$7.88 Movies: Lost in Translation

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Bought some groceries today, and since I was unsupervised and feeling somehow disconnected from the world I spent half the bill on cheap-ass movies. This series will examine each of these movies after I have watched them. (There were only three.)

Lost in Translation was awesome. I wish I'd seen it sooner. I love the way the camera drank in a scene, rarely moving. Bill Murray was fantastic, but I love deadpan so he always gets me. I don't really know what else to say about it actually, but it was certainly $7.88 well spent.

Comments

[saviolo.livejournal.com]

If you liked the camera work in Translation, you'll LOVE it in Schultze Gets the Blues. Definitely worth a rental if you get the chance. It's about a German accordion player who hears Zydeco music on his radio one day, and goes on a pilgrimage to find it. Just about all the scenes are filmed with an entirely static camera, and the action takes place framed by whatever is unmoving in the scene. Really excellent movie.

-Daniel

[primary-suspect.livejournal.com]

Yes great movie. Especially good if you have been to Japan as well.

[rebelprince26.livejournal.com]

ugh. i HATE that movie. i don't get why every likes it so much.