Talk:My Name Is Modesty

Removal of trivia
The trivia "section" contained only one item, and that was a comment regarding the time-placement of the opening scenes showing Modesty as a child. The costumes and weapons suggest it takes place in WWII (which creates a continuity error as the rest of the film takes place at least in the 1990s); others have come up with the speculation that the scenes take place during the Yugoslavian Civil War of the 90s, and now someone went and changed that to the break-up of Yugoslavia. Truth be told, the film gives no indication one way or the other. As such, and because trivia sections are on the verge of being forbidden here anyway, I just went and removed it. it's not that imporatant. 23skidoo 19:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The weapons include AK47's and later model vehicles, somewhat ruling out WW2 as the "AK - 1947" name suggests :D--Koncorde (talk) 00:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Considering this film was made on a budget comparable to that of a Roger Corman movie, the fact they didn't use period-specific weaponry can't really be considered as evidence of anything. Obviously the presence of laptops and cellphones indicate a specific era; it's just that the early parts of the film, to a degree, seen to reflect the era of the comic strip Modesty's origins, which definitely date back to the late WW2-late 40s period. 23skidoo (talk) 15:40, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

In Peter O'Donnell's stories, Modesty's origins are never quite clear but she seems to be Hungarian, and she lost her parents in a German-run refugee camp in Greece during the Second World War. This film is set in the present day (well, the present day when it was made) and, although the 'war' flashbacks use footage from Richard Attenborough's Second World War epic A Bridge Too Far (acknowledged in the credits), the clear implication is that Modesty is a refugee from the civil war in former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Khamba Tendal (talk) 18:48, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Quick Tarantino fix
I altered the statement that Tarantino interviews O'Donnell on the disc. His discussion with director Spiegel is separate from the O'Donnell interview. I own the disc and have watched it myself. Also, the Amazon page indicates that the two features are separate (though, technically, it doesn't say who interviews O'Donnell). -- alias1219 —Preceding undated comment added 18:39, 27 September 2010 (UTC).

Redirect
This article was unsourced. It also appears that the film fails WP:NF as it was not widely distributed and went straight to DVD. Therefore, I have redirected it to My Name Is Modesty where the film is briefly discussed in the context of the comic book character (albeit, also without sources). Since this film does not seem to meet WP:N (and this article as it was even more clearly does not make the case for how the movie does meet the guidelines), notability and sourcing should occur before this article is recreated, not that it should be recreated. Novaseminary (talk) 14:22, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I reverted the redirect and added cited information to the article. The Ingram reference, in particular, has five pages covering this film (in addition to another film), which would make for excellent critical analysis. There also appears to be a book by Jim Smith called Tarantino that mentions this film. There is a review of this film in the Film Review periodical. I cannot view either of these via Google Books Search to include content, but they're there. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 15:27, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Are you okay with the present state? I can work in the Ingram reference further if that would help. Wikipedia has articles about straight-to-DVD films; it's just a matter of real-world coverage. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 15:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The real-world coverage gets it there, straight-to-DVD or not, I'd say. Good work. Any chance you want to work the sources into/cull the discussion of the film at Modesty Blaise? That article needs work... Novaseminary (talk) 15:38, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I'm not interested in going that far. I just noticed that this article was redirected and wanted to see if it was salvageable. I do have a question about this, though... do we know for sure if it was released as early as 2003? I found 2004, but I need to look more closely... Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 15:46, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I see that the 2003 release is noted (of course without a source) in the Modesty Blaise article. I can only find that in non-RS sources, here for instance, but it seems an odd thing to make up. Amazon UK only lists a 2006 release for the non-North America version, though. Novaseminary (talk) 15:56, 14 October 2010 (UTC)