Where did you come up with the idea for Lost in Translation? I spent a lot of time in Tokyo in my 20s. I had a little clothing company with a friend, so we went there a few times a year. I was living in L.A. at the time, and I always thought about the little cultural differences between the two places. And since I was in my 20s and didn’t really know what I wanted to be doing, I think it’s my most personal movie because it’s about what I was going through at the time. And then Bill Murray, my fantasy hero, just swooped in. I know how … Continue reading Sofia Coppola, Marlow Stern