Talk:Quills (film)

message: I think the entire analysis section needs to be removed or significantly edited. It seems to only criticize the movie and the motives behind it but brings little in actual "analysis". --Hammy 10:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Analysis

message: This entire article is in dire need of a clean-up. The summary is spotty at best and there is a definite bias against the movie. There should be mentions of its innaccuracies in regards to the historical figures it mentions, but it should also be discussed on the basis of its own artistic merit.  I'd be willing to do it but I've never done a full-article clean up and would like assurance that others agree this needs help. Vaguely 17:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It definitely needs a rewrite. The lead is a mess, the plot redundant, and the analysis unsourced.--Supernumerary 18:19, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Agreed. Dummies102 10:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree, and with the suggestion to rewrite the article entirely. It's way too POV at the moment. Malerin 01:46, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I went through the plot and tried to cut out all the POV. I'll try to get around to that horrible Analysis section soon.--Supernumerary 04:37, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean Up

message: I've cut the nearly the whole analysis section and pasted it here. I salvaged the image and the last paragraph. If this essay can be sourced, it could be included in a different form.--Supernumerary 07:32, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Analysis section 

message: Being bold here! I'm a "Quills" fan and interested in gaining some experience in the Wikipedia world. My earlier changes on the article are my first ever edits, so please, I won't be offended by changes, comments, criticism! It seems I wasn't the only one disappointed by the previous quality, but since I had time, I went for it! I used several featured articles, Jaws, in particular, as a foundation for a good layout and ideas for what to include. I left the Plot Summary alone for now, because it's a more serious project than something as source-able and straightforward as re-doing the Reception and Introductory sections. I deleted maybe a total of 2 paragraphs, but mostly shuffled things into their appropriate sections.
I've also added a to-do list on the talk page here as a starting-off point for myself and any others who'd like to be involved. Some further extrapolation.....
Obviously, there was some serious discussion over historical and biographical inaccuracy in the film. The Schaeffer criticism is a good  example and some more research on the topic will likely uncover others. 
Considering the film was nominated for its art, sets, and costuming, and if I remember correctly, there were some interesting extras on the topic on the DVD, some information about production and production values would be a nice addition.
I thought the bit about Kate Winslet's interest in the movie spurring production, if sourced, would be a good thing to keep and use it to expand on the casting of other actors. (Who saw Shine and nominated Rush? Any interviews?)
And finally, many reviewers mentioned the underlying themes of censorship, which could be interesting to expand upon? Also, creativity, art, sex, mental illness and its treatment, etc. etc.? 
Looking forward to hearing your views! MFrog 05:11, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moderate overhaul 

message: "Though not included on the soundtrack, the opening notes of 'Au Clair de la Lune,' a traditional French children's song, recur throughout the film...."  That makes no sense.  How can the opening notes "recur" without being there? Unfree (talk) 18:59, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Soundtrack

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on Quills. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20071022223839/http://nytimes.com:80/2000/11/22/arts/22QUIL.html?ex=1174363200&en=addcc13057cd21be&ei=5070 to http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/22/arts/22QUIL.html?ex=1174363200&en=addcc13057cd21be&ei=5070
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20060515162226/http://www.calendarlive.com:80/movies/reviews/cl-movie001121-2,0,4044640.story to http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie001121-2,0,4044640.story
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thread_title:  External links modified 

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Hi, I have edited the Plot summary on this page to include more character detail, such as mentioning the character of Charlotte and also further detail to the story that hadn't been mentioned. I have also included a couple of more accurate words and corrected some misspelled text. MikaelaWood (talk) 12:22, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Somewhere in these edits, the date filming began was removed sans explanation.  If that wasn't intentional, could we add back?  Thanks. Barte (talk) 17:03, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

text: It was removed because we did not manage to confirm this information as the source was a dead end and we couldn't find another reliable source. Idaphina (talk) 23:44, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Perfect. Thanks for the explanation. Barte (talk) 23:57, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  QM Education 

message: This source mentions the film was released on VHS(region 1) on November 6, not May 8.Timur9008 (talk) 10:43, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  conflicting information regarding vhs release date 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. Redirecting Quills to Quill (disambiguation) has the most support in this discussion, so that's what I'll do; if there's interest in retargeting to Quill, feel free to bring it up at RfD once the incoming links have been disambiguated. (closed by non-admin page mover)  Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:29, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Quills →  – No clear primary topic like Car/Cars (film) per WP:PLURALPT. Although the film gets more views (7,635) than the instrument (5,887)[] like Cars the film this film is named after the instrument. Although Google and Images return slightly more for the film than the instrument Books only returns the instrument. Redirect back to Quill (disambiguation) per WP:DABCOMBINE. Crouch, Swale (talk)  17:23, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 19 September 2022