot of non-US people have heard of but not seen. (Well, these days, a lot of US citizens have also not seen it, sadly...)