Talk:Bug (2006 film)

2006 film or 2007 film?
IMDb lists this film as 2006 film and it has been shown in numerous film festivals world wide. I am quite new to film categories, but what is the criteria for listing years on films?--Merumerume 03:14, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing they go by when it's released to the public?--DrBat 22:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Filming location
Is the motel where the exteriors are shot a real motel? I assume the highway that passes it is 395? Corvus cornix 23:29, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Not sure. The exteriors are shot in California. Michael Shannon mentions it in a youtube Q&A Bib 00:16, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Right, outside Mammoth. You can see the Los Angeles Aqueduct, or else the Owens River, running right behind the motel in the aerial shots.  Corvus cornix 01:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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IMDB Rating
It has changed by a whole point. Should we update that info in the article? --luckymustard 22:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * yep Bib 22:17, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

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Plot
Hola, pido excusas por escribir en español, mi inglés es demasiado incorrecto. Os pido que no modifiqueis en exceso el apartado plot. Es muy interesante y muy instructivo. Gracias.82.198.36.248 13:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Controversy section
I have removed it for now because nowhere in the citations provided does it say Bug is being blamed for the killing. All the articles say is that he saw the movie days before the killing. He might've watched Galaxy Quest the night before on cable, but that doesn't mean it has anything to do with the killing. The UK tabloids tend to sensationalize and rally against films; that doesn't mean Wikipedia should follow suit. --YellowTapedR (talk) 19:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Alberto Izaga
Isn´t this worth mentioning in the article? --85.197.210.44 (talk) 17:49, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


 * This is what YellowTapedR is referring to in "Controversy section", above. There is a similar case in Scientology controversies, where Norwegian newspapers wrote about how a Scientology test made a girl committ suicide. In this case it is English newspapers that write about how the film made a man committ murder. I wrote a whole section called 'controversy', before it was removed by Zzzzqzqzqzzqz in January 2008. This was the section: A 36 year old man, in the UK, beat his two-year-old daughter to death, a few days after he'd watched Bug for the first time. During a visit to New York in May, 2007, he watched Bug with his wife, after they had turned up late for the film they had planned to watch. The couple almost walked out on several occasions, but they sat through it. On May 29, 2007 at a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, he became fixated on a motivational talk by Mike Horn. After returning to London on June 2, he complained that he had not slept for three days. In the evening, while dining with his family at restaurant, he started talking to himself and gesticulating. At 9pm, he went to bed. He woke at 4.30am on June 3, and began several hours of insane ramblings. He was ranting about the Geneva presentation, about his mother, about proof that God did not exist, about how a sect were recruiting executives to take over the world, and about Bug. Over the next four hours he became increasingly worked up, bursting into tears and shouting about the film, the Devil and death. He began hitting the pillows saying he could not sleep. He walked into his daughter's room, and shook her. When she woke up, she started crying. Shortly before he picked her up, he shouted about Bug, and said "I know what I have to do, I have to kill her." She tried to run, he blocked her path, then smashed her repeatedly on the floor, while he screamed “Death!” in Spanish. His daugther was taken to the hospital, but died two days later. The man, a millionaire, who had been described as a devoted and loving father, was a senior executive at Swiss Re, the world’s largest reinsurer. He has been found not guilty, due to insanity. He had no history of mental illness. It was described as a sudden mental disorder that could strike anyone, a sudden acute psychotic and schizophrenic disorder, which took hold of him within a few days.  Bib (talk) 18:02, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Bilderberg group
The Bilderberg group that was referenced in the movie is real. They're mentioned in the History channel, reporters have been allowed to attend part of the meetings but never been allowed to speak about what went on. The group is very rich and powerful. They hold a meeting in a different country every year. There first meeting was at the Bilderberg hotel as stated in the movie. There are a few reporters who cover their meetings. Alex Jones is a reporter based in Texas who demonizes the group and claims they are the head of the Illuminati, a secret, demonic global organization which controls politics, religion, and economics, among other things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.83.208 (talk) 15:34, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Is this really an Oklahoma article?
I think a film that is set in Oklahoma, but did not actually include footage from Oklahoma may not be something that should really be tagged for the WP Oklahoma project. Thoughts? Okheric (talk) 20:01, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Plot section - reality or delusion?
I have edited the plot section to reflect the director's view of the film. William Friedkin's commentary on the DVD release makes it clear that the question of how much is reality and how much is delusion is left deliberately ambiguous: he does not know himself. It is real to the characters, but the two shots within the end credits (the child's toys in the normal room and the body in the foil-covered room) are inconsistent both with each other and the ending of the film (there is no sign of fire damage in either shot). Which is the objectively "real" situation at the end of the film is, by design, unknowable. Lovingboth (talk) 13:08, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm looking to improve the lead section of this article. Mainly I'm thinking of adding a bit more information about the plot, awards it has won, it's box office success in the US, and other fun facts like that. Please let me know if you have any suggestions! The link to my sandbox is as follow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:KristinaKalergis/sandbox Thanks. KristinaKalergis (talk) 18:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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