"Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed."
- Mark Twain
When we were mixing the film, the sound mixer asked me if I wanted him to output a separate M & E (music and effects) track for dubbing. I told him I am philosophically opposed to dubbing.
He said: "What if someone wants to buy the film, but they only want it if it's dubbed?"
I said: "That's not an option. If they want it, they're going to have to subtitle it."
Recently, our foreign sales agent got an offer from Italy. They're offering us a significant amount of money, but they only want the film if they can dub it. In other words, no M & E track, no sale.
"Okay, fine," I said.
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