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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5261 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 1 of 3 31 March 2013 at 3:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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There's an interesting article in the NYT today on English-speaking actors branching out into foreign language films: Bilingual Actors Step Into a Leading Role-
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5129 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 2 of 3 31 March 2013 at 7:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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This is great, I think. Hollywood's been importing actors from other parts of the world
for decades - some that have learned English specifically for a single movie role, although if the movie's critically acclaimed, these actors usually go on to perfect their English and become highly sought after for other roles, too. No reason the talent can't flow the other direction. On a somewhat related note, back in the late 70s/early 80s there were several US-based singers that made a name for themselves in Latin America, singing in Spanish. They didn't speak Spanish, but over time, learned the language. R. == 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 3 of 3 24 April 2013 at 10:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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In the 1970s, Jacqueline Bisset spoke seemingly passable French in "Day for Night",
although she was playing an English actress acting in a French film within the film. Although of French heritage, she was born in England, and didn't really speak much French apparently, and had to mug up on it for the film. From what we see of Truffaut's methods (he plays a version of himself in the film), he would no doubt have adapted the film to fit her abilities.
Didn't The Beatles sometimes sing in German, which they might have acquired in their Hamburg period? I seem to remember a German version of "I want to hold your hand". ...here we are: Komm gib mir deine Hand" (there are a few others too). Sounds pretty good to me. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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