Lost In Translation

Title of Film:
Director of Film: Sofia Coppola
Actors: Scarlett Johansson (Charlotte) and Bill Murray (Bob Harris).
Type of Film: Romance, Drama.

Summary and Analysis
Bob Harris is a famous star, he visit to Tokyo for a whiskey commercial. He meet Charlotte at the hotel he lives. Charlotte is a young girl who accompanied her husband for working, loneness causes her starts confuse her marriage and her current life. Bob already pass his age, just like Hugh Grant in . Both of them suffer from the insomnia, languages difference and the culture gap between western and eastern. They meet at the bar of the hotel and feel like old friends at the first meet. After more and more continually contact, they make each other's life extremely happy and richly colorful then before. But time flies, Bob finished the commercial shooting and time for him to go back to U.S. The happy life that they finally founded has to be cutted cruelly. Maybe Bob is the exactly Mr. Right for Charlotte. Frustratingly, both of them have to go back to reality that they feel perplexed and depressed. On the street, Bob holds Charlotte and whispers the last words between them. Wise Charlotte keeps saying "Okay Okay..."

Relation to Case Study
In the case and , we can see helpless caused by the culture shocks and the languages gap. Dita feels lonely and helpless for reason of her lack of openness made she cannot make friends and hang out with Americans.
Bob feels helpless as his career plus he appears to a unknown country. As a celebrity, he cannot have a relationship as he wish; also he has to keep his thoughts in his mind. What's more, Charlotte feels confused due to as a Harvard student she still are finding her right place in this world. Finally she founds Harris, but she had to give up the short happiness because the reality cannot allow this relationship keeps go on.

Reaction to Film
I adored even the temple was slow but it really touched my emotion in my deep heart. And another reason I like this movie because of Scarlett Johansson is one of my favorite actress. First the culture shocks really depressed people who are experiencing it. Besides the culture difference, the ending of this movie, a serious relationship had to ended make the atmosphere was full of sadness. In addition, Scarlett Johansson is an amazing actress with wonderful body but in this movie audiences are more focus on her impeccable acting than her good looking.

Summary of Lost in Translation

Bob Harris is a famous star, he visit to Tokyo for a whiskey commercial. He meet Charlotte at the hotel he lives. Charlotte is a young girl who accompanied her husband for working, loneness causes her starts confuse her marriage and her current life. Bob already pass his age, just like Hugh Grant in . Both of them suffer from the insomnia, languages difference and the culture gap between western and eastern. They meet at the bar of the hotel and feel like old friends at the first meet. After more and more continually contact, they make each other's life extremely happy and richly colorful then before. But time flies, Bob finished the commercial shooting and time for him to go back to US. The happy life that they finally founded has to be cut cruelly. Maybe Bob is the exactly Mr. Right for Charlotte. Frustratingly, both of them have to go back to reality that they feel perplexed and depressed. On the street, People walk fast pass by them, Bob holds Charlotte and whispers the last words between them. Wise Charlotte keeps saying "Okay Okay..."

Reaction of the Debate (Dita)

Dita should find some Indonesian student like sophomore or junior and asking them for help is the most efficiency solution to figure out the barriers as soon as possible because of they may have mutual problems at the first time they came to the US. It will take the shortest time to finish the problems because the best solutions come from experiences. Through solve the problem, they may know each other more and following they will have more common things to talk like their home country, their backgrounds. After talk with her Indonesian friends, Dita will open her minds and not feel lonely anymore and feeling confident and comfortable will encourage her to talk to other people to expand her life circle. To sum up, Dita need a fellow to help her to solve the problem and trough the communication to open Dita’s minds and build her confidence.

Case Study: Chapter 12. Dita's problem

The main problem is even Dita’s personality was optimistic, but when she fac­e the barriers she can’t overcome the problems both on physically and psychologically.

Solution 1
She should arranges her time organized thus she won’t felt exhausted, otherwise lacking health condition cannot help her face anything.
A: A good beginning is half way to success. Good body is an excellent backup for everything.
D: if she takes too much time for rest then she may lost time for study because time is limited.

Solution 2
She should find some Indonesian student like sophomore or junior ask them for help. Despite she got low grades. Finding solutions is the most efficiency way to figure out the problem.
A: Townsman has mutual problems since they were freshman, plus they can communicate by their own language.
D: She might still not understand about lecture.

Solution 3
She should change her personality. More exoteric and more realistic leads blend her into American’s young people’s life. Hypothetically, in college, if people have friends in same classes, lots of questions they can solve by brainstorm and they can work together on their assignment or review the textbook. Better grades gives her confident.
A: As I mentioned above
D: She may meet friends with bad hobbies.

If put me in Dita’s shoes, I will find some fellow-townsman for their successful experiences. Same time I will make more domestic friends. If I were she, firstly I have to figure out the academic problems. She must frustrated because according she got scholarship to USA then she only got some low grades in quizzes. She must have lots pressure. And furthermore, I think she should keep talking to her adviser. Adviser can not only help her solve academic problem, but also can lighten the right way of her life. So she should talk to her adviser when she felt bad.