John Pasden documents a particular scene in a Chinese subtitled Hollywood film, shows where the parallel conversations connect and diverge, and then throws things open to the readers. The several dozen responses on the use of subtitles, the development of plot, and the meaning of life.
John Pasden is an aspiring linguist currently residing in Shanghai, China, studying Chinese and working for a developer of English language resources. His weblog is sinosplice.com/weblog/
