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By: Holly Thompson

Holly Thompson — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:00:51 +0000

Thanks, Tom! Your presentation on interviewing was excellent and has already been helpful.

By: Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

Wendy Nelson Tokunaga — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:36:08 +0000

Thanks for all this interesting info, which I have tweeted. I wish I could attend this conference sometime, as a novelist who has written two books about Japan and the Japanese, though I haven’t lived there for many years. Interesting to hear Peter Mallet’s opinion (and yours!) on “Lost in Translation.” I guess I agree more with David Peace, but in the case of the film, it’s not really about Japan much at all. It’s simply the backdrop and the story is told from the viewpoint of two characters who have no interest in Japan and really don’t care to be there. And it’s an honest portrayal of that. I found it spot-on and felt it deserved its Oscar for best original screenplay. I guess we can agree to disagree.