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Lost In Translation *ZOINK!*
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junglegirl
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I saw this movie this weekend and really liked it- my sister and her husband couldn't sit through it but I was pretty enthralled in it - I wanna know what he said at the end too
rejenerate
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I think the point is that you don't know.
Or, "I'll thank you in my Oscar speech."
~jen
Or, "I'll thank you in my Oscar speech."
~jen
junglegirl
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so funny!!
Hi i'm God
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No.
I recently read an article about the movie, and the writer asked Sophia Coppolla the same question about what was said in the end. Sophia said she had originally written a few suggestions for the Bill Murray character to say, but she couldn't even remember what was she had wrote. She said when they were shooting, Bill leaned in and ad libbed the line, which was inaudible. When Sophia asked him what he said, he replied that it was between the characters, and none of her business. She said she kept it that way in the movie, so that each viewer can think it to be whatever they felt appropriate, whether it was something meaningful or banal.
Mr_Furious
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No, but I think that was the pace they were looking for.
A lot of movies these days seem to have that neutral anti-climactic feel to it. My interpretation is that it's supposed to emulate real life, or at least leave it up to the interpretation of the viewer, like the above mentioned last line that Bill Murray says to Scarlett Johansen in the last scene.
I get one for free from work today so maybe with the closed captioning, i'll be able to find out what was said in the last scene.
Spinsah
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no you won't as what was said is not in the script as outlined above.
we're not supposed to know what he said, and if somehow we did it would cheapen the whole movie. those characters earned the right to that private moment, that's one of the reasons why it's such a special film.
we're not supposed to know what he said, and if somehow we did it would cheapen the whole movie. those characters earned the right to that private moment, that's one of the reasons why it's such a special film.
janiecakes
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haha
spence, you're such a film nerd.
"THEY EARNED IT!"
(i agree though)
spence, you're such a film nerd.
"THEY EARNED IT!"
(i agree though)
Mr_Furious
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There was a theory floating around the intarweb
Ancinent egyptians used to believe that you could pull a mans soul out from the back of the neck, just below the skull. Remember Marcelace Wallace (sp?)? He was wearing a band-aid on his neck throughout the whole movie, and he was the one that wanted the breifcase. You'll also notice that the combination on the breifcase was 666. 6 being the number of man, because man was created on the 6th day.
Excellent response. that's exactly the way I pictured it. The point of the line was that it's subject to the way each person interprets the film. The answer to that question should be different depending on the person, and what they got out of the movie as an individual.
That film resonated with me so much, I didn't even think to ask anyone else what they thought. It was if I heard him scream the line at the top of his lungs.