This essay, entitled ‘Cultural Ventriloquism,’ is an edited excerpt from Subtitles: On the Foreignness of Film, an anthology of essays, photos and other items edited by Atom Egoyan and Ian Balfour and designed by Egoyan and Gilbert Li. The 548-page book – both ‘intriguing’ and ‘chock-a-block with interesting ideas,’ according to The Globe and Mail – is in stores now, via Toronto’s Alphabet City Media and copublisher The MIT Press. Henri Behar is a writer, radio and TV producer, and a subtitler of movies.