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Lost in Translation

There are frequent questions for foreigners who visit in Japan such as
'Can you use chopsticks?' or 'Do you eat Natto?'.

And relatively one of the latest might be

'Have you ever watched Lost in Translation?'.

And interesting thing is that people who are familiar with Japan well
or live in this country for a long time didn't really like that movie.
(Including me)

I was asked by my friend why, I replied that
Sofia Coppola emphasized strange things of Japanese a little bit too much.
The Japanese hooker didn't have to be that old woman with such degrading English.
The director must have intended it to compare to the heroine who was young and a white beautiful girl.



By the way, I and my other friend went to the bar at Park Hyatto in Shinjyku to experience Lost In Translation in last January.
The hotel was splendid.

All these three picture were being taken by her camera.




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Louie Louie said…
I saw that movie and am familiar with Japan and, of course, I did not like the movie. I don't think Sophia Coppola is a good filmmaker and is just riding he coat tails of her father's fame. I really am amazed that she gets to make films. I was thinking that the people she put in her movie are based on the shallow people that she'd meet there as a filmmaker. I'm sure that the hangers on in the film industry in Japan are just as shallow as the ones here in America. I don't think she can give a balanced view of Japan simply because of who she is.
5 April 2008 at 23:13
momo said…
Joe, you are serving as a witness here :)
There is no exception for liking for that movie??
5 April 2008 at 23:40
Louie Louie said…
There is not much to like about that movie. The girl that Bill Murray falls in love with is supposed to be so educated and looks down on the things that the "action star" girl says, but she herself has nothing interesting to say. She has absolutely no character. Bill Murray is the only one with a personality in the whole movie. Well, except for the person he meets in the hospital waiting room. That was a funny scene, but the only one in the whole film.
6 April 2008 at 00:32
momo said…
Although you didn't like that movie, you remember the scenes well.
I can't recall even when, where and with who I watched that film!
7 April 2008 at 00:14
Louie Louie said…
Because, unfortunately, I bought the DVD (good thing it was a used DVD) of the movie before I knew how bad it was. Disappointed, I watched the film with a very critical eye. :-)
7 April 2008 at 01:15
~Chow Wo Man~ said…
Japanese women are the sexiest women in the world!

I remember watching this movie a long time ago, but more for trying to understand an older man going thru "midlife crisis".

I don't understand why Asian women have surgery to make their eyelids like Western women. You are beautiful just like you are. Big business for surgeons I guess taking advantage of people and their insecurities.
1 July 2008 at 11:59
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