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Finally, there is a poetic and existential dimension. Memory anchors mortality: to leave a memento is to resist oblivion. Voice is one of the most intimate testaments of existence; to say “I said” is to affirm having been present in time. Coupling this affirmation with the notion of dubbing recognizes the human desire to be heard and the inevitable mediation that follows. The phrase thus becomes a short meditation on survival through signification: we name, we utter, we record, and by those acts we wrest some persistence from transience.
Originally made on a modest $9 million budget, it earned $40 million and has since earned a massive cult following.