Talk:Tenebrae (film)

message: *this sentence tidied up: "a metal sculpture with sharp spikes that lands on, and gorily impales, the demented writer" 
**FIXED (I hope!)Hal Raglan 22:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This article needs...

message: This is a relatively minor point, but the soundtrack listing takes up a lot of space.  Could it be made smaller, or put into columns, or a picture alongside it to fill the white space?  Or don't other people see that as a problem?  Also would it be worth mentioning that a spiky metal sculpture also tips onto a lead actor in Argento's Bird with Crystal Plumage? Шизомби 22:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Its definitely worth mentioning the Crystal Plumage reference.  One of the things I hope to do when I get the time is write a section showing how "self-reflexive" Argento was in Tenebrae to his earlier giallos. And I'll see if I can reduce the font size for the offending soundtrack listing. Hal Raglan 17:36, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I couldn't figure out how to make the font size smaller or how to turn the info into columns, so I simply moved the track listing to a new, separate article called Tenebrae (soundtrack).  I'm slowly working on incorporating the Crystal Plumage reference into the article.  It'll get in there eventually!Hal Raglan 21:24, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The soundtrack page looks good!  I have McDonaugh's book too, and a couple other things that may have stuff on Tenebrae; I'll try to take a look if there's anything worth adding. McDonaugh probably deserves her own article at some point; I certainly agree with the redlinking her name. Шизомби 16:29, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

text: The Newman quote is a good one re: the violent use of a work of art in the endings of Bird and Tenebrae, but I don't know if works better than the DVD Savant one I've already used. (I skimmed thru Nightmare Movies when working on this article and I somehow missed that)  Also, in the "Visual Impairment" section I do mention the moment, and exact quote, you bring up about a character trying to "put their finger" on a clue, and remark how it is a common theme in Argento's films. Hal Raglan 21:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I blame my visual impairment ;-)  Have you come across anything about why Argento chose Tenebrae as the title?  Also, in what way was Robin's role famous?  I'll happily support the FA nom though. Шизомби 02:05, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, so far nothing concrete about exactly why the film is called Tenebrae.  And I guess its probably true that outside of cult/horror fandom, Robins isn't famous at all, so I changed "famously played by a man" to "actually played by a man."  Good call. Hal Raglan 03:30, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I found something about the title, if it merits adding (not sure where): "The film's curious title (which means 'darkness' in Italian) has also caused some debate.  Argento has claimed he intended it to refer to the darkness in the human soul but as there is no reference to this in the finished product, it seems fair to assume that it was most probably just a title he liked." Smith, Adrian Luther (1999). Blood & Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Sex and Horror Movies, page 118.  Шизомби 03:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Schizombie issues

message: i think the only things missing now are the 2 points described earlier:
*discuss any allusions/references to other works e.g. maybe dressed to kill, does it refer back to his peevious giallo at all? 
*discussing the impact/legacy the film had, did argento make references back to it in later work, how did his work change after this, did it make any pop-cultural impact, did the goblin theme become a dancefloor hit, did other films reference this one (a brian de palma film did for sure). 
if they could be addressed i think this article would stand a good chance as a featured article candidate, as the rest is v. good. Zzzzz 16:29, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0084777/movieconnections mentions possible references, although the problem is they could just be in the mind of the person who submitted them.  IMDb sometimes has reasons for the connections; they're hidden - you have to click update, then correct/delete then continue.  In this case, there's nothing really useful hidden (only one had a reason given). Шизомби 17:05, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm working on a section tentatively called "Influences and Influence".  Douglas E. Winter has called Tenebrae Argento's most "self-reflexive" film, and he and various other critics, including Tim Lucas, have pointed out specific references to his earlier films.  The movie also points back to some non-Argento thrillers and giallos.  For influence, Winter believes the film (and Argento's overall directorial style) was at least an indirect inspiration on Donald Cammell's White of the Eye.  And of course everybody has noticed Brian De Palma's "homage" in Raising Cain.  I'm hoping to get to that section today.  As usual, once its been added please continue to add/delete/restructure the article as you see fit.Hal Raglan 17:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comprehensiveness

message: should the footnote style be changed to the new style ? Zzzzz 13:51, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If that is the new and generally preferred style, I would say the footnotes need to be changed.  It looks like it might be a somewhat time consuming process to do so, so obviously I would prefer to keep them as they are.  But it depends on what others say.  If the consensus is to use the new style, I won't be able to make such a change until much later in the day.Hal Raglan 15:14, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Three people on the featured article candidate page thought it would be a good idea to reformat the footnotes, so I have taken the time to do so.  Personally, I preferred the previous version.Hal Raglan 04:05, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Footnote style

message: the language in the infobox is listed as "english". should it be "italian/english"? i thought argento films were post-dubbed with people on set speaking whatever language they were more comfortable with? (actually a note about this in the article would be useful too). Zzzzz 22:50, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: changed the infobox to read "English/Italian" and added some detail in the "Production" section re: language issue, with sources. Hal Raglan 03:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Language

