Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Captures a feeling of loneliness and alienation really well. Gorgeously shot, people look like actual people, sounds great + a killer soundtrack.
I will say that there are some moments that feel genuinely racist / xenophobic, and it’s hard to navigate a few of these unnecessary depictions of Japan. On the other hand, the bulk of it does feel necessary to convey the culture shock someone would have (especially in the early 2000s).
To this point, it feels like many…
It’s hard not to feel like I have a bias seeing a film that one of my best buds stars in, about my hometown, with much of the character of my hometown in it, with a few scenes shot in my house.
But I feel like I would probably be impacted in much of the same way even if I wasn’t so connected to the creation of the film.
Impactful!