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- Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:10 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Comparing "Roman Holiday" with "LiT"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12962
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:03 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Comparing "Roman Holiday" with "LiT"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12962
There is actually a scholarly article that I came across in my studies which compares these two films. I will try to copy the full text here... Also, I don't feel that Jimmy Stewart was too old for his role in Rear Window; I think his pairing with Grace Kelly (a Hitchcock favorite to say the least) ...
- Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:27 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Soundtrack contributors' other work
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9522
- Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:18 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Soundtrack contributors' other work
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9522
Soundtrack contributors' other work
Of the artists represented on the LiT soundtrack, I only knew the work of Kevin Shields/My Bloody Valentine and Air prior to getting interested in the film. A week or two ago, I bought the most recent album by Phoenix ("It's Never Been Like That") based on liking "Too Young" in the night out sequenc...
- Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:08 am
- Forum: Japan & Japanese/Asian Culture
- Topic: Close friends going to Japan this summer
- Replies: 20
- Views: 33522
Thanks for the reply, jml98. I think my friend and I might be taking a day trip over to Kyoto or Osaka, so some extra expenses will likely be incurred there. But I'll be prepared! (Also, though my friend has seen and enjoyed LiT, he's certainly not nearly the fanatic that I've become. That said, I'l...
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:09 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Sing me an Un-Love Song
- Replies: 47
- Views: 22872
Brilliantly biting song by CAKE (with, of course, a scathing trumpet line). To me Coming from you Friend is a four-letter word. End is the only part of the word that I heard. Call me morbid or absurd, But to me Coming from you Friend is a four-letter word. When I go fishing for the words I am wishin...
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:04 am
- Forum: Japan & Japanese/Asian Culture
- Topic: Close friends going to Japan this summer
- Replies: 20
- Views: 33522
Thanks so much for these updates! I'm going to Tokyo later this summer, and I'm ridiculously excited. (My first time...) I'll be going with two old friends of mine, one of whom is Japanese (born and raised in the States, though). This friend will be with his family for a big reunion most of the time...
- Sun May 13, 2007 4:43 pm
- Forum: Appearances
- Topic: Scarlett Johansson sings backup for Jesus and Mary Chain !
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31188
It sounds to me as if she were singing an octave higher than what would be her normal register. If you've heard her sing elsewhere (recent SNL, e.g.), you'll notice that her singing voice--like her speaking voice--is decidedly lower than what we're hearing in this "Just Like Honey" Youtube video. Ba...
- Fri May 11, 2007 2:47 am
- Forum: Film, TV, and Online Media
- Topic: What was the last movie you saw?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 96388
- Fri May 11, 2007 2:43 am
- Forum: Related Films
- Topic: Ghost World
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34779
- Wed May 09, 2007 11:34 pm
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: favourite track off the soundtrack
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31193
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:52 pm
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Holding hands
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9273
It's not a story, per se. It's just that I know the Kurosawa film "Dreams" very well, and this moment of Scarlett watching the procession in Kyoto was such a direct visual reference to it that I started thinking about what the thematic connections might be. Plus, we know that Sophia knows a great de...
- Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:03 am
- Forum: Film, TV, and Online Media
- Topic: What was the last movie you saw?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 96388
- Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:01 am
- Forum: Appearances
- Topic: Scarlett to host SNL April 21, 2007
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16360
- Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:25 pm
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Subtle observations.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 38673
Another small detail that I noticed in the moment just before the one I wrote about above. Just before Bob shaves with that small razor (and subsequently interrupted by the phone call from the hotel about the fax), we see him looking in the mirror. For the first instant we see him, his eyes are clos...
- Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:16 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Meta-photography
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3878
Thanks for the reply, Pitman. Those were some great points. What you wrote made me think a bit more about the nature of photos, and, while I agree with what you said about photography as a means of capturing a moment and helping us to treasure and hold on to those truly fine times, I also think phot...
- Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:47 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Meta-photography
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3878
Meta-photography
I watched LiT again today, and I started thinking about the role that photography plays within the narrative of the film. I haven't drawn any conclusions about these elements yet--I guess I'm still just finding different bits of related content. Maybe after listing these moments here, someone will h...
- Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:53 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Subtle observations.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 38673
I've got a question about another "subtle observation" issue. In the short scene in which Bob is shaving (when he receives a phone call saying he's got a fax), he shaves with an unusually small razor. This, I think, is a reference to the film North by Northwest--Cary Grant's character in that film h...
- Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:37 am
- Forum: Lost In Translation
- Topic: Subtle observations.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 38673
Re: Alarm
Again, another first for observations....when Charlotte calls her sister, Lauren, about how she is feeling, there is the background of Tokyo, and there's an alarm in the background. I have never observed this, and thought it was really interesting....a coincidence, or actually very well planned tha...