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June 30
Meaning of German credits
What exactly would the German credits of "Schnitt" and "Redaktion" equate to in an English-speaking production? On first approach it seems like they would both refer to an editor. Lazar Taxon (talk) 03:28, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- The problem here appears to be that editor in English is polysemic (has multiple meanings): Schnitt (in the context of a video) refers to film editing (cutting), while Redaktion is → this editing. Cheers ❖ hugarheimur 06:25, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- If we're talking about a German film, I'm fairly sure you would only ever see Schnitt as a credit, never Redaktion. --Viennese Waltz 09:15, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- Redaktion refers to the sum of Contributing editors in a press. If the film is a documentary it might have a Redaktion. If it is set at the press, it could be the credits for background actors in that scene. --87.181.87.121 (talk) 13:17, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- I just watched a scripted German TV show that had both "Schnitt" and "Redaktion" as production credits at the start (not among the cast, not set at a press), which is what prompted my question. --Lazar Taxon (talk) 15:05, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- I'm with Torana. Schnitt is splicing a bunch of takes into a neat linear whole. The Redaktion is an editorial team involved in the content, mostly the preparation. This is an article in Die Zeit about a scandal in the TV-show "Deutschlands Beste!" – manipulating the selection of candidates – that led to the whole Redaktion being dissolved. --Lambiam 16:59, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- If we're talking about a German film, I'm fairly sure you would only ever see Schnitt as a credit, never Redaktion. --Viennese Waltz 09:15, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
Afroamericans are somehow hot for German comdian Volker Pispers in 2022
In the last weeks there is an interesting Trend on Youtube. Many black american Youtubers make reaction videos to the stand up comedy "History of the USA and Terrorism" from 2003 by Volker Pispers (with english Subtitles). Search "Volker Pispers reaction" on Youtube, and you see the trend. While it is great, what americans discover good comedy, and I understand why exactly this video should have boomed in the USA (much earlier). it raises the questions:
- Why is there such a massive Boom (the Trend is really only a few Weeks old) to a specific video from 2002. Why in 2022 ?
- Why are they all black ?
For Kontext: The Comedy (biting far left) is about the fact, that Americas enemies from the "War on Terror" peroid (Irak,Iran/Persia,Taliban,Al Quaida) were were it's allys in the cold war period, that they installed undemocratric goverments in Afganistan, Chile and Persia, that Bush Jr. brought globalist reasons ("human rights" blabla) to invade Irak, that were made up, and shoudn't be his buisnes anyway, and the high amount of friendly fire by the american "weed-smoking Troups" and german conservatives (who wantet to invade iraq if they had ruled) made shocking capitalist/fascist/imperialist statemends about geopolitics that can be turned against them (Merkel for example said "The only way to change a regime is violence", which he countered with "Maybe she should have tried that in East Germany (and implied to get killed)- we wouldn't miss her").
It totally see, why this is interesting for Americans, but why exactly in 2022 and why are they all black ? Was he on american TV or something ? Or is there a innerpolitical reason I don't get ? --87.181.87.121 (talk) 13:04, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- I have been watching a good few YouTube reaction videos in the last couple of years, mainly to musical performances but also to comedy, travel and social and political topics. I have noticed that (i) some reactors tend to keep an eye on what other reactors are reacting to, and join bandwagons, and (ii) some viewers/commentators see that certain items provoke good and/or amusing reactions, and ask other reactors to react to the same items. A combination of these factors can cause 'waves' of reactions to the same or similar videos.
- Regarding (ii), a popular 'game' over the last 3 years has been asking vocal coach and pro-musician reactors (and others) to watch the Jinjer – Pisces (live session) video on the Nuclear Blast record label channel, without doing any research on the band Jinjer. I never get tired of this one. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.195.174.88 (talk) 14:18, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- I'm from Germany, even from the birthplace of Volker Pispers, but the idea that German comedy is superior to US-american? Pispers is O.K., is watchable/"listenable". But the question remains: why did anybody took notice of him in the States?--Ralfdetlef (talk) 10:03, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Not so much "superior" as "different" or "alternative". Some, particularly more 'internationally aware' or 'anti-establishment', Americans are interested and/or amused by the comedic (and serious) views of non-Americans who are more prepared than the US mainstream to be critical of the country.
