Films Directed by Sofia Coppola (Study Guide) - Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, the Virgin Suicides, Somewhere, Lick the Star (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, the Virgin Suicides, Somewhere, Lick the Star. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson and directed by Sofia Coppola; it was Coppola's second feature film, after The Virgin Suicides (1999). The film blends elements of comedy as well as more serious themes common in drama films. Upon release, the film was a major critical success, and went on to be nominated for four Academy Awards, including: Best Picture, Best Actor for Bill Murray, and Best Director for Sofia Coppola; Coppola won for Best Original Screenplay. The film centers on an aging actor (Bill Murray) and a recent college-graduate (Scarlett Johansson) who develop a unique closeness after a chance meeting in a grand Tokyo hotel. The movie explores themes of loneliness, alienation, insomnia, existential ennui, and culture shock against the backdrop of a modern Japanese cityscape. Bob Harris (Murray) is an aging movie star arriving in Tokyo to film a Suntory whisky advertisement. Charlotte (Johansson) is a recent Yale graduate and the young wife of a celebrity photographer on assignment in Tokyo. Left behind in her hotel room by her husband, John (Giovanni Ribisi), she is unsure of her present and her future and about the man she has married. Bob's own 25-year marriage is tired and lacking in romance as he goes through a midlife crisis. Bob and Charlotte meet in the bar of the hotel where they are both staying and strike up a friendship. The two bond through their adventures in Tokyo together, experiencing the differences between Japanese and American culture, and between their own generations. On the penultimate night of his stay, Bob at...http: //booksllc.net/?id=369682