Talk:Cosmic Ray (film)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 13:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Bruce Conner's Cosmic Ray is the first short film to use a pop song as its entire soundtrack?~~ Source: Fanvids: Television, Women, and Home Media Re-Use: "Bruce Conner's Cosmic Ray (1961) was the first short film to use a pop song as its soundtrack over silenced clips"
- Reviewed: 155 Mercer Street

5x expanded by Hinnk (talk).

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hinnk (talk) 00:33, 15 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

(Not a review) It looks like the book is specifically saying that it's the first short film to put a pop song over "silenced clips" (found footage?), not that it was the first short film ever to have a pop song as its entire soundtrack. The latter definition covers an awful lot of musical short films going back to the 1920s. DigitalIceAge (talk) 03:17, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Good catch, it was definitely nagging me how to accurately summarize that claim without basically quoting it directly. I think there were some similar claims made in other sources, so I'm gonna look through those again and see what the best way to approach that would be. As a fallback, there's the quote about the film "presenting the eyes for Ray Charles". hinnk (talk) 19:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - ALT1: ... that Bruce Conner's Cosmic Ray has been recognized as the first music video? Source: [1][2]
  - ALT2: ~~... that Bruce Conner conceived of his short film Cosmic Ray as "presenting the eyes" for blind musician Ray Charles?~~ Source: Looking for Bruce Conner: "I felt that I was, in a way, presenting the eyes for Ray Charles, who is a blind musician…I was supplying his vision." hinnk (talk) 22:21, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer still needed. Z1720 (talk) 13:55, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like ALT1 as it is confirmed, interesting, in the article and supported with RS including the Boston Globe. The article is a 5x expansion so qualifies. The article has the correct inline citations and it is neutral. NOqpq required and Earwig alerts at 35% to a long quote. Bruxton (talk) 00:13, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]