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The Pestle: In-depth Movie Talk, No Fluff | Film Review | Spoilers


Ep 316: “Lost in Translation”

April 01, 2025

We drift through Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” and discuss:



  • Cinematography, specificity & purpose with the camera;
  • Story & Writing, Tokyo & language as a metaphor;
  • Performances, Scarlett Johansson doing Marvel movies;
  • and other such stuff and things and stuff.

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.”


“There are always things that I wish were different, or I feel like I’ve made mistakes. But it’s just part of it. I don’t mind that it’s a little homemade. – Sofia Coppola


Notes & References:

*That is not Jared Leto, I am extremely bad with faces. –Wes

*”Under the Skin” is the Jonathan Glazer film I meant to reference, “In Her Skin” is a very different movie lol -Wes


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