Which is, of course, just a roundabout way of saying that I would not be able to name a single film by any of those directors except Hitchcock
Me neither; moreover, I haven't seen a single one of Hitchcock's films.
I'm sure there are quite a few films which have been absorbed into modern British (or possibly American) culture, but I can't think of many just at the moment. Of the ones that have been mentioned, Casablanca certainly fits the bill as most people can quote lines from it even if they aren't aware that's where the lines came from in the first place. The Princess Bride probably does too, and I think those are the only two of the said films that I've seen. I'd probably agree with Bambi, though I haven't seen it.
The Italian Job (original version) comes to mind: "you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"; red, white and blue Mini chasing, and literal cliff-hangers being the main cultural memories which resulted from it.
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Date: 2004-10-07 07:12 am (UTC)Which is, of course, just a roundabout way of saying that I would not be able to name a single film by any of those directors except Hitchcock
Me neither; moreover, I haven't seen a single one of Hitchcock's films.
I'm sure there are quite a few films which have been absorbed into modern British (or possibly American) culture, but I can't think of many just at the moment. Of the ones that have been mentioned, Casablanca certainly fits the bill as most people can quote lines from it even if they aren't aware that's where the lines came from in the first place. The Princess Bride probably does too, and I think those are the only two of the said films that I've seen. I'd probably agree with Bambi, though I haven't seen it.
The Italian Job (original version) comes to mind: "you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"; red, white and blue Mini chasing, and literal cliff-hangers being the main cultural memories which resulted from it.