Talk:Cinema of Canada

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Contents 1 James Cameron? 2 What is considered Canadian 3 Notable films 4 What's wrong with Canadian cinema? 5 Projectionist

[edit] James Cameron?

Should James Cameron be included as a Canadian director? I know he works and I guess lives in America now, but he was born in Ontario, right?

[edit] What is considered Canadian

Do you consider films directed by a Canadian, Canadian? And that use a Canadian distribution company?

Going by your edit to the main article, you're talking about Crash, which was made within the Hollywood studio system, was produced by American companies, and was set in the United States. The IMDB page considers it an American-German coproduction. A film's distributor doesn't make it Canadian; a film's director being Canadian doesn't make it Canadian if he made it within the American film industry system. So, no, I don't think we can consider Crash a Canadian film. Bearcat 03:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've taken Crash out. It's no more Canadian than Titanic. Krapp 22:37, 27 August 2006

[edit] Notable films

The list subsection here is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every Canadian film ever released; it's meant to be a limited subset consisting only of the most exceptionally notable ones from an artistic, award and/or box office perspective. Can anybody honestly provide evidence that Bon Cop, Bad Cop has actually reached that status at this point? Bearcat 22:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Bon Cop, Bad Cop is now the third highest grossing Quebec film of all time (at the domestic box office). It's also the country's first bilingual hit movie. Deserving of inclusion, I'd say, but, yes, the list is rather long. Krapp 22:36, 27 August 2006

Bon Cop, Bad Cop is now listed as "most successful Canadian film of all time at the Canadian box office..." But that's only if we don't take inflation into account. Is there a Wiki standard for these things? I'll add in a reference to inflation for the time being... Krapp 11:00, 30 October 2006

The wikistandard is to relay what the media reports, not to put our own spin on things. Even Hollywood rankings regularly don't take inflation into account unless the list specifically states "adjusted for inflation"; the top-grossing Hollywood film of all time is Titanic on virtually all mainstream lists, but Gone with the Wind if inflation comes into play. It's legitimate to note both types of ranking, but it's certainly not the case that "adjusted for inflation" is the standard in box office rankings. Bearcat 18:41, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Why isn't the Red Violin here? It was nominated at the Oscars for best foreign film. Also, on the list of greatest soundtracks, it is not even mentioned as one of Canada's greatest. Canking 14:22, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What's wrong with Canadian cinema?

"In many Canadian cities, in fact, moviegoers do not even have the option of seeing such films, as they are not shown at any theatres"

It's hard to find a Canadian film if there IS no Canadian film to go to. NorthernThunder 19:54, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Projectionist

How much does a projectionist make in Canada? I know its low pay in America but does that also include Canada? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sniper 99 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 26 March 2007 (UTC).