Lost In Translation

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation is not a typical film; it focuses on a friendship of two lost souls in the city of Tokyo which brings real emotions to their lives. These characters don’t fall in love; this is a story about friendship, and about finding someone to emotionally connect with rather than have a physical intimate relationship. The movie shows how these two sad people find things in common and build a connection that neither one can explain. Sofia Coppola the director and writer directed this film in a postmodernist way, by the use of film and acing techniques, how their relationship developed throughout the movie and the way the story line ended. Postmodern people are scared of feeling lost and confused; missing home and waiting for someone to be there for them.

Charlotte is with her husband John while he is working in Tokyo. He has barely spends time with her, and she seems to be unhappy wandering around Tokyo by herself. Bob Harris is a famous American actor who is in Tokyo to make a whisky commercial; he has been married for a long time to his wife who is back home in American but his communications with his wife throughout his trip shows that there marriage is strained. Neither one of them can sleep, and keep bumping into each other in the hotel. The both feel an instant connection because they are both experiencing the same issue with their lives. In the movie we feel an undeniable sense of fragmentation and separation from their world, their spouses and themselves. The director captures the setting of Tokyo to be unsettling and full of excitement but with all the joy Tokyo has to offer Charlotte and Bob still feel painfully alone. As they call family in America, the conversation only reveals how disconn...

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...with Bob whispering into Charlotte’s ear while hugging her. She purposely doesn’t want the audience to know what he has said to her to leave the audience in suspense. This ending is a very bittersweet moment; sad it’s ending but happy it happening.

Lost in Translation is a movie unlike no other Hollywood film, it captures the reality of life and how it feels to be lonely. But in that loneliness you can find someone who can make you feel as though you’re not alone. Having a true and deep connection like bob and charlotte is very rare to find. This film shows fragmentation through the lives of the main characters, and post modernism with the style of how it was film. I believe we are all lost in some way shape or form and if we are lucky enough to find a connection and true friendship as these two characters did we need to cherish that relationship and fond memories.