Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Wow! This film hooked me from beginning to end. It was 15 minutes in when I figured out I needed subtitles. A true cine-poem! I have so many questions :) and I'm glad they are not answered. It tugged at my heart and not in a saccharine way, It is very zen. Kōji Yakusho is a great actor.
First, this film should be considered the 2015 Anti-50 Shades of Grey, in that we are presented with a strong female character who does not mindlessly submit herself to the whims and desires of wealthy/powerful dominants who have a lot of neat technological toys. Instead, she goes her own way and learns to stand up for herself.
Second, while it is not didactic on this point, this film is clearly critiquing the mindless drive to conquer and consume without any…