Lost in Translation [DVD]

At the end, I could not help but feel underwhelmed and heartache for Charlotte and Harris, both parting ways back into their brooding, exhausting, isolating relationships. They both share emotional trauma, overly human needs for love, validation, respect and admiration, torn from "career" dreams by their outward projections for soul searching, in really trying to heal their shame, mutually blind envy, and ambivalent plans for marital abandonment; which led them into complicated "romantic" relationships.It does not depict Japanese culture fairly if the viewer critically speculates the settings beyond the lover's plight, and juxtaposes the city, the foreign as an antagonist with xenophobia; are the overjoyed not puzzling to the depressed? Perhaps I'm granting a lot of reasonable doubt for the rude manners Harris experienced vs Charlotte.I thought sex is portrayed here as a concept that can sell since it's impersonal, i.e. strip club scene, and the sanctity exclusively lives between lovers, i.e. unseen suggested scene; singing can escape from reality, i.e. the bar they met at or the vocalist after the one-night-stand, but it's not so bad when you escape in good company, i.e. the karaoke scene after the party and street roaming; eating out with some friends to share stories or accomplishments can still be more isolating than sparking conversation with a stranger to share silence or appreciate each other's experience, i.e. bar scenes. It's an irrational rebellion of two lonely contrarians throwing bashful fits and enjoying a hayride til they collide and feel accepted. The actual antagonist is the dishonesty that misled them into their wretchedness: deceiving oneself into pursuing a someone else, a relationship or misconstrued "love", for their meaning that is not mutually committed for each others careful admiration, acceptance, and growth.I believe love should be treated with a sanctity that permits discreet levity or playfulness, and not exalted to one's purpose in life; the film fails demonstrating the latter, but excels in the former. One must learn to love their self before another, but no one is raised with a perfect definition of love, especially as the vulnerability of love makes itself privy to betrayal, and the effects. So, I believe there's a compromise, often people search for their counterparts good qualities that inspire them, and sort of "complete" their overcompensated infantile understanding of love. One could judge society, i.e. culture shock, or a loved one with circumstances happening to them, and conform to plateaus of complacency. But if someone is truly lost, i.e. a stubborn "loved" one is misleading their life, taking back the reigns to meaning and repurposing their life and counteracting their plight to dependency, that breeds helplessness, demands courage. This is what these two lonely contrarians discovered together. If you live with someone who saps your courage, and makes you feel obligated to the extent that your actions are detrimental to your wellbeing, the relationship's toxic. Same goes for career relationships: I believe Harris had a terrible job and manager. I'd bet closure would've been well-received if he had left his job.It drove me nuts figuring out what Harris whispers to Charlotte during their final farewell:"Promise me, that the next thing you do, is go up to that man, and tell him the truth." The truth is left open-ended to the viewer as a soft-world, interactive device. I imagine it's that they're unhappy and miss the nonserious, nostalgic one-to-one vulnerable connections or dates, they once had with their younger selves. Harris reveals this in his intimate talk with Charlotte while they're both staring at the ceiling. Appreciation of each other's experiences, hurt and joy, are unequivocally lacking.This is what I think Harris wants to tell his wife, and has learned from his marriage; the need to impart helpful wisdom before Charlotte sinks as deep and becomes obligatorily-entangled as he has is what goads him out from the limousine, out of his ignorance for love, and shines hope into her quest for love and meaning. He does not "encourage" her or say I love you, he inspires and empowers her purpose, free from love for someone else, to find love for herself, decide and act contrary to her current "lover" for her own wellbeing. If people are storytellers, the easiest story to tell is the truth, especially when love turns awry. Main take-aways: Separate from people with toxic behavior. Don't put all your spiritual eggs into the romance basket. Diversify purpose with fulfilling work. Reaping benefits follows, but a hayride with a stranger may help if you've fallen short of the romance basket rule. Good messages.

This movie is based in the reality of the viewer's lived experience. You are there, in the hotel and feeling as they are, because you have likely been in the same jam, separated from your usual everyday life and feeling like a fish out of water, unsure of your goals now and dissatisfied with your family life. Do you break free? You may feel like it but respect your responsibilities and commitment to your family. The affection or lust your feel for someone you can relate to and confide in is kept in check. So, it feels even stronger as you try to hold it back. When you sense it is mutual, it comes out more and you find yourself doing things as if with no will of your own, but by the compulsion of love, as when Bob asks the driver to stop the car and let him out. The final whisper was so touching, because you knew they had a plan to stay connected somehow, and that's all that matters; they sealed their connection as solid, in some capacity; they each had an out for their marriage now.

Sofia Coppola, the director & writer, really put together a great movie (especially for her 1st). It showed intelligence, over & under statements, ease of the words that are spoken, soft inter-feeling as you watch and appreciation that life changes when you least expect it. Murray & Johansson make this a wonderful, thought-out adventure. I loved the quietness of their acting and the dialogue. Highly Recommend!!!!!Delivered on time and was in perfect shape.

This is a complicated film. The relationship between the two main characters feels uncomfortable and wrong and in a lot of ways it is. Both parties are basically a step away from cheating on their spouse and Murray feels almost old enough to be Johanssons father.That being said I felt like what they were really going for here was something bigger than the morality of the two characters relationship. This film is really about two people who are lost in life crossing paths and sharing in this experience. This film does a very good job of capturing something real and genuine about the human experience. Most of us have probably felt overwhelmed in life and often times there isn't anyone to talk to. No one will understand and no one really has anything of value to say, so you stuff it and suffer in silence. Every once in a while you're able to genuinely connect with someone else and share in some element of what it means to be human and struggle through life and that's what this film is about. Regardless of whether or not their relationship is appropriate, it happens and then the movie is over and it's gone. It's a flash in the pan moment in both of the characters lives and then they move on and go their separate ways.The cool thing about this movie is that you can have the same experience as the characters. If you feel lost in life, you can watch this and vicariously feel like you're being heard and validated in some way. I've never seen a movie that portrayed this so well. It feels genuine and it feels real and that's the strong point of this film.

Travels in Asia have grown a real connection to the main characters in LT. What did he say 🤔

fue un regalo para una persona especial, el producto llegó en perfectas condiciones

C’est une Romance vraiment Exceptionnelle,Je dirais même un collector à vraiment avoir en qualité Blu-ray.Et la bande musicale du Film :Roxy Music est juste magique !Je recommande vraiment 👍Merci Amazon 🙂

Maravilhosa surpresa encontrar este blu-ray na Amazon Brasil! Venho procurando desde alguns anos após a estréia do filme. A edição tem diversos extras bem legais como uma entrevista com Bill Murray e Sofia Coppola e uma espécie de diário de produção. Valeu cada centavo!

Hacía tiempo que iba detrás de esta edición en concreto, porque es la más bonita que existe hasta la fecha de la película, y la verdad es que vista en mano no decepciona en absoluto.Viene presentada en un digipack con funda, sencillo pero muy elegante, al que le acompaña un folleto. El disco, obviamente, no lleva castellano, solo inglés y japonés. Como curiosidad, recomiendo la experiencia surrealista de ver la película doblada en el idioma nipón, un sinsentido teniendo en cuenta de lo que trata la película en sí misma, pero no deja de ser divertido. Como extras, además de los que lleva ya la versión española, también incluye unas muy breves entrevistas en inglés subtituladas.Edición muy recomendada para todo amante de esta gran película.