- Internet memes are often described as 'viral' for a reason: they can expand from one or a few sharers through online communities like an infectious disease. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.195.174.88 (talk) 13:56, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'm from Germany, even from the birthplace of Volker Pispers, but the idea that German comedy is superior to US-american? Pispers is O.K., is watchable/"listenable". But the question remains: why did anybody took notice of him in the States?--Ralfdetlef (talk) 10:03, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
July 1
Unknown players of title roles
Joseph Wiseman is a member of an exclusive club, consisting of people who played the title role in a film, but whose name would mean nothing to all but a few aficionados. In his case, he was Dr. No. Most everyone can tell you it was a James Bond film, and it was Sean Connery's first foray as Bond, but not one person in a thousand could tell you who played the title role, or who Joseph Wiseman was.
I'd be grateful for some other examples of this phenomenon. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 23:15, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
(PS. A sort of similar example is movies based on Rebecca, but the title character never appears at all, so it doesn't really count.) Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 23:15, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
- OK then. Harry and the Hendersons, Alien, Weekend at Bernie's, Stalker, Eraserhead, The Lawnmower Man, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Karate Kid, Saving Mr. Banks*, Zardoz.
- * People know who Colin Farrell is, but his Mr. Banks-esque character just isn't in the film much. Card Zero (talk) 04:07, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- The Colin Farrell I think of when people say "Colin Farrell" almost always isn't the Colin Farrell they're thinking of. DuncanHill (talk) 23:11, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Ricardo Montalban is far from the sort of unknown the question referred to.--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 07:40, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'd also take issue with Alien (the creature wasn't played by a human actor), The Karate Kid (Ralph Macchio is permanently identified with that role), and Saving Mr Banks (maybe Farrell's role was not as big as Emma Thompson's or Tom Hanks', but it wasn't just a quick cameo either). -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 08:17, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- The creature was played by a human actor! Alien_(film)#Cast. Card Zero (talk) 12:44, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. I stand corrected. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 01:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- The problem is trying to quantify "unknown". To fans of the James Bond films, and I'm sure there are many, Joseph Wiseman is well-known. --←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- I did say "whose name would mean nothing to all but a few aficionados". -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 01:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, which raises the question of what "a few" means. --←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:28, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'd wager that even a lot of Bond fans would not know who played Dr No. There's no way of proving that, I know. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 01:47, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, which raises the question of what "a few" means. --←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:28, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- I did say "whose name would mean nothing to all but a few aficionados". -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 01:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- The creature was played by a human actor! Alien_(film)#Cast. Card Zero (talk) 12:44, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'd also take issue with Alien (the creature wasn't played by a human actor), The Karate Kid (Ralph Macchio is permanently identified with that role), and Saving Mr Banks (maybe Farrell's role was not as big as Emma Thompson's or Tom Hanks', but it wasn't just a quick cameo either). -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 08:17, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- It seems a bit of a pub quiz factoid, than anything that can be quantifed as a "phenomenon". I could tell you the actor from Eraserhead in a heartbeat, but in the same vein, I've never seen The Lawnmower Man. You could then go off on a tangent and ask what the character's name was in films such as Layer Cake. Or who was the actor that you could get into his head in Being John Malkovich.... Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 20:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Is the pub quiz question to give the name of the eponymous character (who is an actor in the film) or the name of the actor portraying this character? (There is a subtle difference. Bonus question: What is the difference?) --Lambiam 00:02, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- It seems a bit of a pub quiz factoid, than anything that can be quantifed as a "phenomenon". I could tell you the actor from Eraserhead in a heartbeat, but in the same vein, I've never seen The Lawnmower Man. You could then go off on a tangent and ask what the character's name was in films such as Layer Cake. Or who was the actor that you could get into his head in Being John Malkovich.... Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 20:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- According to his article, David Huddleston has been referred to as "the actor who played The Big Lebowski in The Big Lebowski". (Though I fancy myself a bit of a film buff, I couldn't remember his name, despite having seen his face in many productions). Not-so-famous Robert Clotworthy speaks the part of Charlie Townsend in Charlie's Angels (2019 film), replacing the famous late John Forsythe who had spoken it in earlier movies as well as in the original TV series. