I've been puzzled -- with D/S incorporating sign language into their "The Piano" FD, are they using the same system of sign language used in the film?
Does anyone know what system WAS used in the film? Holly Hunter's character was Scottish, the film took place in NZ in what, the 1700s or 1800s? What systems of sign language would have been in use then, by Hunter's character? Or did she use an idosyncratic system, since she had her daughter as a primary interpreter?
Just wondering because it seems to me D/S would have to be careful in their research, or maybe they are just being anachronistic and no one is bothered by it.
But I doubt the Hunter character in the movie was using modern ASL or international sign language???
Does anyone know what system WAS used in the film? Holly Hunter's character was Scottish, the film took place in NZ in what, the 1700s or 1800s? What systems of sign language would have been in use then, by Hunter's character? Or did she use an idosyncratic system, since she had her daughter as a primary interpreter?
Just wondering because it seems to me D/S would have to be careful in their research, or maybe they are just being anachronistic and no one is bothered by it.
But I doubt the Hunter character in the movie was using modern ASL or international sign language???