Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
Probably because he wanted people who live in the USA have a go at watching at least one film of his. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that people there tend to avoid anything branded "foreign film" like a plague. As if it was a genre - and of foul repute, at that.
Correctomundo! Many Americans hate reading subtitles, which is weird because those same people spend all day reading stuff on Twitter and Facebook.

Then again, Game of Thrones is hugely popular and it features a lot of subtitles.