Post by london777 on May 22, 2020 14:33:26 GMT
This thread should rather be entitled "Misleading Film Titles", but you know me - drama queen.
Paris, Texas (1984) dir: Wim Wenders
No scene in this movie is located in Paris, Texas. It is mentioned a few times and I think we see a few Kodak snaps of plots allegedly in that town, but could be anywhere. Obviously has some symbolic significance, but I suspect played a bigger part in early drafts.
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) dir: H. Bruce Humberstone
No-one wakes up screaming in this movie, or claims to have done so. In fact, considering the mess they are all in, they sleep surprisingly well. A clear re-naming to appeal to a genre audience. The original title Hot Spot was far more apt, and very Noir. This was 20th Century Fox's first Noir so they would not know about that.
Paris, Texas (1984) dir: Wim Wenders
No scene in this movie is located in Paris, Texas. It is mentioned a few times and I think we see a few Kodak snaps of plots allegedly in that town, but could be anywhere. Obviously has some symbolic significance, but I suspect played a bigger part in early drafts.
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) dir: H. Bruce Humberstone
No-one wakes up screaming in this movie, or claims to have done so. In fact, considering the mess they are all in, they sleep surprisingly well. A clear re-naming to appeal to a genre audience. The original title Hot Spot was far more apt, and very Noir. This was 20th Century Fox's first Noir so they would not know about that.