Lost In Translation | Blogmas Day 10
Happy Blogmas Day 10! I feel like this film has become somewhat of a classic, but I had never seen it until a few weeks ago, when I was searching Amazon Prime Video and chose it on a whim. Would you consider this a classic? Tell me in the comments! Bob (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are Americans trying to separately navigate the whole new world that is Tokyo, Japan. By chance, they happen to meet each other in the hotel bar one night, and strike up a friendship that changes them both forever. The first thing I noticed about the film while watching was the contrast between how busy the city itself was, and Johansson's character's loneliness. There are many moments where the shot quickly changes from one to the other, allowing the audience to truly understand the extent of her isolation, and the way that she feels completely lost in this foreign city. The film itself begins slowly. We as the audience get the opportunity to live and breathe with these