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Red Post On Escher Street - Woche der Kritik 2021

Red Post On Escher Street (Escher dori no akai posuto)

[Woche der Kritik 2021]

Japan, 2020

147 Min

Director: Sion Sono

Cast: Sen Fujimaru, Riku Kurokouchi, Mala Morgan, Tatsuhiro Yamaoka, Taro Suwa, K: Masaya Suzuki

It follows a filmmaker who holds auditions for his next project. Several of the actors who fail to win roles participate as extras.

Tadashi Kobayashi, a popular filmmaker, runs casting for his new film. As he is not interested in filming with a famous actress, a lot of different people with different stories of suffering are invited. Everyone tries their best to convince the director but most of them will be cast as extras.

Red Post On Escher Street is a love letter to cinema and filmmaking.

Sion Sono focuses on the extras that are normally barely recognized. But all of them can break out, become heard, and create a wave of change. Just like we all do in real life.

The film manages to switch between a lot of perspectives and characters without getting confusing. The actors are all very unique and charming on the one hand but also very loud and a bit over the top on the other. Nevertheless all that is what makes the movie feeling so lovable, human, and intense.

The absolute highlight is at the end when everyone gathers to shoot the movie and the situation starts to escalate more and more. Everyone sets his emotions and wishes free and you can barely distinguish between reality and fiction, role and actor. But everyone has the same value, everyone counts. The film grows with magic and intensity through very beautiful visuals and a great aesthetic.

Grade: B+   

Trailer  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSI43_2plWU

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Anime Film Review: SHIROBAKO The Movie

Anime Film Review: SHIROBAKO The Movie

SHIROBAKO The Movie is a sequel to the SHIROBAKO anime series. SHIROBAKO The Movie Directed by: Tsutomu Mizushima Written by: Michiko Yokote Starring: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayane Sakura, Ai Kayano, Yusuke Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Masaya Matsukaze, Mai Nakahara, Shinobu Matsumoto, Atsushi Tamaru, Haruka Yoshimura, Haruka Chisuga, Yuri Yamaoka, Juri Kimura, Kotomi Yamakawa, Hitomi Owada, Kelly…

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