Repertory Series!

(Some of the) Best of the Oughts

Repertory Series!

(Some of the) Best of the Oughts

In the Mood for Love

3:15, 7:30 PM   Tickets

Double Feature w/LOST IN TRANSLATION

(2000) dir Wong Kar Wai w/Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung [98 min]

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is one of the most achingly romantic films of the decade. Wong sets his film against the backdrop of Hong Kong in the 1960s. Tony Leung plays a newspaper editor who has moved into a new apartment with his wife. At the same time Maggie Cheung moves in next door with her husband. With their spouses always away, Leung and Cheung form a friendship over common interests. Soon they discover that they share more in common than just favorite noodle shops as they begin to suspect that their spouses are having an affair.

“Breathtakingly gorgeous… Dizzy with a nose-against-theglass romantic spirit that has been missing from the cinema forever.” – Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times

Repertory Series!

(Some of the) Best of the Oughts

Lost in Translation

5:15, 9:30 PM   Tickets

Double Feature w/IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

(2003) dir Sofia Coppola w/Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson [102 min]

Sofia Coppola’s sophomore film took the cinema world by storm and proved once again the serious acting chops of Bill Murray. Murray plays an aging actor visiting Japan to make whiskey commercials. He encounters the gorgeous Scarlett Johansson, a newlywed tagging along with her photographer husband’s latest assignment. They bond through their alienation, recognizing each other instantly as kindred spirits, and flirt with a relationship – maybe romantic, maybe platonic.

Related Links:

• Translation of Bob's dialogue from the scene with the 'Suntory' director (Yutaka Tadokoro)
• Filming locations in Tokyo (SFGate.com article)
• Bill Murray interview on Fresh Air (2/27/2004)