307 Lost in Translation (2003)

This week we’re looking at the surprisingly successful, but oft forgotten film Lost in Translation. We talk about the careers of Sofia Coppola, Bill Murray, and Scarlett Johansson, the themes of alienation and disassociation, liminal spaces, Tokyo, selling out, whiskey, and more!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha and Indy Randhawa

Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris, a fading American movie star who is having a midlife crisis when he travels to Tokyo to promote Suntory whisky. There, he befriends another disillusioned American named Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman and recent college graduate. Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, and Fumihiro Hayashi are also featured. The film explores themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan. It defies mainstream narrative conventions and is atypical in its depiction of romance.