From: "Salil Tripathi" <salil61-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Lost in Translation
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 09:42:15 +0000




I met a Japanese friend last week at dinner. She found the film charming; 
she thought it ridiculed the American abroad more, because she said it 
showed how Americans see Japan, failing to see the layers of richness below. 
I have been to Japan as a reporter a couple of times for extended periods, 
and I tend to share this view. I know there's this view emerging that 
Coppola has ridiculed the Japanese, or is somehow racist. I tend to disagree 
with that view.

Salil

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