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Talk:Lessons of Darkness

message: Being well-viewed concerning Herzog's catalog, narrative and documentary, I found the statement "As with virtually all of Herzog's films, music is his guide to the viewer" to be offputting. Herzog normally has a very heavy personal hand in his documentaries, whether he appears in them (a lot of the time) and guides the action (as with Little Dieter Needs to Fly  and Wings of Hope) or shares his thoughts through narration, and I don't believe the open-ended structure of Lessons of Darkness is completely typical of his style.
I think Lessons of Darkness is in the same style as the rest of his films.  The open ended structure is heavy handed in order for the viewer to be able to see a new perspective.  For example, in the first few frames of the film a quote pops up on screen that reads "The collapse of the stellar universe will occur-like creation- in grandiose splendor - Blake Pascal."  Herzog admits in Herzog on Herzog that he wrote the quote.  Herzog is on a self proclaimed quest for new images and perspectives.  If adding a quote about space can make the viewer think of these images of burning oil in a way distanced from the truth Herzog will do it to achieve his "ecstatic truth."  Herzog definitely uses music as a guide.  Fata Morgana and Lessons of Darkness are very similar in their "open-ended structure" and I think the music in both play a large part in changing the way the viewer sees the film.Fransmcgruff (talk) 21:17, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music
Talk:La Soufrière (film)

message: I've just watched this film, and of the three people we meet in the film, only one of them mentions god. In this article, the last paragraph overemphasises the religious aspect, saying, for example,  that they had all "given their lives to god". I would say the final interviewee's motives for staying on the island are more to do with his sense of oblivion than any religious fervour (ie. quite the opposite).
Also, another erroneous passage in the article: "Driven by either madness or complete harmony with nature, the subjects of Herzog's films exemplify life at its most spiritually extreme." I'm not sure Herzog would agree with you there. I think he would say the protagonists in many of his films are the only sane ones (I have heard him say this myself), and that they go against the will of nature (which he himself has described as "full of murder, chaos and death"), eg. Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, Little Dieter, Woodcarver Steiner, Grizzly Man, La Soufriere etc.
I'll go about editing this myself if no-one has any objections.
Mikething (talk) 22:15, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Too much emphasis on god
Talk:How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (film)

message: This article has had its infobox tag removed by a cleanup using AWB.
Any concerns please leave me a message at my talk page. RWardy 20:10, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of "needs infobox" tag 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Oppose - film is not WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, thanks for bringing to RM, really that is not what the speedy deletion prod is meant to be used for, but I suspect many notable subjects are prod-deleted without editors taking the trouble. I have now added a couple of sources to How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, removed the prod notice and this tongue-twister has plentiful print notability (around 8,000 Google Book hits).  In ictu oculi (talk) 11:03, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey
Talk:Heart of Glass (film)

message: One can accurately say that a Wagnerian opera is boring and not very interesting to the average person. This is quite accurate but it certainly doesn't amount to an evaluation of Wagner. Such an  approach is much too common among film reviewers. 
The linked review  doesn't considers the film adequately unless the standard is pure Hollywood trivia of past couple of decades. So obviously,  I find that DVDFILE review is without merit.
My POV isn't terribly obscure or even controversial. Herzog is typically  viewed as  at the very least a minor a genius. Heart of Glass is among his more important films. 
Calamitybrook (talk) 05:45, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted to earlier version. Ebert's views (cited) are notable.
Calamitybrook (talk) 18:12, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: DVDFILE.com Link is Not Serious

message: The article needs to be expanded more, more information on the film'a production would be nice, also the plot is too short and needs to be expanded.--Paleface Jack (talk) 03:14, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion
Talk:Rio Bravo (film)

message: Which coin would this be? I don't seem to be able to find a sample on the net. AMCKen (talk) 05:35, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: 50 Dollar Coin

message: I see in the opening paragraph:
"..the film is about the sheriff of the town of Rio Bravo, Texas who arrests the brother of a powerful local rancher in order to help his drunken deputy/friend."
Nonsense. The sheriff arrests Joe for casually murdering a bystander who suggested that Joe stop beating Dude, not to "help dude."
Then following plot summary gets this point correct, but the leading paragraph makes no sense.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.43.62 (talk) 17:52, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot summary wrong, contradicts next passage
Talk:The American Friend

message: * Is this film's correct name Der Amerikanische Freund or The American Friend? kabl00ey 23:58, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Faraway, So Close!