message: I have Variety chart archives from the 1980s, listing all theatrical releases in 1987, with this one listed as having been released on Friday, February 13, 1987 (by Bedford). I'll get the reference tomorrow and add/cite this info. Although it was undoubtedly a minor release, it's worth noting. Mad Jack O'Lantern 08:22, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: While Variety is about as reliable a source as you can get within the entertainment industry, 1987 is way too late for an initial theatrical release of the film.  This must have been a brief reissue attempt.  I'm fairly certain that the Bedford Entertainment movie poster shows a copyright date of 1984.  Further, in his article "The Butchering of Argento" printed in "The Video Watchdog Book", Tim Lucas indicates that the film's U.S. theatrical release was in 1984.  The article includes an interview with a representative of Bedford, prior to the film's release on videotape, which I believe confirms that the film was released in 1984.  I don't have the book in front of me, but I will take a look at it tonight to make sure.  I know the film was barely released in 1984, in only a few regions, so maybe they made another atttempt in 1987 to drum up some publicity interest for the then-upcoming videotape? (I'm uncertain as to when the videotape came out...the Lucas book may have the info) Hal Raglan 15:42, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I have full release date charts for 1984, as well (and all years since for the 1980s). The charts are incredibly detailed - they list any releases by any companies, however limited (Fulci's Manhattan Baby had a minor release in 1984, for example; Argento's Inferno was released only in 1986 - August 15). They used to do these release date charts once a year, at the beginning of the year. The 1987 charts were in the January 20, 1988 edition. Page 69 has Bedford's single theatrical release that year, listed as "Unsane (Tenebrae) (1982)". That indicates the film had its release under "Unsane", and was produced in 1982. Tim Lucas may well have been using the IMDB for his info - IMDB isn't particularly reliable for much of anything; I find it odd that they list the theatrical date as "February 1987" but under Company Credits, say Bedford and "1983". The MPAA's site  has a 1984-dated rating for "Unsane". What I think may have happened is the company purchased the rights in 1984, but didn't release the film, for whatever reason, until 1987. As far as I can tell, this has happened a lot with foreign horror (and other) films, including the aforementioned Inferno. Mad Jack O'Lantern 17:51, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your response!  While I agree with you that imdb.com is often a remarkable source of misinformation, Tim Lucas's article originally appeared in the late 80's, long before the appearance of the internet and/or imdb.  Let me check the book tonight to make sure exactly what the article says regarding the theatrical and videotape release dates of the film.  Included in the article is a brief interview with a Bedford employee regarding the censorship the movie suffered in order to get an "R" rating from the MPAA.  In that interview, I do believe the 1984 theatrical release date is confirmed...but I will have to wait until tonite to see how accurate my memory is regarding this issue.Hal Raglan 18:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The "Butchering of Dario Argento" chapter in The Video Watchdog Book originally appeared as an article in Fangoria magazine in August 1987. Tim Lucas interviewed Steve Macklin of Bedford regarding the film's problems with the MPAA.  Macklin says "The picture had a brief release in Texas and Florida, and didn't do any business..."  While neither Macklin or Lucas notes the actual year of release, the article  notes that after this theatrical release the movie played on various pay cable channels in 1985.  Its not mentioned in the article/chapter as to when the interview took place, but Macklin mentions that "the cuts we made for the theatrical release were done two years ago, so I don't remember them exactly", so presumably the interview was done in late 1986 or early 1987, and the article written some time later (Lucas mentions in a different chapter that his articles typically appeared in print three or four months after they were written).  Anyway, a subsequent videotape was "eventually released" (no date specified) by "Fox-Hill", which by August of 1987 had gone out of print.  Considering that time line, it really seems to me that the 1987 theatrical release Variety refers to must be a late reissue attempt by Bedford to drum up some kind of business for the title, and definitely not the initial theatrical release.Hal Raglan 01:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Should we still mention this release, though? It's the only exact verifiable release date we have, it seems notable. By the way, I also have all the box office charts from the 80s (also from Variety), but they only cover the top 50 at the box office, and Unsane never showed up at any point, which indicates.... a very low box office gross, at what must have been a very limited release. :) Mad Jack O'Lantern 04:51, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess it would be okay to have this mentioned in the article, probably somewhere in the "Response" section. My only problem is that this information totally confuses the issue as to the film's initial release date in the U.S.  By the way, was Tenebrae (or Unsane) ever reviewed in Variety?  I was wondering if one of the many copies you seem to have might contain a review of either the original Italian version or the shorter U.S. cut?Hal Raglan 22:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, they seem to have never reviewed it. It's not online at their site either. Not much of a surprise there. Mad Jack O'Lantern 04:20, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: US release date

message: for him, the most enjoyable part of filmmaking is writing the story. He is less thrilled with directing, and his view on actors was certainly Hitchcockian. He disliked dealing with their insecurities ("Ohhhhh, I do not look good!") and frailties. The following evening, before the showing of Tenebre, Argento would skewer Anthony Franciosa, working with the thirsty star had not been a pleasurable experience. 
"I don't care if you drink," he would exclaim, "Just don't drink on my movie!"
http://s8.invisionfree.com/MHVF/ar/t39.htm Zzzzz 22:54, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: argento on franciosa

