> While I was stationed in Iceland, I did a business trip to the town of 
> Thorshofn, and there I stayed at a very nice bed and breakfast.  One night 
> there was film on TV called "The Night is Dark on the Shores of the 
> Baltic" or something like that.  The movie was originally in Russian, and 
> it had Icelandic subtitles.  Having only the very slightest grasp of 
> either language, the movie was a total mystery to me.
>
> The next day I was chatting with some Icelanders at a radar site that was 
> the purpose of my visit, and I mentioned it to them.  They replied that 
> the subtitles didn't help; the movie was still inscrutable.

I couldn't really follow Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it's
probably the translation thing, never was sure why that could
win any awards. Squatting director, hidden plot.

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