And Red Comes Tumbling Down

In The Cut

The color red is so prominent in this film, it is often difficult to decide what exactly Campion is trying to depict with it. For the most part red is used as a sexual or dangerous color, as would be expected. However, there are a few scenes that stick out in my head as being uncharacteristic to this assumption and sometimes even disturbing to associate with those concepts. One scene in particular is when Franny and Malloy are in the car and Franny sees a little girl run down the street in a red dress next to a red car. I would think that such a young character would not be put in red because of her innocence. The only explanation I can come up with for that is possibly showing the danger that girl is in running around a bad neighborhood alone. Another place where I felt I had to interpret the color red was in Franny’s apartment. She has a red curtain around the window that overlooks the garden, which I take to suggest that that is where she would have seen the body parts and sees her stalker ex boyfriend, which are both dangerous and predatorial. In Franny’s bathroom, in the scene where Malloy is bathing her, the wall tiles are red. This reminded me not only of the sexual innuendo of him bathing her, but also of the blood-streaked walls in Pauline’s bathroom. In a way, that was a hint at what was to come between Franny and Malloy’s partner. Red is everywhere in this film. As powerful of a color as it is, if I were directing this movie I would constantly be concerned about overusing it. I often was reminded of The Sixth Sense when we watched this movie, and how M. Night Shyamalan made it a point to only have red in scenes where there was a ghost present. If there was ever any unintentional red in a shot, they would cut, remove it, and shoot again. I was constantly finding all the pieces of red in the scenes of In The Cut and trying to figure out what each meant, if anything at all. I feel that if Campion had been more particular about when and where there was red, especially in the backgrounds and edges of scenes, then that color would have had an even more striking impact.

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Disarticulate means to separate at the joints.

-Cynthia

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In the Cut

I was really not expecting the film to be the way it was because Meg Ryan was in it. This film can be similar to the other films we watched but one could also argue that it was very different from the other films we watched.

It's similar in that the main character (like the other movies we watched) was a woman facing conflict and confusion in her life. Like The Piano, Meg Ryan is still 'finding herself' the way Ada was, and is forced to choose between 2 or more men. Meg Ryan seems to face the problem of potential sex partners, just as Ada did. Also, Meg Ryan can relate to experimenting with new people the way that Alex in Laurel Canyon had. Though she wasn't over-the-edge like Alex seemed to be, they still show some similarities. Meg Ryan also seems to be a bit lost and confused with her world, just as Scarlett in Lost in Translation was going through in her marriage/Tokyo. The usage of male characters, particularly aggressive ones when it comes to women, was very similar in all of the movies we watched- the husband in The Piano and Ian in Laurel Canyon.

tThis movie is different than the other films in that it is much more graphic and violent than all the others (though The Piano has one graphic scene of the finger getting chopped off.) In Laurel Canyon there was nothing nearly as violent as what we saw in In the Cut. Also, there tends to be a lot more foreshadowing in this movie (not to say there is none in any of the others,) but we tend to see a lot more of it in this film. This film also leads us in many different directions, unlike the other films where we could see DIRECT foreshadowing.

In the Cut

Foreshadowing is used heavily in this film, starting from the first shots. During the opening scene, a red flower with an angel’s halo is painted onto the sidewalk as the camera shows quick scenes of a busy city. In addition, one of Frannie’s student’s says “’how many old ladies have to die’ – ‘at least three’” is the response. This is foreshadowing that at least three women will die during the course of the movie. Once seeing the film, this image comes to mind as representing Detective Malloy. This is so because he is represented as the bad guy with the theme of red that is present throughout the movie, but instead he is good and an angel in disguise. Foreshadowing is used deceptively in this movie to give the audience impressions of characters that are later revealed to have been woven in to throw off viewers. Another image that uses foreshadowing although it is deceptive is when Meg Ryan is playing with the business card and the screen shows a clear shot of Detective Malloy’s name while the narration of a murderer is going on. Scenes like when Malloy asks Frannie to marry him, just as the murderer’s trademark is a wedding band, or when he comments “this looks like a place where they dump bodies” gives the incorrect impression that he is the murderer. Many scenes use red to foreshadow, an example of this is when Frannie is at the police station and Detective Rodriguez’s face is framed by a painted red door. Because red is a symbol of murder and guilt, in this scene, it is pointing a finger at him, but indirectly because there are many scenes in which red illuminates certain characters. During the movie I noted everything that was done in red. My count was seventy different instances of red objects and lighting, but I am sure there were many I did not include as well. Just this large number shows the importance of red to the movie's theme and plot.

