Talk:Sliding Doors

Dunsany
His wiki article says this film is based on one one his stories. Which? 76.102.148.112 (talk) 18:19, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Possible inspiration
The movie's core idea shows great resemblance to Krzysztof Kieślowski's Blind Chance. In Blind Chance there are three alternative scenarios that are possible outcomes of a single event - man chasing after a train. In one he catches a train, in other he doesn't and also have to suffer the consequences of violently smashing into another man while running and in third he doesn't catch the train and almost smashes into a man but stops to apologise. I've never read anything about Sliding Doors being inspired by another movie, but Kieślowski isn't exactly an unknown director, and Blind Chance was screened at Cannes in 1987, so I think it's quite possible. But I'm not sure how should I put it if I don't have any confirmation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.1.71.21 (talk) 22:26, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * the concept was explored earlier by J. B. Priestley in his 1932 play Dangerous Corner. 194.207.86.26 (talk) 06:23, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
 * We'd need a reliable source to make that connection before we could add it to the article. DonIago (talk) 06:29, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

References to use

 * Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.



Plot
There's some confusion about the plot of the first scenario and the plot of the second. I'd like to correct, but my English isn't perfect...I hope that someone will do the job! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.51.44.247 (talk) 14:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the bridge in the background when the two main characters (Paltrow and Hannah) are on the river and discuss it is the Albert Bridge, not Hammersmith Bridge. Albert Bridge opened in 1869 so if the Helen's grandfather designed it, as Paltrow's character says, he must have been a young boy at the time.........86.142.211.145 (talk) 09:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
 * She says her Great grandfather worked on it. This could mean he was a Tea boy.filceolaire (talk) 23:01, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Current / Alternate
I'm sorry to ask (maybe there's something I didn't catch), but how do you know which story is "real" and which one is "alternate"? For me both seem to be "real", just one of them doesn't end well. Is there some comment from the producers or the script writer?

Thank you for the attention! --Ivan Linares (talk) 21:07, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

UPDATE: Just corrected a mistake of mine (by swapping "what" for "which") --Ivan Linares (talk) 00:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I was about to write the same thing. I watched again the movie recently and did not notice anything that made me think that one scenario was more real than the other - though I could have missed it. In my opinion, if there is no source for this distinction between the two stories, we should correct the arcticle and make them "equal" --Maxbeer (talk) 10:28, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I just watched this film, what we see is, after Helen leaves the office, she goes down to the platform, nearly trips over a young girl, and misses her train.

The film then 'winds back', and we see her again running for the train a second time, misses the child, and gets on the train.

One could argue the 'first' scenario is therefore the storyline where we see her struggling to support her boyfriend, and the second scenario where she gets home early.

Whenever I saw the film, I always thought the first scenarion was 'real' (Happy Ending), and the second was the 'If-only' scenario (which has the sad ending).

--Ramtronik (talk) 21:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)