The reason I really like Lost in Translation is that Sofia Coppola did something that all of us nerdy girls would like to do. I think it’s clear that Sofia put a lot of herself in the main character. Sofia Coppola, for those of you fortunate enough to have skipped Godfather Part III, is beautiful in a foreign way, not in a blonde bimbo sort of way like, for instance, Pamela Anderson.
But when she imagines her “self” on the screen, she chooses to express this by hiring Scarlett Johannsen for the “her” character. S’okay. If I were a filmmaker and I’d written a screenplay with a “ME” character I’d totally make sure that Natalie Portman played me.
Oh, and Bill Murray as romantic lead? When will THAT ever happen again on this planet? Especially since that worked well!! (It’s like if I were an actress but I was cast as a cyborg or a nun or something).