The WHF Film Club

[BenLaw]

You and John I believe.

 

[expat_mike]

Somebody at work (>50% French) has promised it to me this week.

JD,

Have they been able to supply you with the DVD?

 

[strapped for cash]

You and John I believe.

Only JD now.

 

[BenLaw]

They do call me Sherlock, so I'm guessing you've seen it.

 

[expat_mike]

"Holmes, Barratt Holmes" - as said by Russ Abbott.

 

[strapped for cash]

They do call me Sherlock, so I'm guessing you've seen it.

Your ability to intuit is indeed unparalleled!

 

[BenLaw]

So we need to hear from Monsieur Duncan. My memory is pretty sieve-like at the moment, so could do with having the discussion as close to watching the film as possible!

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

So we need to hear from Monsieur Duncan. My memory is pretty sieve-like at the moment, so could do with having the discussion as close to watching the film as possible!

What film? :?

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

So we need to hear from Monsieur Duncan. My memory is pretty sieve-like at the moment, so could do with having the discussion as close to watching the film as possible!

What film? :?

 

[John Duncan]

Somebody at work (>50% French) has promised it to me this week.

JD,

Have they been able to supply you with the DVD?

NO

 

[strapped for cash]

Have they been able to supply you with the DVD?

NO

The DVD's pretty cheap on Amazon.

 

[John Duncan]

Have they been able to supply you with the DVD?

NO

The DVD's pretty cheap on Amazon.

YES!

He has just come up with the goods. Sans English subtitles...

Note to self: do not bother trying to be cheap.

 

[BenLaw]

How's your French?

 

[strapped for cash]

How's your French?

I think "fluent" would be the only workable answer in this instance.

 

[John Duncan]

How's your French?

A-Level, so I am going to give it a go. I have the screenplay in English.

 

[strapped for cash]

Note to self: do not bother trying to be cheap.

I tell myself this all the time. It doesn't sink in.

 

[strapped for cash]

I have the screenplay in English.

That'll certainly help!

 

[BenLaw]

Note to self: do not bother trying to be cheap.

I tell myself this all the time. It doesn't sink in.

Yep, you really cut your spending to the bone with that VT65

 

[John Duncan]

I have the screenplay in English.

That'll certainly help!

I am hoping so. Am wondering whether to read it before, after or during...

 

[strapped for cash]

you really cut your spending to the bone with that VT65

That's a special case. Frugality and AV enthusiasm are fundamentally incompatible.

 

[strapped for cash]

Am wondering whether to read it before, after or during...

You'd need to be particularly dexterous to go with the last option. Before might make the most sense.

EDIT: not that I'm questioning your dexterity; I just think it'd be difficult for anyone to concentrate on screen and script simultaneously, without losing flow.

 

[BenLaw]

Anyone seen Privilege? Just watched it tonight, very interesting.

 

[expat_mike]

I have the screenplay in English. Am wondering whether to read it before, after or during...

You've come up trumps, and inspired me to download the screenplay as well.

I suggest that you follow a similar process to me.

1 - I watched the film with the french subtitles on - and could understand 90% of the film at a first pass (you may manage better, with A - Level french).

2 - I watched it again, but paused the film and checked using Google translate, for some of the words that I missed on the first pass. You have the option to use the screenplay.

3 - I was going to watch three key sections again, and check with Google translate, that I had not misunderstood the film. I shall now just read the appropriate sections of the screenplay. You won't need step 3.

 

[expat_mike]

JD,

I've just read through the screenplay, and it has filled in those last few gaps in my understanding of the film.

If you watch the film first with the french subtitles, then read the screenplay, you should be able to picture in your mind who was saying what, and their body language at the time.

 

[BenLaw]

Bear in mind JD did his A level approx 35 years ago.