39. Foreign Film

39. Foreign Film

When you have a job to do, you have to do it even if you don't know what you're doing. In this case, the editor knew they had to finish the film, yet they didn't know any Chinese. Rather than move to China, learn Chinese, and then come back to finish the job, they just went for it. I actually really like how upfront and honest they are. They could have tried to guess what the guy was saying, but that wouldn't be fair to literally put words in the guy's mouth. At least this way we feel a little more connected to the editor.

The thing about subtitles is you can't really trust them if you don't know the language. Who wrote the subtitles? I had a friend who wrote subtitles and he was just some stoner. He didn't care about the job. You could be watching a foreign film subtitled by some twenty year old stoner.

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Did You Know...

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To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.

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At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.

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David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.

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15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.

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The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.

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