Jackster, do you see what Ali and I are trying to say? What do you think? We want to know.
Gosh, now you really put me on the spot. Yes, of course, I do see what you’re saying and it makes perfect sense. The great beauty of BBM is the way Ang allowed us all “into” the film, we all see in it what we want, how we want it. This is what makes truly great art, and why this film is GREAT art. We are
ALL correct, it works magically and beautifully every way you slice it, huh?
My only real point was to say that the subtitle folks are notorious, along with foreign language dubbers, at making grievous text and dialogue errors. Just ask Cham what he thinks about the French language version of BBM. They are not artists, they have a job. To be honest in listening to this scene with all kinds of headphones, and recently even the HD DVD version, I still can’t tell, it works both ways. Hope you don’t think this is a cop out; to me it’s just beautiful both ways.
