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Glenna 2022-11-30 05:41:44

A very French, very cinematic film,

a profound, unremitting exploration of more possibilities of film expression.

Although the author observes and examines Japan from the perspective of others, the aesthetic perspective of spectacle is a little superficial, and there is no in-depth discussion on individuals, and even shows the attitude of victors examining war criminals from time to time, but this film has a lot to do with Japan. The meticulous and in-depth observation of culture and society, as well as the author's analysis and speculation from the perspective of individual emotions and historical society, are universal to human civilization, and can even be said to have certain anthropological significance.

The style of this film can be said to be not much different from the author's previous work "Dike".

"Night and Fog", Roush, Duras, Resnais, these great documentaries and filmmakers will continue to pass on.

Documentary, as an art form of thinking, a medium for examining the heart and the world, will still be full of great power

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  • Narrator: I went back to Narita for the birthday of one of the victims of the struggle. The demo was unreal. I had the impression of acting in "Brigadoon." Of waking up 10 years later in the midst of the same players, with the same blue lobsters of police, with the same helmeted adolescents, the same banners, and the same slogan, "Down with the Airport." Only one thing has been added: the airport, precisely.

  • Narrator: If the images of the present don't change, then change the images of the past.