The sex in this movie is very express and intense. Campion’s stance on this issue is shown when Frannie says “slang is either sexual or violent or both”, meaning that sex and violence go hand in hand in the opinion of many. This film shows a very up close and personal view of sex. The first scene like this is in the bar, where there is a zoomed in picture of oral sex. Campion obviously sees a strong relationship between sex and violence towards women. This can be seen by the fact that the murder victims are all women and the crime was sexually involved. It is prominent that a woman wrote this because they recognize the issues and probably was touched by sexually influenced violence at a point in her life. This film is very surprising and shocking, and I am unsure how I feel about its storyline or character’s actions.

In the Cut

Jane Campion's In the Cut was definitely the most sexual and violent of all the films we have watched so far, and if I hadn't known it was written and directed by a woman, I would never have thought so. I think that the portrayal of sex was seen more from a male point of view. Women were seen primarily as sex objects, and this was shown by the men frequently engaging in conversations in which they discuss sex in very vulgar ways. Sex is seen in a very unromantic way, and so it seems much more like a masculine point of view. The men in the film are thus portrayed in a negative way, because all of them are misogynistic and horny, with sex as the one thing on their mind. However, this is not presented in the feminist "men are pigs" kind of way, but rather is shown as just the way men are. The portrayal of women is not much better. All of them are extremely passive. Franny's sister is pretty much clueless, and seems to have the physicality of sex and the emotion of love to be confused with each other. The one romantic image in the movie, about Franny's parents, is an obvious fantasy that exists in a faraway time, and is ruined by her own violent imaginings. It was difficult to figure out Franny's character. She was obviously sad and lonely, but it was difficult to figure out her motivations for much of the film - this was probably done to add to the suspense. I didn't really see a point to the movie, other than it being a thriller. It seemed to somehow excuse men for their acts of violence, as if they were lashing out against the seductive hold that women have on them. This was shown by Molloy talking about the older woman who seduced him when he was a young teen, Kevin Bacon's character talking about how his mother dressed him in girl's clothes, and most blatantly by Cornelius defending John Wayne Gacy, saying that killers are "victims of desire."

Campion did a good job of creating a dark, urban world of suspense for the film. Most of the scenes were darkly lit or bathed in a garish, yellowish light, which gave the scenes a sense of claustrophobia. The only bright color in the film was red, which popped up frequently and seemed symbolize sex, violence, or both. The lighthouse was red and was an obvious phallic symbol, so it seems that it represented the inherently sexual and violent nature of males. There were also many blurry shots in the film or the camera would be extremely close to the characters so that they were indistinguishable, both of which gave a more sexual feel to these scenes. This film and The Piano left me wondering about how Jane Campion portrays love interests. In this film Franny and Molloy's relationship mostly consisted of the physical, and he was threatening throughout most of the film. I found him pretty creepy initially, which was what I also thought of Baines. Campion seems to find something alluring about threatening men, and she seems to see sex as a way for men and women to connect emotionally. I found this film pretty disturbing because its portrayal of both males and females was fairly negative, and although I admire Campion for breaking gender stereotypes, I find her lack of romance (or unconventional view of it) very dark.

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In the Cut- the role of sexuality in the film

