How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Lost in Translation.
Quote #4
NAKA: Close your face, please.
BOB: Close my face?
NAKA: Yes, sorry.
Bob's photo and film shoots are filled with little sparks of miscommunication like these. It's no wonder they wear on him and add to his overall sense of isolation and dissatisfaction. And let's be real: movie star or no, we're sure these gaps in language are no picnic for the Japanese directors that Bob works with, either.
Quote #5
NAKA: And 007?
BOB: He drinks martinis, but okay, I got it.
NAKA: Loja Moore?
BOB: Loja Moore?
NAKA: You know Loja Moore?
BOB: Roger Moore?
NAKA: Yeah.
BOB: Okay. I always think of Sean Connery. Seriously.
NAKA: No, no.
BOB: Didn't you get the Sean Connery one over here?
NAKA: No. Roger Moore.
Here we have more of the age-old joke of Rs turning into Ls. That's not why we're looking at this exchange, though. We're looking at it because it shows that Bob can't even bond with somebody about Bond, James Bond, an internationally recognizable pop culture icon whose movies transcend languages and cultures. In other words, if they can't even agree on the best Bond, what hope is there for forging a connection about anything else? (Personally, we're Team Timothy Dalton all the way. Dude gets no respect; probably because he made The Beautician and the Beast.)
Quote #6
KELLY'S FRIEND: You know that break beat, right. Well, I've been, like, taking it to some next-level s***. Like, I'll take that and put a delay on it, so it's like [He beatboxes]. So it's like involving the beat. So it sounds like hella large on the track. You know what I'm sayin'?
CHARLOTTE: No.
That's our Charlotte. She doesn't mince words, and she doesn't have anything in common with Kelly, Kelly's beat-making friend, or even her own husband right now. Do you think Charlotte's an old soul, or is she being mean, or are Kelly and her friend just terrible? We're kind of leaning toward terrible, TBH. Charlotte can't communicate with them, and it seems like she's A-OK with having zero common ground. Hella okay.