Matt says: My friend Kathyrn (who is deaf) wrote the following article for L.A. Voice about the new documentary film, Touch the Sound, about deaf musician Evelyn Glennie. Apparently, the film's producers and director decided not to caption because they felt it would ruin the film's visual aesthetic! I think the LAV site is down at the moment due to the power outage, but check it out when it comes back up.
I sent an email to the distributor asking them why the film was not subtitled. Their reply was:
"Thanks so much for your interest. I'm sorry, but it will not. We made the decision not to subtitle the prints for two reasons: the visual aspect of the film is as important as the aural, and the director felt (and we agreed) that the subtitles would be hurtful; and because much of the movie deals with sounds that subtitles cannot deal with. Since the film will be available in closed caption format when it is released on DVD, we settled for that as the way to go, though we know we are disappointing some people, such as yourself, for which we truly are sorry.
