Lost in Translation story
Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It stars Bill Murray as aging actor Bob Harris, who befriends college graduate Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) in a Tokyo hotel. The movie explores themes of loneliness, insomnia, existential ennui, and culture shock against the backdrop of a modern Japanese city.
16 total · 1 choice · 10 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| foreign point of view | choice | We were shown Japanese culture trough the eyes of the Americans Bob and Charlotte. |
| alternate points of view | major | we saw how things natural to the Japanese may seem odd to foreigners |
| boredom | major | both Bob and Charlotte were bored with their time at the hotel in particular, but perhaps with Japan in general |
| communicating with someone who speaks a different language | major | the film returned to the problem of language time and again |
| extramarital affair | major | Bob and Charlotte contemplated having an affair, or perhaps had a chaste but brief affair depending on one's view |
| figuring out what to do with one's life | major | Mabel was struggling to decide what to make of herself |
| friendship | major | Bob and Charlotte became fast friends, and borderline more as they kissed from time to time |
| husband and wife | major | we saw the louse relationships in Bob and Charlotte's respective marriages |
| infatuation | major | Bob and Charlotte became besotted with each other |
| male midlife crisis | major | we heard that Bob was undergoing a midlife crisis and his behavior seemed to support that |