February 14, 2010
Movie Trailer: Kabei: Our Mother
So, pretentiousness doesn't know national boundaries - good to know.
What is the call to see here? It's lost on me.
What is the call to see here? It's lost on me.
***Update***
K. left a comment on this trailer I felt was good enough to share here:
If such a movie were made in the US, you could call it "pretentious" ,because it would be. The war part would be only in the story to make a comment on the effects of American imperialism yadda yadda.
But in Japan, sentimental soppy soaps like this have been quite popular (known as two hanky movies) since before the war and there's no overt agenda. They are pretty down with losing the war (and why) and the purpose of the war background is usually to turn the emotional content to "11" - while also playing off their cultural history which they do a lot. They are, after all culturally homogeneous, as opposed to the US which is having cultural homogeneity imposed upon it from Europe and the euro worshipers in the academy.
So, I have my answer.
Screenwriters: Yôji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu
Director: Yôji Yamada (Love and Honor)
Actors: Tadanobu Asano (Mongol), Keiko Toda and Takashi Sasano (Instant Swamp)
Labels: film, movie trailer, Tadanobu Asano, Yôji Yamada
posted by Michelle Obama's Left Nut at 5:00 PM
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1 Comments:
If such a movie were made in the US, you could call it "pretentious" ,because it would be. The war part would be only in the story to make a comment on the effects of American imperialism yadda yadda.
But in Japan, sentimental soppy soaps like this have been quite popular (known as two hanky movies) since before the war and there's no overt agenda. They are pretty down with losing the war (and why) and the purpose of the war background is usually to turn the emotional content to "11" - while also playing off their cultural history which they do a lot. They are, after all culturally homogeneous, as opposed to the US which is having cultural homogeneity imposed upon it from Europe and the euro worshipers in the academy.
If you want pretentious done Japanese style, watch the Miyazaki films. The only exception being "Spirited Away".
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