S01E01: Lost in Translation
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Ethan and Talia discuss Sofia Coppola’s 2003 Lost in Translation. How in our history of rewatching this film our empathy has changed from Scarlett Johansson to Bill Murray; how the use of the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Air on the soundtrack elevated this to something above great; and seeing glimpses of the real awe-struck relationship between the young Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray.
links to things discussed in this episode
• When discussing if Bill Murray might worry he was too old for the role, comparison to Jimmy Stewart in Vertigo – the commercial failure of which Hitchcock blamed of his aged appearance
• Comparing end to last scene in Casablanca
• The work of art that Talia though the first scene of the film is homage to is Jutta by John Kacere
• David Brooks – Was the Nuclear Family a Mistake
• Comparison to marriage as portrayed in Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road
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