Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and
directed by Sofia Coppola (pictured). Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris, a
fading American movie star who travels to Tokyo and befriends Charlotte,
played by Scarlett Johansson. The film explores themes of alienation and
disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan.
Coppola started writing the film after spending time in Tokyo and
becoming fond of the city. She kept a flexible schedule during filming
and allowed a significant amount of improvisation. Lost in Translation
premiered on August 29, 2003, at the Telluride Film Festival and had a
theatrical release on September 12, 2003. Critics praised the
performances of Murray and Johansson, as well as the writing and
direction of Coppola; minor criticism was given to the film's depiction
of Japan. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as
well as three Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film Awards.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_%28film%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1786:
Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens
and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against
the U.S. federal government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Shays>
1831:
Michael Faraday first experimentally demonstrated
electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of
induction named after him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday%27s_law_of_induction>
1960:
Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff
Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_343>
2016:
Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of
Xinjiang, later overseeing the creation of the Xinjiang internment
camps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Quanguo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
intense:
1. Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree;
severe; also, excessive.
2. Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high
or strong degree.
3. Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest,
passionate.
4. Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
5. (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed,
tense.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intense>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a
world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world
filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled
with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
--Michael Jackson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson>