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Day 2 of holidays
Naomi and I went to Harajuku. Had gyooza lunch and then walked down the backstreets to Shibuya, dropping in at the cool shops along the way. Watched Lost in Translation. It was a very subtle and quiet movie, permeated with the kind of music we like. I felt this throughout the movie: This was by someone a little like us and for people a little like us. No overstatements; just a quiet and gentle flowing of images and conversations all taking place against the backdrop of Tokyo. There were some nice insights into life in Japan too - the scene where Bill Murray's character tries to talk with an old Japanese man without either of them knowing a word of each others languages, brought tears to my eyes - but most were slight and fleeting, leaving the bulk of the story to the relationship between the two central characters lost in time. I had hoped for more focus on Tokyo but alas, this was not a film about Tokyo. There were some great shots of the Tokyo skyline, some temples in Kyoto and general shots of the city streets though. People have been condemning it is a racist film. I don't understand this at all: It merely shows two people who visit Tokyo for the first time and the alienation they feel. I give it a big thumbs up!
posted by PA on Saturday, May 01, 2004
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