Um

Tamara 2022-12-31 10:02:03

It's Hirokazu Koreeda's Virgo. Overall, the sense of the situation is a little too strong, and the story is a little weaker. The movie "Phantom Light" tells the story of the wife slowly adjusting to the new family life after her husband commits suicide. In fact, the story of this movie will feel a little unfinished, more of a feeling, adapting to and getting rid of the unforgettable pain caused by the death of the family. In fact, from this point of view, although the paragraphs about the heroine's childhood and grandma are well designed, they are actually just rendering the relatives' departure, which cannot be forgotten for a long time. There are many excellent foreshadowings in this paragraph, such as the understatement of the husband who rides a bicycle. This feeling is just in line with the death of the husband and passed by in a hurry in the heroine's life. The design of fireworks is also a metaphor for the beauty of the moment. It's just that such a design with a strong sense of situation is really more moving than directly shaping the scenes of married life? I am more opposed. The film maintains a very cold sense of distance, which is where the director is powerful, and he has a good grasp of making the audience feel objectively. It's just that the rendering ratio of the atmosphere is a bit too much, which makes the story seem weak.

View more about Maborosi reviews

Extended Reading

Maborosi quotes

  • Yumiko: It's harder to say goodbye if we keep postponing it.

  • Yumiko: [Recalling her first husband's unexplained suicide] I just... I just don't understand! Why did he kill himself? Why was he walking along the tracks? It just goes around and around in my head. Why do you think he did it?

    Tamio: [after giving it some thought] The sea has the power to beguile. Back when dad was fishing, he once saw a maborosi - a strange light - far out to sea. Something in it was beckoning to him, he said... It happens to all of us.