Why is it when TV documentaries interview people are speaking in their native language, they always insist in having a voiceover in a "comedy" English version? I watched a thing the other night about the Napoleonic Wars and it was like listening to Allo' Allo' (with more laughs, obviously)
Why when they insist on showing "recreations" they shoot them in B&W, undercrank the film and add noise to the picture to give it that "authentic silent movie gleam". I particularly enjoyed a documentary about Brunel which featured quite a few of these. The problem is that Brunel died in 1859, silent film didn't appear until c1894. It's as accurate as having John Lennon write a blog and releasing songs for download via his web site...
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