message: from Time Out magazine's film guide edited by tom milne second edition 1991, p663 reprinting original magazine review by Frances Lass:
"110 minutes"
A hybrid horror, both thriller and slasher, not to mention chopper and shocker, this confirms what Suspiria and Inferno led one to suspect. When it comes to plotting, Argento is one hell of a basket weaver: with holes in his story big enough to sink credibility, he cheats and double-crosses like mad to conceal the killer's identity [...] By the end, the entire cast save one had undergone savage cutting, something which would have benefitted the film itself, which is unpleasant even by contemporary horror standards. It does confirm Argento's dedication to the technicalities of constructing images - Grand Guignol for L'Uomo Vague, perhaps - but you'll still end up feeling you've left some vital digestive organs back in the seat. Zzzzz 22:54, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: timeout review

message: I noticed that the title format for this article should be Tenebrae (film) rather than  Tenebrae (film). However, I don't know how to change the formatting of the article header, so I leave this as a suggestion to others.helix 20:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You can't italicise the heading, I'm afraid - it's just the name of the article, i.e. whatever's in the URL. —Whouk (talk) 20:30, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed that the format has now been changed in the list of featured articles (section media) - now it is the same format as other AF on films listed there. Cheers,  helix 16:01, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article heading format

message: Why isn't this article locked for editing, since it's featured on the front page? - McCart42 00:56, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: and has been hit by vandalism multiple times in the last hour by sockpuppets ... Whitejay251 01:01, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see User:Raul654/protection for an explanation, though I've protected it now for a brief amount of time because of what appears to be a vandalbot. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article not locked? 

message: do not revert to prior versions from its time on the mainpage as they contain numerous poor edits, thanks. please indicate what you want to add/remove here.
while some of the edits may be ok, you have also: removed a valid quote, wikified years against policy, added uncited assertions, added trivia etc etc. so dont revert - just add in what u think is the ok edits.
:I just undid your wholesale revert, which you had no right to do.  The main point was that your revert removed info that I myself added to the article, and possible other people's valuable edits.  Please show me the official policy that allows you to require all edits to be discussed on the talk page first.  — Gulliver ✉ 14:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: please discuss proposed edits

message: The current wording makes it sound as if "Video Nasty" is an official or legal term in the UK, which I doubt. Can anyone rewrite this?--Chris 23:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video Nasty? 

message: I recently made a minor change to the opening sentence of the article, wikilinking the film's year of release, 1982, to 1982 in film.  (Note that I am not trying to wikilink to 1982.)  An anonymous editor has reverted my edit, claiming that the Manual of Style indicates such wikilinking is incorrect.  I cannot locate anything in the Manual of Style that says a film's release date cannot be wikilinked.  I've just glanced at ten or so Featured Article film articles and all of them wikilink to the Film Year article that corresponds to each film's respective release date. I made the same edit again, but the anonymous editor has rejected this rationale, claiming that the MOS has priority over the way every other film article has been written.  However, as the MOS itself notes: "The guidelines here are just that: guidelines are not inflexible rules; one way is often as good as another, but if everyone does it the same way, Wikipedia will be easier to read, write and edit."  The majority of film articles (at least the ones at the FA quality level) utilize the same wikilinking, so I've reinstated my edit.  Please discuss here if you disagree.  Thanks.-Hal Raglan 02:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[1982 in film]]

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message: So the lead describes this as an English-language Italian film. The infobox declares its languages as both Italian and English. I find this a bit contradictory. I know with a lot of Italian genre productions that it has multiple actors from different countries who dub their lines in later, but what do we put for the language then? Like, I'd imagine it was released dubbed in Italian in Italy, but if all releases are dubbed, what's the quote-unquote 'official' language? Also, how do we handle it with films like this? Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:30, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There has been no response and I can not find any more information regarding this. I'll be removing the language information until more information can be found. Andrzejbanas (talk) 05:20, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: My apologies; I didn't spot your original question. Yes, in Tenebrae, most of the cast spoke English, and they dubbed their lines into Italian for the film's domestic release. I don't recall who added "English-language" to the lead, but I know it wasn't in my 2015 rewrite and expansion, and I agree this is an unusual case. I don't think simply stating "English-language" cuts it; perhaps a sentence later in the lead should be added. I don't see any real harm listing both in the infobox, however. Steve T • C 21:20, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: My main issue with it being in the infobox would be that its not clear for the a reader to understand having both languages in the film. Its not both, its one or the other, so placing it there would not be clear in this case. Andrzejbanas (talk) 05:11, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: English-language

message: I’m just reading the articles cited in the wiki page now and they are from Fangoria #34 & #35, not #33 & #34. Dwightbandy (talk) 17:37, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  ‘fangoria’ citations.