Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Union Films/archive1


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The article was promoted by Ian Rose 13:29, 29 May 2014.

Union Films

 * Nominator(s): — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:13, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

This article is about something new, something that, AFAIK, we've never featured before: a film production house outside the US. Union was only operational for two years, and in that time they were fairly productive. However, owing to the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, the company was shut down. Over the succeeding 70 years the vast majority of information on Union (and other production houses) has been lost. The occupation, the National Revolution, and almost three decades in which the idea of documenting cinema history was considered laughable (Misbach Yusa Biran, when establishing Sinematek Indonesia in 1975, was reportedly told he was crazy several times), coupled with the fact that most of Union's key people had died or were unable to be located when the documentation process actually began in earnest, means that what does survive is mostly limited to press coverage. Herein lies the rub, which may strike some as odd: this press coverage was almost exclusively about the films Union produced.

Union has pretty much been forgotten, and what you have here is a more detailed overview of the company than any source of which I am aware. It may be a fairly short read, but comprehensively covers the sources. This article has had a GA review by Vivvt and a PR by Cassianto, Wehwalt, Sarastro1, and SchroCat. I now present it to you for review. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:13, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support I was one of the peer reviewers. Short but comprehensive.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:27, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help at PR and the support! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:10, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support likewise, I was a happy camper at peer review where all my comments were addressed. This is a very informative article and although short, is utterly comprehensive IMO.   Cassianto talk 15:05, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the kind words and review! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:09, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Support: And he does it again... I was another peer reviewer, and had very little to complain about. It's a little short, but I have no doubt that this is as comprehensive as it possible right now. Sarastro1 (talk) 18:38, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for all of your help. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:51, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Source review - spotchecks not done.
 * Location for Biran 1979? Language for Biran 1979?
 * Why do some Kranten links include retrieval dates and others not? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:02, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Both dealt with. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Support This has been honed by its author and peer reviewers to the stage where I can't see anything worth criticising. Incidentally, what are the chances of two current FACs having (different) links to alang-alang?  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  08:00, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Probably not that big; mind, we don't often have two articles related to the Malay archipelago nominated at the same time. Thanks for having a look! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:29, 23 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Support Excellent work and very comprehensive article. --Carioca (talk) 20:00, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:48, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Closing comment -- I've checked the images myself and am satisfied they're licensed correctly, so we'll call it a day here. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:45, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 11:47, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
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