Talk:My Own Private Idaho
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[edit] Title Origin
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)
- I forgot the title of the film and just searched Idaho, one of the ambiguation links linked me to IDAHO - the International Day Against Homophobia. Could this be the intended allusion?Tony2Times 01:20, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] B-52's?
Does anyone know if there is any documentation connecting the title of this film, to the B-52's song, 'Private Idaho'? Perhaps an iterview with Gus Van Sant? -Alex.rosenheim 11:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
In the film's end credits it says "Thanks to the B52s".Goblinman (talk) 16:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] References in popular culture
I moved this section out of the article and placed it here because it is unsourced and in list form. --J.D. (talk) 21:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
The movie was referenced in the movie Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie with the line, "Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Airfield."
The movie was also referenced in the film Shortbus, John Cameron Mitchell. It is recalled by the character James, who is describing his first homosexual encounter/personal "coming out."
In the debut episode of The Critic, when a boy comes to Jay Sherman's penthouse with a copy of a movie he is to watch, Jay is wearing a shirt that reads My Own Private Idaho.
Ángela's room in the movie Tesis is decorated with a poster from My Own Private Idaho with the Spanish translation of the title (Mi Idaho Privado) on it.
The film was referenced in the movie Tarnation, by the main character Jonathan Caouette.
The film was referenced in the season 2 episode of Lost by a hallucination.
The film was referenced in the British television series "The Smoking Room", by Robin who took his first girlfriend to see it three times on their only dates.