Talk:Bananas (film)

Role of Don Quixote, U.S.A.

A citation tag has been added for the sentence "In Don Quixote, U.S.A., the novel by Richard P. Powell on which Bananas was loosely based, the protagonist was an agronomist specializing in bananas." I take it that the tag was added not for the assertion that the protagonist in Don Quixote, U.S.A. was an agronomist specializing in bananas (for which the source is the novel), but for the claim that Bananas was loosely based on this novel. That Don Quixote, U.S.A. was a source for Bananas is well-known and already reflected in the article; that Bananas ended up being very unlike Don Quixote, U.S.A. is also quite clear, though apparently it started as more of an adaptation, see Eric Lax, Woody Allen, A Biography 220 (2d ed. 2000), available on Google Books. I've changed the language; maybe someone who knows more about the relationship between Don Quixote, U.S.A. and Bananas can describe it better. There is, of course, no proof that the bananas in Don Quixote, U.S.A. had anything to do with the movie's title. John M Baker 14:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Viva Vargas

Woody Allen's short story, "Viva Vargas" (published in the collection "Getting Even"), which is in the format of a diary by a Latin American revolutionary, seems obviously related to Bananas; is it another source along with the novel mentioned above? MayerG (talk) 05:15, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Bananas1.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Modelled after . . .

Was this depiction of Bananas modelled after any particular banana republic? Guatemala perhaps? -Rolypolyman (talk) 18:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Sylvester Stallone and Jeff Goldblum are the bullies in the subway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.131.32.179 (talk) 07:11, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Jeff Goldblum was a mugger in 1974's Death Wish", not this movie. 74.88.70.64 (talk) 05:03, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Puerto Rican contributions to the film

Folks, I've seen all references to quite a few Puerto Rican artists taken away from the article: Jacobo Morales, for example, not only carries some of the film's comedic weight, but also did suggest a few last-minute changes to Allen that were incorporated into the film. He claims Allen's good reception to his suggestions that actually gave him the itch to become a film director himself later on. Miguelangel Suarez plays a small role, but he sets up some of the film's funnier lines. Even Yomo Toro deserves credit for putting Spanish lyrics to a Marvin Hamlisch song or two. Can we at least mention them here? Demf (talk) 16:54, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Cigarette commercial

The movie contains a "commercial" for New Testament cigarettes, a brand approved by the Catholic church. Although this clearly has nothing to do with the plot of the movie, what was the motive or point of inserting this "commercial"? Could it have something to do with TV cigarette commercials being banned the same year the movie was released?