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Synopsis: 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. And finally, she turns to a radio news report on human remains.
Genre: Drama, Short
Director(s): Lynne Sachs
Year:
2010
10 min
36 Views


Yeah, just about.

How in the hell did you

organize all of this?

With great difficulty.

It's gonna make a great show.

I will deal with you later.

I'm gonna de-rig some

of my sh*t first, okay?

Okay, sure.

You really are an a**hole.

You said you wanted a

great show, didn't you?

Well, you got it.

Yeah.

Oh. What about

the others?

You go wrap Toni, I'll

get Dixon and Stanton.

Okay, Snow, that's a wrap.

Hey, guys, you all go get

cleaned up and change.

Let's get ready for the wrap

party and some champagne.

Oh.

Great acting work.

Show's over.

Toni?

Good job, Dixon.

Okay, Dixon.

That's a wrap, buddy.

You okay?

Quit dicking around, Snow.

Hey, you got anything to say?

We have to get

them out of there.

No, give it to the camera.

To the camera.

We have to get them out of there.

Hey, kiddo.

Calm down.

The show is over.

We've wrapped.

Give it to the camera.

Give it to the camera.

Get that out of my face!

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