Lost in Translation: More Thoughts

The shower scene, while brief, was truly ridiculous. The obvious aim of the shot was to emphasize the size difference between Bill Murray and the average inhabitant of Tokyo, but there could be underlying ideas. For example, the shower head was obviously adjustable to a height that would result in the stream being above his head, but for some reason he does not raise it to this height. He was only a foot away! How much effort does it take to lift his arms a little higher, especially in the name of a more comfortable shower? This could provide some insight into his character; perhaps he is lazy to the point of being counterproductive. Perhaps he is afraid of what he could accomplish if he put forth his full effort. Is he afraid of his own capabilities? This little issue with the shower head could also indicate that he likes being uncomfortable. Maybe he prefers being uncomfortable because it provides a concrete emotion; without it, he would just be lost and wandering in the ambiguous world of "feelings."
Or perhaps something just went wrong during the filming and Bill Murray accidentally didn't lift the showerhead as high as he was supposed to but the director decided he liked it and wanted to keep it in the movie. Some things are accidental like that.

The World is Flat

In the days of my youth, I truly believed that the world was round. However, I thought "round" meant that the sky was the top half of a sphere and dirt was the bottom half and the ground upon which I walked and my house sat was a flat plane cutting the sphere in half. Here's to the human brain and its capability of knowing what it wants to know and seeing what it wants to see.