Posted at May 26, 2017, 9:36 am:
I noticed a few years ago how difficult it is to talk about movies with foreigners (of all countries) who may have seen the same movie but know it under a completely different name.
some are just inaccurate, while others really suck, losing the original meaning or making things too clear (or less, it depends...)
if you know of some examples in yr country of origin, it is surely interesting and may even be quite funny.
guess what French Aux frontières du réel is? it means something like At the Limit of the Real...
well, that's X-Files!!
La Quatrième Dimension= the Fourth Dimension
=
Twilight Zone!!
but again, why do they translate a title like DeVito's Duplex into Our House in the UK?
even Dirty Harry is now clean! in France, the translation being just Inspector Harry...
so try and guess what these movies can be (here with their title re-translated into English):
Las Vegas Parano (1995)
Ocean's Teeth (1975) !!!!
Johnny Goes To War (1971)
Violences in the City (1979)
It Was Tomorrow (1979)
Evil's Thirst (1958)
Suspended Death (2003)
An Exceptional Man (2001)
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Las Vegas Parano (1995)
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Johnny Goes To War (1971) Johnny.
An Exceptional Man (2001) A Beautiful Mind
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I'm stuck on the rest, any clues.
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the silence of the lambs .
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intolerable cruelty - croatian: divorce me, seduce me.
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