Recommended film feed : Lost in Translation
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Most films are forgettable - the distinction between good, bad and blah lies in how quickly I forget.
For me, The Professional, Betty Blue, Breaking the Waves, and 25th Hour lingered for a long time. You know, when scenes are replayed in the head, compunction and empathy hit the heart, and other possible (happier) endings pondered.
Lost in Translation was a little like Punch Drunk Love. It loiters, in a nice, muted way, quite pleasant. I rather liked the colours - fragile and makeupey for the jejune female protagonist, and mostly black for the experienced, established male. Apart from neon signs that line Tokyo's streets and the unfortunate orange camouflage t-shirt Bill Murray wears at one point, the film exudes comfortably inoffensive tones. It's a delicate experience, with a non-jarring balance between valuable laughs at Japanese sub-culture frivolities, and soothing ikebana; love and friendship; marriage - old and new.
I give: 3-and 3/4 gold nuggets
Not-so recommended film feed: The Spanish Apartment
A few unimaginative laughs, some sex, too long (122 minutes). Don't watch it - just go listen to a colleague's Europe travel tales.
I give: 2 gold nuggets
Posted by e at January 08, 2004 10:13 AM