Emilio Insolera quotes

The deaf eye sees what is invisible to the hearing eye. (Emilio Insolera)
Italian language is not just sonore. It is also a visual one. View quote
Emilio Insolera
From the director to the international cast, all of them are from deaf families for generations, while the film industry usually entrusts these roles to audacious interpreters that end up being bad imitators of the Sign language: as if an Italian actor was asked to act in Japanese by cracking down the tongue. View quote
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You can see the existence of these beautiful signed languages which are incredibly visual, and they require space, they require space to grow. View quote
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A proficient signer can see accents in any particular sign language, even between, say, the south or north of Italy. Any actor pretending to sign in a movie stands out as doing exactly that: pretending. View quote
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I myself regard the deaf people as superheroes, protectors of the visual language. View quote
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I've often felt visual communicators have superhero-like qualities. View quote
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My deafness is my superpower. View quote
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Our diversity is our superpower. View quote
Emilio Insolera
From the director to the international cast, all of them are from deaf families for generations, while the film industry usually entrusts these roles to audacious interpreters that end up being bad imitators of the Sign language. View quote
Emilio Insolera