“Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”

—  Bong Joon-ho

Source: As quoted from his Oscar acceptance speech, cited in many media even year later, e.g. in "Lost in translation? The one-inch truth about Netflix’s subtitle problem" in The Guardian (14 October 2021) https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/14/squid-game-netflix-translations-subtitle-problem

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