10 Ways In Which Her And Lost In Translation Are Connected To Each Other

6. They Find A Connection With Someone Intellectually

Both Her and Lost in Translation are about people who long for a connection with someone, but not necessarily on a physical level. While the lack of a physical relationship is an issue in Theodore's relationship with Samantha, he ultimately is able to move past that because of how strongly they connect on a cerebral level. Through Samantha, Theodore discovers so much about himself and realizes that his life after a divorce is not completely hopeless. In Lost in Translation, Charlotte and her husband John just don't seem understand each other anymore. John feels that Charlotte can be mean and condescending towards people whereas Charlotte laments the fact that John has bought into this superficial world with these celebrities. It seems when they first met, Charlotte and John were on the same page with each other, but obviously, John's success as a photographer has lead him on a stray path and it does not coincide with Samantha's. This makes her feel lost and confused about where she's going with her life and it all comes to a head when she finds herself at a disconnect with John in Tokyo. Bob Harris has been married to his wife for twenty-five years and each phone call between the two of them gets a little more contentious. While they don't outright argue with each other, you can detect some passive-aggressive behavior. There just does not seem to be any passion between the two of them. Could Bob and his wife be the future Charlotte and John? Is that the road Charlotte is going down? Or could this just be what any marriage eventually becomes? Does Sofia Coppola have a pessimistic view on marriage? Her perspective on this can also be based on her parents' marriage. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, has been married to Eleanor Coppola for over fifty years. And as a film director, there have probably been many occasions when Francis Ford Coppola would be gone for long periods of time. Charlotte and Bob both find in each other what is missing with their own spouses. The two of them are able to have fun with each other by just hanging out in bed and talking. They go to parties, sing karaoke, run around the city, and generally enjoy each other's company. There may be a romantic undercurrent between the two of them, but it's not sexual. They're simply able to find joy in hanging out with each other. Her is a more intensified, and much less platonic, version of this.