Lost, or a Guide for the Lovesick
By inventing initiatory melodrama, by constructing a perfect gaze and by telling different love trajectories (be they perfect or imperfect), Lost embodies two things simultaneously for its spectator. Through the motif of the eye, the series puts us in the contemplative place of Jacob as protector of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Groupe de Recherche Identités et Cultures
2020-12-01
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| Series: | TV Series |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/4978 |
| Summary: | By inventing initiatory melodrama, by constructing a perfect gaze and by telling different love trajectories (be they perfect or imperfect), Lost embodies two things simultaneously for its spectator. Through the motif of the eye, the series puts us in the contemplative place of Jacob as protector of the series; through the hand, it attempts to make us experience an anamnesis based on great affection and the love we feel for the series’ characters. In the end, the love that the characters feel for one another is also the love they feel for us and that we feel for them. |
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| ISSN: | 2266-0909 |