I lived something much like this story a year or so earlier staying at the Hyatt Regency. This movie captures the vibe so incredibly well. She was from Taipei. We were never meant to spend our lives together. And I'll always miss her.
I wasn't a fan of the movie, I found it a bit to negative about Japanese. But this behind the scenes is good to see everyone actually was able to cope and enjoy Japan.
Thank you so much for sharing that. I went to Tokyo and sat at the exact same spot Bill is at the Park Hyatt. Being in Tokyo, and sitting there at the bar, was a religious experience through and through. Everybody who loves this movie should go to Japan at least once in their life. Life changing experience!
I love the fact that the whole LIT film crew is referred to as "Sofia Gumi" like a family of yakuza lol I know it's a common practice in the Japanese film industry but it still makes me giggle
1:02 I'm confused. Here's Spike Jonze, and this is October, 2002. The character Ribisi plays is unflattering, and 100% based on Spike Jonze. Also the blonde air head actress is based on Cameron Diaz who suggestively had an affair with Ribisi (Jonze). Jonze and Sofia divorced a year later, following the film's release - September 2003. It's said both he and his friends were incensed by the portrayal. Wouldn't Jonze have read the script in 2002 and known he was about to get put on blast?
it's interesting right. their relationship must have been falling apart real time. it speaks that he isn't behind the camera in the later half of this documentary though
