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unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Uzique wrote:
Superior Mind wrote:
I re-watched HBO's Rome while I was taking a Roman Civ course with a prof who does specifically Roman archaeology. The show had many accurate nuances of Roman life which I was able to identify to my course readings. For that I enjoyed the show. My biggest gripe were the British accents. I want a film or show set in Rome to be done in Latin.
what and you're fluent? i'm glad to leave that shit in school and out of the cinema
I don't see anything wrong with reviving a dead language for a movie for curiosity's sake.

e: Finding actors fluent in them or willing to learn, however, is different.

All it takes is for the film to be written by a Latin speaker. Take Italian actors and have them memorize their lines. Like Apocalypto. Gibson's actors had to learn whatever Mexica language they were speaking in the film.

x

2011-02-27 11:34:27

#6557

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5666|London, England

Superior Mind wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Uzique wrote:

what and you're fluent? i'm glad to leave that shit in school and out of the cinema
I don't see anything wrong with reviving a dead language for a movie for curiosity's sake.

e: Finding actors fluent in them or willing to learn, however, is different.
All it takes is for the film to be written by a Latin speaker. Take Italian actors and have them memorize their lines. Like Apocalypto. Gibson's actors had to learn whatever Mexica language they were speaking in the film.

If you had the money to put up for production of such a feature film, would you do so? Do you think you would make your money back? If you say yes you're a liar.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-02-27 11:37:19

#6558

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6779

you guys are being fucking ridiculous. reviving a dead language for a holywood film? training actors to pronounce and enunciate an archaic language fluently and accurately? jeeeesus.

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2011-02-27 11:38:04

#6559

11 Bravo: Banned; +965|5545|Cleveland, Ohio

paris hilton in lohan could do it

2011-02-27 11:39:32

#6560

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5666|London, England

11 Bravo wrote:
paris hilton in lohan could do it

ginger has no soul

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-02-27 11:44:35

#6561

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7001

Uzique wrote:
you guys are being fucking ridiculous. reviving a dead language for a holywood film? training actors to pronounce and enunciate an archaic language fluently and accurately? jeeeesus.

Again, it was done for Passion of the Christ.

I think it would be worth while.

x

2011-02-27 11:47:46

#6562

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5666|London, England

Superior Mind wrote:
Uzique wrote:
you guys are being fucking ridiculous. reviving a dead language for a holywood film? training actors to pronounce and enunciate an archaic language fluently and accurately? jeeeesus.
Again, it was done for Passion of the Christ.

I think it would be worth while.

So pay for it. Passion of the Christ had a built in market with Christians. The market for people who would want to see a movie about Romans speaking Latin is... well... you.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-02-27 11:48:24

#6563

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6779

much of the latin pertaining to the passion of christ is well-known, though... it's more culturally 'present' and pervasive. the crucifixion of jesus christ is possibly one of the only great historical events of the latin-speaking world that everybody is familiar with; basically, it has a unique significance above all other 'historical stories'. latin in the passion of christ works because everyone has read of -INRI- and the catholic church has preserved the relevance of latin for religious circumstances/topics.

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2011-02-27 11:53:55

#6564

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6010|College Park, MD

It is kinda funny when some Russian/Middle Eastern bad guys are always speaking English. I can believe the head honcho of their group knowing English, but every single one of their lackeys?

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2011-02-27 11:58:14

#6565

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5666|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
It is kinda funny when some Russian/Middle Eastern bad guys are always speaking English. I can believe the head honcho of their group knowing English, but every single one of their lackeys?

Subtitles suck.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-02-27 11:59:08

#6566

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6779

there's a big gap between the issue of modern cinema being anglophone, and proposing the revival of dead and arcane ancient languages.

one is clearly done to ensure maximum commercial/critical success; the other is proposed as an horrifically bad idea.

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2011-02-27 12:18:24

#6567

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7001

Uzique wrote:
much of the latin pertaining to the passion of christ is well-known, though... it's more culturally 'present' and pervasive. the crucifixion of jesus christ is possibly one of the only great historical events of the latin-speaking world that everybody is familiar with; basically, it has a unique significance above all other 'historical stories'. latin in the passion of christ works because everyone has read of -INRI- and the catholic church has preserved the relevance of latin for religious circumstances/topics.

Passion was done in Aramaic, no?

I think a film that explores the transition from Holy Rome & Byzantium to the Dark Ages would draw a wide audience. That is an era rather ignored in cinema.

x

2011-02-27 12:21:12

#6568

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6779

when stuff is ignored in cinema... it's for a reason. cinema is the most populist art-form. if the audience was there, it would have been made.

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2011-02-27 12:22:27

#6569

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7001

I suppose you're correct. I WANT COOL MOVIES

x

2011-02-27 12:22:59

#6570

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6010|College Park, MD

JohnG@lt wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
It is kinda funny when some Russian/Middle Eastern bad guys are always speaking English. I can believe the head honcho of their group knowing English, but every single one of their lackeys?
Subtitles suck.

I agree. It's just a bit amusing to think that a bunch of cave-dwelling terrorists have a good grasp of the English language.

2011-02-27 12:23:48

#6571

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5150|Amsterdam

I don't mind if in a movie the 'main-language' is translated to English. Lets take 300 as an example. It follows those Spartans and Leonidas and I think its okey that they speak English and not Greece because its easier on the cast and lets them do their work better (maybe 300 isn't a very good example for acting skill but you get the idea). Now I would like to see those Persians speak Persian, instead of English as well. The Greeks and Persians wouldn't understand one another in real life, so making them speak the same language feels a bit too unrealistic.

2011-02-27 12:23:49

#6572

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6779

but hey feel free to write a proposal for your late-roman drama in latin, submitted with a cast list of italy's finest character actors...

im sure the studios and writers will snap it up

gap in the market, right

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2011-02-27 12:25:54

#6573

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5150|Amsterdam

Also, the biggest part of the general movie goers don't want to watch an entire movie in Latin. Hollywood will awlays choose money over realism.

2011-02-27 12:25:58

#6574

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7001

Uzique wrote:
but hey feel free to write a proposal for your late-roman drama in latin, submitted with a cast list of italy's finest character actors...

im sure the studios and writers will snap it up

gap in the market, right

Stop crushing my soul.

x

2011-02-27 12:42:57

#6575

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6967|BC, Canada

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