Who's lost

In the film, Charlotte and Bob are lost in their marriage and Tokyo's high-rise buildings, but on the other hand, if you look at them from the perspective of Charlotte and Bob, it seems that all the people around you are lost, the whole world. For example, the two married partners John and Lydia are lost in life, one is addicted to work, the other is fettered by life's trivial matters, and has given up the pursuit of the original life. The setting of other characters in the film is also the same, such as John’s friend and beautiful film actor Kelly. She appeared with exaggerated expressions and narcissistic chatter. Everyone was attracted to her, but when her voice was octave high in the open. Kelly seemed so hypocritical when Charlotte looked at her with a faint smile in the lobby of her hotel. There are also respectful Japanese people who constantly appear in the film. They have mechanical professional smiles on their faces, which are very artificial; even Japanese friends who revel with Charlotte are addicted to sensory stimulation. All this makes Bob and Charlotte nowhere. Can escape.

It seems that everyone is lost, only Charlotte and Bob are still persistently pursuing their true selves, but no one listens to them. When Charlotte looked at the busy world outside the window blankly with his cheeks, when Bob sat helplessly by the bed in his pajamas, they were so lonely, but their loneliness was not simply emotional loneliness, but spiritual loneliness. The ultimate loneliness. So when these two people meet, the feeling between them is not limited to love, it is more like a soul mate.

Facing this busy world, they are helpless, Bob will eventually return to his family and continue his lonely life, and Charlotte will have to find his own career path. The last sentence of Charlotte here is quite interesting, start a Jazz band, why are we not like this? Many times I have heard from friends that we will open a small shop, a bookstore or a cafe in the future. Maybe only in this way can we escape this unreal world. A true and peaceful life, but as Charlotte said: reality changes things, for most of us, those will eventually be dreams.

Like most of us, Bob and Charlotte are not fighters fighting against fate in the film. All they can do is look at each other quietly and quietly bear everything in their lives.

At the end of the film, Bob and Charlotte did not leave any passionate words or even contact information. After a short hug, Bob rushed to the airport by taxi. Charlotte also gradually disappeared from the busy crowd on the streets of Tokyo, and the music played, leaving us with endless thoughts and confusion.

Maybe all the confusion can be found in the two sentences of Charlotte and Bob, maybe our life is not destined to be a perfect life...

Charlotte: Why do you have to be with your opposite, why can't similar people be together?

Bob: Because that would be too easy.
(If that were the case, life would be too easy ......)

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