Lost in Translation (2003)
“Let’s never come back here again, because it will never be as much fun.”
Damn, Sofia…
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Wim Wenders
Cinematic Obsessions: The Great American West, Existential Romantic Longing, The Barriers of Human Connection, Transient Spaces, Child/Parent Dynamics, The Psychological Effects of Neon, Spirituality and a Nostalgic Longing for an Absent Something, Emotional Isolation
Best Director Nominations: None
Best Films:Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, Alice in the Cities, PinaTerrence Malick
Cinematic obsessions: Wheatfields Gently Blowing in the Wind at Magic Hour, Sweeping Philosophical Voiceovers, The Confounding Nature of Existence, The Evils of Man, The Divine Presence in Everyday Life, Examining Humility and Grace Through Love, Man’s Existence with Nature Through Time, Redemption and Forgiveness
Best Director Nominations: The Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line
Best Films: Days of Heaven, Badlands, The Tree of LifeCinema’s Best Directors to Never Win the Best Director Academy Award
After watching The Tree of Life, I think I prefer Wenders…
I’m getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s.
