Talk:Inferno (1980 film)

plot is too long

the plot is too long, it takes up most of the article. and there is no "themes" section. Tenebrae (film) should be used as the template.

Anonymous: Thanks. As the main contributor to the Tenebrae article, I must say I don't agree with you at all about the necessity for a themes section. But based on your comment, I will do some more research and see if I can find enough to fit into such a section for Inferno. And I've recently edited the synopsis down to approximately 950 words, which I realize is longer than the accepted norm. However, with a plot as convoluted (some say incoherent) as this film I think a somewhat extended synopsis is needed. But I'll continue to whittle it down to a more manageable size, while still attempting to retain important narrative details.-Hal Raglan 22:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I've further trimmed the synopsis to 787 words. As you'll see here, current guidelines state "Plot summaries should be between 400 and 700 words (about 600 words), but should not exceed 900 words unless there is a specific reason such as a complicated plot." Any review, favorable or negative, of Inferno notes that the film has a very unusually structured narrative. Some critics have compared the plot to that of Last Year at Marienbad. Because of the complexity of the storyline, I feel the current length should be acceptable. As it is now, the synopsis leaves out some important details that I hope to incorporate somewhere else in the article...as soon as I figure out how to do so.-Hal Raglan 02:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Soundtrack

This section was a sham until I cleaned it up. It was basically a smear campaign against Emerson and a love letter to Goblin. Some insinuating statements still remain. The fact is that this article provides no information on how the soundtrack was received upon release; the two "negative" reviews cited here are highly contemporary. (Meek's review was published in 2004 in the book Time Out Film Guide 13 and the other was a review of the 2000 CD). Also, these reviews are really just blurbs. Meek's review has half a sentence devoted to the film's score, and says nothing about "disappointment". The Music Guide review is also brief, and hardly insightful. 68.162.165.174 04:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

First, your extremely minor changes to the section hardly resulted in a cleanup. Second, if you actually read Meek's review you can plainly see he compares both the movie and the score unfavorably to Suspiria. I'm not sure why you believe the short length of a review would hold against its inclusion here. And the review was not first published in book form in 2004, it appeared in the Time Out UK magazine when Inferno was released theatrically. Also, as noted in the article, the film had a very sparse release and the few critics who reviewed the movie only mentioned Emerson's music in passing. The fact is that Goblin's score for Suspiria was enthusiastically received by quite a few critics at the time of the film's release and is still highly regarded to this day, while Emerson's score was pretty much ignored (much as the film itself was). This is not a "smear campaign", just a statement of fact. I like Emerson's score quite a bit and wish it was better received. I can only find some positive responses on various blogs and amateur review sites, but if there are notable writers/critics/publications who have acclaimed the score, I agree that quotes from their reviews need to be incorporated into the section. I'll keep looking for more positive reactions, but if you can find something first please feel free to add it.-Hal Raglan 19:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Musical Reference

If you listen to a song called 'Forgotten' by 'Bad Company UK' (One of the most respected and largest drum and bass outfits) you will hear a vocal sample taken from this film. It works very well with the track.

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