#Evil does not exist

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi

- Evil Does Not Exist

2023

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Evil Does Not Exist (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2023)

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Auguro a tutti un felice 2024!

Nel frattempo ecco un video che raccoglie i migliori film usciti e visti in questo ultimo anno, in rigoroso ordine sparso.

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Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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Aku wa sonzai shinai AKA Evil Does Not Exist (2023), Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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Evil Does Not Exist (dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi) x VIFF 2023.

It's an engaging yet unsettling portrait of anti-capitalist confrontation in the vein of true Japanese politeness. Despite the very serious, often grim tone, Evil Does Not Exist is frequently laugh-out-loud funny in its deliberately stilted dialogue. Still, Hamaguchi contines to make driving in cars and smoking silently (or doing both at the same time) look so damn cool on screen.

Screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Special Presentations program.

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Upcoming releases that are safe:

Maestro (a character has cancer and spits into a napkin a couple of times, but safe)

Fallen Leaves (a main character is an alcoholic, but safe)

All of Us Strangers (Andrew Scott’s character coughs repeatedly and gags a little in a subway scene, but safe)

Drive-Away Dolls

Evil Does Not Exist

Not safe:

Poor Things (Emma Stone’s character v* in the Lisbon chapter, when she steps outside alone and looks at the view after she eats a bunch of lil pastries)

Lisa Frankenstein (near the beginning Lisa goes to a party; when she and a boy go off to a bedroom she v* in a trash can. She also g* multiple times at the smell of a zombie’s tears)

Nyad (haven’t seen, but there are multiple graphic scenes)

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Evil Does Not Exist (2023), dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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New York Film Festival 2023:

Evil Does Not Exist (Ryusuke Hamaguchi), 2023

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Evil Does Not Exist (2023) Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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Films of 2023/24: Evil Does Not Exist (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi)

Grade: B+

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The performances are as natural as the trees, and as stoic and deeply rooted. The sonic refrain is profoundly layered and evokes exactly what it needs to every time it returns while hinting of and containing everything the film asks of it. Everything is there from the beginning - it is masterfully structured - but the finale could never be anything but a horrifying surprise, never quite to be reconciled with its body, even as reflection makes clear its inevitability. Water flows downhill.

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Cinediario 2023 - dicembre

Evil Does Not Exist (2023) 1Ryusuke Hamaguchi