Talk:My Own Private Idaho

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so far i have no clear answer to where the term comes from. there's a "B-52s" song of the same title that pre-dates the film. my real question is where did it originate though?

Amy Taubin in a review reckons "“My Own Private Idaho” is an imaginary place where one is locked in the arms of love—that is, both protected and free. It is the promise of America, chronically out of joint with reality, especially for its most vulnerable inhabitants." criterion collection review page 5. I can't find or think of any other refs except the B-52s either. Alf ^melmac 10:04, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

"and a few short years later modern takes on Shakespeare's works were all the rage (with the remake of Romeo + Juliet and Shakespeare in Love, in particular" Is there anything to back this up with? Romeo + Juliet didn't appear until 5 years later, and Shakespeare in Love (which isn't a remake of anything Shakespeare did) didn't appear until 9 years later. Until a reference is shown, I'm going to remove it.Dominic 03:42, 10 February 2006 (UTC)