“Does a wolf cry out his loneliness?”
The scene where the ladies give M a free meal at the cafe chokes me up every time.
The Man is the purest distillation of a Kaurismaki character. He has nothing and nobody but manages to find beauty and kindness in a cruel world.
About 40% of the dialogue was unintelligible. Completely washed out of the mix by the soundtrack.
Some great visuals, production design choices and costumes. It was a fun ride and all but I don’t think I need another dune movie
A running theme in Juzo Itami’s films is women are too good for men. This is definitely true of Tales Of A Golden Geisha.
Nayoko (Nobuko Miyamoto’s character) and to some extent all of the women in this film are just another object for these power and money-obsessed men.
I think what Itami is trying to get at here is that being a woman in Japan in the ’90s is like being Nayoko herself. She is a lucky charm for…
