I wish that more films and TV shows really leaned into the subtitles in the way that the Russian Night Watch vampire movie trilogy did. Their animated subtitles were very well done, enhancing the storytelling, and the director was personally involved in the art direction for them.
Subtitles as visual art - Reading Sounds
Subtitles in foreign language films don't have to be visually boring, uninspiring, or ugly. But too often, that's exactly what they are. Legible, maybe, but still visually dull and lifeless. Standard subs are rarely well integrated into a film's...