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- From: pmarlowe@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (philip marlowe)
- Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
- Subject: Re: Cult Classics
- Message-ID: <3D22XB3w165w@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:26:01 EST
- References: <1993Jan26.005125.16275@mprgate.mpr.ca>
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- hobson@mpr.ca (Darryll Hobson) writes:
-
- > How does a person classify a "cult-movie" ??
- > Is it sufficient to say that this would be a movie that a gang of friends
- > gather 'round in a ritualistic fashion to watch?
- >
- > Or a weird show that stretches the bounds of rashional thought (and,
- > consequently did not make it into the movie theaters) ??
- >
- > OR, is it just a movie that a large group of people seem to like, and no one
- > else can understand (nor figure out) WHY??
- >
- > Later...
- >
-
- I'd say all three. The ideal cult movies have some aspects of every
- chriteria you've mentioned.
-
- marlowe
-
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