beautiful despair

Lacey 2022-03-24 09:03:05

Takeshi Kitano wrote, directed and acted. He played a stern and taciturn policeman. During a mission, his partner died and was disabled. He felt guilty and thought it was his fault. So he borrowed loan sharks to finance his partner's widow and disabled colleagues, but he couldn't repay the money himself and was chased by the underworld. To make matters worse, his wife is suffering from a terminal illness and will die soon...

Everyone has moments of despair, some choose to be silent, and some choose to explode. If you were him, what would you do?

Japan is rich in silent men - such as Ken Takakura, but compared with Kitano, Takakura is simply a chatterer. In this 103-minute film, Kitano's lines did not exceed ten lines, and the huge appeal all came from his body language. Kitano Takeshi's cold violence, coupled with Hisaishi's soundtrack, made it hard to let go for a long time.

Denzel Washington's "On the Eyes" (2002), which expresses a similar theme, tells the story of a man who has no money to have a heart transplant for his only son. It is also a masterpiece that tortures our hearts. , but "Fireworks" is more beautiful than it is. The film won the Golden Lion Award at the 54th Venice Film Festival.

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Extended Reading
  • Christelle 2022-03-23 09:02:52

    The representative work of Takeshi Kitano. Minimalist lines/interspersed narrative/painting by Kitano Takeshi & Joe Hisaishi's soundtrack; just like the characters, the film itself does not have any redundant lines, and the filling and perfection of the characters' characters all come from the changes of the actors' body/facial expressions and the layout of the camera language. The facial paralysis style is perfectly combined with the merciless cold violence. You say that violence can be so gentle, and you say that no matter how beautiful the fireworks are, they only shine for a moment.

  • Katelyn 2021-12-30 17:17:15

    very good. Hit someone without speaking.

Fireworks quotes

  • Horibe: Work is all I've ever known.

  • Yoshitaka Nishi: Next time, I'll kill you.