Lost In Translation

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Lost In Translation

Akiko Takeshita, Akira Yamaguchi, Anna Faris, Bill Murray, Catherine Lambert, Diamond Yukai, Fran?ois du Bois, Fumihiro Hayashi, Giovanni Ribisi, Gregory Pekar, Kazuko Shibata, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe, Ryuichiro Baba, Scarlett Johansson, Tim Leffman

Bob Harris and Charlotte are two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband....( read more  read more... ) Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life's possibilities.

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  • phubbs1
    October 28, 2009
    phubbs1
    Had to rewatch this as Ive now been to Japan and seen it for myself, it makes the film much more believeable and touches me in a different way now, a whole new experience as I can relate to the story and the surroundings ^_^

    The thing that struck me is how accurate the film is, ...( read more)I know exactly how the main characters feel in and amongst the huge towering, crowded metropolis that is Tokyo, the strange feeling of being alone amongst hundreds and not being able to communicate, it is perfect. Coppola captures the small niches of the country and its people, how they live, eat and relax etc..its a very different world believe me and you can see this in Coppola's direction and use of locations.
    Of course the performances by Murray and Johansson are brilliant, just right and not forgetting Faris as the superstar airhead :) very good (and accurate) portrayal there.
    The look of the film is glorious of course (bring on the Blu), being filmed entirely in Tokyo and a little in Kyoto, it all looks so familiar now, makes me wanna go back. Much of the film was actually filmed live too, in front of hundreds of Japanese people who had no clue they were making a film! again that's impressive believe me, its also shows how different the Japanese are. No one batted an eyelid to the filming, they saw it as normal or uninteresting and no one batted an eyelid at Bill Murray, not a clue who he was and they didn't much care either haha anywhere else and I reckon people would stop and stare.

    A classic love tale and near perfect film.
  • SirPant
    August 27, 2009
    SirPant
    Sofia Coppola is a great director in her own right and it annoys me when people say she only got as far as she did because of her father/family. People complain about the plot and script, and although winning best screenplay for a film that depends mostly on ad-libbing is a bit s...( read more)uspicious, she thoroughly deserved the success she had. The ending with the 'whisper' is such a wonderful bit of cinema, its such a shame people can't see it for what it is, what was said doesn't matter, its the reaction that makes it so powerful. Brilliant stuff!
  • irisheyes686
    May 21, 2009
    irisheyes686
    It was kinda boring, but it had it's moments. Bill Murray was funny, and Scarlett Johansson was adorable.
  • sanjurosamurai
    April 3, 2009
    sanjurosamurai
    murray and johansson are two of my favorite actors alive today and the theory behind the film was genius, i just had a real problem with much of the execution. this film caught trendy fanfare but overall i was disappointed.
  • MovieGeek13
    January 4, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    Sofia Coppola's masterpiece is a beautiful, subtle, realistic look at people at a disconnect.
    Bob and Charlotte are looking for ways to reconnect themselves in their own respective lives. This disconnection is mirrored by them being Americans lost in an unfamiliar country. Sofi...( read more)a's craftsmanship in creating scenes that say nothing and everything at the same time is brilliant. The beauty of this film can't be expressed in words. You have to see it!
  • papisa
    December 8, 2009
    papisa
    If you liked him in Jagged edge you will love him in this.
  • rayld02
    December 4, 2009
    rayld02
    Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" is a romantic comedy that is full of spectacles and semi-predictable twists that lie in the drama of two lonely hearts searching for each others' soul. The film was shot entirely in Tokyo, Japan, the city that is too busy; one can't imagine h...( read more)ow the romance in the film evolved. The film also stars Bill Murray as Bob Harris, an aging Hollywood movie star by which in his fortune was living the life of fame. Scarlett Johansson is a girl named Charlotte by whom Bob later fell in love with.

    It is a collection of fine photography. Thanks to the cinematographer Lance Acord who gave this motion picture a huge display of visual arts. The movie is like taking a trip to wonderful and colorful city that has kind and warm-hearted people. In the film, the Japanese were described as the hospitable and caring individuals which is common to most Asian countries. I think one of Sofia Coppola's favorite shots is when the main character is sitting on or beside a close glass window looking onto the views below. We see those in 1999 "The Virgin Suicides" where Lux (Kirsten Dunst) together with her sisters was prohibited by their parents to seeing the outside world; in "Lost on Translation" where Charlotte was having a hard time being bored and stuff.

    In his photo shoot for the commercial of "Suntory" wine, Bob was being characterized as one who is either restless or tired. It is as if he was looking for something but could not find it yet. So he continued to live the life he was gradually getting tired of. He was lonely, and that is what we can see in his eyes every time he appears. He has a wife and a child. But relating to his phone conversations with her, one can say that they were both lacking the connection. Meaning, love was slowly falling into pieces between them.

    Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) was the wife of John (Giovanni Ribisi), a top photographer who was having a project in Japan then. So being always away from home, he used to leave Charlotte alone. Career was more important to him than Charlotte whom he was married to. Charlotte was looking for love and attention. She tried lots of stuff to draw her attention into but she failed; she always felt alone with nobody to hold on to but herself. In one scene in the film, Charlotte was caught having a chat to her friend over the phone telling how bored she was. After the conversation, tears went off her eyes and her loneliness filled the air explosively. Another favorite scene of mine in the film was when Charlotte was in an amusement park watching teen Japanese boys and girls play video games; studying their antics and mannerisms closely. I think that was a clear sign that she was bored (which I do also not in a normal basis).

    It was a story of needing but not searching on purpose. Bob and Charlotte have just met, then became friends, and fell in love. They discovered things and made acquainted to each other. It was an affair not morally described but way too romantic in a sense.

    I have seen Scarlett Johansson in such films with these concepts. In two of Woody Allen's films "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Match Point", Scarlett Johansson's characters were with wild egotistic sides but characterized by such beauty and grace.

    One thing that made this film different from other films with the same concept is I think the romance between them was too high that they don't seem to care whether they are cheating or not. If you could still recall in Stanley Kubrick's last film "Eyes Wide Shut", Tom Cruise's character was all full of distressing guilt because of pushing forward into being unfaithful. In "Match Point", Jonathan Rhys Meyers was caught up in his own liaison with immorality. The difference between those films and "Lost in Translation" is clearly that there is no sense of guilt. The connection between them was not just lust but a true romance.

    The saddest part of the film is when Bob was about to go home abroad and seeing Charlotte and they both said goodbye. The emotions were superb but they were trying to hide those. The moment the elevator shut and seeing Charlotte for the last time was an emotional one. But wait until the end because this is where all of their feelings were revealed. They kissed and cried and smiled. Bob left and Charlotte too. It was a short-lived affair that was formed in friendship in a lovely but unexpected setting.
  • skeenr
    December 1, 2009
    skeenr
    More brilliance. And I met Sophia Coppola at a party...
  • Yelverton
    November 29, 2009
    Yelverton
    Not nearly as good as I thought it'd be.
  • theloneowl
    November 23, 2009
    theloneowl
    Probabilmente la Coppola non riuscirà mai a superarsi, ma va bene così.
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