Jul. 02, 2002 - 1:20 am

*too much dubbing

well i was going to take a shot at watching my library copy of Truffaut's Day For Night (1973). it was a recommendation i had received a while back. it looks like it would be a pretty good film. so anyway i was checking out this copy from the library the other day and saw that it has basically never been opened. i guess i'm not surprised. most of the people in Knoxville, TN are idiots culturally speaking. they would never watch a European art film from the public library. they mostly just go and put holds on The Fast and the Furious (2001). and the IMDb tells me they're making a sequel to that film by the way. i bet the people of Knoxville are cheering. and i sit back in awe.

so this copy of Day For Night is dubbed in English. press eject, rewind. why do people watch this trash? i hate dubbing. maybe THAT's why it hasn't been checked out before. i doubt it. why would you ever dub any semi-artistic film? this film should be widescreen and in its original language. people like me who would actually check this out hate two things about watching movies: fullscreen and dubbing. and so i have to look elsewhere for a copy. in french at the very least.

well it lets me get back to my book. and planning my upcoming hiking trip. oh yes. my hiking trip is film related. and i'll bet you can guess how if you're intelligent. i know that you are.

more Kubrick to come tomorrow.