Loneliness in Cinema Regarding Lost in Translation (2003) and Her (2013)
Abstract This article analyzes the concept of loneliness through a narrative approach. For this purpose, the films Lost in Translation by Sofía Coppola and Her by Spike Jonze are compared. In both stories, characters harassed by loneliness can be seen. This work is supported, on the one hand, by Robert Weiss' theory on loneliness and, on the other, the methodology used by Donio-Bellgade et al. who designed a series of loneliness categories to analyze films. In this study the following have been used: 1) choosing to live alone by choice, 2) feeling alone living with others, 3) lack of social support and 4) depression and suicidal ideas. Based on these categories of loneliness, we analyze what happens to the protagonists of the two films.
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d’Hombres B, Barjaková M, Schnepf SV. Loneliness and Social Isolation: An Unequally Shared Burden in Europe. IZA Discussion Paper SSRN. 2021; 14245. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3823612
Cacioppo JT, Hawkley LC. Perceived social isolation and cognition. Trends. Cogn. Sci. 2009;13(10):447-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2009.06.005
Moscoso, M, Ausín T. Soledades: una cartografía para nuestro tiempo. Madrid: Editorial Plaza y Valdés; 2021.
Hyland P, Shevlin M, Cloitre M, Karatzias T, Vallières F, McGinty G, et al. Quality not quantity: loneliness subtypes, psychological trauma, and mental health in the US adult population. Soc. Psychiatry. Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 2019;54(9):1089-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1597-8
Barreto M, Victor C, Hammond C, Eccles A, Richins MT, Qualter P. Loneliness around the world: Age, gender, and cultural differences in loneliness. Pers. Individ. Dif. 2021; (1)169: 110066. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110066
Tomasello M, Rakoczy H. What makes human cognition unique? From individual to shared to collective intentionalit Mind. Lang. 2003; 18: 121-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00217
Maestripieri D. Neurobiology of Social Behavior. In: Platt M, Ghazanfar A, editors. Primate Neuroethology. New York: Oxford University Press; 2010. p. 359-384. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326598.003.0019
Christakis N. Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society. New York: Little Brown Spark; 2019.
Cacioppo JT, Hawkley LC, Ernst JM, Burleson M, Berntson GG, Nouriani B, et al. Loneliness within a nomological net: An evolutionary perspective. J. Res. Pers. 2006;40(6):1054- 1085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2005.11.007
Cacioppo J, Patrick W. Loneliness: Human Nature and The Need For Human Connection. New York: W. W. Noston & Company; 2009
Murthy V. Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. New York: Harper Wav; 2020
Villarroya O. Somos lo que nos Contamos: cómo los relatos construyen el mundo en que vivimos. Barcelona: Ariel; 2019
Harari JN. Sapiens: de animales a dioses. Barcelona: Debate; 2015
Harari JN. Homo Deus: breve historia del mañana. Barcelona: Debate; 2017
Hawkley LC, Cacioppo JT. Loneliness Matters: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Consequences and Mechanisms. Ann. Behav. Med. 2010;40(2):10.1007/s12160-010-9210-8.
Peplau LA, Perlman D. Perspectives on loneliness. In Peplau LA, Perlman D, editors. Loneliness: A sourcebook of current theory, research and therapy. New York: Wiley; 1982. p. 1–8.
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Kottow M. Humanidades médicas: ¿Decorativas o substantivas? El caso de literatura y medicina. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. 2014;38(3):293-8. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-55022014000300002
Polanyi M. The Tacit Dimension. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2008
Goodman CP. The Tacit Dimension. Polanyiana, 2003;2(1): 133-157.
Ayerbe L, Pérez-Piñar M. Aprender medicina de la literatura. Semergen. 2017;43(5):412-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semerg.2016.04.018
García Sánchez JE, Trujillano Martín I, García Sánchez E. Medicina y cine ¿Por qué? Rev. Med. Cine. 2005;1(1):1-2. https://revistas.usal.es/cinco/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/224
Navarro FA. Biblioteca literaria para médicos, Rev. Med. Cine. 2015; 11(2): 97-104. https://revistas.usal.es/cinco/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13148
Weiss RS. Loneliness: The experience of emotional and social isolation. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press; 1975.
Hombrados-Mendieta I, García-Martín MA, Gómez-Jacinto L. The Relationship Between Social Support, Loneliness, and Subjective Well-Being in a Spanish Sample from a Multidimensional Perspective. Soc Indic Res 2013;114(3):1013-34. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-012-0187-5
Donio-Bellegarde M, Pinazo Hernandis S, Núñez Domínguez T. La representación cinematográfica de la soledad en la vejez: Selección de films. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology: INFAD Revista de Psicología. 2014;1(2):185-192. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/3498/349833719024.pdf
Fay R. «Her» and «Lost In Translation:» Two Sides of the Same Story [Internet]. Cinemasters. 2022 [citado 6 de febrero de 2023]. https://www.cinemasters.net/post/her-and-lost-in-translation-two-sides-of-the-same-story.
Ortega-Lozano, R., Monasterio-Astobiza, A., & Salinas-Pérez, V. (2023). Loneliness in Cinema Regarding Lost in Translation (2003) and Her (2013). Journal of Medicine and Movies, 19(4), 317–330. https://doi.org/10.14201/rmc.31205
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