Norwegian Wood

[Roger Macy]

When I saw it at the UK premiere on 2 Mar 11, I noted that Linda Hoagland had been credited with the English subtitles.  The only other thing I noted was that "BAFTA digitl. prjctn. still NBG" [they have/had a low bit-rate system that breaks up on pans].  I would have hoped that I would have noted an abusive or unusual display of the subtitles but I didn't.
Roger


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Yuki Nakayama 
  To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
  Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 4:37 AM
  Subject: Re: Norwegian Wood


  I saw it in japan on dvd so I missed out on the subtitles. must find an english copy of it now. 


  Perhaps the subtitler was a Murakami Haruki fan and wanted to add extra effects to capture the essence of his style?



  On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Peter Larson <pslarson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

    I will have to check it out. Hopefully the DVD version will preserve the titling format. 

    Also, I will have to pay more attention to what happens in my town!

    Pete


    On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu> wrote:

      In that Cannes thread, Pete mentioned,


        Sad to say that I missed Norwegian Wood at the Michigan Theater recently, speaking of. 



      I was there. I liked it, especially the stunning use of landscape. But what intrigued me the most were the subtitles. The positioning harked back to the talkie era, when there were films that placed subtitles _between_ lovers talking. 


      Lovers talking account for about 90 percent of this film, and they're often shot in striking close-up. Tranh often puts the couple on one side of the frame or another, and the subtitler has chosen to follow them back and forth. S/he shortens the lines and places them squarely between the two people. It was a nice, abusive, technique. 


      Markus



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