Simply Poetic

Rating: Null/10 (11 October 2003)

So little has to be said about this movie; it really needs to be seen. It depicts the strangeness of some place called Tokyo. Not the landscape of Bladerunner where the strange Oriental characters and the people are crowded in the rain and shadows. This Tokyo is the landscape of a mythic New Millenium City: neon that dances and sings, sharing space with the stillness of a temple hiding among the trees. This Tokyo is really the landscape of loneliness and isolation, but what a beautiful place to be stranded. And what better company to wander around with than Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Sofia Coppola.
Go see the movie. Go to a karaoke bar. Find another part of the world.