Lost in Translation

22 Feb 2004

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No 'Wow!', but a great movie. Should probably watch it again. Great shots of Tokyo and Kyoto, showing the various facets of Japan's culture (I consider them: traditional, formal, mass-market, and youth). Bill Murray does well to play an actor some people may associate him with - an aging former star living on his past accomplishments. Scarlett Johansson is destined for great things after this performance. I think Coppola did a great job getting the visuals, the feeling of visitors to Tokyo and its vibrant culture, and getting us to feel for the couple (especially in the stayover/TV-watching scene). Went away from the movie (just over a week ago?) unsure of what exactly I thought, but the elements in combination make it a winner.

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Hi, I'm Neil Blakey-Milner, a technology generalist most interested by open source, security, and building scalable systems (especially if I get to use the Python programming language).

I "work" at the incredibly fun web-sites-for-everyone startup SynthaSite based in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa.

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