See You Next Wednesday
Encyclopedia
See You Next Wednesday is a recurring gag in most of the films directed by John Landis
, usually referenced as a fictional film
. No version of See You Next Wednesday in any Landis film ever looks the same as it did in any previous Landis film.
Landis originally got the idea for See You Next Wednesday from the 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey
. It is the last line spoken by Frank Poole's father during Poole's videophone conversation with his parents.
John Landis
John David Landis is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.-Early life and career:...
, usually referenced as a fictional film
Story within a story
A story within a story, also rendered story-within-a-story, is a literary device in which one narrative is presented during the action of another narrative. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device...
. No version of See You Next Wednesday in any Landis film ever looks the same as it did in any previous Landis film.
Landis originally got the idea for See You Next Wednesday from the 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel...
. It is the last line spoken by Frank Poole's father during Poole's videophone conversation with his parents.