[lit-ideas] Re: Lost in Translation
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:52:26 -0400
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> From: John Wager <johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: 10/4/2005 8:51:59 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Lost in Translation
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> I actuallly just watched this again last week, for the second time. I
> too really enjoyed it. The second time around it seemed almost a modern
> "Divine Comedy." Murry/Dante wakes up literally 'lost" half-way through
> his life, in the brightly lit world of Tokyo. He doesn't know how to
> make the translation into a more mature life; he's stuck in the past of
> his stardom. Along comes Johanssen/Beatrice, who helps him find his way
> back into hiis own life. Divine love always comes through other human
> beings.
>
I'm struck by how predictable movies are that when sex is left out, its
lack becomes noteworthy. I saw each of them as being lost, disconnected
from, rejected by, their spouse. Their finding a fellow human to connect
to on a heartfelt level I thought is what drew them together. I would
agree that such a connection is as close to divine love as humans get. In
this case it seemed a father/daughter type of love. Had they thrown sex
into the mix, it would have turned the movie into another run of the mill
girl-massages-aging-man's-ego. I wonder how the movie would have further
changed if the Johanssen character had been middle aged.
Andy Amago
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