Re: Great Moments in Con/Auxlang Filmmaking
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 6, 2000, 2:38 |
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On Fri, 5 May 2000 10:21:17 +0200, Christophe Grandsire
<Christophe.Grandsire@...> wrote:
>Wasn't The Dark Crystal supposed to be shot in a conlang specially invented
>for the movie, and only subtitled in English, and that at the last moment
>the producer decided to dub it instead?
Specifically, the Skeksis had their own language which was redone in
English; the Gelflings always spoke English as far as I know. A bonus track
on the special edition DVD includes the surviving examples of Skeksis
speech (which I read somewhere was supposed to be based on ancient
Egyptian). The Podlings still do speak their own language (which bears some
resemblance to the language formerly known as Serbo-Croatian), and Aughra
speaks a few words of what sounds like it might be that same language.
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