Lost in Translation?
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- TResudek0
PT Anderson... He makes a good film. Wes Anderson makes good movies. Sofia Coppola makes crap. She took a great book, Vrgin Suicides, and made a really mediocre film.... Then she "wrote" Lost In Translation and couldn't get it produced by anyone but her daddy. Vonni Ribisi is a good actor, Bill Murray is a genius... What they added to the film was the only thing that kept this movie from being laughable.
Say what you will about connections but the fact is that Sofia Coppola couldn't find ANYONE to invest in this movie and had to get her daddy to fork over the money. If she were a genius filmmaker don't you think someone else would've got behind this movie?
Exercises in cinematography... Exactly. A student film + millions of dollars from your rich dad = a feature film.
TR
- phist0
sometimes its good to look into things. yea, sofia coppola is a spoiled filmmaker's daughter. we can go on and on about those kind of things. but when i watch films, i watch them for what they are. this movie is excellent for what it left out. dialogue kills movies nowadays. the setting of tokyo also goes with the lack of dialogue. i think coppola has been intrigued with eastern film, especially japanese cinema. i'm sorry, you people are looking into it too much and missing the point completely. excellent film - 3/4 stars.
- ourcommon0
I enjoyed it immensly . It just go to show that a small dedicated team of creatives can crank out a little gem in little or no time at all . The film was shot in under 30 days, for anot a lot of money. It goes to show you that when actors read something that touches their soul, they don't need a multi-million dollar salary. The actors go t next to nothing, they assembled a circle of friends to live the experience together .
Something that really caught me was the simplistic approach to the film. A lot of handheld camera work, off the cuff, improv of the eye, stopping somewhere that ISNT one of your chosen locations, just because it FEELS right .
for those who didn't GET IT, try it again. Don't analyze, just take it in . Watch it without a critical eye, and bury yourself into the beauty of simplicity .
- ********0
The praise this film gets is amazing, its not great.
the script won an oscar not the cinematography
- ********0
indie doesn't make a good
indie is an excuse these days
- ********0
cinematography/ and simplicity wise winged migration is far superior.
barely any dialogue as well
weak characters LIT
- ourcommon0
indie is an excuse these days ?
like what ?
- Mimio0
She won the Oscar because critics are starved for filmmakers to creatively build on top of the avant garde film of the 60's. Sofia did it coherently and poetically. She deserves every accolade she receives.
- mg330
This thread is much improved if you put thong on your ignore list.
- ourcommon0
genius .
block thy thong
- ********0
yeah, Criticism scares people.
ourcommon your brilliant!
- kbags0
Thong deserves a voice, even if I don't happen to agree. I like contemporary furniture, my parents like colonial settings. I don't crap on their sofa, and they don't piss on my rug.
Regardless of how the movie was made, it went on and did quite well now didn't it? If my Dad was a huge producer, I would be his fucking posterboy.
If you're crying about this, you probably still eat ramen noodles and smoke more ganj than is healthy for you...not that there's anything wrong with that.
The fact that it beat out Lord of the Rings and Scooby Doo for screenplays should come as no shock this day in moviemaking age. What deserved the prize if LIT didn't? I think Mimio hit it on the head a few posts up.
Word to your Moms. And Producer Dads!
- ********0
in america, was nominated and it was a far better script.
- ourcommon0
I lied - I didn't block thy thong
yes, everyone deserves a voice .freedom to speak, speak how you will - the crux of all good conversation. A boring world it would be if everyone agreed .
- ********0
And it would be even more boring if Sophia would write and direct it :P Ha ha ha, just fucking around, didn't see the film yet. But what if I don't like it? That'd mean I'm tasteless? And as for approaching a film without a critical eye... I just can't do that, sorry.
- ********0
I agree with you 1977.
I think being concidered tasteless is the problem, people
defend dumb shit because of this fear.
- ********0
The real funny thing is how some people who may consider you tasteless if you don't like this "gem", talk about approaching a film without a critical eye... *cough*
- zeroblade0
some people like to eat grubs.
'nuff said.
- fate0
Socrates would be jealous, Zeroblade :p
- steady0
It sets a very human mood. Bill Murry did a great job, and the soundtrack rocked. One of the best I've seen on the big screen in awhile.
I also see the point of the original post, the story is paper thin:
Bill Murray is in a rut. Young Scarlet Johansson secretly loathes her new husband. They find solace in each others company and cheer each other up in a foreign land .
The strength of this movie is not in the screenplay but the direction, soundtrack, filming, acting, and concept. I guess the screenplay award is in a way a nod to Sophia's work as a whole.