In the Cut, another Jane Champion film is a dark and erotic tale of one woman’s descent into the violent and sexual underbelly of New York City. Frannie Avery is a reclusive middle aged English professor living in New York City, looking for inspiration in a life of quiet desperation and unhappiness. Sexuality, and sex itself plays a huge role in this film. Sex is first presented to Frannie in the back room of The Red Turtle where she witnesses a tattooed man receiving a blow job. This scene, (in which a penis is shown in detail) is bathed in a dark red light, which obscures the identity of both the man and the woman. Initially, Frannie is shocked by this sight but soon she is transfixed and unable to look away. This scene has many functions, one of them being the awakening of Frannie’s latent sexuality. Also, it provides a stark contrast to the rest of the sex scenes in the film, which reveal Frannie receiving sexual pleasure. The man in this situation is clearly in a position of power, perhaps a foreshadowing to the conclusion of the film where he is revealed as the serial killer. Malloy’s partner enjoys sexual and extremely violent relations with women. Here is another instance in the film where the line between sex and violence is blurred. Sexuality is also expressed from the perspective of Pauline, Frannie’s promiscuous step sister, who through an affair with a married man has become somewhat of a stalker. Pauline is quite liberal with her sexuality, as shown by her makeup and the way she dresses in a form fitting red dress. Frannie’s makeup and costume in contrast are much more drab and subdued, consisting of the color brown. When Frannie begins her sexual relationship with detective Malloy, she appears to be the one getting satisfied, which could be traced back to the fact that this film is directed by a woman. Indeed, in the last sex scene between Frannie and Malloy, she gets off while he is hand cuffed to the radiator. This shows how even the female character has taken up violence. This sex scene, as well as the many other sex scenes throughout the film is filmed with a red light. Red of course carries very strong connotations of anger, violence (blood), lust, and even love. Frannie’s dress in the radiator scene is even a sexy red and matches her lipstick and heels. This provocative outfit is also the one she is wearing when the actual killer takes her to the lighthouse. The lighthouse is also red and very symbolic. Lighthouses bring light and hope to those in the dark (Frannie). They show lost ones the way home and bring them back. Indeed, Frannie is able to save herself (a sign of an empowered woman) and find her way home.

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In the Cut

This movie was not the typical Meg Ryan film; however, I think she did a great job of portraying her character. The movie was very suspenseful, and had me guessing who the killer was until the very end. I could not help but notice that like The Piano, this movie also had a very unrealistic story of the mother and father. Child-like animation was used like the burning man in the piano, this time by playing the ice skating scene in fast motion and using exaggerated facial expressions. Campion used a lot of symbols and clues throughout the movie. Campion showed multiple American flags during the movie, and also uses the lighthouse as a clue to the ending. Frannie, played by Meg Ryan, is teaching the children about the book entitled “To the Lighthouse,” Detective Rodriguez has a lighthouse on his desk, and of course, that is where he takes Frannie to try to kill her. Campion also uses poetry to set the scene. Every time Frannie takes the subway, she reads the poetry in transit, and it relates to the storyline. I think that it shows that this movie was created by women since all the men in this movie are seen as the potential murderer. Frannie cannot trust any man she knows; her student is crazy, her ex is crazy also, she saw Detective Malloy with the first victim, and Detective Rodriguez was the actual killer. This is why the entire movie is so suspenseful; because essentially every man in the movie could be the killer. This movie was quite gruesome and vulgar, but I found that I didn’t leave it disturbed in any way (perhaps because I covered my eyes whenever it was going to be disgusting). This could also be because the movie is created by women; although it is quite vulgar and brutal, I think it was for a purpose, unlike other movies which tend to have blood and sex just to please a certain audience. I think that the story required the dead bodies and needed to show the specific way in which they were killed in order for us to figure out the ending better. The sex was quite vulgar at times, but I think if the sex between Malloy and Frannie was intimate and romantic, he would seem less like a suspect.

In the Cut

“In the Cut” was a great film. The movie was so intense that it kept you intrigued for the whole two hours. Besides having an extremely riveting plot, Campion did a great job with the filming. One thing I particularly noticed about the film was how the camera was used. The camera shots were often taken from a distance. It was as if you were following Meg Ryan. I also noticed that there were very few clear shots. Many of the times there were things in front of the camera or blurry shots. I think this fit perfectly with the blurry plot that was taking place. I also noticed the use of color. Red was a prominent color in the film that often signified something important or meant to stand out. I also noticed that there was a continuous theme/showing of the red white and blue theme. There were many patriotic color schemes. The lighting also helped do this. The lighting was often above Meg Ryan to illuminate her and usually a dim yellow. This made the scenes feel eerie and mysterious. One thing that I was surprised from since the movie was directed by a woman, was how women were made into such sex symbols. Throughout the entire film, there were naked women, hookers, and women having their lives run by men. I thought that the female sex was degraded significantly. I thought Campion did a great job of continuously throwing off the viewer about who the killer was. At first I was almost positive it was the detective, than I thought that it was that crazy stalker, and than the student. Not until the end did I realize that it was his partner. Overall, I really enjoyed watching this film. Although it was really vulgar, I found it to be really exciting and suspenseful.

