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From a global perspective, a mainstream film is any film from Hollywood. Do you agree?

Mainstream films are films that are distributed to movie theaters which exhibit wide release films. However, the definition of a mainstream film can vary by country. For example, a mainstream film from China wouldn't be considered a mainstream film in India. But from a global perspective, mainstream films could be defined as Hollywood films, because it is these films which make up the majority of the most widely distributed films in the world. This would make Hollywood films the paradigm for mainstream films worldwide.

If it's not released in or at least imported into America, it's an obscure film.

Here's a quote I read somewhere that will sum up what I'm saying: "Hollywood farts, whole world takes notice; film-makers elsewhere discover life on Mars, doesn't even make the back page." Do you agree with this? Mattdillon87 (talk) 05:45, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

What you're saying is true, but the reference desk is for answering factual questions. Please ask these types of questions somewhere else. Resolved. Rebel Yeh (talk) 06:27, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

Huh? Resolved? Because one (1) person agrees, without any references to support them? I disagree, fwiw. There are various Hollywood films that are definitely not mainstream. Lots of "art house" movies, for example. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 07:44, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

The way the term Mainstream is described, I would think in this case it would be films released by "mainstream" studios, which presumably exist in many countries, and certainly Bollywood should also qualify. Shouldn't it? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:15, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

I hope you've told the people at Shepperton, Pinewood and Elstree this! Britmax (talk) 12:55, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

It's a bit hard to tell from your indentation, but presumably that was a reply to Baseball Bugs. You do realize, don't you, that when he mentioned studios, he wasn't talking about places like Shepperton and Pinewood? He's talking about film production companies like 20th Century Fox, Paramount and so on. --Viennese Waltz 13:01, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Plane used in World War Z

Hi,

In the film "World War Z", what plane is used by Brad Pitt and team to fly to South Korea? It looks similar to a C-130 Hercules, but does not look like an exact match ? Gulielmus estavius (talk) 10:28, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

I haven't seen the film, but assuming that you mean the aircraft at 1:59 on this trailer, it looks to me like an Antonov An-12 (note the tail-gun turret). Alansplodge (talk) 13:50, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

I haven't seen the film either, but I saw an extract of the scene which was specifically described as Pitt's character heading to South Korea, and there was a glimpse of the plane. It looks like an C-130 Hercules to me, bearing in mind that there are quite a few variations of the C-130. According to IMDB (yadda yadda, unreliable source, etc.), there is a character credited as "C130 Pilot" and one of the goof listings is "The airplane that Gerry Lane travels in repeatedly switches between an Antonov An-12 and a Lockheed C-130 Hercules."—which may explain why it looked different in some scenes. --Canley (talk) 06:24, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Fur Elise

Please refer to the 25th measure of Beethoven's Fur Elise. I am trying to master this beautiful piece. At the beginning of the measure there are two notes (F & A) connected by a double bar (double beam). These notes are printed in such a way that they look at least twice as small as the rest of the notes. The next note (C) is of normal thickness. What does it mean (such notes of diminished size)? How does one play them?

Thanks, - Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.14.15 (talk) 16:58, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

P.S. Also if anyone could show me how to mark the question "RESOLVED" I would appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.14.15 (talk) 17:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps those notes in Für Elise are grace notes.—Wavelength (talk) 17:11, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, - Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.14.15 (talk) 17:29, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

They indeed are grace notes - specifically, they're appoggiaturas. Note the bass line, which has six semiquavers, making up the three beats of the 3/8 time signature. In the treble line, we have the grace notes (which are before the down beat), a crotchet (which is on the down beat), a dotted semiquaver, and a demisemiquaver - the grace notes aren't included in the count for the measure. Incidentally, use of the "Resolved" template on the Ref Desks isn't encouraged (although it's not forbidden) - it's really intended for the various Dispute resolution pages. However, you _should_ sign your posts, by adding four tildes (~~~~). Tevildo (talk) 17:34, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

The article "Ü" has information about keyboarding the German umlaut u.

—Wavelength (talk) 18:32, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you both Tevildo & Wavelength for very useful comments.

Thanks, - Alex174.52.14.15 (talk) 19:42, 23 June 2013 (UTC)