Tuesday, 17 September 2002
I'm sorry, what did you mean?
On translations of Hollywood film titles:
"The system replaces a title from Woody Allen's film Annie Hall, which could mean anything, with the foreign distribution rebrand The Urban Neurotic. Boogie Nights, which conceals the central theme of an unusually well endowed hero, is spelt out in China as His Powerful Device Makes Him Famous. The revelations come from a survey in Empire magazine which also features Two Stupid Stupid People (Dumb and Dumber) and I'm Rich But I Like Prostitutes (Pretty Woman)." [more]
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