This seems to be it - I remember the movie where it was used "The Go Between" with Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Edward Fox.
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Helen
Junior Member posted January 07, 2000 07:00 PM
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The past is a different country; they do things differently there.
Is this a quote or have I made it up?
Can you help?
Thanks
Petrarch
Member posted January 07, 2000 07:47 PM
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You've got it right. I think the exact quote uses "foreign"" instead of "different":
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
It's attributed to Leslie Poles Hartley, an English writer who died in 1972
(1895-1972). He liked to write tales about the fantastic and the macabre.
[This message has been edited by Petrarch (edited January 07, 2000).]
bob
Member posted January 07, 2000 09:25 PM
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The line is used at the beginning of the movie "the Go-Between" by Joseph Losey. [a wonderful film, incidentally] The movie was based on Hartley's book.
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