I still haven’t heard back from Thomas Reidelsheimer, the director of Touch the Sound. For those of you who are new to my blog, here is the link to the original posting on this issue.
My friend M directed me to this link, in where film critic Roger Ebert slams Reidelsheimer’s decision to not use subtitles. Go Roger!
Reidelsheimer is being stubborn. His people contacted Ebert and said:
While there are about 250 screens in U.S. theaters that have the capability of screening rear-projected closed captioned versions of films, none of those screens show art films, and so authorizing such a version would not be helpful.
“We are, instead, working with theaters in each city in which ‘Touch the Sound’ plays to set up at least one special screening at which the film will be interpreted by a sign language interpreter so that it is as accessible as possible to all audiences who wish to see it.
Not acceptable. Thankfully, Ebert agrees:
This answer sidesteps the possibility of actually subtitling all prints of film. The special screening with sign language is not much of a solution, since all the other screenings will be inaccessible, and watching signing during a movie is more difficult than reading subtitles, particularly given the lighting conditions. I believe the non-subtitle decision by director Thomas Riedelsheimer is wrong-headed.
I’m going to follow up on this with Reidelsheimer.
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