Dec 13 2007Technology Retroactively Ruins 'Lost in Translation'
Want to ruin one of the most beautiful and poignant moments in recent cinematic history? I guess this is relatively old, but I've just been made aware that someone has used digital stuff to make the whispered final moment of Lost in Translation somewhat decipherable. It's under the cut, for those who want questionable closure.
I'm a bit dubious if this is really what he's saying; it seems kind of suspect that his final line is, "Don't forget to see The Dark Knight, in theaters July 18th."
Reader Comments
1. FunkProphet - December 13, 2007 2:46 PM
Well, Slap my beaver and sprinkle it with Bill Murray's beard clippings.... that's what he said?!
2. c - December 13, 2007 2:49 PM
um maybe not. that's not exactly clear.
3. Herner Wartzhog - December 13, 2007 3:10 PM
He actually said wooooah there you'd be hotter blonde
4. mgroves - December 13, 2007 3:17 PM
Apathy levels at maximum. That movie was boring and this clip doesn't change that.
5. PB&J - December 13, 2007 3:33 PM
Meh, not a bad line. Still I'd like to know the name of the band and song there at the end.
6. Simon C. - December 13, 2007 3:45 PM
PB&J: It's "Just Like Honey" by the Jesus and Mary Chain. It's on the soundtrack album, which is pretty great.
As for the "translation," it's B.S. The last thing he says is obviously "tell the truth, OK?" The beginning of it remains indistinct even after processing.
As it should.
7. proteon - December 13, 2007 3:52 PM
What it actually says is "transformers - robots in disguise".
8. mike - December 13, 2007 3:53 PM
"I guess this is relatively old, but I've just been made aware"
or you gank your stories from /film
9. Wendy - December 13, 2007 3:55 PM
mgroves out of spite towards your comment I'm renting it tonight and watching it. Thanks to your negative attitude I'm going to have fun watching LITT.
10. Uncle Eccoli - December 13, 2007 4:11 PM
'Gank' - I haven't heard that one in a while. Thanks for putting a smile on my face for the first time today, Mike. Really.
11. cbobgo - December 13, 2007 4:16 PM
I have to be leaving? Who talks like that? Do you seriously think that someone would actually write that line? Maybe "I'm leaving" or "I have to leave" but there is no way the line is "I have to be leaving."
12. Herner Wartzhog - December 13, 2007 4:23 PM
On further inspection the line is "I have to be leaving, I told the press about your nose job". Then off screen he flies to Mexico sans plane.
13. HollywoodRed - December 13, 2007 4:39 PM
From IMDb:
For years, no one other than Bill Murray, 'Scarlett Johannson' and Sofia Coppola knew what Bob whispered to Charlotte in the final scene, but according to BBC2's "The Culture Show" (2004) in October 2006, where special sound equipment was used to make the conversation audible, Bob most likely said: "I love you. Don't forget to always tell the truth."
I'd say neither is more credible than the other.
14. Midevil - December 13, 2007 4:47 PM
I agree with Simon C. It really sounds like "The next thing you say.....Tell the truth, OK." There's nothing resembling "Come Between us" at the end of that audio.
15. Alfonso Rigid - December 13, 2007 6:07 PM
I always thought he whispered SuperTeds secret magic word to her.
16. Caligula - December 13, 2007 6:32 PM
"Don't forget to always tell the truth."
is about as profound as "Be good, Elliot!" from E.T.
17. Fraggopotamus - December 14, 2007 1:21 AM
According to the script it was "I know, I'm going to miss you too"... but they both say "ok" after, so it was probably improvised. Script available here: http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/lost-in-translation-script.html
18. Eddy - December 14, 2007 5:03 AM
I wish I didn't watch that. My version had always been that he goes back to his life and has to change things radically because he just cna't live the same way, and she does the same, but they never see each other again. That was part of why I loved it, because I didn't feel the film had overt romance.
Drat, this made me emo.
19. Joe Mamma - December 14, 2007 12:33 PM
I thought he said," Gunga ga gunga ga ga gunga gagunga?"
20. Joe blo - December 14, 2007 12:35 PM
He said "Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmy training, Sir!"
21. lofi - December 14, 2007 3:17 PM
> I thought he said," Gunga ga gunga ga ga gunga gagunga?"
yep thats what I heard too, seriously where did they get those words from?
22. yuppers - December 14, 2007 7:22 PM
That movie is overrated and trite.
23. Gink - December 15, 2007 3:07 AM
i thought he said I know what the black smoke monster is.