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PAGE 8 (Four panels)

Panel 1: Identical panel to Page 4, Panel 2 above, except that one of the young women participating in the ritual of drawing has had a circle drawn around her head. An arrow is additionally drawn pointing to the circle.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (1): In a stroke of amazing luck, researchers were able to find one of the original native women filmed by the Scelleratini brothers and interview her on camera.

Translation (1): En un increíble golpe de suerte, investigadores lograron encontrar a una de las indígenas originalmente filmadas por los hermanos Scelleratini, y entrevistarla con una cámara.

Panel 2: The girl from Panel 1, now an ancient, withered old woman of about 95 (“The Ancient.”) She is sitting in a simple chair and is dressed in a plain gray cotton dress.

The Ancient (2):: Ketiap sembilan belas tahun, sang dewa akan datang dari kedalaman. Jika kami memberikan pengantin untuknya, ia akan memberkati para penduduk dengan kesehatan yang baik dan ikan yang melimpah.

SUBTITLE – TRANSLATING THE ANCIENT (3): Every nineteen years, the god would come from the depths. If we gave him brides, he would bless our people with good health and abundant fish.

Note (3): If the target language is Bahasa Indonesia, a translation of (3) should be omitted.

Translation (3): Cada diecinueve años, el dios emergía de las profundidades. Si le dábamos esposas, bendecía a nuestro pueblo con buena salud y pescado en abundancia.

Panel 3: Same as Panel 2, but a slightly different pose.

Unseen Interviewer (out-of-panel balloon) (4): Apakah ada gadis yang takut terpilih?

The Ancient (5): Tidak ada yang takut. Kami semua ingin dipilih.

SUBTITLE – TRANSLATING THE UNSEEN INTERVIEWER (6): Were any of the girls afraid of being chosen?

Note (6): If the target language is Bahasa Indonesia, a translation of (6) should be omitted.

Translation (6): ¿Alguna de las jóvenes tenía miedo de ser elegida?

SUBTITLE – TRANSLATING THE ANCIENT (7): No one was afraid. We all wanted to be chosen.

Note (7); If the target language is Bahasa Indonesia, a translation of (7) should be omittted.

Translation (7): Nadie tenía miedo. Todas queríamos ser elegidas.

Panel 4: Same as Panel 3, but a slightly different pose.

The Ancient (8): Dewa dari kedalaman akan mencintai pengantinnya dengan cinta yang jauh melebihi cinta yang dapat diberikan pria mana pun kepada seorang wanita. Ini membuatnya layak untuk dilakukan, sekalipun sang dewa akan memakanmu.

SUBTITLE – TRANSLATING THE ANCIENT (9): The god of the depths would love his brides with a love far surpassing that which any man could show a woman. That made it worthwhile, even if he would eat you.

Note (9): If the target language is Bahasa Indonesia, a translation of (9) should be omitted.

Translation (9): El dios de las profundidades mostraría a sus esposas un amor que superaría con creces lo que un hombre pudiera mostrarle a una mujer. Eso hacía que valiera la pena, incluso si te comía.

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PAGE 7 (Four panels)

Panel 1: Enzo in a suit, standing at the front door of an Italian cinema, proudly gesturing with his cane at a promotional placard which reads “Venite a vedere una bellissima ragazza dei tropici venir mangiata viva in un orribile rituale pagano!“

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (1): The Scelleratini brothers had hoped, on their return to Italy, to make a small fortune exhibiting their remarkable footage to the public.

Translation (1): Los hermanos Scelleratini esperaban que, a su regreso a Italia, pudieran ganarse una pequeña fortuna presentando su extraordinaria película al público.

Panel 2: KING VICTOR EMMANUEL III sitting at an ornate desk in his royal study, signing a piece of paper.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (2): Unfortunately for them, their film was banned by an edict signed by King Victor Emmanuel III himself. The Lord Chancellor in England and the Chief Prefect of Police in France took similar actions.

Translation (2): Desafortunadamente para ellos, su película fue prohibida por un decreto firmado por el rey Víctor Manuel III. El Lord Canciller de Inglaterra y el Jefe de policía en Francia tomaron medidas similares.

Translation (3): Los dos hermanos Scelleratini murieron en la pobreza.

Panel 3: BENITO MUSSOLINI, sitting in his private cinema, watching something. Mussolini’s face is illuminated by reflected light from the screen. He looks disgusted and outraged.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (4): In 1927, Italy’s Fascist Grand Council would declare the film a menace to public morality and order all copies of it destroyed.

Translation (4): En 1927, el Gran Consejo Fascista de Italia declaró la película una amenaza para la moral pública y dispuso la destrucción de todas las copias.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (5): What the Scelleratini brothers documented would pass out of memory…

Translation (5): Lo que documentaron los hermanos Scelleratini quedaría en el olvido…

Panel 4: Exterior view of the Cineteca di Bologna (drawn or incorporated as a “comicked up” photograph).

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (6): But at least one print of the film escaped the destruction order, and in 1977, a researcher found that print in the archives of the Cineteca di Bologna, where it had been misfiled, possibly on purpose.

Translation (6); Pero al menos una copia de la película se salvó de orden de destrucción y, en 1977, un investigador la encontró en los archivos de la Cineteca di Bologna, donde la habían archivado incorrectamente, quizás a propósito.

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