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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > The Film Dump > Lost in Translation (Drama)
 
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Lynchmob
Jun 19, 2001
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Orson Scott Card said of the movie:

"This is pure undergraduate filmmaking -- as so many independent movies are -- in which a general air of superiority and ennui is meant to be taken for intelligence and deep insights. I've seen enough of these (and enough of this kind of storytelling) to know that what we're really seeing is the filmmaker's soul.

The people of Japan aren't shallow. Writer/director Sofia Coppola is. If she went to Japan and this is all she saw, then shame on her."
I find it funny that the writer of Ender's Game, a book that rolls in its use of an air of superiority and ennui to make itself seem significant, would use those terms to try to critique a film. To call the films characterization of the japanese people shallow or racist requires a lot of tunnel vision. The characters interactions with the goofy side of Tokyo are equalled by as many scenes with the writers/directors obvious love for distinct and subtle parts of japanese culture. Tokyo, or just big cities in general, have strange things going on. It is not uncommon for people unaccustomed to such things to be put off.

Personally, I think the film is great. Its a strange love letter to Japan mixed with a nuisanced plot about an odd couple experiencing crossroads in their relationships. Its full of downkey scenes where not everything is spelled out in bold letters. I don't think it tries to deliver any life altering messages, so to say its pretenious is asinine.

One of my favorite films, 5/5

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