Anna Weyant on Lost In Translation

Director: Sofia Coppola

2003 / 102min / 35mm

Join Anna Weyant and Austin Weyant for a conversation and screening on the occasion of Anna Weyant Selects, a film program curated by the artist, as part of the ongoing series co-presented by Gagosian and Metrograph. The pair will discuss how the selected films explore the power dynamics, complexities and deceptions in relationships and society; the uneasiness that comes from not fully knowing one’s surroundings (or the company one keeps); and our inherent desires for connection in an increasingly isolating world. After the talk, Lost in Translation will be screened.

Charlotte: "Let's never come here again because it would never be as much fun."

The sleeper arthouse hit of the early 2000s, Coppola’s sophomore feature, about the not-quite-romance between two Americans abroad—a washed-up, middle-aged actor (Bill Murray) and an unhappily married recent college graduate (Scarlett Johansson), both stranded at the Park Hyatt Tokyo—conjured up a mood of seductively lush ennui that resonated with young audiences in much the same way shoegaze records had for the previous generation. (Coincidentally, the soundtrack includes original work from My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields.) Sweetly sad, richly textured, and a showcase for Murray at his most morosely funny, this 21st-century Brief Encounter has been passed around like a precious secret ever since.