Citing lines from movies is perhaps a bit different. Well-known movies have for decades been a part of building culture (national and international). For insta

Citing lines from movies is perhaps a bit different. Well-known movies have for decades been a part of building culture (national and international). For instance, I notice I regularly reference a pacifist war movie (from 1955, with two re-makes) that everyone here has seen (and most have read the novel the movies are based on), and at least most men know the dialogue well enough to understand the reference. Perhaps it's part of building cohesion: a reference to history that is shared by all.