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In response to "Quiz answers. -- (link)" by Shaun

I also hate when lists like this include a (foreign) film most people haven't seen let alone heard of just to make themselves look cultured or

Posted by Stephen (aka SCeire) Dec 2 '09, 13:54

whatever.

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Amusingly, the New Yorker list posted a few boards ago did the exact opposite. One "mainstream" film to make the list look accessible. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:55 6
- heh -- nm - Stephen Dec 2, 13:57
- This is so common in music lists, and it drives me fucking bonkers. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 13:56 4
  - Especially as Nick Hornby skewered it years ago -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 13:57 3
    - did he? shit. i really ought to read his music columns more. Believer subscriptions seem expensive. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 13:59 2
      - In High Fidelity - the movie and the book IIRC -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 14:03
      - and he doesn't write for them anymore either, apparently. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 14:02

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