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:39, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Fans of Blazing Saddles know who Huddleston is. --←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:28, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Well, I enjoyed the film but didn't remember his name, and it's one of Mel Brooks's best works, ... yet Jack did discount aficionados ... anyway, I thought it was a worthy example, but I've never even managed to get into the finals of my local annual Filmbuff quiz. ---Sluzzelin talk 22:54, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Fans of Blazing Saddles know who Huddleston is. --←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:28, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- (.. and an example comparable to Rebecca is Waiting for Guffman where Guffman never shows up, in turn, of course, based on the example of that kind: Waiting for Godot). ---Sluzzelin talk 17:48, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Harvey is another in Sluzzelin's list :-) MarnetteD|Talk 19:17, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Characters which never actually appear on-screen could be a special category. --←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:28, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Unseen character was once a list. —Tamfang (talk) 00:24, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
- Characters which never actually appear on-screen could be a special category. --←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:28, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Harvey is another in Sluzzelin's list :-) MarnetteD|Talk 19:17, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- According to his article, David Huddleston has been referred to as "the actor who played The Big Lebowski in The Big Lebowski". (Though I fancy myself a bit of a film buff, I couldn't remember his name, despite having seen his face in many productions). Not-so-famous Robert Clotworthy speaks the part of Charlie Townsend in Charlie's Angels (2019 film), replacing the famous late John Forsythe who had spoken it in earlier movies as well as in the original TV series. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:39, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
July 2
Is there a name for this type of firework?
This is a firework where the outer box contains an array of vertical tubes (25 of them in this case). When the box is set flat on the ground and the fuse is lit, the ignition proceeds from one tube to another in sequence, or several may ignite at the same time, depending on the exact design. Each tube vertically launches a fireball which may produce additional effects such as trailing sparks or exploding with a bang.
I know that a firework containing a single tube that sequentially launches a series of fireballs in this manner is called a Roman candle. (And this kind needs to be supported by inserting it into sand or packed earth.) Is there a similar short name for the firework I described first? --174.89.144.80 (talk) 06:04, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- According to several pyrotechnics glossaries,[1][2] it's just called a battery of Roman candles. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:22, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Seems closer to what those glossaries call a cake, perhaps (if each "vertical tube" fires only a single aerial effect). Deor (talk) 12:30, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Kaboom.com includes this box in the listing on their "cakes" page. I guess this cake name is inspired by the multiple candles on a birthday cake. It is the pyrotechnic version of a multiple rocket launcher :). --Lambiam 15:22, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks! --174.89.144.80 (talk) 22:03, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- WHAAOE: Cake (firework). --Lambiam 14:41, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks! --174.89.144.80 (talk) 22:03, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Kaboom.com includes this box in the listing on their "cakes" page. I guess this cake name is inspired by the multiple candles on a birthday cake. It is the pyrotechnic version of a multiple rocket launcher :). --Lambiam 15:22, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Seems closer to what those glossaries call a cake, perhaps (if each "vertical tube" fires only a single aerial effect). Deor (talk) 12:30, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
July 3
What Movie is this ?
I am trying to find the title of a British movie from the 2000s, and perhaps the last decade, set I believe in London, about a tough taxi driver, played by someone like Craig Fairbrass or Ray Stephenson, who witnesses drug dealers assaulting someone, I believe, setting fire to them, and he attacks them, then ends up with his wife and daughter in police protection. I believe the daughter's boyfriend finds her, but because of him, so does one of the crooks, who is shot dead by female police officer. Thank You Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 11:02, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- I can't be sure this isn't "Capital Punisment", which has a tough taxi driver, drug crime, and things going badly for the protagonist after a murder. Plot information beyond that is lacking. Card Zero (talk) 13:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thank You for Your help here, but this is not the movie. I have an idea it was made at least five years later, but certainly the taxi driver was a tough sort, who would not lie down for anyone. I have a photo of the one who played his daughter, as she appears in another film, but I am not sure how to put a photo onto here. Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 23:28, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- If it's an image file, you could upload it at tineye and possibly find out who she is or what film it's from (which is what I'd do with it). Card Zero (talk) 00:42, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Here it is here.
