Language-related popular films?

[samuels at anthro.umass.edu]

If you're interested in classics, there's Ball of Fire (1941) starring Gary 
Coopoer and Barbara Stanwyck. And of course My Fair Lady, if your students are 
of a musical bent....

David

Quoting Ken Ehrensal <ehrensal at kutztown.edu>:

> Kerim,
> 
> If you can get episodes from "Star Trek: The Next Generation"  there is one 
> titled "Darmock" in which the Enterprise encounter an 'enigmatic' people 
> with whom others have not been able to establish communication.  The aliens 
> speak a language that has as its logic that it refers to metaphor and the 
> imagery of myths; not S-O-V like Picard and his crew.
> 
> Ken
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kerim Friedman" <oxusnet at gmail.com>
> To: <linganth at cc.rochester.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:19 AM
> Subject: [Linganth] Language-related popular films?
> 
> 
> > Teaching in Taiwan, I find my students do not have the English ability
> > necessary to follow films like "American Tongues" and "Cross Talk" -
> > but many Hollywood films, and some documentaries from the Discovery
> > Channel and National Geographic, etc. are available here with Chinese
> > subtitles at the night market. Which brings me to my question: Can
> > anyone think of popular films (contemporary or classics, US or
> > foreign) with language related themes that might be suitable for
> > teaching? I've thought of a few, but I'm not too happy with the list
> > so far:
> >
> > Windtalkers (2002)
> > Pygmalion (1938)
> > The Unconquered (1954)
> > Enfant sauvage, L' (1970) (many more such films about feral children
> > are listed at http://www.feralchildren.com )
> > Children of a Lesser God (1986)
> > Ishi: The Last Yahi (1992)
> > Lost in Translation (2003)
> > The Conversation (1974)
> >
> > I almost added Blazing Saddles for the Yiddish-speaking Indian chief,
> > but then thought better of it...
> >
> > Obviously some of these films are better than others (as far as
> > teaching is concerned) - but I just wanted to put something out to jog
> > people's minds. Send your suggestions to me at this address (off
> > list): oxusnet [at] gmail [dot] com.
> >
> > I'm traveling for a while, but I'll edit together all the suggestions
> > and mail it back to the list  (and on the web) when I get back.  When
> > you send your suggestions please state how I should list your name and
> > affiliation if I post this list publicly on the web.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Kerim
> >
> > -- 
> > ____________________________________
> > P. Kerim Friedman
> > Department of Indigenous Cultures
> > College of Indigenous Studies
> > National DongHwa University, TAIWAN
> > http://kerim.oxus.net/
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