Has anyone ever seen that expression used anywhere or heard it used outside the film medium? I have tried researching it and Collins and all respectable dictionaries only list it in the ‘We have no time to lose’ context or as a synonym of ‘waste time’.
When I watched Primal Fear over a decade ago I assumed Aaron saying ‘I lost time’ was an authorial term/concept to describe how he feels when
I thought it was exclusive to Primal Fear.
But Season 3 of Hannibal uses the exact same expression to describe how the Tooth Fairy/Francis Dolarhyde is feeling. What’s up with that? Is there any evidence that this expression actually refers to a lack of awareness of oneself/losing memory or something like that?
Edit: Hannibal also uses it in Season 1 for Will, I think, once.
When I watched Primal Fear over a decade ago I assumed Aaron saying ‘I lost time’ was an authorial term/concept to describe how he feels when
WARNING: spoilers below
the “multiple personality disorder” takes over. The judge or someone in the trial scene actually asks him, ‘What does it mean - you lost time?’
But Season 3 of Hannibal uses the exact same expression to describe how the Tooth Fairy/Francis Dolarhyde is feeling. What’s up with that? Is there any evidence that this expression actually refers to a lack of awareness of oneself/losing memory or something like that?
Edit: Hannibal also uses it in Season 1 for Will, I think, once.
Last edited by AgrippinaX; 06-05-21 at 05:26 PM.