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Interpreting The Chinese Wall knowing Dutch and ‘Dutchness’
- Source: Short Film Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1, Apr 2015, p. 107 - 110
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- 01 Apr 2015
Abstract
Abstract
Many film scholars equate ‘film’ with ‘moving images’. But knowledge of language and background information importantly influence a film’s possible interpretations. In this article I discuss how comprehension of Dutch language and culture affords subtle aspects of meaning unavailable to viewers who have to rely exclusively on the English subtitles.
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