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Re: Movie Titles: The Good, The Bad, and The Greatest Story Ever Told
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 4:36 pm
by Feego
This reminds me of Wim Wenders preferring the English title “Wings of Desire” to the literal translation “The Sky Over Berlin.” I respectfully disagree with him, both because the Berlin setting is such an integral part of the film and because the expression “Wings of Desire” just makes no sense to me.
Re: Movie Titles: The Good, The Bad, and The Greatest Story Ever Told
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:34 pm
by agnamaracs
I've always thought Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf) was awkward, Live Flesh (Carne trémula) was inaccurate, and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!) was too verbose and against the film's tone.
Re: Movie Titles: The Good, The Bad, and The Greatest Story Ever Told
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 6:14 pm
by colinr0380
Lowry_Sam wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2026 11:16 pm
beamish14 wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2026 4:08 pm
I’m fascinated by
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, which is indeed the official title.
I have always hated the full title and like many others always drop everything after the colon when referring to it. Though it does differentiate it from others of the same name, I can’t recall what they may have been. An IMDB search has turned up nothing with just the single word Precious, so it’s not like it was taken already. Maybe they wanted an excuse to name drop the author.
Doesn't that have the even longer title "Precious: Base on Nol By Saf (Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire)"