Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation
by Sofia Coppola

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Actor: Akiko Takeshita, Bill Murray, Kazuko Shibata, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Sofia Coppola
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios

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Movie Review: Being alone in a world with no space
Summary: 5 Stars

This film is a masterpiece. I will not pretend to analyze its deeper meanings, but if you've ever felt alone in a crowded room full of people you don't understand, you'll get it. The soundtrack works flawlessly with the beautiful and sometimes haunting images that float through this film's landscape. If you were a fan of truly alternative, clever music in the early eighties, then you will adore this lush soundscape. To me, this film hits closer to the heart of people searching for meaning in a sometimes meaningless situation far more effectively than "American Beauty" attempted to or could have. Have a glass or two of your favorite red, turn out the lights, and let this epic of jejune avoidance carry you away.

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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 d?j? 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

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