I expected a bit more from Hamaguchi after Drive My Car. The first hour is genuinely compelling, quiet, observational, and beautifully attentive to detail but as it progresses, it started to feel somewhat drawn out for me. The ending, on the other hand, arrives rather abruptly, almost jarringly so.
What I did appreciate is the way the film carefully portrays elements of rural Japanese life, especially the respectful and almost symbiotic relationship between people and nature. It subtly emphasizes how essential nature is to human existence.
Here, "evil" isn't abstract it's embodied in corporate interests willing to destroy that balance for profit. Fuck them
I expected a bit more from Hamaguchi after Drive My Car. The first hour is genuinely compelling, quiet, observational, and beautifully attentive to detail but as it progresses, it started to feel somewhat drawn out for me. The ending, on the other hand, arrives rather abruptly, almost jarringly so.
What I did appreciate is the way the film carefully portrays elements of rural Japanese life, especially the respectful and almost symbiotic relationship between people and nature. It subtly emphasizes how essential nature is to human existence.
Here, "evil" isn't abstract it's embodied in corporate interests willing to destroy that balance for profit. Fuck them