Not Racist, Just Lonely: The Rampant Use of Orientalism in ‘Lost in Translation’ (2003) 

“Ultimately, in ‘Lost in Translation,’ it is through the act of reinforcing the stigmatized image of an Asian man, rather than the act of challenging it, that the main theme of the film is established.”

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It’s Greek to Me: Love in ‘Lost in Translation’ (2003)

Is Lost in Translation truly a love story, or it is a story about love?

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The Healing Potential of Being Present

The plotlines of Lost in Translation (2003), Paterson (2014) and Columbus (2017) are discussed below. “The world in which you live from day to day is made from habit and memory. The perilous zones are the times when the self, also made from habit and memory, gives way. Then, if only for a moment, you…

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