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In Reply to: Need help with Lost in Translation posted by Victor Khomenko on January 14, 2004 at 08:22:59:
just want to use it as a pretext to bash American film.
Like "Waiting for Godot," the POINT is nothing happens. Not apparently, that is...subtlety reigns. A grin, a turn of the mouth. The power of ennui. Modern man and being adrift in a landscape of steel, glass, and "coolness."
But, in that emotionally dead lanscape, two people can still meet, dispense with pretense---and connect, meaningfully. And, as is made clear, sex is NOT the answer. Our modern culture is surrounded by it, yet no one seems any happier than in previously more reserved times.
You yourself were in a hotel room, alone. Didn't you feel the same sorts of things as the protagonist? Oh, NOW I get it! You're pissed because you didn't find YOUR Scarlet...
Follow Ups:
...saw it last night and was delighted.
I love the pace of her films and the her sensitivity, that resonates after.
The lovely touch at the end where he whispers something and we are not allowed to hear it but we know it's something resolving & magic.
I loved the kareoke scene, where they both sang with sooo much soul.
Bill Murray was fabulous.
For only two films in, I think she's doing great work so far.
Maybe the third will have Mark Ruffalo (In The Cut buy Jane Campion)?
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