Thursday, June 12, 2008

Overheard at Mondo Kim's

Two customers leaving the rental floor a week or two ago ...

Dude 1: "Who directed this, Lumay?"
Dude 2: "Yeah, Sidney Lumay."

I wonder if they were renting Le Network?

11 comments:

Ed Howard said...

I'm embarrassed. I thought it was pronounced Lumay as well. The things you learn from blogs...

Anonymous said...

Zach, we Aussie cinephiles have been saying 'Lumay' for decades !!

ZC said...

Ed, of course there's no need to be embarrassed, everyone mispronounces things. (I was mispronouncing Satantango for years.) What I thought makes this mispronunciation (and I am 98% sure it is indeed Loo-Met, and rummaging through a Google search seems to confirm it) entertaining is because Lumet himself is a bit of a bête noire for many francophilic auteurists!

ZC said...

Adrian, well, where do Aussies fall on the case of Jules Duh-SAH(N) ... ?

Frank Partisan said...

That was funny.

Brian Darr said...

How does one pronounce Satantango, anyway? I get the feeling it doesn't rhyme with "Dayton mango" after all...

ZC said...

I was told, shah-tahn-tahn-go, I guess with slight syballic accents on 1 and 3. Hungarian speakers, let us know if this needs amendation!

girish said...

While we're on the topic, does anyone know how "Boetticher" is pronounced?

Anonymous said...

I think it's roughly 'Betiker' - rather than 'Berticher' ?

Unknown said...

Adrian, don't lump all Aussies in with your ignorant friends. Anyone who knows cinema knows the proper way to pronounce Lumet.

Thin Brown Duke said...

Zach Campbell - 'Sátántangó' is pronounced 'SHA-tan-ton-GO'. :)