Lost in TranslationIn a nuanced exploration of how Western cinema has represented East Asia as a space of radical indecipherability, Homay King traces the long standing association of the Orient with the enigmatic. The fantasy of an inscrutable East, she argues, is not merely a side note to film history, but rather a kernel of otherness that has shaped Hollywood cinema at its core. Through close readings of The Lady from Shanghai, Chinatown, Blade Runner, Lost in