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In the Cut

Wow, what an intense movie! Campion packed “In the Cut” with erotic scenes, jump out of your seat moments, and tons of suspense, not to mention a constant use of the color red and different camera angles. Campion certainly put cinematography to use in this film as well as in her other film “The Piano.” The way she positioned the camera, for example, to follow Meg Ryan down the stairs when looking for the bathroom in the Red Dragon added to the suspense and drew me in as an audience member. This was very similar to what Campion did in “The Piano” when she followed Ada behind the trees. Maybe it was the thrilling storyline, but it seems that as a filmmaker Campion has progressed in her ways of filming from one of her first films “The Piano” to “In the Cut.”

It was also very different to see Meg Ryan in this type of role. Usually in chick flicks like “Sleepless in Seattle” and “When Harry Met Sally” we are used to seeing Meg Ryan as a fun and loving character. This was not the typical role for her, but one she definitely played well. It may seem as if Meg Ryan’s character Charlotte is a career driven woman, but it is clear by her relationship with Detective Malloy she is looking for love in a world where it is hard to find. This is evident in the conversations between Charlotte and her sister.

Back to Campion’s use of mise-en-scene the color red is used all over this movie. It seems that in every shot, every scene there is something red. This is even applied to the name of the bar where the woman with the blue fingernails is killed, Red Dragon. Also, the constant reference to the red lighthouse plays an important role. First it is being taught in Charlotte’s class, and then we find one on Detective Malloy’s partner’s desk, and finally the scene where Charlotte shoots the killer is done in a red lighthouse.

The end was a little odd when Meg Ryan walks back to her apartment from the lighthouse drenched in blood; however, I guess there was some happiness in knowing that she probably does end up with Detective Malloy. This is not a movie I would watch everyday, but I did enjoy the acting and storyline.

The color red was more than prominent in the movie “In the Cut”, it was in every scene, whether from a coke can in the background, or from the bright red dress of the main character. That particular meaningful color was even obvious by the frequent scenes full of blood. The movie was perhaps one of the darker films that we have watched in the course of this class, and I think the red that accents that feeling, it justifies the darkness. It was certainly far different from the piano, but I guess I could see some similarities.

For example, both the leading ladies, Ada and the main character of “In the Cut”, seem so lonely and out of place. Not to mention that they are dealing with life changing experiences while coping with that suffocating loneliness. However, to go back to the topic of colors, especially in the movie “In the Cut”, I thought that making the color red so outstanding made the movie that much more visually appealing. The color kind of subliminally gave messages to the ending of the movie, about blood, and death. That color was everywhere, on papers, through the red lighting of car lights, and even in the clothing of surrounding characters. Was there a pattern in the way that the color red made it’s way from character to character? I mean because in the beginning, the main character’s sister was wearing it, and in the end the main character herself was wearing that deadly color.

Overall, I could see similarities between the two of her films, through the very specific colorings of the backgrounds, to the personalities of the male and female characters. However, the movie "In the Cut" left me far more disturbed as a viewer than the movie "the Piano" ever could.

lost in translation

Lost in Translation (2003) by Sophia Coppola was a film all about loneliness and people finding comfort in each other. The main characters Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and Bob Harris (Bill Murray) find themselves isolated in Japan a foreign country where they both stand out of place. For Murray it is his size, and for Johansson it is her blonde hair that separates them from the Japanese people around them. These are small features that play a major role in developing the loneliness of both characters. To augment this emotion within her film Coppola uses jet lag as a tool promoting the desperation of the character’s situations.
On the other side of the world the internal clock of both characters are thrown askew, stressed and unhappy neither one can sleep. This fact cerates a tension between the two main characters and everyone and everything around them. Even when they find each other, and gain the ability to talk about the things that are troubling them sleep remains an issue. In a moment of bonding both Murray and Johansson are lying in Murray’s bed discussing life and marriage, in a moment of utter tenderness and love that is almost totally asexual, because neither one could sleep. Coppola doesn’t discuss whether the lack of sleep is do to the unhappiness of the characters or the time zones, however, in this scene only when the sun begins to rise do both Murray and Johansson fall asleep.
Coppola’s use of foreignness makes this movie. The setting, the changes the characters experience, the distance between them and the rest of the world is what makes this movie’s so important. It discusses very truthfully the feelings of isolation that everyone feel at some point, and the choices that we all must make in order to live.

