Lost In Translation ; Japan/Bill Murray

undrentide said:

Exactly! It has nothing to do with the wrong pronunciation.
I would not be offended if it is all about the pronunciation, as it does reflect the fact and truth.

And yes, I do hate that scene. Most embarrassing, annoying, and offensive.

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Bah, I love that scene!

However I think you guys are misunderstanding the scene. She isn't some regular Japanese women throwing herself at the feet of a foreigner . She is a prostitute, and being paid for what shes doing.

marsans said:

Bah, I love that scene!

However I think you guys are misunderstanding the scene. She isn't some regular Japanese women throwing herself at the feet of a foreigner . She is a prostitute, and being paid for what shes doing.

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Whether she's "professilnal" or not, that scene makes me feel as I described - it is the way she behaves so abnormally and weired.

Well, everyone has his own taste and preference, so it is OK that some people love it or hate it. The problem - the reason I feel (as a Japanese) annoyed and disgusted and frustrated about this flim is that many take it as the "real" Japan for everyone, and not one of the possible portraits of Japan that foreigners who don't know Japan (new to Japan and its culture) tend to have.

I don't think that the producer had intention to show the "real Japan" with this film at all, it could be any country, just as far as it is where the main two characters don't understand the language, culture, etc. it was OK. The flim I think is focused on how the two Americans would behave in such an extreme situation. So there are a lot of exaggeration/distortion to make the situation even clearer. It is not "real, life-size" Japan.

I stumbled on this movie a few weeks ago and tought I might buy it. My conclusion is, I'm quite dissapointed with the way how Japan is pictured in the movie. Again it seems like Japan is a country full of morrons and the American people are ofcourse perfect. For example the repetitive amount of remarks that are made on the Japanese way of talking English. Ofcourse it's just a movie and it's sad but true, this happens in real life too in Japan.

It was nice though to see a lot of familiar places in Tokyo again.