Film
The Task of the Translator
2010 · 10m
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Overview
Lynne Sachs pays homage to Walter Benjamin’s essay "The Task of the Translator" through three studies of the human body. First, she listens to the musings of a wartime doctor grappling with the task of a kind-of cosmetic surgery for corpses. Second, she witnesses a group of Classics scholars confronted with the haunting yet whimsical task of translating a newspaper article on Iraqi burial rituals into Latin. Finally, she turns to a radio news report on human remains.
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Crew
- Lynne SachsDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2010
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 10m
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