Lost in Translation.Lost in Translation (American Zoetrope Zo´e`trope n. 1. An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved. , 2003). Fifty-something actor Bob Harris Bob Harris may refer to:
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ), in Tokyo to make whiskey commercials, runs into 20-something Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation and ) in the hotel bar. Neither speaks Japanese, and each is happy to find someone with whom to share and combat the loneliness of being a foreigner. But Bob and Charlotte's loneliness goes beyond their sometimes comic language barriers. Both can't really communicate with their spouses, and both feel homeless in their own lives. Sofia Coppola's film doesn't let the two escape into a sexual romance but rather forces them to explore and face their own aloneness. What they do with this new self-understanding remains a mystery. **** |
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