A Japanese reaction

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2006)

Well, this is not a review, just a comment, right? I'm Japanese and I was there in Tokyo when Sofia and other clans like Hiromix and Nigo were firing the town in 90's. I didn't say I was with them, I was just living there. So, to me the scene Bob and Charlotte meets Charlie Brown was a bit nostalgic and I confirmed Sofia enjoyed her time in 90's Tokyo. Clubs and Karaoke scenes really have some exciting and romantic feels.
Johansson is so like Sofia. I don't know Sofia Coppola personally but the movie makes me feel like I know her well. Nice... work of art.
And cinematography. wow. Believe me, Tokyo overall is not cute or bladerunnery as seen in LiT. Sofia just shot it like that. In my humble eyes Tokyo or Kyoto is like the same old gray, faceless, nervous big city, but in her eyes it wasn't. And of course, it's not a matter of true or false.
It was kind of itchy when I saw this film. It's like a tale of Pygmalion, people never get to know each other completely. We know just what we are ready to know. But often we want others to know ourselves completely and immediately. The great Bill Murray looked like saying 'scratch my heart'.
It was so hopeless when I was in a foreign land and lost the life track and someone who meant so much to me. I imagine how hard Charlotte needed a person like Bob at that time.
Glad to have a film like this from LA.