Mike Frank (see also, Jeremy Butler) writes:



>      thus when i teach bertolucci's CONFORMIST i have

>       to choose between a version dubbed in italian or

>       one dubbed in english -- and the lip-synch is really

>       no better in the former than in the latter . . .



This is to me where the facial expressions, kinetics, vocal

resonances etc. make the difference.  In the Italian, only

the lip-synch is off -- in the English, there are a host of

visual and aural conflicts making assimilation of the film

a veritable task.



Or maybe I'm just hypersensitive.



Shari Rosenblum



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