Director: Sofia Coppola
written by: Sofia Coppola
Filming date: September 29, 2002 - November 8, 2002
Starring:
Scarlett Johansson .....Charlotte
Bill Murray .....Bob Harris
Lost in Translation---------Analysis
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One person alone to a completely different city, completely unfamiliar language, completely not used to the lifestyle, the chance to find another exactly the same crowd of people. Without any mental preparation, do not need a lot of self-introduction, a familiar look each other enough to put aside any barriers soul together.
"Lost in Translation" director Sofia Coppola is a small cost with a Hollywood film produced by different interpretations of the Chicken Soup for the modern style of the film inside. Video recorded with a third person point of view, two Americans came to Tokyo and encounter in the hotel occurred after a series of stories, not hungry for love, not exciting fight scenes, not exaggerated special effects, no colorful lighting sets, some makes meditation a long time just like a drunk with wine aftertaste.
Childhood on his father Coppola's "Godfather" of being an actress, seen and heard to be film education. She later became a film costume designer, went to university to study art. Out of the film after its director, from the video to the acclaimed first feature film "The Virgin Suicides", has been considered to represent the United States is a very new concept of human life video.
Inspired by Sophia at the age of 20 traveling in Tokyo, that experience made her rise to many feelings. For example, she was suddenly faced fellow in a foreign country often produces a wonderful intimacy and even excited at the same time she found an unfamiliar environment, it is easy to fall into midnight view of life and thinking of. And Brad Pitt's coffee Advertisement Gengrang her strange sense of dislocation, which led her directly to the video set Hollywood actor to star in a commercial plot.
This only took 27 days shooting, costing only a small cost 4 million U.S. dollars immediately after the release of a film, including Oscar, Golden Globe film critics, including the global number of awards and nominations, the Hollywood mainstream, commercial films in power of international exchange was good reputation, known as "poetic and depth of independent film."
"Lost in Translation" on September 30, 2002 in Japan in Pictures, all in Japan viewing. Director Sofia Coppola is only brought, including their crew, including eight American actress, many staff were recruited in the local language, customs and social norms have made shooting difficult. Shooting for the film and the way more Japanese style, few Hollywood features, make the film filled with a natural sense of humor, just right to show the "Americans in Tokyo," the differences caused by cultural conflict situations, with film to express the theme - there is the question of man himself, Such difficulties can be intensified by in a foreign land and - with great accuracy.
Although the shooting time and funds are very limited, but Sofia insists on shooting on film, because she felt that only film can give the film with a sense of distance, to shoot the romantic memories that color, but nowadays the prevalence of DV prominent Watch the spot results.
The repertoire of comedy actor Bill Murray is also a touch of genius Sofia Coppola shot the film an important reason. Murray Sophia very much appreciate the performances, the film shall be tailor-made for the for Murray, digging out its sensitive side in particular and to the cold humor in the film earned a lot of applause.
Bill Murray has starred in "Osmosis Jones," "Charlie's Angels" and other films, in "Lost in Translation," the conference, Bill Murray edges drinking red wine, says: "Film I play a lot of laughter in the movie that the most satisfactory since the film's comedy is great, Sophia created the film, and she deserves all the praise. "while Sophia is jokingly said:" I am using the roe sauce and champagne he bribed. "
And Scarlett Johnson starred in the films was only 19 years old, back in the age of 12 Scarlett Williams won the U.S. on the Independent Spirit Awards praise on, he starred in "The Horse Whisperer," received Rising Star Award, and later in the Cohen Brothers "The Man Who Wasn't There" and "Arac Attack," "Match Point" has a terrific. "Lost in Translation" to Scarlett at the 2003 Venice Film Festival was a "counter-current unit," the best actress award.
Photography, the Sofia Coppola spent all their visual experience and form a personal image style, she likes from a perceptual point of view camera images of touch, emphasizing performance in a mobile way of Tokyo, made her the memories of the city as a series of snapshots.
Photographic film is use the service, although the "Lost in Translation" was nervous filming date, but in the end but the screen seems calm, fine. Photographer Lance Acord has a good sense of the screen, will cause headaches, as black messy hotel bar, PUB handled in the movie has a sense of alienation. Screen has a willow in the dynamic, but also a quiet solitude. On the details of the outstanding sensitivity of color in the visual aspect to this film in no way weak.
Film was alone. Gentle quiet bar, the bar quietly caught in the burning cigarette between your fingers, large but lonely bed, the night suddenly went off the fax machine, digital clocks flashing alone, a man lifts stand out, the crossroads of the people come to the ... ... the city so busy with the film's theme tune, but they are so easy to make people confused it creates a sense of loneliness. Real world, everyone is alone, but this loneliness is only when a person only show it so people can not always find someone else's loneliness. The movie hero and heroine do not intend to know each other's solitude, inevitably produce sympathetic.
Film is a contradiction. Quiet temple bell and the city hustle and bustle of contradictions, the streets steady stream of people and spirit of the helpless island of contradictions, a beautiful vision of marriage and the reality of the conflict, game room noisy fashion and spiritual emptiness of contradictions, a swimming pool with underwater Water world conflicts, the sill outside the window of a person's grief and a broad vision of prosperity not contradictory ... ... language, these contradictions are natural to appear on a lens on top, and very easy to detect by the audience, the audience the same generation and the role of lonely feeling. The face of numerous conflicts, but can not, or even simply do nothing, but everyone can not escape.
