Corrected entry: When Charlotte is in the hotel bar with her husband and Kelly the actress, her hair is switching between tucked behind her ear and hanging down in alternating shots. (00:36:20)
NancyFelix
13th Jul 2004
Lost in Translation (2003)
13th Jul 2004
Lost in Translation (2003)
Corrected entry: When Charlotte and Bob run away from the guys with the toy guns she is carrying a handbag. When Bob puts her on the bed later the handbag is gone, but then it's back on their next outing. (00:52:00 - 01:01:35)
Correction: When he is carrying her to her room she is holding the bag. In the next scene she doesn't have the bag, but that doesn't mean she didn't drop it in between scenes. The scenes are not continous so we don't know what she did once she entered the room, until she got to the bed.
15th Jul 2004
Lost in Translation (2003)
Corrected entry: Bob leaves the hotel for the airport in the morning, but towards the end of his taxi ride the street lamps come on and it's evening. Tokyo is big, but not that big. (01:32:00)
Correction: There is nothing in the film to suggest that the final shots of evening Tokyo are related to Bob's taxi ride at all. The last we actually see of Bob is when he gets back into the taxi and tells the driver it's all right to go, when it is morning. The shots immediately following are just random shots of the skyscrapers in Tokyo at later times of the day, more or less giving closure to the film.
15th Jul 2004
Lost in Translation (2003)
Corrected entry: Besides suiting the movie title it doesn't make any sense that an educated person like a hospital doctor keeps explaining medical details to a Western patient in Japanese, well aware that she doesn't understand a word. Any Japanese who has become a doctor will have pretty good language skills, especially right in Tokyo, as a lot of their work has to be done in that language - don't forget research papers are 95% in English (and I'm not even mentioning researchers, who basically work ONLY in English). So a doctor in Tokyo should be able to explain her situation to Charlotte. Maybe not with the specialised medical terms, but at least clearly enough for her to know what's going on with her foot. (00:59:00)
Correction: There is nothing wrong or unbelievable about this scene. In the past, in Asia, English was taught by rote with lots of reading and writing and very little speaking. As a result, many of those who "learned" English can read and write but are often poor or lack confidence when speaking. There is no reason why a Japanese doctor would have good English skills and it's not true to say that a lot of their work would be done in English. Anyone who has been to Japan can confirm this, the Japanese go to great lengths to have everything translated into their own language, unlike the rest of Asia. The fact that the doctor explains everything is very Asian, I've had the same thing happen many many times.
15th Jul 2004
Lost in Translation (2003)
Corrected entry: When Charlotte calls home she says that she even tried Ikebana, but only later we see her popping into an Ikebana class and trying it herself obviously for the first time. (00:13:15 - 00:28:40)
15th Jul 2004
Lost in Translation (2003)
Corrected entry: On their first night out with Charlotte's friends the group goes to a Karaoke place. There (and only there) Charlotte is wearing a reddish wig for whose appearance and later disappearance there's no explanation. (00:47:30)
Correction: Do we need an explanation? She doesn't need to have a reason. One of her friends could have brought along some props to make to karaoke more like make believe, as some people do. If it helps them be in character so as to have more fun, why not?
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Correction: Her hair is tucked behind her ear. but there is so much hair that it doesn't all fit. When you look from certain angles you can't see the ear. Some shots are from the back, and those seem like it is not tucked, but if you notice you can see that there is some hair that is tucked someplace.
James Storck