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Saw this one year ago at the Berlinale and totally agree with your recommendation. In fact, I have kept an eye on the movie for the eventual (hopefully) DVD release. The Zellner brothers were there for a Q&A but all I remember is that they were asked why there was a dog stealing her stuff at the end and the answer was that it just felt right. By the way the movie is based on an urban legend that is based on a true story. Check out this short documentary about the true case: https://vimeo.com/66512803 [EDIT:] Just remembered some other things they said. They started with the urban legend and tried to construct a story fitting it but with authentic charcters. For Kunikos motivation they wanted to show real office lady culture in Japan (from my limited experience I think they succeeded) but they also said that it was actually hard to find a good location to film it because it is dying out right now. So I don't think their purpose was really to critique this even if there is some implicit criticism. I think it is more about Kumikos inability to deal with the societal expectations. Similarily I don't remember the movie being particularly critical of the US. For example the ignorance of the cop for example felt more like a personal trait and perhaps a small nod to how out there it would be for a Japanese woman to be in Fargo like this. Though it has been over a year since I saw it. true.spoon fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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