@ arsaib:

Progressive? Depends on personal preferences, I guess.

Well, you should know that A is extremely harsh regarding dubbings, arsaib! It's true, today dubbings are to be avoided under any circumstances and mostly horrible to listen to, also here (as some people say that German dubbings are the best in the world [?!]). But from the late 50ies to the early 80ies, German dubbings were mostly very good and often fantastic! And no matter how good it is, A always complain about it (the latest exception was Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" which he even loved in its German version). Actually, he's almost totally right but if a dub is good enough to make you forget it's a dub, then it can certainly be accepted. And in the decades I mentioned, the best and most charismatic German Actors did dubbing jobs, so it could be considered as an own "art department" then.
I'm used to it and it would be a pity if I were not - Otherwise I would miss 65% of all theatrical releases - the idea of missing films like "Zodiac", "The Assassination...", "Death Proof" or "3:10 to Yuma" (which I saw a few days ago) on 35mm and the big screen and waiting for the DVDs instead, just because of the dubbings...! It's a hot subject and my apologies are maybe a bit disproportional but it would also be inadequate to judge dubbing that much in general. Maybe it's not totally comprehensible to you american guys because dubbing never really was any good in english speaking areas (imo). Btw, I thought the dubbing of "The Assassination..." was okay, at least, the voices of Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Brad Pitt were surprisingly well done. (I did hide a link to the German trailer on top of the thread).
But it's unacceptable to show dubbed films to students, that's for sure. But it's also a matter of fact that the main reason why foreign films are still inherent and important part of commercial German Distribution acts , IS the lack of "Subtitle-Fear" due to dubbings! At least, Hollywood films and Arthouse-films sound the same here. Both a fortune and a disadavantage, certainly.

Let's talk about something else. I'm most jealous, arsaib! Too bad that you've missed the Q&A, I (probably) would've stayed under any circumstances...Do you know if Pitt and Affleck enjoyed working with each other? The depiction of such a complex relationship probably recquires a certain respect. It's a fortune that they didn't cast Shia LaBeouf as originally intended...
I already watched the press conference you linked to - it's really sad that there aren't more informations about the film on the web. It would've been interesting to learn a bit more about Dominik and what kind of person he is (and if he has a new project in advance ) but now, that's just in the hands of Warner who hopefully deliver a Special Edition-DVD loaded with extras. All those great directors... they remain as mysterious icons of cinema. 

I'm looking forward to the first viewing of this film in the original version.