Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola aka thevoid99's Favorite Film of All-Time
I had to watch it again last night. It's the sixth-anniversary of the night I saw it for the first time.
It's still powerful for me in a lot of ways. Though I did recall yesterday about a comment on the film about Bill Murray's character.
Yeah, that one night stand made him less likeable but I think what he was doing before was him just unraveling after that conversation he had with Charlotte about marriage. It was as if he's stuck in Tokyo all alone. His wife is worried about the right carpet as he just doesn't know what to do. I kind of agree with the statement that he does become unlikeable but I pitied him because there's a sense of hopelessness towards him. He's going home to a marriage that's lost its passion, a career that isn't going anywhere, and other things that are going to make him miserable.Yet, when I watched it again and every time I do. It's Scarlett Johansson's performance that stuck out for me because she was Murray's equal and was willing to play his foil. Her individual scenes are some of the best shots of the film for me. Notably the sequence where she's looking out at the city as the camera looks down on that city. It's one of my favorite shots of the film along with the shot of the tower and bridge in Tokyo at night.
I can't understand the hate for this film if it can give a reaction so powerful in doing so little. It still moves me. Even talking and writing about it gets to me. It hit home for me in such a way when I was 22 and now at 28, it still does.
I will close this review with the
essay I wrote last year for its fifth anniversary and will look forward to seeing it again and hopefully get it on Blu-Ray soon. When I get a Blu-Ray player.