I remember being disappointed the first time I saw Lost in Translation.
I blame the trailer, which made it look like a quirky romp through Tokyo, with Bill Murray telling Scarlett Johansson " I'm trying to organize a prison break. We have to first get out of this bar, then the hotel, then the city, and then the country. Are you in or you out?" Intercut with shots of them running, all set to Elvis Costello's "(What's So Funny 'Bout)…
That’s right bitches, I see your 2.5 and 3 star reviews of this movie. Doesn’t change the fact that this is my SECOND FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME. And why? Let me tell you why.
When I was second year high school I was head over heels obsessed with an English teacher. So much so that her face was plastered on my ceiling. So here I was, New Year’s Eve of 1994 watching the ichannel (a kids programming channel on…
It almost feels wrong putting this on my Letterboxd Four, especially at a time like this. But yes, A Clockwork Orange is my one of my favorite movies of all time. The way I first saw it was weird, too. I remember renting a Laserdisc of it at the very young and impressionable age of 13, and when I put Side A on it was the “Singing in The Rain” in the tub scene. Apparently the person who rented it…