- https://tineye.com/query/5cf7d3f700e1696bac6068b22f76febf06386b9f?size=160
- This is the girl who played the daughter of the tough taxi driver in the movie in question, and here she is in another film, and in the picture was a boy with her, but I was not interested in keeping his image. She is about the same age as when she made the movie I am looking for. I figure the film was made between about 2010 and 2018, but I cannot recall how long ago I watched it, so she is at the very least twenty five now. https://tineye.com/query/5cf7d3f700e1696bac6068b22f76febf06386b9f?size=160 Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 03:09, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Huh, 0 matches. You can't remember what this other film was? Going from one title to another with the same actor should be easy. I've ruled out every post-2003 feature film on imdb with "taxi" in the plot (about 400 of them). Should we consider made-for-TV films, and episodes of TV shows? Card Zero (talk) 11:09, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- I believe it was a feature film, and it was certainly a movie. The taxi driver was one of those tough type British or Irish actors like Vinnie Jones, Craig Fairbrass, Vincent Regan, Ray Stephenson, but I have checked them out in particular. There are other actors that are similar to them, born from say the late fifties to late sixties, so he would have been from around forty to fifty - I just cannot think of any other actors that were in it - but I shall keep trying. Thank You Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 22:40, 4 July 2022 (UTC).
- Huh, 0 matches. You can't remember what this other film was? Going from one title to another with the same actor should be easy. I've ruled out every post-2003 feature film on imdb with "taxi" in the plot (about 400 of them). Should we consider made-for-TV films, and episodes of TV shows? Card Zero (talk) 11:09, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- If it's an image file, you could upload it at tineye and possibly find out who she is or what film it's from (which is what I'd do with it). Card Zero (talk) 00:42, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thank You for Your help here, but this is not the movie. I have an idea it was made at least five years later, but certainly the taxi driver was a tough sort, who would not lie down for anyone. I have a photo of the one who played his daughter, as she appears in another film, but I am not sure how to put a photo onto here. Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 23:28, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
July 4
"Dukes" and "MacGyver" references in "NCIS"
Of course, I'm well-aware the 'Heartland' episode of NCIS (TV series) had a reference to The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series). But one other episode of the former had a reference to the latter. Which one was it? And which episode of the former had a reference to MacGyver (2016 TV series)? Anyone know?2603:7000:8100:F444:412:4DDE:E611:E730 (talk) 01:58, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Name of a movie set in premodern England
Hello, I am trying to find the name of a particular film (which is likely based on a book), but all I have to go on is a collection of half-remembered tidbits. I have not seen this movie in quite a while. So, here are some things that potentially could help identify it. However, I cannot guarantee that all of them are even right; I could be confusing multiple movies in my mind.
- The film is pretty old. It may have been produced in the middle decades of the twentieth century (roughly 30s to 60s), but that is just a guess. It had color and sound IIRC, but IDK if the color was added later.
- The movie is set in premodern England, maybe around the 1500s or 1600s, but again this is just a guess.
- It is an adventure / swashbuckling movie that follows one main character, starting from his youth in a small village, to when he leaves the village (perhaps being expelled from it, or out of a desire for adventure) and explores the outside world. The title of the movie might include the name of the main character.
- The main character might be a bastard child, or one of his parents might die early on (perhaps by falling off a horse?). He might end up joining the army and then deserting. There is a character who is like the mayor or noble lord of the village, who sort of serves as an antagonist IIRC. During the youth part in the village, I think there is a girl who serves as the love interest.
- Eventually, he finds his way to a more built-up town and more shenanigans ensue, but I don't really remember much from the later part of the movie.
