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What movies in Latin language do you know and would recomend (apart from the "Passion of the Christ"). It would be nice if it has subtitles too!

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p.s. I searched this forum for "movies" and found one topic viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5280&p=44797&hilit=movies#p44797 but the link there is dead, so I have even no idea what it was about.

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Fortasse istud?

Maybe this?


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Sebastiane by Derek Jarman is the only latin-language feature film I know. It's good,—but note well: it's an erotic film dealing with love between Roman soldiers.

Sebastiane (1976) de Derek Jarman est sola taenia plenâ formâ in sermonibus latinis quam gnosco. Bona est,—at nota benè: est taenia erotica amorem inter milites Romanos spectans.
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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adrianus wrote:Sebastiane by Derek Jarman is the only latin-language feature film I know. It's good,—but note well: it's an erotic film dealing with love between Roman soldiers.

Sebastiane (1976) de Derek Jarman est sola taenia plenâ formâ in sermonibus latinis quam gnosco. Bona est,—at nota benè: est taenia erotica amorem inter milites Romanos spectans.
maybe I can show it to my sixth grade Latin class. :lol:
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paulusnb wrote:maybe I can show it to my sixth grade Latin class. :lol:
Judging by the clips of it on YouTube, I think that would be a wonderful idea! Especially if you are planning to quit that job soon anyway :)
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Does the whole movie have to be in Latin? Ah, nevermind. I suppose Romanes eunt domus wouldn't be enough Latin either way...

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If it's any consolation, the actors in Sebastiane were unskilled in Latin, you might like to know, but did well nevertheless. And the dialogue is pretty sparse!

Si vobis consolationem adhibeat, scitote latinum in loquendo scaenicos illius taeniae non peritos, at benè tamen perfecti sunt. Et macrius colloquium!
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Nor do I think any latin subtitles have been produced for any film (I looked), which would have been useful.

Nec exstant, nisi fallor, subtituli in sermonibus latinis cuicunque taeniolae producti (eos inquisivi), quod aliter opus fuisset.
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There are these. http://www.lingua.co.uk/latin/ I cannot imagine they are any good. And then there is the Forum Romanum DVD from American Classics League. (http://www.nle.org/forum.html) The value of these, from what I understand, is that they are horribly cheesy. But they are in Latin. You could always watch Luke the Horse's newscasts on Youtube and wonder at the wide variety of colorful shirts he owns. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRGTYXulemg)
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adrianus wrote:If it's any consolation, the actors in Sebastiane were unskilled in Latin, you might like to know, but did well nevertheless. And the dialogue is pretty sparse!
I was not going to touch this with a 10 inch pole, but does the movie make up for its sparsity of dialogue by extending other matters?
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If you're not just kidding (you could be, of course, paulusnb), I can say this in reply. It's still quite shocking today as a movie; it's all about the visual; it's not into innuendo; and maybe the aesthetics swamp the story of Christian martyrdom.

Si non modò cavillaris (quod cavillaris benè possibile est certó, paulusnb), hoc tibi responsare possum de hâc taeniâ. Et his diebus potestatem consternare habet; permagnè oculo est; palàm non clàm ea multas res scrutatur; praeter narrationem martyrii christiani, ars visifica eam forsit exsuperat.
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An almost feature length movie has been made by the Latin Teacher and students at Santa Monica High School in California. The language is totally Latin and it is about the lives and problems of the students. The title is 'Pacifica' and this preview can be seen on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEMmbxAHycY

You might contact the 'producer' for more details.

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The Passion of the Christ is available in Ecclesiastical Latin IIRC.

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I should add that the classic film 'Man for All Seasons' with Paul Schofield (1966), there is a great scene in which Thomas More's daughter speaks Latin with Henry VIII.

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There's a 2014 movie called "The Roman" or "The Son of Raw's The Roman" by Simon Rawson. The script is entirely Ecclesiastical Latin, I think. I haven't been able to find the full movie (in fact, I believe the movie was only finished in June).

As this is my second post, I'm unable to post any links, but if anyone is interested in a trailer, you can search IMDB and find a link to Rawson's website.

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Kaleiokanakaanuenue wrote:There's a 2014 movie called "The Roman" or "The Son of Raw's The Roman" by Simon Rawson. The script is entirely Ecclesiastical Latin, I think. I haven't been able to find the full movie (in fact, I believe the movie was only finished in June).
I looked this up. Seems like it could be pretty cool. Prolly not a lot of talking, I suspect. Unfortunately, it's "making the rounds" or something at film fests. It is possible that it wouldn't even see a limited DVD release. So, that would suck.

Anyways, here's the link for those interested. http://the-roman-movie.com/trailer/

And, to all those who care about such things, sorry for adding on to a zombie thread.

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andmed wrote:What movies in Latin language do you know and would recomend (apart from the "Passion of the Christ").
Has the "Passion of Christ" been translated completely in Latin?

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A dialogue in classical Latin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Beqks5fHQ

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