Criterion Channel has a Hamaguchi stash.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 December 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
NOT LIKELY SPOILER ALERT
(I wish more had been shown about the divorce and the son of the friend and less about the crutch and the nightclub and the abuse.)
― youn, Saturday, 18 December 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
(The opening car ride and encounter on the bus were very nice.)
― youn, Saturday, 18 December 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
(sorry it was actually a bus and there were dappled leaves and they were excited about their trip and the pace was slow)
― youn, Saturday, 18 December 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
Youn, do you know how to use the h is for hidden tags?
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
Criterion has those two, Happy Hour and Asoko I & II, afaik iirc etc
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:09 (two years ago) link
I remember some ancient time when I thought I would watch Happy Hour on Kanopy.
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link
It’s also on Pluto TV, apparently!
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
Hey, Apple TV app finally figured out that the MUBI app exists apart from Amazon Prime Video.
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
to put it bluntly; i think he should go full rivette
Yes, while I was watching Drive my Car I was trying to make the experience more Rivettian, but all the plotty character stuff kept getting in the way, especially in the final third, where Hamaguchi was showing AND telling a bit too too much. I blamed Murakami!
All the Chekov stuff put me in mind of another good but narratively over-worked three hour art movie, Celan's Winter Sleep, even down to similarities in the landscapes.
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 19 December 2021 08:35 (two years ago) link
I haven't used hidden tags before and would appreciate any tips. I think my parenthetical comments were pretty much non-spoilers because in Happy Hour I don't think it's so much what happens as how it happens ... unfoldingly slowly and unnoticeably strangely within plot and within character whereas with Rivette I feel as though all strangeness is invented and meant to be observed and the viewer is a recognized outsider.
― youn, Sunday, 19 December 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
xp lol yes, i thought murakami might be the culprit but, perhaps luckily, have managed to completely avoid him in my life so far.
― devvvine, Sunday, 19 December 2021 10:22 (two years ago) link
... brings to mind ... repetition ... persistence ... doggedness ...
― youn, Monday, 20 December 2021 07:00 (two years ago) link
Watched my first film of his today: Asoko I & II. My wife walked in partway through and said the plot sounded very manga-like. Not quite sure what to make of it -- or what we're meant to make of it -- but it was compelling. Features maybe one of my favorite movie cats.
― Chris L, Monday, 10 January 2022 04:02 (two years ago) link
Did a Criterion top 10:https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/393-ryusuke-hamaguchi-s-top-10
― Chris L, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 20:27 (two years ago) link
People often say that the three most important Japanese directors are Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa, and Yasujiro Ozu, but I believe Naruse should take Kurosawa’s place.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 20:41 (two years ago) link
and riding for certified five baggers the golden coach, lumiere d'ete, and holiday. might be enough for me to forgive him for that epilogue
― devvvine, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 22:35 (two years ago) link
He did a remake of Solaris as a student film?
― H.R. MacGufnstuf (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 April 2022 20:20 (two years ago) link
Maybe it was more than a student film, even though made for a class with Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
― H.R. MacGufnstuf (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 April 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
I saw Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy last night, all three parts were interesting
― Dan S, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 02:02 (two years ago) link
refreshingly straightforward and translucent
― Dan S, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 02:04 (two years ago) link
otm
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 09:51 (two years ago) link
it's very good yeah
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 09:54 (two years ago) link
Wheel of Fortune ... now on UK MUBI
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 10:00 (two years ago) link
…and The Criterion Channel.
― Wile E. Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 10:09 (two years ago) link
It focused on coincidence and unrequited love, and straying within relationships was presented as a matter of fact. Each segment involved role-playing, and the film gave its characters a chance for redemption and closure
― Dan S, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
Is Ayako available to watch in the US?
― calstars, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:24 (one year ago) link
Asako I & II is on the Criterion Channel, Mubi, and Kanopy
― Dan S, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:53 (one year ago) link
Yes, there is an abundance of streaming Asako I & II. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s on Pluto TV as well.
― Wile E. Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link
Happy Hour seems to have survived its purported May Day purge on Criterion.
― Wile E. Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
Just started happy hour last nightOP OTM about asako should have ended 20 minutes earlier
― calstars, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
maybe right when baku puts his hand down on the table, but before asako takes it. Or alternately ten minutes later when she says good bye and stares at the ocean. I didn’t like the resolution at the end.
― calstars, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 18:28 (one year ago) link
As of today Happy Hour back on MUBI US too!
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
I got almost halfway through happy hour until I asked myself why I was watching it
― calstars, Saturday, 14 May 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
Did you answer yourself and continue?
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 May 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
I thought the ending of Asako I & II was really affecting, the pleading for redemption, the wavering and the ambiguous ending
― Dan S, Saturday, 14 May 2022 23:58 (one year ago) link
and the view of the river
― Dan S, Sunday, 15 May 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 19 December 2021 bookmarkflaglink
Thought about Rivette a lot but also how it was a good departure to use that example to do something a bit different with the road trip film, by replacing those long train journeys. The delay-delay of getting to that long road journey where the duo confront what can't be was a long time coming, and was nicely shortened at the end.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 16 May 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
― calstars, Monday, 16 May 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
Almost done with happy hourNow I wish it was five hours longerThe dance scene in the club was a pretty great cinematic moment
― calstars, Thursday, 26 May 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy > Drive My Car
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
Need to watch the first one soon.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
Yes xpost
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link
HH > WOFAF > DMC
― calstars, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
All three of those - (Happy Hour, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, and Drive My Car) are pretty great, as are Asako I & II and Heaven Is Still Far Away. It's hard to choose between them
― Dan S, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 01:42 (one year ago) link
thread revive because the shot in Drive My Car of Yūsuke & Misaki flicking their cigarette ashes out the sunroof is just really cool-looking
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 10:55 (ten months ago) link
Can’t wait for his next five films
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 13:12 (ten months ago) link
Can’t wait for his next five hour film
― calstars, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 14:29 (ten months ago) link
Can’t hardly wait.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 14:33 (ten months ago) link
Calling him “Oscar-nominated” is so funny. That is an image of him holding an Oscar. He won an Oscar. https://t.co/KH0LTLU3hn— Nick Newman (@Nick_Newman) July 25, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 14:32 (nine months ago) link
First runner up at Venice
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Saturday, 9 September 2023 21:23 (seven months ago) link
saw Evil Does Not Exist last night. feels a lot colder than his other films, but I still really liked it. at times very slow and methodical, and the ending makes you rethink everything that came before.
― groovemaaan, Friday, 23 February 2024 22:54 (two months ago) link
Is that a new one?
― calstars, Friday, 23 February 2024 23:44 (two months ago) link
Getting confused since there is an Iranian film with a title very much like that.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 23:55 (two months ago) link