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   Ross Clark to Tilde   
   Re: Sign language in the Avatar movies.   
   10 Jan 26 22:28:06   
   
   From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   On 5/01/2026 7:11 p.m., Tilde wrote:   
   > Christian Weisgerber wrote:   
   >> On 2025-12-29, Tilde  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Saw "Fire and Ash", noted something in the credits about   
   >>> a sign language having been created for the movie. There's   
   >>> been made up spoken languages for movies and tv, not sure   
   >>> about made up sign languages.   
   >>   
   >> Candidates to check would be _La Guerre du feu_ (1981) and   
   >   
   > THat one doesn't ring a bell.   
   >   
   >> _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ (1986) with their respective   
   >> portrayals of archaic humans.   
   >   
   > Darryl Hannah. Do recall having seen that   
   > one a LONG time ago. Don't recall much of it,   
   > tho ; )   
   >   
   >   
   English Title: Quest For Fire   
   "Special language forms were created by novelist Anthony Burgess, while   
   patterns of movement and gesture were developed by anthropologist   
   Desmond Morris."   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_Fire_(film)   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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