Last night Sam, Andy and I went to the movies. Andy told me they wanted to see Inglorious Basterds and there was a theater showing it in English. We walked up to the theater by Piazza del Popolo and bought our tickets. In this movie theater the seats ard assigned and very comfortable. The chairs are velvet colored and have foot rests that bring your knees up at just the right angle. (We've been talking about chairs in design class for two weeks and i'm a little bit stuck on it.) So the movie was not dubbed in italian which is what the signs mean when they say an american movie is in english. However 2/3 of the movie are spoken in french and german as a directorial choice. So very little was in english and the subtitles were all in Italian! If I thought I couldn't speak Italian, I definately can't speak German so really the Italian subtitles were what kept me understanding the movie. That and some of the best scenes were with Brad Pitt who only speaks English (well, and some Italian, lol) Anyway it was a really interesting way to experience the movie. Half the characters had language barriers in the film and there was an added dimension for us as audience memebers not being able to understand everything. I also noticed the camera shots and visuals a lot more because I was observing everything I could to figure out what was going on.
After the movie we went to the Trevi fountain and threw in coins to return to Rome. Then we went for gelato and walked the catch the night bus home. A very fun and unique experience.
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