Sense of Place
With the Jesus & Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey” in the trailer, incidental music by Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine and Primal Scream) on the soundtrack, Bill Murray (who I loved in Rushmore) and Scarlett Johansson (who I loved in Ghost World) in the cast, and Sofia Coppola (who directed one of my favorite movies of all time, The Virgin Suicides) at the helm, Lost In Translation is rapidly becoming my most anticipated new film since 28 Days Later.
My only fear when I see such a “dream team” (at least by my standards) involved with a movie is that it will turn out to be an exercise in style over substance—filmmaking for filmmaking’s sake, if you will—and the synopsis of Lost In Translation (American actor and younger woman embark on a free-form, life-affirming romp through Tokyo) doesn’t exactly allay my concerns. Still, I’m a sucker for movies and music that convey a strong sense of place, and from what I’m seeing, I’d be willing to bet Coppola’s movie can get by on that (and Ms. Coppola’s excellent taste) alone.