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- From: pmarlowe@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (philip marlowe)
- Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
- Subject: Re: Ninth Configuration
- Message-ID: <6612XB2w165w@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:21:16 EST
- References: <1993Jan25.131628.3582@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- mritchie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael S Ritchie) writes:
-
- > In article <1993Jan24.142828.10128@iscsvax.uni.edu> schebel8133@iscsvax.uni.e
- > writes:
- > >Question-
- > > Does anyone consider William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration
- > >a cult flick? Is there a comprehensive list of what is considered cult, and
- > >what is not?
- > >
- > Well, I certainly don't feel qualified to try to define "cult
- > movie" in front of this crowd, but I would surely think that the
- > Blatty flick would qualify. It wasn't incredibly popular,
- > box-officewise, was fairly popular among critics, and damn
- > hard to dope out on one viewing. It's really an
- > interesting film that doesn't get talked about much, but
- > look it up for something different.
- > --Michael
-
-
- Agreed. The sequence where we slowly get to see Christ on the moon while
- a slow, deep voice tells us facts almost wiped me out, and I NEVER get
- scared at the movies...
-
- marlowe
-
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- "You win a prize for that, for telling lies like that so well that I
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- eyes of Noah's dove. Choir boys and angels stole your lips and your
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- -10,000 Maniacs
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