Lost in translation

Lost in Translation is a story about two Americans, a man and a woman who are staying in Tokyo, Japan. Everything from the language, to the environment is foreign and doesn’t fit them. Bob Harris is an aging actor who cant find work in movies anymore, so he is in Tokyo to shoot a commercial advertising Japanese whiskey. Harris has lost all the enjoyment in his life, he barely smiles and is distant from his family in America and he feels his kids miss him but don’t need him anymore. The relationship Harris has with this American woman staying at the hotel begins as just company, a friend who speaks the same language and is willing to listen. Although they are both married they soon start feeling attraction towards each other. When Harris puts the American girl to sleep, it makes him want to call his wife and connect with her and his family. Harris progresses from having no feeling or interest in his life, to having emotion and attraction. Harris also accustoms himself to his surroundings, as he begins to live his life again he starts to enjoy the japanese food, can stand watching the Japanese tv, starts going out and enjoying the nightlife. Once Harris starts enjoying himself through this girl, trivial matters that bothered him, like the color of his desk at home and the shower to short for him, don’t phase him anymore. The film is directed and written by a female, though I could not tell until the credits were shown. Unlike the past few films we watched, this movie is less about having relationships or sex, but about finding connections with another and finding happiness in life. I also liked the characters in this film, which had a small amount of dialogue, as the movie was very quiet and driven by visuals not audio. The characters seemed very deep although they didn’t have much to say, but their actions and their expressions told the story for the audience.

laurel canyon

Laurel Canyon is a film directed and written by Lisa Cholodenko about a man and his fiancé that stay at his mothers house and get wrapped up in each other’s lifestyles. The man, Sam grew up with his free spirited, ever-inebriated mother and her wild nature has turned him away from her. Instead of smoking marijuana, having consensual sex whenever desired, and joining the entertainment industry he went to Harvard medical school and became a doctor. He is very tense by nature and concerned about the atmosphere of his mothers house for his fiancé, who also is in the medical profession trying to finish her dissertation. Throughout the movie we see the mother’s adverse effect on her son, pushing him further and further away as they never seem to be sharing the same wavelengths or feelings, until Sam is confronted by an overdosing ecstasy patient whose mother reminds him a lot of himself. The last main character is the lead singer of the band whos record Sam’s mother is producing, who is also in a relationship with Sam’s mother. Sam grew up around these interweaving relationships and hates his mother for it, because she was concerned with her own fun instead of raising him. Ian, the British singer is exteremely endearing towards Sam’s fiancé and ends up tempting her into sexual relations as she finds herself catching up on the experiences of her life she skipped through being such a hard worker. The film is very intricate in its characters relationships which intertwine again and again throughout the movie, and the plot is carried by its characters personalities and actions rather than events which change their lives. Sam eventually falls for a woman a lot like himself, another doctor, but realizes he loves his wife, who is intrigued and tempted by the singer. At the end of the film all the relations between all the characters are discovered and Sam and his mother come to terms like they never have before and are finally happy and in their place.

Lost in Translation, Found in Tokyo

Lost In Translation

This movie is about Charlotte’s search for meaning in a world that isn’t her own. Because of her boredom of being in an unfamiliar place with no familiar places, she seeks out Bob’s company, probably since she senses the same feeling of being lost in him. I feel that this relationship, in contrast to those in the last two movies, is more based on companionship than sexual attraction. They both are in a place mentally where they have nothing but their problems and depressions to focus on. They use their first night out as both an ice breaker and a way to forget about their problems for a night. You can tell how much of a comfort their company is to each other in the simple fact that after their night out they are able to sleep for the first time since being in Tokyo. I don’t think that Charlotte is at all attracted to the fact that Bob is a famous movie star, as everyone else is, and that is what makes him interested in her. She just sees him as someone relatable, and from he same culture, who is willing to spend time with her. Bob definitely becomes a mentor, almost parental figure, to Charlotte, which strengthens their relationship even more. As apparent as it is that they will get involved with each other because of the pain they are both feeling from their spouses’ lack of intimacy with them, I was relieved to see them not become involved with each other sexually. I think that added a level of purity and contentment to the relationship, rather than going for the more raw, popularly satiating sex scenes. I feel that if they had been more intimate, there would have been a dramatic heartbreak, but the way it was concluded made me feel more content.

