Lost In Translation (2003) Written by Sofia Coppola Directed by Sofia Coppola Produced by American Zoetrope/ Elemental Films Running time: 101 minutes So, What’s This About? In the Park Hyatt Hotel towering over Tokyo, two Americans meet. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a movie star drawing a $2 million paycheck to appear in a commercial [...]
Entries from August 2009
Not Really A Romance
August 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Midlife crisis · Road trip · Surprise after end credits · Train · Unconventional romance
This Distracted Globe announces The Class of ’84 Blogathon
August 24th, 2009 · 20 Comments
“I’ll be back.” Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) There was probably no better year to be a kid going to the movies than 1984. It seems like I might have spent most of the year at two theaters in northwest Houston: the AMC North Oaks 6 and a six screen General Cinemas theater at the gargantuan Willowbrook [...]
Tags: Thoughts and theories
More To Say the Older You Get
August 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Broken English (2007) Written by Zoe Cassavetes Directed by Zoe Cassavetes Produced by Vox3 Films/ HDNet Films Running time: 96 minutes So, What’s This About? Bachelorette Nora Wilder (Parker Posey) gets dressed and puts in an appearance at the anniversary party of her best friend Audrey (Drea de Matteo), celebrating five years of matrimony to [...]
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Drunk scene · Mother/daughter relationship · Museums and galleries · Road trip · Unconventional romance










