Iluminace, 2005 (vol. 17), issue 2
Articles
Local Ghosts: Dubbing Bodies in Early Sound Cinema
Nataša Ďurovičová
Iluminace 2005, 17(2):5-29 
The study deals with film dubbing and its history, methods and technical procedures and proves its conclusions on the example of Czechoslovak dubbing.
Around the World in 32 Languages: The Lion King and the Strategy of "Global Localization"
Pavel Skopal
Iluminace 2005, 17(2):31-49
The text tries to show the role that language versions can play in the process of localisation of the film industry and the limits of this process. The author demonstrates his conclusions about the localization strategy of dubbing by using a DVD of Disney's The Lion King. Some of the remarks are also relevant to high-budget Hollywood feature productions and their strategy of establishing themselves in a foreign language cultural space.
Czech Dubbing - a Case History: An Outline of the Crisis in the Dubbing Industry and an Attempt at a Diagnosis
Ivan Žáček
Iluminace 2005, 17(2):51-82
A critical look at contemporary Czech dubbing production and its problems, mainly related to the development after 1989. The author uses his knowledge and experience as a dubbing director and translator to describe in detail the Czech dubbing school from the 1960s-1990s, as well as contemporary techniques in translation, text editing and dubbing, and the intricacies of translating film dialogue and monologues into Czech.
Without Anyone Noticing
Olga Walló
Iluminace 2005, 17(2):83-88
An example of the process and importance of dubbing William Shakespeare's complete dramatic works into Czech: Czech Television purchased a cycle of 34 plays, filmed by the British BBC in the 1980s. Seven of the plays were not broadcast at all, six were subtitled and the rest were dubbed.
Editions and Materials
What to do with an Impenetrable Film?
Jára Brož
Iluminace 2005, 17(2):89-93
A contemporary reflection by the Czech critic Jaroslav Brož on the end of "silent art" and thus the end of its internationality, and on the impact of the emergence of sound film. An enumeration of the possibilities of making films in different languages available to the Czech audience. The article was written and published in the 1930s.
Horizon
Theme: The Film's Thresholds
Petr Mareš
Iluminace 2005, 17(2):95-101
A review of three film publications focusing on issues that can be summarized under the general term "film border zones". It is the proceedings of the 2003 Udine conference Limina/le soglie del film. Film's thresholds, the second issue of Zeitschrift f´r Theorie und Geschichte audiovisueller Komunikation and Thomas Christen's Das Ende im Spielfilm.
Esseys at Visual Culture
Peter Michalovič
Iluminace 2005, 17(2):101-103
Review of the publication Robert S. Nelson - Richard Shiff (eds.): Kritické pojmy dejín umenia, published in Slovakia in 2004.