Emotional film. Do not any one inside the lines investigated why actors do not mind any act contrary to audience expectation, no doubt about the emotional relationship between the hero and heroine, not to think that this is making a fuss - because it is sentimental. They looked around lofty place every day with his irrelevant things, they sensitive to noisy scenes in the lively feel very empty inside, they rely on each other and even sleep in a bed with them in farewell kissed each other affectionately when can this is not love, they understand that even after the separation of the opportunity to meet almost slimmer. But the film is emotional, not so much Why, everything is subjective by virtue of their willingness to do, do not care about the opinions of others do not care whom the world turn in the end is, in the end do not care where the sun rises tomorrow, sensual, that is, to his or her own feelings, feelings they go where heart Jiugen. So look no clear film theme, but can savor the many themes seem to have found them hiding.
As for the plot, "Lost in Translation" is a film without plot, a collage of two lonely people in Tokyo's streets, skyscrapers, bars bath to express Words can not express the solitude of being submerged lights. Many times the night in Tokyo, no matter how gorgeous and colorful lights are only to lonely patch, automobile, suburban railway, pedestrian flow, things are all moving forward to the cold and lack of communication. End of the story is also stumbled, and the two men whispered, tears after the two men embracing, two shallow kiss What will happen after, the audience will naturally doubt, but who to care about it, Maintain such a feeling adequate enough.
Video To achieve these results using a variety of shooting techniques.
The first video camera is a lying back of a woman wearing only underwear, as long as 30 seconds, no dialogue, no music, only the woman breathe, brought calm. This dress is a purpose - only no one can often visited at home when wearing underwear - no language, no scenes, just a quiet shot had given the audience a sense of infinite reverie and lonely.
Camera has repeatedly taken to the streets of Tokyo lens out the window, the window to shoot deep gaze bob's expression, the window became separated in the audience and the film of gauze between the real but always hazy, seems If not, like the window of the gorgeous and the noise and the car is completely quiet and silent two worlds, a strong contrast to the hearts of a huge gap caused by the audience, so that everyone has the experience, numbness of the heart was awakened, familiar infliction of emotional resonance felt.
There is one detail, rainy streets of Tokyo, the hostess in the crowd slowly walk away, name of the umbrella is transparent plastic umbrella, do not know if the director deliberately or inadvertently coincidence. Rain drops hit the surface of a transparent umbrella, crystal drops of water reflects the beautiful light, but rather these gorgeous color, contrast, under the umbrella out of a seemingly expressionless face Charlotte depression, umbrella set off out of the streets all deadpan This is indeed an unparalleled lonely, a kind of feeling of sorrow, this sorrow is not only limited to individuals, but also society as a whole.
Camera hidden in the corner like a pair of eyes, a pair of unique vision will always be found in different eyes, silently recording the life of every person, the camera is not just a still life, a shot of the instrument, the opposite It is a human being is a eager curiosity with his unique vision to track the hero. Sometimes it is like a dramatis personae, always follow the hero and heroine, they all told between the audience is like an outsider always peeping of their every move. It is not an ordinary person's vision of looking at things, always look into the lives of others, or watching intently, Or looked, or thoughtful. It is hidden in the top of skyscrapers, hidden in the subway station, hidden in obscure corners of the bar, hidden in the crowd noise is most likely the most neglected, hidden in a pool of water, KTV box hidden in the lamp, the possession in that two large sheets lying above the bed. Each lens is always a special composition and depth of field in particular, items.
Lighting effects in the film played an important role, nothing more than street play scene, bars, hotels, filming the scene so they use a soft light, but also use a fill light, with fill light, more to the surrounding the dark to set off the delicate lens focus looming outline of the face and expression, but the expression profile and then under the soft light are not very clear, blurry beauty. Night light decorated with various, more embellished a busy night behind the lonely sadness, sometimes like a light heart, as cold in the rain in silence to blink, even if Ambilight, That's life, but only on the fate of ridicule Bale.
The film has a shot, Bob and Charlotte are both sitting either side of the bar on the bar, directly facing the camera is very intuitive shooting them, the two always maintained the middle of one person distance, the window was obscured in the colorful city night lights. Here, the director did not give two people face more light, it seems deliberately out of the window light to compare with the light bar, alcohol and tobacco are in the dark light in a more sad reflection color, and the light , Everything seems to unintentionally formed, if this is life, and this certainly is life.
As for the film's makeup and clothing, but also pay attention to. First is the makeup, the more makeup the more close to life, but as a film can not have no makeup, so the film gives the image on the make-up should not see but had to know of makeup, this is the maximum make-up realm. Second, clothing, movie costumes to reflect on contemporary life should be close to life, the female lead in the opening of the "only dressed in a pink underwear" is the director of the costumes reflect the profound role of mining, after the shot, Charlotte pole a transparent superiority, dressed in pink coat and white shirt, very eye-catching in a crowd, It gives a natural feeling, not deliberately pursue, so most of the taste of the decoration that makes the film so close to life, would like a poster put it: "Everyone wants to be found"
Anyway this is a reflection of life through the details of life to the excellent movie, everyone in the film find their own things, find their own share . Vessels calling at heart ready to set sail Harbor, Harbor Park open mind to find her real self.
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