notre-dame de paris: the pop culture, the history, the legacy.

. When Victor Hugo wrote the French gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame in 1829, he was aiming to raise awareness on the importance of saving old buildings during the time when everyone’s pulling a Miley Cyrus wrecking structures left and right. Little did he know that his grotesque protagonist will be strongly associated with the cathedral’s popularity throughout the 20th century. Quasimodo was portrayed and copied in different countries all over the world. Of course Philippine cinema did not let it pass. I can vividly remember the 1974 film. The first scene in ...