Lost In Translation

Copyright Āc 2007 Ed Bagley

Lost in Translation '2 Stars (Average)

"Lost in Translation" was written and directed by Sofia Coppola and won enough money to fill a grocery cart.

The independent film earned Sofia Coppola an Oscar for best original screenplay in 2003 and earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture (won by "The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King", bad timing for Sofia), Best Director (won by Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings) and Bill Murray as Best Actor (won by Sean Penn in "Mystic River").

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" has lost the nomination as Murray. I voted for Johnny Depp as Best Actor rather than Sean Penn.

the creation of Sofia Coppola also won the Golden Globe for best film, best screenplay and best actor (Bill Murray), and earned nominations for best director and best actress (Scarlett Johansson).

The Oscar win was among 70 wins and 58 nominations over. To say the creation of Sofia Coppola has been hailed by critics would be a huge understatement.

Seeing this film, I would not have guessed he would have won awards both.

Sofia Coppola wrote the lead role specifically for Bill Murray, and later said that if Murray refused, she would have abandoned the project.

She was nothing if not persistent in the recruitment of Murray for the role. In 1999, Murray seems replaced his talent agency with a mailbox and an 800 number, it gives sparingly.

Coppola has left hundreds of messages before Murray finally recalled to discuss his offer to throw as the star. Coppola apparently knows something about selecting actors who win awards.

Lost in Translation follows Bob Harris (Bill Murray), an American actor with a fading marriage banal, which is in Tokyo to advertise Japanese whiskey. He meets Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a student recently in the philosophy and the bored wife of a photographer is a meeting in Tokyo.

They develop an unlikely friendship when the barrier of language, Japanese culture and their own discontent surfaces. When it is time for them to resume a normal life, leaving becomes difficult.

I give Sofia Coppola a lot of credit for not writing the script of a sexual relationship between the two. In Hollywood, it would be like taking money from the financial and not to worship at his feet.

Coppola had his way, because this independent film cost only $ 4 million to make, was shot in 27 days and increased $ 44.5 million at last count.

The opening film is a lingering shot of Scarlett Johansson (as Charlotte) lying in bed on the side in his pants. Johansson has apparently been reluctant to shoot this film until Sofia Coppola modeled the panties herself.

Fortunately, this opening was not a precursor film which sought to explore a larger question: the meaning of life. As two people unhappy in their roles, both Murray and Johansson struggle to find a real sense of their current situation.

What happens in their exploration is really nothing special. As a viewer, I was expecting to see where their relationship was because they came to no conclusion together or on their own.

That is why I gave this movie an average rating rather than good or excellent rating. I wanted real substance in this film that I could bring to my daily life, and I left much to be desired.

How strange is it that Bob and Charlotte did not introduce themselves to each other despite spending days together contemplating their mutual miserable situations? The MAK.