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Film Junk Podcast

Lost in Translation (2003)

Film Junk Podcast

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Comedy, Entertainment

4.5731 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

"I just feel so alone, even when I'm surrounded by other people." On this week's episode, we return to Tokyo for a bleary-eyed re-evaluation of Sofia Coppola's 2003 indie dramedy Lost in Translation. Despite being often referenced on the podcast, it was time to finally let Frank air his grievances about this era of Bill Murray's career and see how the movie holds up over 20 years later. Is it really intended as a May-September romance or is it just about the need for connection? Does the movie's view of quirky Japan feel overly snarky and borderline racist? Is it a dick move for an actor to ask if he should turn his head left or right? Has anyone actually figured out the secret whisper at the end of the movie? Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and make it Suntory time with the latest Film Junk Podcast.

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone, welcome to film junk.

0:09.9

My name is Sean.

0:11.6

My name is Jay.

0:13.4

And my name is Frank.

0:15.5

And coming up on this week's episode, we are revisiting the 2003 indie comedy drama Lost in Translation,

0:25.5

directed by Sophia Coppola, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.

0:29.9

Here is the plot synopsis.

0:32.5

If there is a plot synopsis, a fading movie star and a neglected,

0:38.3

start over. F fading movie star and a neglected married... Start over.

0:39.9

Fading movie star and a neglected married young woman come to be unlikely soulmates in Tokyo.

0:48.3

So this was my choice, right?

0:52.2

I think.

0:54.7

Yeah. I mean, obviously we've talked about this movie many times before. I don't know if we've

1:00.3

ever done a full group review, I don't think, but I felt like there was a conversation waiting

1:05.4

to happen because we, you know, Frank has kind of hinted that he's not the biggest fan, which is for me personally,

1:13.7

kind of surprising.

1:14.9

4.5 out of five for him, but he's, you know, still needs to take the angle of shitting on it

1:21.2

just to separate himself out from the people who really like it, even though he does like it.

1:26.3

I got to go back a bit because I kind kind of take objection to, like, Sean's saying,

1:31.0

revisiting this.

1:33.0

Like, everything we do in the new format is, like, a revisiting.

1:36.9

I don't think you qualify any other.

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