message: Description seems overlong and too detailed.Parkwells (talk) 16:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the article's page history, there has not been a shorter plot summary in the past. A new rewrite will have to be provided. If you've seen the film, I recommend shortening the summary if you can. Some guidelines here: WP:FILMPLOT. Erik (talk | contribs) 16:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've trimmed a little, in addition to expanding the production, reception and referencing. Ribbet32 (talk) 01:40, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot
Talk:In Praise of Love (film)

message: Note to previous editors of this page- I took your contents and moved them to the French spelling of the title-- I actually prefer calling it by the English name, but I wanted to achieve consistency since the wiki page for Godard's filmography lists it (and virtually all of his films) under the French title. I'm not trying to bum anybody out or disregard the work you did-- now people will be able to find your article via the Godard filmography article. versen 00:00, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Re Title
Talk:Caitlin Ryan (Degrassi)

message: It doesn't make sense for Caitlin's birth year to be 1972.  By that standard, she should have started kindergarten in 1977, and finished Grade 8 in 1986, two years before she started Grade 7 in the first season of "Degrassi Junior High".  Caitlin's birth year should be 1976, so that she is 12 years old when she starts Grade 7 - most Grade 7s are 11 or 12 until the end of December when they are all 12.
If Caitlin was born in 1972, and if we accept the canon of Emma Nelson (Spike's daughter) being born in 1989, the year Caitlin moved from Grade 7 to 8, then she would have been 16 on starting Grade 7, and 17 on starting Grade 8!  As the daughter of schoolteachers/principals, it doesn't wash.  I suggest that 1972 is a gross error on some scriptwriter's part! GBC (talk) 15:53, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  1972 birthdate?! 
Talk:All the Boys Are Called Patrick

message: Why is there no mention of the actual title, Charlotte et Véronique? Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick is just a subtitle, isn't it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathbystarship (talk • contribs) 23:48, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

message: The title of the article is overly literal.  The article itself rightly renders this (sub)title as "All Boys Are Called Patrick."  In English, the definite article here is restrictive (indicating a specific set of boys).  In French it might or might not be, but in this case is not.  (The article would be obligatory in French.  The sentence is therefore ambiguous out of context.)  Kostaki mou (talk) 22:06, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: All the Boys Are Called Patrick
Talk:List of postal codes in Russia

message: This article really needs expansion. But where is it possible to get the whole list without any violations? Samnikal 02:05, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Postal codes lists are raw data and cannot be copyrighted.  If you get your hands on anything, feel free to post here.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 04:05, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Old talk
Talk:La cabina

message: Part of Carl Orff's Trionfo di Afrodite is used in the soundtrack while the lorry carrying the telephone box approaches the underground warehouse.
86.4.253.180 (talk) 03:44, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soundtrack includes part of Carl Orff's Trionfo di Afrodite 
Talk:The Spirit of the Beehive

message: :The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was move by default as no one has objected. Kimchi.sg 08:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

message: Wasn't there a musical group by this name in the 80's or 90's? Kelvingreen 14:38, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you must be thinking of Voice of the BeehiveSuzarella 21:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band? 

message: The fugitive in the film does NOT appear to be a Republican soldier.  The film takes place in 1940, one year AFTER the end of the Spanish Civil War.  So the man that Ana helps would appear to be an ordinary fugitive from the law. Jonbecker03 (talk) 13:33, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a Republican Soldier
Talk:China Gate

message: T
there used t be an option to see the china gate bill cliton scandel.
 Wow!  :Excellent revisionist history.   Wonder if it is the Clinton loving American socialists or
there Chinese Communist friends who are censoring Wikipedia to remove historical facts.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.224.23.32 (talk) 04:31, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happened to the scandel?
Talk:Dead of Night

message: E.F. Benson's short story "The Bus-Conductor" is actually the basis for the "hearse driver sequence", and Benson is credited as a writer of the film ("original story").  It is therefore inaccurate to claim that the original short story is a revisitation of the theme in another medium.  I hesitate to remove it, however, because it isn't mentioned elsewhere in the article.  Could someone please add a section discussing the literary basis for some of the film's story-within-a-story segments?  All were short stories adapted for the film, two of them by their authors. 12.233.146.130 (talk) 19:55, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not accurate, but... 

message: Nightmare in Wax involves a person dreaming of what may be the future.  Would it count?--174.99.238.22 (talk) 19:05, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Relevant?

message: Come on, now.  We don't know that.  It could also be that this is the real deal.  But, of course, since we are dealing with fictional events, there is no real deal. Kostaki mou (talk) 15:14, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: So change it to something you think is more appropriate. Go for it! Blurryman (talk) 21:52, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  " seemingly doomed to repeat the same nightmarish cycle over and over again for the rest of his life." 

