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Most writings on the subject of motion pictures, including those scrutinizing the structural characteristics, aesthetic qualities, and effects of motion pictures on audiences, have traditionally been relatively abstract and have not considered what a film's audiences actually see. ██ █████ ███████ ████████ ███████ █████████ ███████ ███ ███████████ ██████ ███ ███ ██████████ ███████████ █████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ █ ████ ████ █████████████ ███ ████████ ██████████ ██ ███

Intro topic · Audience experience differs from filmmaker's intent

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Problem · Film distribution has negative effects

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Problem: detail 1 · Translation issues

Subtitles, dubbing, and reediting can all alter a film in negative ways

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Problem: detail 2 · TV and video distribution

Problems include changes to image size and quality, introduction of ad breaks, visual and audio interruptions, and increased projection speed

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Problem: detail 3 · Audiences and critics accept problems 1 and 2

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Author's explanation · Film is a unique art form

Contrast · film to other art forms

In film, unlike in other art forms, an ideal reproduction is considered another legitimate "instance of the work"

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Elaborate on problem · Ideal reproductions rarely occur

Implication of problem · Unfair to assess films based on altered reproductions

Another implication · Film reviews don't represent the version that viewers will see

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Application

This is an application question. The hypothetical situation is that an originally Italian film is being distributed to Russian-speaking audiences, so some alteration is probably required. Recall that the author's main point is that alterations of films are bad. So we should try to minimize the alterations.

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Unsupported. The idea of translating the title into Russian does have support. But the idea of providing explanatory materials has no support at all.

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Anti-supported. The author talks about why it's a bad idea to have critics experience one version of the film and the audience experience a different version.

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Supported. The author's problem with subtitles was that they may be incompetent, full of mistakes, or used for censorship. If the subtitles are strictly faithful to the original, the author would be okay with it.

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Unsupported. It's unreasonable to interpret the author's preference for minimal alterations to mean that the author would have the Russian speaking audience sit through an Italian film without comprehending any of the dialogue.

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Unsupported. First, note that this is a much bigger intervention than simply subtitling a film. (E) is talking about rearranging, cutting, or adding scenes to a film. While the goal of making the filmmaker’s intentions clearer to the audience is laudable, this nevertheless is the sentiment that the author criticizes.

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