- The main character sort of had the vibe of being an outlaw or outcast, but not in the sense of being a bad person (compare Robin Hood).
It's surprisingly hard to track this down. Maybe I just hallucinated this movie, heh. 98.170.164.88 (talk) 02:29, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- One I can think of is the Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), which I last saw myself well over forty years ago.Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 03:12, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- It really only fits part of your description, but I'll just throw it out there: Barry Lyndon? Clarityfiend (talk) 03:46, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- A lot of your descriptions fit the film Bold Adventure (IMDb link) whose original title is Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle. I remember enjoying it as a youngster but it has been at least 40 years since I last saw it so I'm mentioning it more to recall my past than thinking it might be what you are looking for. MarnetteD|Talk 04:18, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling was made into Tom Jones (1963 film). Card Zero (talk) 11:22, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Yes! This is definitely it! Thank you.
- The others hit some similar plot points, thanks to everyone who responded. 98.170.164.88 (talk) 14:29, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Joseph Andrews? DuncanHill (talk) 13:08, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- See immediately above for why this is not the right answer. :) -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:22, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- He posted that before the OP confirmed that Tom Jones was the right answer. --Viennese Waltz 11:29, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, my precognition was on the blink. DuncanHill (talk) 23:22, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hmm, Lady Booby, Fanny Goodwill ... given that boobies is c. 1680 and Fanny Hill was 1748, it's apparent that Ian Fleming's terrible single-entendre names were part of a grand tradition. Card Zero (talk) 10:25, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- To be fair to Fleming, most of the "single-entendre names" originated in the films, with Pussy Galore being perhaps the only exception. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 10:40, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Also my understanding is that the vulgar associations of "fanny" stem from the 1940 novel, Fanny by Gaslight. Alansplodge (talk) 12:08, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- OED has a possible use in that sense from 1835, and a definite one from 1879. It does say "It is likely that no such association existed for 18th-cent. writers (see especially discussion in Stud. Philol. 108 (2011) 108–32)". DuncanHill (talk) 12:16, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Oh, so probably a myth. How dull. Well, I moved the dubious claim in Fanny Hill from the opening paragraph to the "Metonymy" section, where it can sit next to the above journal article. Card Zero (talk) 13:40, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- OED has a possible use in that sense from 1835, and a definite one from 1879. It does say "It is likely that no such association existed for 18th-cent. writers (see especially discussion in Stud. Philol. 108 (2011) 108–32)". DuncanHill (talk) 12:16, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Also my understanding is that the vulgar associations of "fanny" stem from the 1940 novel, Fanny by Gaslight. Alansplodge (talk) 12:08, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- To be fair to Fleming, most of the "single-entendre names" originated in the films, with Pussy Galore being perhaps the only exception. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 10:40, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hmm, Lady Booby, Fanny Goodwill ... given that boobies is c. 1680 and Fanny Hill was 1748, it's apparent that Ian Fleming's terrible single-entendre names were part of a grand tradition. Card Zero (talk) 10:25, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- See immediately above for why this is not the right answer. :) -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:22, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Maqam (in oriental music)
Is there a recognized maqam (in oriental non-Greek music) that contains at least one of the following (ascending) sub-sequences of consecutive musical intervals (in tones):
+ quarter + quarter (as it is at the beginning of the ancient Greek enharmonic tetrachord).
or
+ quarter + half + quarter.
or
+ quarter + half + ... + half + quarter (ellipsis indicating an ascending sub-sequence of consecutive halves, no matter how many).
To sum up: Is there a recognized maqam that contains an ascending sub-sequence of consecutive musical intervals (in tones), that start with a (plus) quarter and end with a (plus) quarter, between which the (ascending) musical intervals are consecutive halves only - whether some halves or a single half or even zero halves - yet halves only (if at all).
