Talk:Salvador (film)

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Article needs a POV cleaning

There is a ton of conjecture, speculation, and opinion in this article, such as:

Its gritty anti-hero protagonist, Richard Boyle, is a compelling focus for the political action.

It needs a POV brush-up. I've never seen this movie, but someone who HAS seen it should give the article a neutrality cleaning. ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ (talk) 15:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete article

This article needs a lot of work. It lacks a proper plot summary, a development/production/filming schedule, the reception summary is extremely limited, and there is almost no mention of any awards the film won, which is interesting considering it was nominated for two Academy Awards. It's just plain incomplete.

I noticed that someone added some of the pertinent information that is lacking, about half of it I should say, but it's all gone now. Either way, this article needs to be addressed. It's notably weak. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgarrison (talk • contribs) 08:43, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Boyle

I see Richard Boyles name is coded as a link to the list of all Wikipedia articles for people named Richard Boyle, but there is no Wikipedia article for the photo-journalist Richard Boyle. MS, Dania Fl206.192.35.125 (talk) 17:56, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"assassinated by the far-right ARENA party"

While Romero's 1980 assassination was probably ordered by Roberto d'Aubisson, he did not form ARENA until 1981, 2601:441:4481:5C50:D1A7:9C4A:7BE9:6376 (talk) 01:47, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Historically-speaking, you're completely right. This is beef you'll have to take up with the film's writers though, not with Wikipedia, as the article here is for a fictional film that took notably many artistic liberties with the source material. Critics have indeed noted the anachronisms; another is the film's usage of the term "yuppie", which didn't exist within the time period during which the characters are using the term. You may want to add some information about these anachronisms under the Wikipedia page's "Criticism" section, presuming you can find reputable sources for critics who have pointed the issue out or complained about it. Otherwise, since the information only appears in the "Plot" section which is clearly describing a fictional film, it can just be left alone. Salvador has been noted by critics as also heavily critical of the political Right, an infamous bias of Oliver Stone's, hence why the film was probably very clear to depict Roberto d'Aubisson in connection with ARENA as soon as it possibly could, whether this is historically-accurate or not. If you can find reputable sources (news articles, professional film critics, etc.) where this was pointed out, then it would definitely be worth adding to the "Criticism" section. TradingSpousesWelsch (talk) 07:05, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]