Talk:Wavelength (1967 film)

Use of "Strawberry Fields Forever"
An editor asks a good question in an edit summary on the article page: how does this film, produced in Dec. 1966, use a song from Feb. 1967? My guess would be that the song was added at a later date, since the film was not edited until 1967 and released in '67. Of course my guesses are not worth much according to WP:RS. A book published in 2009, Michael Snow: Wavelength by Elizabeth Legge, published by Afterall Books, apparently goes into great detail on the use of the song. As anyone who has seen the film knows, the song is in the film, so that's not in doubt. What needs clarifying is how this was done given the date issue. I have a copy of the book -- unread -- but I'm in the midst of moving so I can't retrieve it. If anyone else has access, please update this. Otherwise, I'll expand that section to clarify things at a later date.  freshacconci  talk talk  18:21, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Cinemassacre's "Worst Movie Ever" video
Should James Rolfe be a reliable source of critical reception to Michael Snow's magnum opus or not? Espngeek (talk) 12:23, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I would say, not as a reliable source of critical reception, because he is primarily a game critic and filmmaker. However, that section could still mention something like, "In April 2022, James Rolfe called Wavelength the worst film."


 * With the notability of his comment stemming from him being a semi-celebrity, particularly now that the section name also includes "legacy". --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:E873:BCB1:357C:5A3E (talk) 17:12, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Apocryphal information online
After expanding the article a bit, I wanted to leave a note of caution on using online databases and event listings for Wavelength as sources. There's lots of apocryphal or incorrect information floating around. Previous versions of the article had misspellings of some of the cast along with an additional cast member "Amy Yadrin" (apparently an incorrect transcription of Amy Taubin). Since you can see these in IMDb and lots of sites that use IMDb, I'd suggest checking against sources closer to the film's release date.

I'm planning on replacing the current poster image, which is actually a re-edit of this poster from the Sprocket Society. It was being presented here as advertising a new print, when it was actually an ad for a single 2011 screening of Wavelength and Breakfast (Table Top Dolly). It's a misleading image to use since the picture comes from WVLNT and not Wavelength. Considering the film didn't have a poster for the first 40 years after its release, I think we should follow what secondary sources did during that time and use a still from the film.

Right now there's a black-and-white still, which could be replaced with a color image showing a wide shot of the loft, to better illustrate the space and avoid identifying Wavelength as a primarily black-and-white film. Depending on how much commentary there is on each of these subjects, it may be helpful to include images illustrating (1) the wave photograph at the end of the film (2) what the non-representational images of the loft look like (3) WVLNT. hinnk (talk) 20:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)