How to find out the original language spoken in a film?
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Re: How to find out the original language spoken in a film?
it's not worth it, spach zoro, thrusting
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Re: How to find out the original language spoken in a film?
livelove wrote:@everyone:
Do you know any reliable online resource/database where the original language of films is listed authoritatively ?
No.
I have found two websites that has English as the language for Amen. Most either listed all the languages or none. and two got it wrong.
https://rateyourmusic.com/film/amen_/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen.
I checked the bourne identity on both sites, and wikipedia has it listed as English. (most sites would include the bits of French/German, etc. when Marie swears, French police talking to each other, Jason using his super spy language skillz , ,)
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Re: How to find out the original language spoken in a film?
I had a lot of difficulty trying to figure which language Suspiria was originally shot in, since both Italian and English versions were widely available. Turns out both versions were made at the same time, and both could be considered the "original version", which okay fine, but which version should I watch, then? Is one version closer to the director's original vision than the other?
I had similar problem with The Leopard as well, with both Italian and English dubs are easily available. However, in that case, since almost all the actors except Burt Lancaster originally recorded their dialogue in Italian, it's easier to guess that the original version is the Italian one.
I had similar problem with The Leopard as well, with both Italian and English dubs are easily available. However, in that case, since almost all the actors except Burt Lancaster originally recorded their dialogue in Italian, it's easier to guess that the original version is the Italian one.
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Re: How to find out the original language spoken in a film?
yes
yes, plenty of cases. Not so much if you just watch Hollywood movies of course, but elsewhere it's a different story.
Wiki is written by you and me. You'd wonder how many times I have seen blatant errors in Wikipedia or other websites.
Case ...
... in point.paulofilmo wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:35 pmNo.livelove wrote:@everyone:
Do you know any reliable online resource/database where the original language of films is listed authoritatively ?
I have found two websites that has English as the language for Amen. Most either listed all the languages or none. and two got it wrong.