# US Closed for the Day

- Author: Joichi Ito
- Date: 2004-11-27T15:35:56Z


Photo by Paul Saffovia DvorakDvorakPhoto sent in by the ever-travelling Paul Saffo with this note:  “I encountered these machines on a recent trip, and couldn’t help but note that their message says it all. And no, it is not retouched or photoshopped.”

I’m thinking of the Tom Hanks movie, Terminal,  where Hanks is told the country is “closed.”I watched The Terminal on the flight to Paris because I knew it was about Merhan Karimi Nasseri stuck in Charles de Gaulle Airport. I didn't realize that the movie was set in the US and the story totally "rebuilt". I enjoyed the movie, but it was definitely Hollywoodified and wasn't based on the Merhan Karimi Nasseri story, but rather just inspired by it.





---

#### Categories

Movies, US Policy and Politics