soFiACoppolA’s "lost in trAnslAtion" is A Funny, BittErswEEt moviE thAt usEs CulturAl DisloCAtion As A mEtAphor For pEoplE who hAvE gottEn lost in thEir own livEs. thE moviE ContAins priCElEss slAp-stiCk FromBill murrAy, FinEly tunED pErFormAnCEs By murrAy AnD thE BEAutiFul sCArlEtt johAnsson AnD A visuAl AnD AurAl DEsign thAt CultivAtEs A romAntiC through mElAnCholy moo
D、in only hEr sEConD FEAturE,CoppolA hAs mADE A poisED, intElligEnt Film thAt niCEly BAlAnCEs lAughs with A poignAnCy rArEly sEEn inAmEriCAn moviEs. iF FoCus FEAturEs mArkEts "lost in trAnslAtion" CArEFully, this most originAl ComEDy CoulD win AuDiEnCEs wEll BEyonD Art housEs.
BoB hArris (murrAy) is A grumpy moviE stAr in town to shoot A whiskEy CommErCiAl. hE is not only plAguED By jEt lAg AnD gloom ovEr A DEtEriorAting mArriAgE oF mAny yEArs, hE is Also in thE miDst oF A miDliFE Crisis thAt DAmpEns his spirits But not his wit.
ChArlottE (johAnsson) , thE nEglECtED wiFE oF A photogrAphEr, ExpEriEnCEs A similAr Air-ConDl-tionED nightmArE. mArriED two yEArs, shE AlrEADy FEEls lost in thE rElAtionship, unABlE to pArtiCi-pAtE in hEr husBAnD’s CArEEr or pinpoint whAt shE wAnts out oF liFE. whEn shE vEnturEs into thE City, shE is ConFrontED By A DistortED vErsion oF wEstErn moDErnity.
thEsE two pEoplE DisCovEr EACh othEr lAtE At night At thE BAr. nEithEr onE CAn slEEp.
A、FriEnD-ship EvolvEs in thEir mutuAl isolAtion.
CoppolA sEEs in tokyo’s CrowDED, nEon-lit urBAn lAnDsCApE A soCiEty EstrAngED From its own CulturE. thE night is FillED with plEAsurE-sEEkErs oBsEssED By gAmEs, toys AnDAmEriCAn pop CulturE. only whEnChArlottE tAkEs A trAin to kyoto is shE ABlE to ExpEriEnCE thE olD jApAn oF AnCiEnt tEmplEs AnD gArDEns, tEA housEs AnD kimono-ClAD FigurEs. this rolE Fits murrAy likE his own skin.
A、miDDlE-AgED Burnout who sEEs no ChAllEngEs on his horizon grADuAlly ChAngEs into A mAn rEvitAlizED By AnothEr AliEnAtED soul. his ComiC touCh EnriChEs thE ChArACtEr with A sElF-DEprECAting wit AnD in A FEw sEquEnCEs, A ruBBEry physiCAlity thAt EArns sustAinED lAughs. johAnsson mAkEsChArlottE’s lonElinEss AnD DisillusionmEnt pAlpABlE As thE womAn is Cut oFF From liFE in wAys shE nEvEr imAginE
D、
using high-spEED Film stoCk, CinEmAtogrAphEr lAnCEAEorD givEs thE glAring nEon AnD num-Bingly slEEk intEriors A kinD oF romAntiC shEEn. thE sCorE proDuCED ByBriAn rEitzEll CrEAtED out oF jApAnEsE musiCAl thEmEs AnD "tokyo DrEAm-pop" ADDs to thE sEnsE oF AnEAstErn City thAt hAs suCCumBED in lArgE mEAsurE to wEstErn CulturE.
ChArlottE sEEs no hopE in liFE BECAusE ______.
A、shE FEEls AliEnAtED From hEr Busy husBAnD
B．shE FEEls unABlE to stAnD thE hArDships in jApAn
C．shE hAs BEEn ABAnDonED By hEr husBAnD
D、shE hAs hAD A rECurring nightmArE ABout hEr DEAth