Article: LIFE AS A DOG

Anton Glanzelius, Anki Liden, Thomas von Bromssen, Melinda Kinnaman, Ing-Marie Carlsson. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom 1987 (Paramount, hi-fi mono, 101 mins. $79.95)

To dub or not to dub. That is always the question with foreign-language movies in the United States. Call it snobbery, call it elitism, but as one of the charter members of the anti-dubbing club, I must report that "My Life As a Dog" loses for me almost half its charm and existential electricity in the English-language dubbed videocassette.

Fortunately, this month, Paramount is also releasing the original Swedish- language, subtitled version-on which I was widely quoted during the movie's theatrical release to the effect ...

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