Japan through Others' Lenses: "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (1959) and "Lost in Translation" Japan Studies Review 11 (2007): 143-155. Also available on the Internet at http://asianstudies.fiu.edu
This article compares and contrasts two films that take place in Japan but that were directed by French and American directors. Their "outsider perspective" is explored in terms of their respective films' themes, characters, and cinematic styles.