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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Re: Sign films
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Date: 3 May 91 04:09:39 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 >      Perhaps William Hurt overdid it, but the little voice
 > interpretation was helpful (at times) and allowed for the
 > viewer to focus on the facial expressions whereas I do
 > find that subtitles can make the flow a little choppy (I
 > think) and hurt the overall dramatic effect.

Hi Fran - I don't think William Hurt overdid interpreting the
signs in the movie, however, I do feel it is a shame we don't
have more theaters with captioning.  I know of three such
theaters who show new movies using captioning - one is in
Los Angeles, one in Dallas and I was told there was one in
DC.

Of course, I've become mundane and tend to rent videos as they
come out - just saw GHOST which I loved.  I have noticed that
several of the premium channels are closed captioning the old
time classics which is really a thrill.  Most of us may have
seen the good oldies when we were younger but never knew what
all was in the dialogue.

William Hurt is one of my favorite actors and I thought his
facial expressions in Children of a Lesser God were outstanding.
Of course, at that time he and Marlee were an item...(grin)

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