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post #31 of 35
10/26/09 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by ozymandias View Post
First of it was his sister, and I totally agree. What makes this movie so sad is that this could of been prevented, he could of joined army/got a job and his aunt would take care of his sis. At the same time you realize that he was 14 and his life basically burned down, leaving him only with his sister to take care of and love. It's hard to place blame on a kid in that situation.

There is an incest subtext thatis very present in the movie where he reports all his affection on his sister and cannot stomach the thought of not acting as the provider.
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post #32 of 35
10/26/09 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by Fuuma View Post
It was directed by Takahata...
Oh, I know; I meant in general (hence the "those") but I should have been clearer. I love a lot of Japanese cinema in many different genres and formats, but a lot of it that people ooh and aaah over I find really boring and overly-sentimental. That being said, I did find myself tearing up at "Departures" (Okuribito) and it was pretty damn sappy.
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post #33 of 35
10/26/09 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by rach2jlc View Post
Oh, I know; I meant in general (hence the "those") but I should have been clearer.

I love a lot of Japanese cinema in many different genres and formats, but a lot of it that people ooh and aaah over I find really boring and overly-sentimental. That being said, I did find myself tearing up at "Departures" (Okuribito) and it was pretty damn sappy.

Well Takahata's and Miyazaki's directorial styles are quite distinct, you might enjoy Miyazaki more.

Japanese cinema has a lot to offer, I like the Yakuza/crime movies structured as samurai tales and the more experimental and amoral ones that came later. I think they do surprisingly good noirs. Mikio Naruse is also a totally killer filmaker.
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post #34 of 35
10/26/09 at 1:52pm
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Originally Posted by Fuuma View Post
Well Takahata's and Miyazaki's directorial styles are quite distinct, you might enjoy Miyazaki more. Japanese cinema has a lot to offer, I like the Yakuza/crime movies structured as samurai tales and the more experimental and amoral ones that came later. I think they do surprisingly good noirs. Mikio Naruse is also a totally killer filmaker.
Thanks for the recs! You know film and its history much better than I do; I admit that I tend to watch movies mostly for the enjoyment factor and pretty much leave it at that. If I didn't have ONE part of my life where I didn't feel obligated to analyze everything with intellectual rigor, I'd go nuts. As such, I've got Otto e mezzo on my shelf next to Roadhouse. In any case, in the US at least, GoTF and then Miyazaki's films are the ones that tend to get mentioned with superlative oohs and aahs from nearly everyone, with looks of "OMG you are such a bridge troll!" if you disagree, so I was really just lending a support to the earlier poster who said he didn't like the movie. I wasn't really intending to draw any commonality in theme, style, etc. between the two. Just canonical stance and almost universal "OMG AMAZING!" from the faux-arts patrol.
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post #35 of 35
10/31/09 at 12:55pm
Despite what has been said in this thread about the self-victimizing Japanese mentality, I found the film to be quite emotionally involving. Although it has been some years since I've seen it I can still recall certain scenes and their accompanying emotions quite vividly.
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