Talk:List of American independent films
The "List of notable American independent filmmakers" has plenty of non-Americans
[edit]There are several people in this list that are not American and I'm not talking about people who are from one country but also American. The first one I noticed was Yorgos Lanthimos, who is someone born in Greece, grew up in Greece from Greek parents, thus he is Greek, not American. Chloe Zhao is Chinese (her wikipedia page says so). Celine Song is Canadian. Walter Salles is Brazilian. Alfonso Cuaron is Mexican. Ang Lee is Taiwanese. Guillermo del Toro is Mexican. Taika Waititi is from New Zealand. Mary Harron is Canadian. Sam Mendes is British. If I check this list better most likely I'll find more people.
What exactly qualifies as an "American filmmaker" here? NeoLeonn3 (talk) 14:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- @NeoLeonn3 I am not 100% sure but since the article is about American films, which can be made by non-Americans, the section title perhaps means List of notable American independent film filmmakers. Which is very awkward. Commander Keane (talk) 09:07, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- Maybe a more suitable title for the section would be List of notable filmmakers in the American independent cinema or something similar then. I don't believe removing non-Americans from the list is a good idea because while some cases are obvious (Lanthimos for example), some others aren't, so it would cause more confusion, but grouping them all together as "American filmmakers" when some of them aren't is confusing and awkward too. NeoLeonn3 (talk) 14:09, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- @NeoLeonn3, I agree a change is needed. Since the article title gives context that this is about American independent films, what about calling the list of films List of selected notable films and the filmmaker list as List of notable filmmakers? Otherwise your suggestion is good. Feel free to be bold and make some changes. Commander Keane (talk) 20:42, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- The List of notable filmmakers sounds good. While not exactly specifying what this list exactly is, I think whoever clicks this article understands what it is about.
- I think the films section is okay and doesn't necessarily need a change. After all, I haven't personally noticed any film that doesn't at least list the US in the countries section. But the List of selected notable films seems good as a way to make the titles more uniform. NeoLeonn3 (talk) 21:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- Changed it to List of notable directors of American independent cinema Espngeek (talk) 21:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- @NeoLeonn3, I agree a change is needed. Since the article title gives context that this is about American independent films, what about calling the list of films List of selected notable films and the filmmaker list as List of notable filmmakers? Otherwise your suggestion is good. Feel free to be bold and make some changes. Commander Keane (talk) 20:42, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- Maybe a more suitable title for the section would be List of notable filmmakers in the American independent cinema or something similar then. I don't believe removing non-Americans from the list is a good idea because while some cases are obvious (Lanthimos for example), some others aren't, so it would cause more confusion, but grouping them all together as "American filmmakers" when some of them aren't is confusing and awkward too. NeoLeonn3 (talk) 14:09, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Can anyone archive this site, please?
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