Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Novel written by Umberto Eco
Screenplay written by Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin and Alain Godard
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See also Umberto Eco: Jméno růže
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My venerable brother, there are many books that speak of comedy. Why does this one fill you with such fear?
Because it’s by Aristotle.
But what is so alarming about laughter?
Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith because without fear of the Devil, there is no more need of God.
But you will not eliminate laughter by eliminating that book.
No, to be sure, laughter will remain the common man’s recreation. But what will happen if, because of this book, learned men were to pronounce it admissable to laugh at everything? Can we laugh at God? The world would relapse into chaos! Therefore, I seal that which was not to be said.
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