Tom Davey wrote:

>I think the most charming cinematic reference to Mahler might be a brief
>moment in the 1983 romantic comedy "Educating Rita."
>
>Rita's new, bohemian roommate is blasting music from the stereo and,
>in response to Rita's quizzical glance, exclaims enthusiastically:
>"Wouldn't you just *die* without Mahler?"

Educating Rita started life as a play by Willy Russell, but this line
appears only in the script of the film version, which is considerably
fleshed out from the play (a two-hander).  The Mahler quote isn't in the
IMDB 'memorable quotes' section for this film, though perhaps it should be.

Virginia Knight
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