How Coppola Translates Meaning in Lost in Translation 

One of the most beautiful films ever made.

This is a movie I will never get tired of watching. I could be like a 7 year old replaying Frozen.

I'm from Tehran, a loud, dirty, polluted and hostile city. I couldn't connect with people. I liked being alone because of how most people made me feel alone. Each time I tried to translate my thoughts people interrupted. I think I feel the movie title with every molecule in me 'LOST in translation' So I kept quiet as I couldn't find the right words and when I did, I didn't have the right tone to be understood by myself, let alone others. One night on a bus ride home at a least expected moment this girl sat next to me. Something about the tone of her voice, her stare, her style and vibe made me feel that she also sees through it all and has a shared frustration. I felt a connection... most people have a judgemental and condescending attitude but she didn't strike me as such a person... I felt peace. I didn't have any change on me so she helped out and gave me some. I got off the bus a little earlier than her thinking that her stop is far away but I saw that the final stop was only a short walk from where I got off. I really regret freaking out, not talking to her and not waiting a little bit to get off the bus with her and at least chat with her a little bit and maybe get her number. I could have used a friend. I guess I didn't because I really hate where I am from and wanted to get out and emotional attachments would make things a lot harder. I think that was like 3 or 4 years ago. Now I have sweet freedom in Stuttgart but I still carry some of my regrets with me. At least in that god awful Tehran I could tell if somebody is 'my kind of person'. here, things are different but for the better so It makes finding that special someone into another formula. Lost in translation reminds me of the rare moments of peace and relatability. Sometimes I don't want a meaning but a feeling from movies. It really is an experience! Anyway... if you've read this far, thanks and if not, then how are you reading this? Just remember that you also have the potential to feel the opposite of every emotion you feel. If you feel sad, that means you can also feel happy, if you feel alone, that means that you can also feel like there is an angel on earth just for you.

Outstanding analysis of an emotionally complex and moving film. Well done and thank you!

It's one of my absolute favorite films

I first saw this movie when it was released and I thought what a great fun movie about a possible great love story! Seeing it again now I realized it’s much more sad and darker than before! Realizing that you may have made the wrong choices in life and possibilities of starting over is only a dream that will never be! I understand this because I too am lost in translation.

Amazing commentary and analysis. If this video was four days long, I'd sit here and watch it and not get enough. Amazing, thank you.

Some very smart and moving analysis here. Well done.

You've summed that up so well, it's about watching the film not having sign posts to look here, where a character explains the exposition we see it in those scenes you showed us by watching the images and the way it was framed and filmed. Even their age difference is not icky but sweet. The opening frame of Scarlet's bottom is a nice scene without being exploitive, how can it be if it was directed by a woman? Sophia knocked this one out of the park despite the criticism of some, it can be as a bad as some say Sophia won an Oscar. Well, okay, but it was still a worthy win. Topped off at the end with a whisper and a cracking song from the Jesus and Mary Chain which makes me cry like a little kid with scuffed knee, it's worth coming back too again & again. Thank you for this Video essay UK, Male, 53 years old.

She smiles at the end. They'll meet again.

truly one of the hidden gems i found on netflix.... live laugh love sofia coppola

Funny that she won best screenplay Oscar considering the screenplay might be the weakest part of the movie- her direction, cinematography, score and the performances she evoked are the best parts

Man, your video felt really soothing in a way. Your analysis and delivery left me wanting more of it at the end, and I was glad to find that you have more such vids on your channel! Keep posting as I am totally looking forward to more such dope content! Subbed! :)

Such a wonderfully crafted narrative on the meaning of this, my favourite movie of all time. I could have watched this for hours. Thank you

Connection. Very good. Tokyo more than neon it seems, but they had fun in the city. Hello Sophia. JAMC had a bit of luck with feedback, I had the same with static or something. Sounds like the wind, outdoors, a pleasant shower of rain. Nutrients for the trees and flowers etc.

My all time favorite film. I love it as much as someone would love a human being. It's as perfect as something can be, in my opinion.

This is such an underrated movie. Saw this movie when it first came out in 2003 and I instantly loved it because I knew nothing about the movie so I had zero expectations. Have seen this movie countless times since then.

Beautiful analysis. Thank you

So good, thank you so much for your insights

Wonderfully done!

This movie is beautifully

Incredible breakdown. Thank you!

I loved this, thank you

This film is the absolute embodiment of charm

This is such a well made video

great video, keep up with ur work, it's very good

Hm, I wouldn't say it was plotless without plot point. They're just very subtle, like the taste of lacroix lol

The song was a nice touch

This was perfect.

beautiful!

Excelente análisis. Inolvidable película ❤

I can't relate to this movie more in my own country I'm constantly surrounded by friends and family but no one really... gets it i wish i had my own Charlotte not for any romantic feelings but just for someone who.. gets it. Its a perfect movie

So touching ❤

About bloody time

Man, this video is dope!!!!

Probably my favorite film

For once I was blind now I see. Thank you.

i truly think sofia is an amazing director and has a nice way of visually representing what she wants to let us know however she can truly use some help when writing, coz imo a movie has to be more dynamic in all aspects, not one maxed out and the rest barely touched

3:29 I was under the impression that Scarlett was too shy to pose, so Coppola posed instead

I'm not an asexual person at all, but you just gotta love the way this film portrays such dense intimacy without ever resorting to any 'steamy' scenes or innuendo. I mean if i remember correctly, there's only a few kissing scenes which feel really really genuine and human, to me that just elevates the whole relationship of the two main characters. I kind of like a romantic character that is able to withhold sexually and just find fulfilment through shared presence and conversation, let's bring that back shall we? All contemporary media is oversaturated with sex now, to the point of it having kind of a numbing, emptying effect which honestly feels horrible. This film is such a strong antidote to that through the way it just studies friendship intertwined with some romantic tension between two people, but a tension that is kind of.. full of genuine love, ellegant, sentimental, beautiful, never cheap. We need more stuff like this.

May I hear your thoughts on Charlotte please? You did great analysis on Bob but what about her. What does she represent. Where was she walking to? And where was she going? Still searching for her meaning? Tbh I may be off the boil bit I thought she was going to do something as she lost him and him coming back gave her that recharged as in the film we never see her be that emotional till he hugged and kissed her j7st like to hear your thoughts on her please

How do you abandon something like that girl.

Dude come on part of Bill Murray’s contract was to play golf

Screen 4 What is your take on the criticism that this movie has received as being orientally racist?

I disagree that plot is important in a novel. I'd say that meaning and technique are everything and plot is purely incidental. The whole modernist era is proof of that. People are obsessed with plot, when the reality is plot couldn't matter less. Meaning and delivery are everything.

Good job.

Well Done!