For that matter, if there is a maqam that ascends and then descends, then it is legitimate to answer my question by a theoretical, ascending-only maqam, which contains exactly all the sounds contained in the original maqam. 147.236.152.145 (talk) 07:33, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Montreux Jazz Festival venue renaming
The Montreux Jazz Festival has two main venues, the Auditorium Stravinski and the Montreux Jazz Lab. The latter used to be known as the Miles Davis Hall, see [3]. When and why was it renamed? Davis has a problematic reputation these days, with allegations of wife-beating and so on, but he remains a legend in the world of jazz and had a close relationship with Montreux, so I find it surprising that his name was removed. --Viennese Waltz 07:36, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- This page about a conference to be held in Montreux in 2023, still calls it "Miles Davis Hall". Alansplodge (talk) 11:32, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Good point, and indeed the website of the convention centre that hosts the festival [4] still calls it that as well. Seems like the hall is only called the Jazz Lab during the festival itself. --Viennese Waltz 12:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- According to Mathieu Jaton, Claude Nobs's successor as organizer of the festival since 2013, they wanted a name reflecting the program, in order for the audience to know better what to expect:
- "Take the old Miles Davis Hall: there was almost everything and its opposite, with a program that ranged from electro to jazz. By renaming this place, we have also given it a clear artistic identity that is in step with the times. We wanted a punchy and connected room, in which we will find the spirit of clubbing, its friendly bars and a screen on which the tweets of Internet users will be displayed. This place must be a laboratory of today's music. [...] But the case of the Lab is significant in that it is accompanied by a spectacular drop in ticket prices. “In this area, we had a policy that put us at a disadvantage compared to halls and clubs in French-speaking Switzerland. The public sometimes deserted the Miles Davis Hall because they found artists there who had performed during the year in the region at a lower price. So we decided that our evenings at the Lab would cost 35 to 60 francs. And we have not budged from this starting postulate."
- (mostly Google Translate's tranlation, but you can blame me if you find it faulty). The orginal article by Rocco Zacheo appeared in Le Temps in 2013 and can be read here: "Le lexique retrouvé du Montreux Jazz") ---Sluzzelin talk 11:56, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Great find, thanks Sluzzelin. --Viennese Waltz 12:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
July 5
Looking for another Movie
Greetings. Perhaps someone could help me with this one. Within five years ago I watched a movie set in Romania with local and foreign actors about child trafficking, and the hero was an American ex special forces martial arts expert who lived in an apartment block, his neighbour being a woman and her daughter, who was no older than ten. The woman was mixed up with gangsters, and her little girl was kidnapped by them and dressed up like a prostitute for their purposes, so the American intervened to stop them. There were two Romanian cops investigating, the senior one, a man, turned out to be a crook, and was about to kill someone, so his partner, a very attractive dark haired woman, had to kill him. An Asian man was involved in buying some of the girls used by the gangsters, and he met them at some flash mansion somewhere. The movie is from two to ten years old, and I have seen some of the actors elsewhere, but I cannot recall - I even tried looking up every Romanian actress born from say the seventies onwards, but to no avail. If anyone has any ideas, they would be appreciated. Thank You. Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 09:19, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Six Bullets --Viennese Waltz 11:38, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- No, sorry, this is not it. It looked promising, and certainly has a similar plot, but when I looked through it on YouTube, it was clearly not the same one, and Jean Claude van Damme was not in the one I saw, and with all due respect to the actors in it, there were no really big names. The little girl had dark hair. From this movie I even tried looking up other films the Romanian actors had done, and when I tried Romania as a keyword on IMDB, I end up primarily with Dracula type movies, but this had nothing to do with it. I believe the movie is more recent, but I cannot be sure. Of course, the police woman in the movie might not even be a Romanian actress, but just playing a Romanian, just like some of the actors in 6 Bullets. Thank You, though, and I will keep looking myself. Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 23:52, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Another 'B' movie
Around 1990 the support movie at our local cinema was called Friends, of which I can find no trace. The opening scene was a vast post-WWII German repository or archive, where an older man is searching for news of his pre-war friend. It then cuts to the story of two young college-age men: a Jew and a Junker-class Arian, close friends who reluctantly go their separate ways when the latter is called up. Doug butler (talk) 15:08, 5 July 2022 (UTC)