Lost In Translation
"Getting Lost Never Felt So Good!" - Thelma Adams, US Weekly
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) 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 (Giovanni Ribisi). 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.
Shot entirely on location in Japan, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation is a valentine to the nature of close friendships and to the city of Tokyo. Ms. Coppola's film, from her original screenplay, contemplates the unexpected connections we make that might not last - yet stay with us forever.
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Can you say tedious? - Brutus
Slow doesn't do this justice....more like glacial. We know Japanese society is different from North America, but the point could be made somewhat more subtly. Bill Murray appears to be seriously medicated for much of the time, and after about an hour I turned it off and joined him. The bar scenes with the torch singer and piano player were the highlight of a depressingly dreary effort. Reminded me of some very bad American soaps.Lost in Translation - AppsScraps
Lost in Translation was Sophia Coppola first venture as a director and screenwriter and my, what a marvelous entry to the world of film. Quiet and subtle, it follows Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and Bob (Bill Murray) as they roam the Park Hyatt Tokyo and its New York Grill bar/restaurant in search of something they know they need but can't quite grasp: grounding. The film is deep on oh-so-many levels as both struggle with the language of their lives - the obvious struggle of fathoming Japanese and the even deeper struggle of communicating with their spouses. The comfort they discover with each other bridges these language barriers. Lost in Translation is a wonderful tome on loneliness and the importance of friendship and Sophia does an outstanding job showing North American audiences the subtlety of Zen existent in modern Tokyo. My rating 8 out of 10.Unlocking Bill Murray's True Talents - Cloudman
It takes a great screenplay and a fantastic director to unlock an actor's hidden talents after being buried under years and years of terrible roles and films. Enter Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola.
Stay away from this film if you like Bill Murray acting like an idiot such as in his cult classics Caddyshack or Groundhog Dog because the actor that is Lost in Translation is a completely different man. Thank god.
This film take a passing glimpse at both a man's mid-life "crisis" and infidelity which both take place in the strange foreign culture that is Tokyo, Japan. A brilliant film.
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Can you say tedious? - Brutus
Slow doesn't do this justice....more like glacial. We know Japanese society is different from North America, but the point could be made somewhat more subtly. Bill Murray appears to be seriously medicated for much of the time, and after about an hour I turned ...Lost in Translation - AppsScraps
Lost in Translation was Sophia Coppola first venture as a director and screenwriter and my, what a marvelous entry to the world of film. Quiet and subtle, it follows Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and Bob (Bill Murray) as they roam the Park Hyatt Tokyo and ...Unlocking Bill Murray's True Talents - Cloudman
It takes a great screenplay and a fantastic director to unlock an actor's hidden talents after being buried under years and years of terrible roles and films. Enter Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola.
Stay away from this film if you like Bill Murray acting ...