Departures was kind of strange but I like strange movies particularly French but I'm also starting to like Japanese movies and that's probably why Fear and Trembling, a French/Japanese flick, is a favorite.
Departures is two hours and 11 minutes long but it kept our attention and we found it moving...
About 1:00 a.m. my TV and everything else went off. I'd seen the electric company's van in an alley but didn't think anymore about it.
I was surprised and grateful that the Wi-Fi still worked even though the router was off because I was still wired and not ready to sleep. I was also grateful that the storms had brought cooler weather.
Still didn't have any electricity when I woke up so headed out to a coffee shop to get beverages. Also took my iPod and USB car charger along. When I returned, the lights were back on.
It's so convenient being able to reach into one's refrigerator or to, in general, have your breakfast et al. at your fingertips.
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I saw Fear and Trembling, I must have heard about it from you.
ReplyDeleteI find Departures overly-sentimental, but that's OK. It's a good story and I enjoyed seeing aspects of culture that are so different from here. I was shocked in the beginning how apologetic the symphony boss was, explaining how they were being laid off. In the U.S. it would have been a bunch of BS and lawsuit-avoiding lies.
The sentimentality didn't bother me and I was intrigued by other characters including the other two who worked at the funeral home.
ReplyDeleteRe: culture, I'm moved by the bowing and also the "shrines" to the dead.