My official Selection 61 / 100 films --- A project in the making

61/100 Favourite films in progress…
Vol. 2.3 / Updated January 3, 2011

61. Lost In Translation / Sofia Coppola / 2003 / United States, Japan / Color
For this, her second feature film, Sofia Copolla wrote the role of Bob for Bill Murray. When she finally tracked him down, all he would say was that he was ‘inclined’ to make the film – and then followed was a new and wondrous Bill Murray. Both acerbic grouch and unwilling romantic of Groundhog Day (1993) are there, but none of the Murray comic schtick. It’s all available, however – that massive reservoir of comic talent lies just below...