message: Only later reading the style guide did I realize that my edits to the first paragraph about plot were a little out of line --- the intention is to steamroller plot points into a plain description of the story. My sense was that this flattened the effect of the beginning and ending of the film, and, if you think effects are plotted as much as story events, perhaps you can agree with the changes I've made and left. 
Wickersettee (talk) 15:21, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  first and last paragraphs 

message: The Christmas Party section refers to the Constance Kent case. Unfortunately I don't have anything we could use as a reliable source for this. DuncanHill (talk) 20:18, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Christmas Party
Talk:School for Scoundrels (1960 film)

message: The current poster image being used is not the original art used to promote the movie as created by the designer and illustrator Tom Jung.  I would like to use the image that is on impawards.com - http://impawards.com/1960/school_for_scoundrels.html.  I have confirmed with Tom Jung that this version is the original/as it was sent to the printer.
Does anyone have any objections/thoughts about swapping out the current image for the original impawards.com image?  Jobrjobr (talk) 17:57, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, I'm not sure why we have to have the US poster in a British film article? -  SchroCat (^ • @) 09:09, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: SchroCat all I did here is replace the existing image with the known original - Exactly the Same image but without the photoshopped yellow background.Jobrjobr (talk) 18:19, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Poster Art?
Talk:Flowers of Shanghai

message: Someone who speaks English and has seen the movie needs to delete that plot section and start over. It's pretty tough to understand. LogicalFinance33 (talk) 02:26, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot section editing
Talk:Western theater of the American Civil War

message: I know it's been a while since this very useful article has been put together, but ...</br>
In the paragraph Tennessee, Cumberland, and Mississippi Rivers (February–June 1862)</br>
1 - Grant moved swiftly, starting his troops down the Tennessee River toward Fort Henry on river transports on February 2. 
:Shouldn't it be up the Tennessee River ?
2 - Grant's army marched cross-country in pursuit of Tilghman and attempted immediate assaults on the fort from the rear, but they were unsuccessful. 
:Hadn't Tilghman surrendered at Fort Henry and hadn't he been sent to a prisoner camp in Boston ? --Jpda (talk) 16:14, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes to both of your corrections, which I just made. In the future, it is not necessary for you to discuss minor corrections like this on the talk page. You are welcome to make the corrections directly to the article. Hal Jespersen (talk) 18:21, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It´s just that I was  not 100 % sure. I'm  just on the other side of the Atlantic working on the French version. By the way kudos for all the maps.--Jpda (talk)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.8.58.18 (talk) 20:17, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Up or Down the Tennessee ? Chasing Tilghman ? 

message: Franklin-Nashville campaign should say 1864, not 1862. KevinLuna (talk) 02:59, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Problem solved by Hal Jespersen, Thanks! Yoavt (talk) 21:14, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map
Talk:The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 film)

message: Besier's first name is spelled Rudolf in most reference sources (as the author of the play). People searching might look for it spelled with a "ph" at the end, but wouldn't it be better to give them the correct spelling here?Suze (talk) 17:37, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion 

message: Is there a duchess involved? 2800:40:1B:13C:6D61:811F:5E74:465A (talk) 12:49, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duchess
Talk:Up the Junction

message: Film information is in separate article Up the Junction (1968 film) SkierRMH 03:28, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Up the junction" is British, or at least London, slang for "fucked". I don't know if this usage predates the novel, but it is used in this sense in the Squeeze song in 1979. This info would make an interesting addition to the article if anybody can find suitable references, which I can't. --Ef80 (talk) 20:51, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title significance
Talk:Cathy Come Home

message: The entry says Cathy Come Home was first shown on the 16th of December 1966, and later states it helped raised the profile of the Charity Shelter, which was lanuched on Dec 1st 1966.  In actual fact Cathy Come home first aired on the 16th of November and was shown a second time a few weeks later (after public outcry).  The BBC website contains two references on for December and one for November, the Shelter site indicates CCH was a November transmission.
:OK we better change that then  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonTrew (talk • contribs) 06:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Anon edit to main article, [[October 25]] [[2006]]
Talk:The Straight Story

message: This section had no formatting and was just a very long list with some repetition and unnecessary information. Feel free to put back in a formatted and edited version... Rogwan (talk) 21:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Awards and nominations

message: I think Gone With the Wind could be summarized in half the space. It's so detailed that it destroys any desire to read it. For example...
"The next obstacle that Alvin must overcome is that something goes wrong with the mower's engine. He stops in the middle of the road, unsure of how to proceed. He is close to his goal and is trying to reach the end of his journey. A huge tractor passes him on the road and the driver shows compassion by towing Alvin to where he wants to go. The driver of the tractor then gives a hand signal that this is the end of the line and bids farewell as Alvin continues with his journey to see his brother."
...could be condensed to...
"When Alvin has engine trouble, a tractor driver tows Alvin to his destination."
...without losing anything of importance. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 20:55, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot
Talk:On the Air (TV series)

