When will we start appreciating minimalism?

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2004)

As someone who is from the US of A, and who knows what I love and like; cannot help but ask the simple question to all of you viewers out there after seeing such a movie from Sophia Coppola: Cannot FILM mirror our lives and experiences without shocking or over-embelishing, and still be looked at as a remarkable and moving artform? I believe yes, and I also believe that the subtle form of minimalism is everpresent and alive in a movie such as, "Lost in Translation." I find myself thinking about this movie in its simplicity and in its subtle humor every day now that I have seen it, and I hope that it does well at the Oscars. Unlike the average movie, it is packed full of pausing moments allowing the viewer to splendor in the pulsating lights if the city, the grin on Bill's face after he's left his friend for the last time, or the lighting in the garden as Scarlett ties a white ribbon to a tree. This movie allows us to PAUSE and relish in those moments. Those moments when we have met someone new in a hotel in a strange and unfamiliar place and don't have all the RIGHT words to say. It instead focuses on those comfortable and uncomfortable pauses and brings them out with a spectacular soundtrack, (eg, Air, and Jesus and the Mary Chain) I'm not busting on those of you out there who love the chase and the quick witted, perfectly written screenplay with all of the right plot twists. . .
Instead, I'm asking you to really look at it and take a deep breath, then remember the first time YOU met someone in a strange place. I think this movie is stunning in capturing that feeling, that moment, and I will hold it as one of my favorites for quite some time.