Lost in Translation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Lost in Translation or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Lost in Translation

[sara]

The song in the arcade where the young boy is playing guitar is by the Japanese punk band "The Blue Hearts".

[beth]

Sofia Coppola wrote a lot of the film based on her life. The character of John was loosely based on her then-husband Spike Jonze. Rumor has it that the character of Kelly was based on Cameron Diaz, who worked with Jonze on Being John Malkovich (1999). Coppola denied the connection in an Entertainment Weekly interview.

[edgar]

Nancy Steiner: The voice of Bob's wife is provided by the film's costume designer.

[frederick]

Second in the poll for FIPRESCI GRAND PRIX OF THE YEAR 2004.

[oscar]

Dismissed in a Mitchell and Webb sketch about Film Critics as a film where "nothing happens at all".

[dustin]

John uses the phrase 'moshi moshi' incorrectly. It is used as a greeting in Japan, but only when using a telephone. It is almost never used face to face unless trying to get someone's attention.

[darrell]

The views of Shibuya were filmed from the 2nd floor window of Starbucks.

[terry]

The close up camera lens on the crane/jib camera, in the TV game show is a Fujinon 5.5mm wide angle lens; it gives a fishbowl, almost distorted look, when physically very close to an object or person.

[violet]

In the hospital, the question that the elderly man with the cane tries to ask Bob (in Japanese) is, "How many years have you been in Japan?" Meanwhile, the diagnosis that Charlotte receives from the doctor (in Japanese) is that her toe is fractured, but taping is enough.

[bernard]

At the New York Bar/Grill in the Park Hyatt hotel, one "Lost in Translation" theme drink called L.I.T. is available. Ingredients as per menu: sake (Kikuizumi Daiginjo), Peachtree, cherry blossom liqueur (Sakura Liqueur), and "cranberry drink".

[harry]

Bill Murray based his character off of Charles Bronson.

[aaron]

Sofia Coppola wrote the lead role specifically for Bill Murray, and later said that if Murray turned it down, she wouldn't have done the movie.

[kristen]

Sofia Coppola based the characters of Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and her husband John (Giovanni Ribisi) on herself and her then-husband Spike Jonze. She won the 2003 Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the movie. Ten years later, Johansson worked with Jonze on Her (2013), which earned Jonze the 2013 Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

[jesse]

When Charlotte is riding the subway, she looks down at a man who is reading a comic called 'Ghost in the Shell'. Scarlett Johansson would go on to star in a film adaptation of the comic in 2017.