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On Tue, 14 Mar 1995 12:50:43 CST David Smith said:
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>I propose the following meta-message for 'foreign film':
>
>'Foreign film' is a film genre that presents the world and local
>views of diverse foreign societies, as seen through the eyes, lan-
>guages and personal histories of its authors.
>
>And here (finally) is my point: bad sub-titling limits the potential
>audience for foreign films in North America.
>
>I would like to know how other Screen-L subscribers feel about
>the significance of language accessibility for foreign-language
>films generally, and whether they feel the system I have proposed
>is appropriate, workable and adequate. Can anyone cite a film that they
>would uphold as an example of especially good sub-titling?
 
I dunno.  Seems to me that here in Canada -- which, last I heard,
was still part of North America -- most of what we see on our
movie screens are foreign films.
 
 
Blaine Allan                           [log in to unmask]
Film Studies
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Canada  K7L 3N6