Review:
Lost in Translation is the story of two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is an old, washed-out movie star who is shooting a Whiskey commercial and Charlotte a recent Yale graduate who is trying to figure out what to do with her life. Inexplicably drawn to each other - maybe due to the mutual insomnia - they become friends and together discover Tokyo. A slow film that relies on pictures and dialogue, it perfectly depicts the alienation every thinking person often feels. A love story of sorts (though not a typical Hollywood one), this film by Sofia Coppola is one you’ll either love or hate - depending on how much adrenaline you expect from a movie.
Random Observations:
Lost in Translation at imdb.com
This is one of my all-time favourite movies. Just great.
Bill Murray was so sad when he was nominated for an Oscar for this film and didn’t win. You could really see the disappointment in his face when he realized that he had just missed his one chance.
In the Karaoke scene, Bill Murray sings “More than this” from Roxy Music. Not only is it included as a hidden track on the soundtrack album, it also captures perfectly that song’s inherent melancholy.
Sofia Coppola’s second film after the good-but-not-great “The Virgin Suicides” (based on the book by Jeffrey Eugenides, famous for Middlesex) and before the dreadful “Marie Antoinette“, though admittedly I haven’t seen that one.
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