Ethan and Talia discuss Sofia Coppola’s 2003 Lost in Translation. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn’t like it, is the relationship doomed?
Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 8: Overview. Including: the power of dirty jokes to help unearth a submerged dual personality; how no character in this series has learnt a thing about leaving Hap on the floor with a loaded gun; and the spot on accuracy of British medical workers allowing pursuers into their ambulance.
Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 7: Nina Azarova. Including: Talia’s interminable complaints about the depiction of onscreen births; Hap’s weird methodology for recording information with earworms; and how longer might it take to train a psychic octopus?
Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 6: Mirror, Mirror. Including: the commitment problem of boyfriends who seem happy to jump to other dimension to help other women; how many people are needed for movements in healthcare versus dimension jumping; and the universal warm memory of being a small child wrapped in a blanket in the back of a car at night.
Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 5: The Medium and the Engineer. Including: how Ethan and Talia are such scaredey cats they can’t cope with any horror film tropes whatsoever; Hap’s just-in-case kidnapping syringe kit; and the joy of animated robots doing contemporary dance.