New LIT book: Lost in Translation (BFI Film Classics)

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New LIT book: Lost in Translation (BFI Film Classics)

#1 Post by samwright8380 » Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:54 pm

https://suzanneferriss.com/sofia-coppola/

Due for release March 9th, 2023:

'In this close look at the multi-award-winning film, Suzanne Ferriss mirrors Lost in Translation’s structuring device of travel: her analysis takes the form of a trip, from planning to departure. She details the complexities of filming (a 27-day shoot with no permits in Tokyo), explores Coppola’s allusions to fine art, subtle colour palette and use of music over words, and examines the characters’ experiences of the Park Hyatt Tokyo and excursions outside, together and alone. She also re-evaluates the film in relation to Coppola’s other features, as the product of an established director with a distinctive cinematic signature: ‘Coppolism’. Fundamentally, Ferriss argues that Lost in Translation is not only a cinema classic, but classic Coppola too.'

Any new insight into the filming would be particularly interesting - the author has produced two other works on Coppola and perhaps the BFI name has opened a few doors.
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#2 Post by redleader74 » Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:54 pm

Thanks for sharing....amazing that after all these years, new material is still being published/created about the filme and the director.
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#3 Post by Bob_san » Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:01 am

Yes thanks for letting us know this is exciting! I'm going to get this book!

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#4 Post by Luigi » Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:10 am

Oh, interesting! Just preordered it. Thanks for sharing!

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#5 Post by Bob_san » Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:27 am

I ordered my copy and got it last week!!!
I haven't read it all yet but I pick it up and open it to random pages and just start reading!
I'm enjoying it! I'll be taking it with me on a trip (not to Japan :cry: ) soon and will read it then!

Here is a photo of it I took with a folder and tape to show the size.
Anyway tell your friends about it!
I bought it on the publisher's site as opposed to Amazon because it's possible the author makes a higher commission there.

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#6 Post by Emma » Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:55 am

This looks wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with us! :D Her book called The Cinema of Sofia Coppola looks interesting, too!

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#7 Post by Bob_san » Sat Jun 17, 2023 2:27 am

I read and finished the book while traveling on airplanes recently!
Which is ironic because in the book she devotes some time to talking about the theme of travel in LIT along with how the experience of travel
relates to the experience of the movie and how it was filmed.

It's a great book! Discusses a lot of things not discussed here (hard to believe!). Gives one a lot of new things to observe and think about.
In addition, the footnotes are plentiful and have a lot of new rabbit holes to go down if you haven't already!

Her interpretation of the end of the film (based on clues towards the end) and what happens after in Bob and Charlotte's lives is probably different from what most people would guess.

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#8 Post by Bob_san » Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:05 pm

Suzanne Ferriss appeared on a podcast this past March to discuss her LIT book.
You can hear it here:
https://newbooksnetwork.com/lost-in-translation

or if you want to hear it on a podcast player and download it you can try this one. It was a little hard for me to pin down.
https://player.fm/series/new-books-in-f ... itute-2023

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#9 Post by redleader74 » Fri Jun 23, 2023 12:48 pm

Thanks for sharing feedback and for keeping this site and LiT ALIVE! :D
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#10 Post by samwright8380 » Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:27 pm

I have to admit I got this book on release and I haven't gotten around to reading it. It's definitely got my interest that there's some details that haven't even been discussed here! I'll most likely dip in and out too
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#11 Post by preciouswhile » Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:58 am

Yes, thanks for the heads up. Would never have known about this book without this forum.

I recently bought and read the book and echo Bob's assessment. An interesting read with some unique insights and a good addition to a LiT fan's collection.

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