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DVD Lost In Translation (Full Screen Edition)
Like a good dream, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation envelops you with an aura of fantastic light, moody sound, head-turning love, and a feeling of déjà vu, even though you've probably never been to this neon-fused version of Tokyo. Certainly Bob Harris has not. The 50-ish actor has signed on for big money shooting whiskey ads instead of doing something good for his career or his long-distance family. Jetlagged, helplessly lost with his Japanese-speaking director, and out of sync with the metropolis, Harris (Bill Murray, never better) befriends the married but lovelorn 25-year-old Charlotte (played with heaps of poise by 18-year-old Scarlett Johansson). Even before her photographer husband all but abandons her, she is adrift like Harris but in a total entrapment of youth. How Charlotte and Bill discover they are soul mates will be cherished for years to come. Written and directed by Coppola (The Virgin Suicides), the film is far more atmospheric than plot-driven: we whiz through Tokyo parties, karaoke bars, and odd nightlife, always ending up in the impossibly posh hotel where the two are staying. The wisps of bittersweet loneliness of Bill and Charlotte are handled smartly and romantically, but unlike modern studio films, this isn't a May-November fling film. Surely and steadily, the film ends on a much-talked-about grace note, which may burn some, yet awards film lovers who "always had Paris" with another cinematic destination of the heart. --Doug Thomas
Review(s): DVD Lost In Translation (Full Screen Edition)
Scarlett Johansson: Hot Buttered Biscuit, and Ethereal !
This is the movie that Catapulted Scarlett Johansson's movie career in 2003. Before that she was not that famous as a movie star but she still was a beautiful young lady.
Be sure to check out all of her films, why?
It was a time before the light, before she made it big.
Any way, Lost in translation is a beautiful love story, but at the same time it is quite sad. Besides the issue of being stranded in a different country due to the circumstances, it must hurt when you fall in love with some one else, but your married.
This movie can generate alot of discussion (a wide range of topics)in a literature class.
I encourage everyone to take classes in learning different languages then we reduce our biases about the race and culture we visit.
But any way back to S.J.; she is simply Ethereal. Yes! She is that gorgeous. I am glad she was created in life. a ray of sunshine.
Moody and displaced like the two main characters
This film is slightly arty and I suppose it is what you might call 'Oscar bait' for Bill Murray in that it is nothing like his popular sort of role - nothing like STRIPES anyway .
I heard a lot about it and if you have ever been in his character's situation that it may mean more to you . I have , so it did connect with me . I like actors playing with their stereotypes and this is a successful example .
Try it and be ready for something a little different .
Looks like the Coppola family talent is inherited .
Top directing and acting
If you've ever been in a hotel in a strange city, lonely and unable to sleep, you will instantly identify with Bob Harris (Bill Murray), even though Harris is a well-heeled star and you probably are not. But don't go into this film expecting the plot to follow cliches. Harris is a prisoner in a 5-star palace, dealing with a difficult wife back home, and running into nubile, much younger Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson). You'd expect she and Harris and to have a sexual liaison. They do not, and the plot and script avoid a dozen other cliches.
Instead, the story takes Harris and Charlotte down unexpected Tokyo alleys while the two try and sort out their lives.
This film is directed with an eye to a stylistic capture of the reality of modern Japan. Bolstered by impressive cinematography (especially lighting and camera angles), it keeps the viewer interested and engaged as Murray and Johansson deliver consummate performances. Indeed, this is by far Bill Murray's finest work. Instead of the over-the-top characters in everything from "Scrooged" to "Ghostbusters," we see an actor with depth of voice, emotion, and facial expression.
Sophia Coppola knows her subject, having spent several years in Japan. Perhaps she could have been a bit tighter with the editing, but there is little else bad to be said about this film. Of course, this isn't a film for the action-movie, dramatic-effects crowd. But if you are the sort who enjoys "slice of life," good dialogue, and a touching tale, well, order it now!
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