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Industrial Mould
Lue 2022-01-21 08:03:19
What else have I watched of Imamura's film? Poor memory, no concept. The character and storyline of this film are somewhat branched, blunt and weird, very "Japanese" in appearance, but very "human". It is the "universal and broad human nature", which seems to be "very Japanese". In my impression, this seems to be a common feature of the more successful Japanese ethics films. Perhaps their success is also at this point: they have found/shaped/sold the "Japaneseness in the universal humanity", or the "Japanese universal humanity", so that they are in the "world system" Won a place. Local materials, style markings, and world themes are a set of fairly classic cultural industry molds. Japan and South Korea have produced many interesting things. In contrast, the cultural people of the three places are still more bitter, because in their hearts, it seems that there are always some "grand narratives" that are more pressing than the theme of the world.
Extended Reading
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Stanford 2022-04-24 07:01:23
Imamura Shohei's warmest one. The characters' alienation, loneliness, and depression are hidden behind the warm sunshine, green fields, and warm streams. Not as sharp, a little less power. Only the slippery autumn eels are always there.
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Hailee 2022-04-22 07:01:49
Compared with "August Photo Studio" and "Manchester by the Sea", because of some faults or their own shortcomings in the past, people who feel that they are not worthy of happiness, so they also reject all possibilities to lead to happiness, and use the sinking and misery of current life to feel lonely. to punish yourself. But my experience made me admire Ayn Rand's rational selfishness and deny such altruism and selflessness.
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Jiro Nakajima: Is it bad to have such rumors about a guy on parole?
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Takuro Yamashita: An eel's all a man needs.