-Cynthia

Lost in Translation

Although I like Sophia Coppola, I am not a fan of Lost in Translation. I felt like it dragged on and had no plot. I definitely see a common theme of Coppola between Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette. Both films had very little plot and had a lot of showing rather than telling. Also, both films used lots of fun sounds and colors. Marie Antoinette was also wearing lots of pastel fun colors; in Lost in Translation the night life and streets of Tokyo were exciting and vibrant. I am a fan of Bill Murray, I think that he was a good actor for this role because he was boring at first but then as the movie went on we got to see him open up and become exciting when out and a very good conversationalist. I feel as though Sophia Coppola didn’t have a bias towards women. Neither character was doing anything bad or good. However, Coppola adds in the character of Kelly who is a ditzy, wild actress. Although Kelly is a woman, and not portrayed in the most positive way, I feel as though Coppola is making fun of celeberties rather than women. The movie was not predictable, which some people would say is good. I personally like predicting what will happen, it makes it more fun for me. I started guess a little bit of what I though what happen which was that they were both going to cheat on their spouses. Then I thought maybe Charlotte’s husband would catch them. Even though that was what I had predicted I didn’t want that to happen. I didn’t want them to have more than friendship because he’s so much older than her. At the end, when he kisses her that was fine but I would have rather them have more of a brother-sister or father-daughter relationship. I was shocked when Bob slept with the red head singer. He didn’t even appear to be guilty about it. He was easily able to say “I love you” to his wife and he seems like a respectable guy with Charlotte. Again, I think that Coppola was making fun at celeberties and how they cheat rather than a bias towards a gender.

Lost in Translation ZzzZz

I thought Lost in Translation was a little on the boring side, and I struggled to find Coppolla’s meaning behind the story. The other two movies we watched have really effected and intrigued me, but I was bored watching today’s movie. Bill Murray was pretty funny throughout and I laughed, but I really didn’t find any meaning to the film. I know that it won all kinds of awards, but I was not impressed. Even now when I’m trying to blog about the film, I have very little to say.
Charlotte and Bob are lonely characters, who have lost the meaning in their lives. Bob is washed out has been actor promoting alcohol, and Charlotte is a highly intelligent woman following her husband around while he pursues his photography career. Both characters are in dead end relationships and struggle to communicate with their significant others. A classmate pointed out that every time Bob tries to talk to his wife on the phone she struggles to hear him and they never really connect. Charlotte struggles to communicate with her husband, and often times is unable to convey her feelings, and more often is unable to talk with her husband because he is too busy.
Together the two characters are able to express themselves, share their feelings, and be who they want to be. They enjoy each other’s company and spend most of their time together. The movie follows them through their journeys through Tokyo and not much else. The most intriguing seen was at the end when Bob is ready to return to the states, and must leave Charlotte behind. There is this moment when you wonder whether or not they are going to abandon their lives and start fresh with each other. That ending of course would be too predictable and stereotypical of a romantic film, and being that this is an independent film totally unacceptable. Instead we are left with Bob whispering something in Charlotte’s ear and then leaving. It is unknown what Bob said and whether or not they plan to reunite. It is a very frustrating ending!!

Lost in Translation

In Lost in Translation, there is always something underlying what is said and is not said between Bob and his wife, Bob and Charlotte and Charlotte and her husband. Their voices say something but their respective spouses aren't hearing it or what they are really saying; they are not reading between the lines. Charlotte's and Bob's thoughts are not being translated from the brain to the words that are coming out of their mouths when they are saying it to their spouses.

It is reflected in the scene when Bob Harris is doing the Japanese commercial where the director says something in Japanese that is so long and when it is translated to Bob, it seems so short and there is something lost between it being said in Japanese and translated in English.
The characters' glances speak volumes also but only Charlotte and Bob understand these glances. Charlotte's husband does not see her look of longing for something more fulfilling in her life but Bob understands it because he is going through the same sort of issue with his mid life crisis. Bob and Charlotte find a companionship in each other that they can not find in their spouses. Their eyes speak for what isn't being said; it's just understood. They have this connection that is unspoken. Bob and Charlotte are able to banter back and forth unlike they are able to do with other people.

The end raises many questions: What is going to happen between them? Are they going to see each other? What did he say? Is she going to keep talking to him? Is she going to become more than friends with him? Does their friendship end there? Where do they go from there?