Linda Linda Linda isn’t about big drama or life-changing events. It’s about three days in the life of a high school band scrambling to perform at the school festival, after their original guitarist quits, they recruit a Korean exchange student who barely speaks Japanese, then decide to cover a Blue Hearts punk classic. That’s it. And somehow, it’s everything.
It feels as if you are simply hanging out with these girls, going through rehearsals, eating food from convenience stores, and falling asleep in the middle of a chat, I love how Nobuhiro Yamashita depicts this with such a gentle and natural kindness. There is no antagonist, no romantic plotline and no heartbreaking monologue. Nothing more than the peaceful excitement of creating something with friends, beginning in a poor manner but eventually becoming less so.
What makes Linda Linda Linda such a refreshing watch is how gloriously simple it is. It is just the calm, awkward, and a lovely process of 4 girls coming together to create something that is imperfect and true. There is no drama, no ticking clock, and no forced stakes being played. The fact that a female is stumbling through a new language, a drummer is counting incorrectly, and a song is slowly coming to life are all considered to be greater than ever. In a world where stories are bloated and tension is so built up, the simplicity feels like a breath of fresh air. That is precisely the reason why it is so wonderful to me.
Linda Linda Linda isn’t about big drama or life-changing events. It’s about three days in the life of a high school band scrambling to perform at the school festival, after their original guitarist quits, they recruit a Korean exchange student who barely speaks Japanese, then decide to cover a Blue Hearts punk classic. That’s it. And somehow, it’s everything.
It feels as if you are simply hanging out with these girls, going through rehearsals, eating food from convenience stores, and falling asleep in the middle of a chat, I love how Nobuhiro Yamashita depicts this with such a gentle and natural kindness. There is no antagonist, no romantic plotline and no heartbreaking monologue. Nothing more than the peaceful excitement of creating something with friends, beginning in a poor manner but eventually becoming less so.
What makes Linda Linda Linda such a refreshing watch is how gloriously simple it is. It is just the calm, awkward, and a lovely process of 4 girls coming together to create something that is imperfect and true. There is no drama, no ticking clock, and no forced stakes being played. The fact that a female is stumbling through a new language, a drummer is counting incorrectly, and a song is slowly coming to life are all considered to be greater than ever. In a world where stories are bloated and tension is so built up, the simplicity feels like a breath of fresh air. That is precisely the reason why it is so wonderful to me.
