Ratcatcher (1999)

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by Christian Muth

Such a beautiful film, but I REALLY hope Criterion fixes the subtitles on this. The current Criterion DVD subtitles are "Americanized", so the Scottish vernacular is "translated" to "American English". Hence, the spoken word "Aye" becomes "Yes", and "Wee lad" becomes "Little boy", etc. etc. etc.

We're not that stupid, Criterion- respect the vernacular in your subtitles!

Chris

Wow, I did not know that. I would much prefer the original Scottish English instead of the Americanized version language. But all I've seen is the Amercanized version and it still emotionally knocked me out. This movie is so good, Lynne Ramsay went on to bigger "more well known films" like "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (blah) and so forth, but her first film here will never be beat. Well, maybe someday? If not, she still made a great film with 'Ratcatcher', something none of us will ever do. What an excellent piece of film.