Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Night Corridor

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure)‎ ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 12:18, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Night Corridor[edit]

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

I found one article in my BEFORE search https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/night-corridor-1200533531/ but nothing else despite existing for 20 years with numerous fan-pages. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:19, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wholly agreed with keep in light of the Routledge source in particular, as well as numerous other mentions in foreign language sources.

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and Hong Kong. Shellwood (talk) 22:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added sources to the article, including the review in Variety. See for yourself. Keep, obviously.-My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 23:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The Variety article indicates notability, as does the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture citation. A Google Books search shows that it's discussed in a French book, L'homosexualité au cinéma by Didier Roth-Bettoni, but the preview doesn't show me anything past the first sentence. It also appears to be very widely-discussed on film blogs including MonsterHunter Movie Reviews, Love HK Film, Cinespot and Unseen Films. (These may be what the OP characterizes as "numerous fan-pages".) These are also only the sources that can be immediately found in English (and French); I'd expect further sources exist in Chinese. I believe that WP:NEXIST applies here. Toughpigs (talk) 03:44, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Chow, Vivienne (2003-08-17). "Indie tricks". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  The article notes: "Director Julian Lee Chi-Chiu's new film Night Corridor is a miracle. With only a $500,000 grant from the Arts Development Council, Lee managed to blow this independent creation up to a seemingly big budget production. ... Night Corridor is an alternative film adapted from Lee's novel of the same title, filled with homosexual psycho-thriller elements which did not interest any of the local film investors. With no cash, Lee made every effort to lure the best talents in town to work with him. ... Now the film is not only finished, it is also popular. All screenings at the Independent Film Month at Broadway Cinematheque have been sold out. It goes on general release from August 21 at Cinematheque."
2. Weissberg, Jay (2004-05-11). "Night Corridor". Variety. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  The review notes: "The cinematic equivalent of fusion cuisine, gothic tale “Night Corridor” proves that too many influences spoil the soup. Novelist-photographer-filmmaker Julian Lee serves up this devilish brew with plenty of eerie mystery and Lynchian obfuscation, but the offerings intrigue rather than satisfy. Don’t expect much H.K. sauce in the mix, although there are generous helpings of “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Ninth Door” stirred in alongside Japanese-style horror. Locals stayed home last fall; offshore, this is a specialty vid offering."
3. Scott, Matthew (2003-08-13). "Daniel's dark awakening". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  The article notes: "For Hong Kong audiences and Wu's legions of fans, used to seeing him in mainstream fare such as the mega-successful Love Undercover (2002), Night Corridor certainly is "different". Director Lee took his inspiration from the creepy painting Nightmare (1781) by Swiss-born artist Fuseli and thus the film (like Wu's central character) charts a course somewhere between clarity and confusion. Being an independent effort made with a limited budget, the film at times suffers from the restraints inherit to this kind of production. And that is something to which Wu readily admits. ... For Hong Kong audiences, Night Corridor might be about as non-commercial as you can get - it touches on homo-erotica, as well paedophilia, and comes with a Category III restriction. Wu is under no illusions about the audience the film might attract, or of its place in the whole scheme of things here."
4. Pei, Ya 皮亞. "《妖夜迴廊》雙生兒妖夜之死" ["Night Corridor": Death of Twins Yaoye] (in Chinese). Hong Kong Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  The review notes: "《妖夜迴廊》大膽走進最危險的國度，鑽營港產片少見的類型，說一個永遠也沒有盡頭的妖夜傳說，剪接紛紛亂亂，如夢魘般重複著人物說話動作情節的關節眼，最後只打上四個大字：死因不明。問題在那裡，心知肚明吧。"
  From Google Translate: ""Night Corridor" boldly enters the most dangerous country, explores a genre rarely seen in Hong Kong films, and tells a never-ending legend of the demonic night. The editing is messy, and the joints of the characters' words, actions, and plot are repeated like a nightmare. In the end, there were only four big words: cause of death unknown. The problem is there, you know it."
5. Gau, Ling-cam 玖零叁 (2015-03-15). "《妖夜迴廊》－李志超的情慾惡夢" ["Night Corridor" - Julian Lee's erotic nightmare]. inmediahk.net [zh] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  The article notes: "李志超Julian在去年尾辦了回顧展後就離世，留下未拍的自傳和多少經典作品。上星期在其生前好友在西環設的《「識情。賞美」李志超靈感展覽》買了他寫的《妖夜迴廊》小說。《妖夜迴廊》後來由Julian自己執導拍成影像版本，找來吳彥祖主演和監製，演員有惠英紅、蔣怡、高雄、谷峰，是香港獨立電影的其中一部經典。所以在看書前決定先看電影版本。"
  From Google Translate: "Julian Lee passed away after a retrospective exhibition at the end of last year, leaving behind an unfilmed autobiography and several classic works. Last week, I bought the novel "The Corridor of the Night" written by him at the "Julian Lee Inspiration Exhibition of "Understanding Emotions and Appreciating Beauty" set up by his friend during his lifetime in Sai Wan. "Night Corridor" was later directed and made into a video version by Julian himself, with Daniel Wu starring and producing. The actors include Kara Wai, Coco Chiang, Eddy Ko, and Chan Sze-man. It is one of the classics of Hong Kong independent films. So I decided to watch the movie version before reading the book."
6. Chung, Winnie (2003-12-13). "Asian Oscars set for an affair with Hong Kong film - Infernal Affairs up for 12 awards at annual Golden Horse event in Taiwan". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  The article notes: "Hong Kong films are expected to grab the limelight in Taiwan tonight at the 40th annual Golden Horse Awards, Asia's equivalent of the Academy Awards. ... Infernal Affairs star Tony Leung Chiu-wai is the hot favourite in the best actor category. Leung is up against his Infernal Affairs co-star Andy Lau Tak-wah, Daniel Wu for indie film Night Corridor and Simon Yam Tat-wah for PTU. ... Hong Kong actresses Kara Hui Ying-hung and Candy Lo Hau-yum were nominated in the best supporting actress category for their work in Night Corridor and Truth or Dare: 6/F Rear Flat."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Night Corridor (traditional Chinese: 妖夜迴廊; simplified Chinese: 妖夜回廊) to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 12:06, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.