Lost in Translation Blog: Haber

Lost In Translation is one of a kind film starring Bill Murray as the lonesome burned out actor, Bob Harris, and Scarlett Johansson as miserable newly wed Charlotte. The two meet at a hotel in Tokyo Japan and develop a strange yet intimate relationship throughout out the film. This movie is one of Sophia Coppola's greatest works. The movie really makes you think outside the box especially the whisper exchanged from Bills character to Scarlets at the very end of the film. An aspect of the film that caught my eye was scene shooting in which Coppola shot in order to capture the intimacy between the two characters. One scene that stands out among others is the shot of Murray and Johansson on the bed together so close but not touching. The shot is from a birds eye view straight above the bed. Much like the above chandler shot in Taxi Driver. The scene showed the characters relationship with out them even touching that how powerful that shot was, they were shot with a certain connection to each other the viewer felt between the characters. Even if that connection was not established yet in the movie it became obvious the viewers that these two characters really had a strong attraction to each other. The scene is important to the movie all together because it adds to the awkwardness of the their relationship with one another. Murray is way older then she is, they are both married, Murray has kids, it simply can not be done. But the audience can still see the spark between them though out the film and especially on this birds eye view shot.