56 - Have a Hushed Conversation with 'The Quiet American'

So last week we teased a Robin Hood movie, and we pretty much failed.

Instead Lee is bringing us a film he's been wanting to discuss for quite a while on the show. It's really easy these days to slam a movie, tear it to shreds, and come up with a bunch of witty sarcastic barbs to throw at a film. It's quite another thing (and in most ways, a great deal more satisfying) to be completely taken aback by a performance from an actor you didn't think much of.

It's something kind of great watching a capable performer like Brendan Fraser really rise to the occasion of staring opposite Michael Caine.

Let's see why else Lee needed to talk about this film!

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Comments

[David Leinhäuser]

What is 80-R? Or have I misheard that?

[Juan @ MYMHM]

Hey David!
The term is A.D.R. which usually stands for Automated Dialog Replacement.
Usually when actors are filmed outside conditions are not acceptable for their dialog (wind or traffic noise in the background), so those actors will need to re-record their lines later on, and have an engineer mix their audio back into the film. It gets tricky though as the more ADR you have to do, the more artificial the scenes will start to feel.
It takes a really talented engineer to make audio recorded in a booth or soundstage sound like it came from the middle of a jungle or busy street.

[Hannah]

Where can i buy a neat t-shirt with the greek flag on it too? I actually really like it.