Last Bill Translation

[drainer@mpinet.net]

 That is the point I was trying to get across through my replies; too bad they didn't go through.

 I agree with Arnold as well, and his views have to do with the whole "aesthetic coolness" of Japan (I think that explains the movie's popularity).

 Which again brings up the question, is Japan the quirky place that makes it the story work?



-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Murphy <urj7 at nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu>
Sent: Dec 24, 2003 3:25 AM
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: Last Bill Translation

Well, this seems to reinforce earlier points that what Sophia Coppola 
has accurately captured is a particularly narcissistic tourist Japan, 
the Japan we all universally meet in first class hotels and taxis. 
Perhaps the truth of Coppola's film is that outside of a certain 
impoverished graduate student class, that's all there really is. 
Hence, Last Samurai.
J. Murphy

>We used to sit
>around and talk about who would play us in the movie that they would make
>about our time in Tokyo.  We didn't have a Scarlett Johansson per se, but we
>did have a 22-year-old recent Ivy League graduate who was not quite sure yet
>what she wanted to do with her life. I now fancy myself in Murray's role,
>but so does every other straight male that I keep in touch with from the
>case, I think -- which just lets you know how real it was.

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