message: :On The Air was incredibly weird. I suspect this was the weirdest thing to ever pass as a mainstream sitcom on NA television, and is therefore historically significant. The complete series remains readily available by Shareaza, allowing verification of any edits by 216.138.194.68 or User:Yiddophile. (Thanks also to Shareaza, since I have now seen the full series, not just the four episodes I videotaped off Canadian airwaves in 1992.) 
:As a proud Lynch fan, I will contact David Lynch, see if he owns the rights and will allow for small video samples to be added to the Wikimedia project (thought I doubt he'll object, he appears to embrace new technology and new media).
:David, if you're reading, let's step outside for a cigarette and a good discussion of Eraserhead, mmm'Kay? 
:216.138.194.68 07:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

message: I removed the phrase "It comes off oven mitt. Oven mitt. Oven mitt." from the Blinky Watts section because it didn't make a lick of sense. If there's a context that would make the comment comprehensible, it should be included in the article. Dcwaterboy (talk) 20:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blinky's oven mitt.   

message: This article is almost entirely non-encyclopedic, contains original research, and seems to try and be humorous in its descriptions of characters and episodes, becoming misleading in the process. McGonigle is a "trans-dimensional entity"? People are "immortals" because they're not killed as a result of the slapstick gags? (I wonder if who wrote this also thinks Laurel & Hardy were demons and Chaplin a Great Old One). Several parts of the article are also written in a style that's confusing and hard to understand. A few elements are either made up or extrapolated from minor mentions which in no way were intended as defining traits (e.g. Gochktch doesn't have "a penchant for mink oil", he only mentions mink oil once in passing during the setup of a different gag, without expressing any particular attachment to it). Kumagoro-42 (talk) 18:36, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  In need of a serious rewrite
Talk:The Coca-Cola Kid

message: the file "The Coca Cola Kid" have a new version named "Coca Cola Kid" (1997) as you can see at  imdb  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.179.28.58 (talk) 08:43, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The same title has been used by a different film. It is a short film and has nothing to do with this film and the link to it has been removed. MarnetteD | Talk 11:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Title
Talk:Rated X (film)

message: for Adults Only  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.4.227.194 (talk) 19:59, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rated 'X' or 'TV-MA' and 'NR-Adult' is not safe for kids 
Talk:Otsego

message: James Fenimore Cooper in The Chronicles of Cooperstown stated:
:The word Otsego, is thought to be a compound which conveys the idea of a spot at which meetings of the Indians were held. There is a small rock near the outlet of the lake, called the Otsego rock, at which precise point the savages, according to an early tradition of the country, were accustomed to rendezvous.
This contradicts the first item in the article somewhat, but my faith JFC waivers, so I won't change it. — Nonenmac 02:21, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Otsego is said to be a word compounded of Ot, a place of meeting, and Sego, or Sago, the ordinary term of salutation used by the Indians of this region. There is a tradition which says that the neighboring tribes were accustomed to meet on the banks of the lake to make their treaties, and otherwise to strengthen their alliances, and which refers the name to this practice. As the Indian agent of New York had a log dwelling at the foot of the lake, however, it is not impossible that the appellation grew out of the meetings that were held at his council fires;
(Just another argument on behalf of Cooper -- I'll look elsewhere, but maybe his belief is common enough that it should be mentioned.) — Nonenmac 02:36, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of rock?

message: Francis Whiting Halsey in his 1901 history The Old New York Frontier, wrote:
:The foot of Otsego Lake was a favorite resort. In that fact Cooper found the origin of the word Otsego, the particular place where meetings were held being Council Rock. A meaning cited by Campbell is "clear, deep water," but other writers, like Morgan, pass the word by without defining it. Dr. Beauchamp gives the forms Otesaga and Ostenha, and says they are traditionally supposed to refer to Council Rock....
:It is clear that the Indians did not know the lake by the name Otsego. ... In letters written from the lake in 1765, missionaries called it Otsego Lake, which is perhaps the earliest use of the name on record. On the Augsburg map of the province, dated 1777, occurs the form "Lake Assega," which would imply that the name had then found official acceptance. 
A little more research due. — Nonenmac 02:59, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clear deep water?

message: According to a statement in the Wikipedia entry for Static-X (cited from an interview with Wayne Static), the band's "Otsego" songs refer to Otsego, Michigan (where Wayne went to college), not Otsego, Wisconsin. Understandable that the author assumed Wisconsin though, given the name of their debut album (Wisconsin Death Trip). I'm going to go ahead and change it, unless anyone has any opposition.
Vicious Blayd 01:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Static-X