Lost in Translation

We started watching Lost in Translation in class on Thursday and i am really enjoying the movie! One thing that I noticed about the movie is that there is not a whole lot of talking and the characters are kind of in a daze it seems. I feel like for them Tokyo itself was a non-place because they had no relations formed there and there was no history there for either of them. They couldn't become connected with the environment because they couldn't talk to people and the were living in a hotel which is a non-place itself. They were just there to accomplish a job and that was it. There were a lot of scenes in the beginning that took place in non-places like the elevator and their hotel room. They both seemed to be extremely lonely with this sudden sense of non-places all around them. I think this can be seen in our world today because technology seems to be creating more and more non-places and people tend to be less friendly when set into a non-place. I think Americans are especially at risk for this sense of loneliness because people are always rushing in and out to get to places.

When the two main characters began to develop a friendship I think that Tokyo started to become a place for both of them. There seemed to be more scenes that depicted places, like the club, karaoke bar, and game room they go to together. I am excited to see what happens in the end. I kind of want them to fall in love or something but first of all they are both married and second of all he is a bit old for her.