The Lonely Room of "Tony Takiya"

Ethel 2022-03-21 09:03:18

I love this movie.



People are actually in a closed room, right?

We go from room to room, from here to there, from there to another, and back there again, and here again.

Here, there, here, there, here, there, here, there, here, there.

where?

It's all the same there, it's just a closed room.

I was alone in the room, so lonely.

But I saw you in my room.

That's not the real me. That's just your imagination.

There was actually only one person in each room, and everyone was trapped in the room. The "other" we see is actually just an illusion.

So lonely. How can you be alone all the time? Nothing can be said to anyone, nothing can be shared with anyone.

Saying it is nothing but saying it, because everyone is originally a different person, and it is impossible for others to understand when you say it.

Even if you leave this room and go elsewhere, it will still be the same.

No one will understand your loneliness. Because everyone is lonely. We only know our own, not others.

Sometimes we don't even understand our own.

Split yourself in two? Turn yourself into two and you can talk to yourself.

Then someone can share themselves.

But it turned out to be only one person, right?

Yes.

Self-talk will actually only make it lonelier.

Yes.

Can you go out?

cant.

Why.

Because the body itself is a room.

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Extended Reading
  • Clovis 2022-03-22 09:02:52

    Highly condensing the "wabi-sabi" and "sorrows of things" in Japanese aesthetics, Tony Takiya's life unfolds like a scroll in a parallel-moving lens, with nothing but loneliness and loneliness. Most of the shots have extremely subtle, tasteful compositions, creating a world with no sea horizon and a strong sense of space above and below. What is more questionable is that in the process of adapting Haruki Murakami, Jun Ichikawa recited a large number of declarative descriptions (including the psychological activities of the characters) through narration. Although he faithfully restored the text and situation of the novel, he guaranteed the emotional atmosphere and the author's original intention. It is absolutely consistent, but it also loses the meaning of the film as a "film" to some extent (is there a better way to adapt this kind of literature to the film?). Ryuichi Sakamoto's soundtrack can be enjoyed as a pure musical work that is not the original soundtrack. It has a strong cool, independent, and isolated texture, which adds a lot to the movie.

  • Jakayla 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    Nishijima Xiujun is just a narration, and I always feel that the male protagonist in it has a bit of Murakami's charm.

Tony Takitani quotes

  • Tony Takitani, Shozaburo Takitani: She was like a bird taking flight for a distant land...

  • Narrator: Yet, what now confronted him, their vital roots severed, seemed a flock of shadows, withering with each moment. As Tony...

    Tony Takitani, Shozaburo Takitani: Watched this happen, I gradually began to suffocate.