Lost in Translation was one of my favourite movies, but now as a middle aged man not so much anymore? : movies

I’ve all the time beloved Lost in Translation since I noticed it in my twenties. It has that temper and cerebral goodness, with improbable cinematography and nice music. It’s such a chill movie. Although I’m male I all the time recognized extra with Scarlet’s character as a result of of her age. Her making an attempt to determine her place in the world, and discovering Asian/Japaneese tradition for the primary time. Just all her youthful angst and emo moments. I additionally beloved Murray’s character and the connection they obtained. Now 20 years later I’m older with youngsters and I relate extra to Murray’s character clearly, and it feels unusual. The movie was about so many issues, but now it is extra in regards to the midlife disaster than the rest. Obviously the movie means various things to completely different folks relying on the place they’re in life.

I’ve this print by Alice Zhang on our wall, and I’ve all the time beloved that print. It captures the temper of this movie completely. When I have a look at it I can actually hear the film soundtrack. Now currently I have a look at it and it makes me a little uncomfortable. Murray’s character is a 50 yr previous middle aged man making an attempt to be youthful once more, hanging round in Tokyo with a twenty yr previous, and regardless that they by no means confirmed any sexual curiosity on his half, there may be a romantic component there. Also I by no means gave it a thought that Scarlet was 17 on the time of filming it. I get the story was in regards to the friendship and them having their very own seperate disaster (hers being scared of determining grownup life, and his being scared of getting previous and “past it”). My much extra mature perspective now makes it a completely different film for me and it woke me up a a little once I heard Scarlet explaining in an interview it was a “tough shoot”. I by no means in my youth years thought of their relationship as inapropriate and by no means actually gave the age distinction much thought in any respect. Maybe it is my personal mid life disaster that makes it so apparent to me now.

Keeping this print on the wall would possibly recommend to guests that I’m having a mid-life disaster and trying to change the spouse with a youthful mannequin, when really it simply jogs my memory of myself being younger.