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It turns out that when you play the Star Wars theme in reverse, it becomes the song Born Free. Is there, thus, an inverse relationship between the two songs?



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Answer: yes

That which is the reverse of something is its inverse. Suprisingly, it also turns out that if you play the movie Star Wars backward, it becomes the Movie La Cite des enfants perdus. This is partly due to the fact that English spoken backwards is, in fact, French.

Some other movies that have this interesting relationship:

1. 101 Dalmatians (viewed backwards =) La Chien Andalou

2.Odd Couple = La cage aux folle

3. Dirty Dozen = La grande illusion

4. Oceans 11 = Le salaire de la peur

Similarly, American foreign policy done in reverse is French foreign policy.

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