empty flower bubble

Leslie 2022-10-26 15:43:23

I didn't know anything about the movie in advance except for this poster, but I just felt lively and alienated. The film is subtle. The title of the film reveals the theme. Everyone inside seems to be in love, taking care of themselves, like falling in love with themselves. Extensive use of glass reflections creates an interweaving of reality and illusion. The large amount of trivial dialogue and background crowd voices in the film is such a plain and boring expression of reality. Finally, the broken glass subtitles came out, with great tension, these empty flower bubbles. All we see is self-imagination. People are so lonely.

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Like Someone in Love quotes

  • Takashi: Whatever will be will be.

  • Noriaki: [subtitled version] What do they teach them in there? As if dusty, old, foreign books will open their eyes.