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In the EMU, Rogue Room
Tost in Translation’
accurately depicts
modern-day Tokyo
Director Sofia Coppola’s
award-winning comedy
explores fear and loathing
in the Japanese night life
By Noriko Miyazaki
Freelance Reporter
The movie "Lost in Translation"
has rewarded me for years of bore
dom and
have had
feelings of being left behind. Howev
er, "Translation" sends a message to
those lost souls: Your situation is not
that complicated. You're not alone.
Maybe we aren't alone, and the film
says everyone —
MOVIE
REVIEW
loneliness
— much
like many
others who
rrom a woman in
her 20s to a man in
his 50s — is won
dering who to be.
The movie fol
lows the develop
ment of a platonic
relationship in a
foreign country be
tween an aging
American movie
star and a newly
wed Yale graduate.
Bob Harris (Bill
Murray) comes to
Tokyo to shoot ad
vertisements for a
Japanese brand of
whiskey. Charlotte
(Scarlett Johans
son) is staying in
Courtesy
Academy Award Best Actor nominee Bill
Murray stars in “Lost in Translation."
Tokyo with her photographer hus
band. The characters meet at the Park
Hyatt Tokyo bar. They don't have
much in common, but both face the
same plight: They are lost in life.
Bob is suffering from a midlife crisis
and is involved in an emotionless 25
year marriage His phone conversations
with his wife sound meaningless:
"Do I need to worry about you
Bob?" asks his wife composedly.
"Only if you want to," he calmly
replies.
Charlotte remains uncertain of
where her life is headed. Her husband
is busy with his work and is gone
more than half the time. Both charac
ters are afraid of being left alone and
forgotten, and director Sophia Cop
pola depicts these feelings well.
"Translation" was filmed on loca
tion in Tokyo, where I was bom and
raised. Tokyo is unlike any other
place. I have heard people say that life
in the city is as bizarre as a constant
midlife crisis. The city can be full of
absurdity, and the film succeeds in
portraying a good deal of Tokyo's
strange culture. Anime, karaoke and
high-tech virtual video games are
good examples of what signifies the
modem Japanese way of life.
However, Coppola's attempt to vi
sualize Tokyo's cityscape and nightlife
may surprise American audiences.
The film shows aspects of Japanese
culture that American viewers are not
exposed to very
often. Coppola
knows where to
go to glimpse
the places where
Tokyo hipsters
spend their
nights; the exotic
clubs are glori
ously artificial
but look sophis
ticated by their
decent use of
lighting and
sound effects.
Some small
parts of the
film's portrayals
are exaggerated,
and others are a
little misrepre
sented, but Cod
pola unmistakably represents the
faces of Tokyo. As a Tokyo native, I
don't often give a thumbs-up for the
portrayals many films make of Japan
ese culture, but for "Translation," I'm
willing to do so.
"Lost in Translation" won three
Golden Globe awards, including Best
Motion Picture — Musical or Come
dy, and it has been nominated for
four Academy Awards. It was released
on DVD and VHS Tuesday.
Noriko Miyazaki is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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Both Stewart and Darkhurst said
Beall Hall is exceptional for chamber
music. Barkhurst said the quartet's cel
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venue in the past.
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"Beall Hall is acoustically superb and
architecturally beautiful, but it was
amazing that he could say that after
playing all over the world."
Hurwitz will give a pre-concert lec
ture in which he will go through the
program's music, explain its structure
and form, and then play recorded ex
cerpts. The quartet will present works
by Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van
Beethoven and Anton von Webern.
Hurwitz added that he encourages stu
dents to attend the show because the quar
tet is more famous than they might think.
"If Madonna were performing on
campus, everyone would know who
she is," he said. "If you are looking in
the classical realm, this group is as fa
mous as that. Experiencing a world
class classical group is pretty awesome"
Tickets to the Juilliard String Quartet
will only be available in advance at ei
ther the EMU Ticket Office or the Hult
Center, located at the intersection of
Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street.
Ticket prices range from $ 15 to $32, de
pending on seating location.
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