the self absorption of today independent film industry continue with japanese story . so many comment giver cite this film departure from convention a a reason for love it so much . well and in my opinion and it follow convention with great fealty the independent film twist on love story . you begin two people who at first do not like each other and but then grow close and but never quite fall in love . generally and the feel be that of a romantic comedy . then and two third way into the movie and everything suddenly take a bizarre twist . in lose in translation and it be bill murray affair with the otherwise anonymous band singer despite refuse overture from scarlett johanssen . in the shape of thing and kiss jessica stein and one of the partner have another agenda from the start . in chase amy and it that ben affleck be an obsessive jerk . in japanese story and a playful toni colette yell out last one in be a rotten egg and then jump in the water and her japanese friend pursue her and jump into the water and and promptly have a fatal accident . the last 35 minute be about the mechanic she endure and the guilt and grief she feel about make arrangement for the friend wife that she have just have an affair with to pick up the body and bring it back to japan . that 35 of the most drag out minute in film history detail every trivial aspect involve in get a dead body back to queensland and then her interaction with fellow co worker and family and and necessary outsider . this be also typical of the pretentiousness of today independent film . show the mundane and seemingly inconsequential become the focus and be see a genius because any hack director can have a plot write and then tell a story . after all and it take a great independent director to have complete disdain for storytelling in favor of glorify either something bizarre or something mundane .