Talk:Cinema Paradiso

Move discussion

 * Oppose LuiKhuntek 04:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC) -- English grammar calls for the capitalization all major words in a title even if consisting of foreign words. Foreign grammar rules are not generally adopted for English -- e.g., "with Das Kapital,"not "with dem Kapital" LuiKhuntek 22:38, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support correct name. Olessi 19:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

IMDB uses the name "Nuovo cinema Paradiso", as does the Italian WP. The film was released in the US and the UK as "Cinema Paradiso". IMO, the name should be either the Italian "Nuovo cinema Paradiso" or the English "Cinema Paradiso", not the correct mixture. Olessi 09:15, 7 January 2006 (UTC)


 * IMDb does not source its capitaliztion. 65/posters Movie posters at IMDb] show it in either all caps or all miniscules.  Other sites use title caps for all three words.  Even some Italian language sites use cap-cap-cap or cap-min-min.  (Despite my own criticism of the practice, I used Google hits as my source.)  With such a lack of consensus, English grammar rules should apply.  But this is English (language) Wikipedia and not US/UK Wikipedia so stick with Nuovo Cinema Paradiso LuiKhuntek 06:27, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I can't move in this case, no consensus reached; in addition, it seems as if the current title is indeed correct. &mdash; Nightstallion (?) 13:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Not moved. &mdash; Nightstallion (?) 13:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Red Boards
Can anyone please enlighten me as to what the village women were doing with the angled red boards in the village square? Gillean666

They were making tomato paste I think. Ulyaoth 23:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

See: https://books.google.com/books?id=ME82pxNlFpQC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=cinema+paradiso+tomatoes+on+boards&source=bl&ots=UVrYCVxz4L&sig=9hmXw8dFjtEwBsMal82aAp0TZIE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxv6nlsbjYAhXFjlQKHYCLDvQQ6AEIVTAL#v=onepage&q=cinema%20paradiso%20tomatoes%20on%20boards&f=false ````CRDriver — Preceding unsigned comment added by CRDriver (talk • contribs) 04:06, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Reel of Film
Was it Alfredo that didn't let Salvatore see the "romantic" scenes, or the priest? 70.90.88.21 16:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC) matt eisenberg

The priest if memory serves. I never got the impression that Alfredo wanted to censor anything. 77.97.130.32 22:11, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

It was the priest. Under the previous ownership of the Cinema Paradiso there was an arrangement with the priest that he could preview the films and 'mark' them for indecent material. Alfredo would take old film receipts and use them to note sections of film the priest wanted to have cut. This arrangement lasted quite some time. One of the townspeople claims '20 years and not once have I seen a kissing scene.'

When the Cinema Paradiso later re-opens under a new owner, without the authority of the priest, they show a love scene during their grand opening and the priest cries out 'No! I will not watch pornography.'

the film abrubtly jumps forward a decade or so? I cant see him in high school at 26... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thehowardmoon (talk • contribs) 04:14, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Cinema Paradiso song
Pop singer, Josh Groban, sang a song called "Cinema Paradiso" on his first, self-titled album. Can someone explain how this song relates to the movie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 02:46, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Genre of the film
In the article the film is classified as a romantic drama. Where does this come from? Of the major sources about films on the internet the film is classified as:


 * IMDb - Drama
 * Rotten Tomatoes - Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
 * Allrovi - Drama, Melodrama, Coming-of-Age
 * Metacritic - Drama, Comedy, Romance

Of these only Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic classify it as a romantic film - and that too only as subgenres. So I really don't think this film should be classified as a romantic drama. &mdash; Finemann (talk) 23:40, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I've changed the genre to drama. &mdash; Finemann (talk) 12:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Have you seen the 2-hour long cut of the film or the 3-hour Director's cut? I can understand how you might not consider the shorter version to be a romance, but that extra hour or so that is included in the Director's cut has fairly strong romantic elements. 156.34.70.253 (talk) 00:49, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

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