Trivial Refute

Some people (i.e. Klosterman) believe it is absurd (even, shall we say, trivial) when people say, "such and such changed my life"...dramatic emphasis here, SJP style (this involves simultaneously clutching your hands to your chest and bending your knees, while drawing out every vowel sound in your declaration, then winding down to a whimpering grand finale. For an example of this, please refer to any episode of Sex and the City).

Well, here is my triviality (in addition to my obsession with fetching the mail everyday, religiously shutting off unnecessary lights, checking to make sure doors are locked, and avoiding any hint of scary movies, including the trailers on tv)...

Sofia Coppola changed my life.

I had rented Lost in Translation and watched it alone in my living room. I remember the scene well. It was really only one scene.

After Charlotte visits the Buddhist temple and returns to her hotel room. She dials her friend and tries to relate her feelings (or lack of feelings, in this case), she wants to feels validated (or simply heard), but her friend is distracted on the other end of the line (completely detached and missing the urgency) and must go. Charlotte is alone (and suddenly brutally aware of this).

It was probably a collision of watching the right emotionally-charged film at a very unstable time in my life. But I firmly believe a film literally altered the course of my life.

Of course, I am likely blowing this out of proportion...but that's the point of this exercise, right? (whimper whimper).