Watch The Task of the Translator (2010) Online
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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. Read More
Watch The Task of the Translator online. Featuring , The Task of the Translator is classified as genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 1 services such as Fandor. The movie was released on 2010. The Task of the Translator was directed by Lynne Sachs. Read Less
