Interesting how the cinematography was amazing. Shoot on Blackmagic 6k camera with angieneux lenses.

This was a fantastic review of an even more fantastic film. Just watched the movie for the first time recently, and it particularly affected me, since I am a full-time custodian and clean toilets for a living. 😊

It's worth watching on the big screen for all the insane amount of practical effects which you just don't see on this scale anymore.

It's interesting how I usually find a way to appreciate underwhelming films, but I just can't for this one. So many positive reviews for this flick that I can't understand. I thought this was an amateurish trash fire of a movie. I am clearly in the minority, and am bewildered by all the love.

Thanks so much for reviewing this film! Easily one of the best of 2024 so far, and woefully underseen (at least domestically). ***light spoilers below*** Agreed with much of your analysis on the themes and meaning. I would add that I found the scene in Tokyo where the corporate people are talking with their boss/investor(?) is quite revealing. Where they were previously shown in the town meeting as “predators” encroaching on the town with the glamping proposal, the scene in Tokyo shows them as victims as well of the corporate culture. The characters in the film are not fixed to their initial roles as predators, defenders, and victims, and they alternate these roles throughout the film. Ultimately, all the characters in the film, even those initially shown as peaceful, will prioritize personal survival at all costs when under attack (symbolized by the deer). No character is ever acting in an “evil” manner, they all just strive for self-preservation against perceived threats regardless of the negative consequences for others. I’d posit that Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil” is a strong influence, particularly the quote “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.” Perhaps this abyss gazing into thee is what’s being shown in the final shot? Ultimately this is an incredibly dense film with so much meaning to interpret and unpack.

A bit late to the party on this one. Unfortunately I didn’t catch this back in 2021, but I was recently reading reviews for Sing Sing about that film’s portrayal of art’s ability to heal, and Drive My Car was recommended along similar themes. While I thought Sing Sing was good (not great), I found Drive My Car to be absolutely extraordinary. Having recently experienced the death of an immediate family member, this hit me like a ton of bricks. Kafuke’s arc was so personal and lived in, from his multiple losses, to finding others whom he can open up to, and then finally gaining closure and meaning in life through the play. Hamaguchi’s direction strongly echos Tarkovsky, where these long takes of not much besides slow movement or people talking begin to hypnotize you into a trance. He takes something otherwise rather boring like a cigarette, trash, or a collapsed house and turns it into something beautiful. If you haven’t seen Hamaguchi’s recent film, Evil Does Not Exist, I highly recommend it.

The animal horn he putted into was a shofar, which is something very important thing during the Jewish High Holidays. As someone who is Jewish, I found that to be very funny. There were many jokes that were funny if you know the nuances of the religion and that was an example of one of those things

I totally agree with you. This movie is one of my favorite ones now !

It’s film that needs to be seen more than once to be appreciated.

Haven't seen it yet but my fear is that the film will not really deal with the topic of the injustice and inhumanity of the American prison system. The focus on this art class could function as a distraction from more pressing issues.

'sing sing' didnt resonate with me in a substantial way. the oscar campaign was too obvious for me to enjoy. they might as well had slapped a 'for your consideration' banner during the opening credits. and the emotional weight is on the viewer, instead of the characters/story, to carry the heaviness of redeeming these real-life people.

I just had the chance to watch an early screening of it over here in London and I echo some of if not all of the points that were made in this review. I enjoyed it but I agree it could've been a little longer and allowed for more character development from some of the cast.

Nails. Nice. Loved “Sing, Sing”! Hope Domingo is nominated again.

Keep it up guys ! enjoy these reviews alot. Check out an elephant sitting still (2018) when you get a chance.

I did not enjoy this film at all because I found it to be quite unrealistic. I will not allow M Night to trick me again. I’m tired.

Great discussion. I loved this film and it was the first of Ceylan’s that I’d seen. I’ll definitely check out Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.

there were some details in this film that i think the average person with not much knowledge of Auschwitz might miss. Yes it's implied that the coat came from a prisoner (and it was) but you see her searching the lining. A lot of people hid money and jewels in the lining of their coats so I feel she was looking for that, which also tells us she's done this before and is familiar with it. The women chatting talking about getting something from Canada. This was the section of the camp which had the warehouses full of clothes, shoes, personal effects, and other objects that were taken from the prisoners. They were sorted by other other prisoners. At the end of the movie when we see modern day Auschwitz, we see shots of shoes, and crutches and personal belongings, all of which would have been found in Canada when the camp was liberated also about the MIL, she definitely had a reaction but I read somewhere that Jonathan Glazer said not to take that as her having some kind of moral transformation or pang of conscience just that she didn't want to be close to it. some other points: the girl leaving the apples was not Jewish, but a local Polish girl. I thought she was maybe one of the young women working the Hoss house. Maybe not. But, she most certainly didn't sneak into the camp. That would have been absolutely impossible. But prisoners were often taken outside the camp to work sites so this was probably it. Locals would sometimes give them food. When the little boy is looking out the window and witnesses the man's punishment/murder being ordered, they say that he stole an apple. I wonder if he was one of the prisoners who found the hidden apple. brought it back to the camp and was caught. Another thing i noticed is that the dog and the kids show clear signs of distress. The dog was always nervously pacing, whining, didn't want to be left alone. The baby constantly crying (the mother also ignoring which showed us that she's used to hearing crying/screaming and not reacting), the little girl is found sleeping in odd places or sitting in the dark, the older son locking the little brother in the greenhouse and laughing and hissing, the little boy watching from the window saying 'don't do that again' - the way he flicks the curtain is so disturbing. it's definitely a thought-provoking film.

Best part of this movie was watching it with my brother who works at an arena and was writhing at every failure of the police and employees at the venue

Honestly, regardless of how beautiful the movie is, in terms of the cinematography, music, acting, and whatnot, i'm still struggling with finding the meaning of this movie. Is Hirayama really happy and content with his life? we see him smiling a lot, but he was also crying and pensive (in a sad way) in some moments... his life can easily be interpreted as calm and peaceful as easily as sad and depressing... especially in the end, why is he crying??? edit : after some thoughts, i come to conclusion that hirayama is not happy.. obviously there's something in his past that's not shown... he's accepting the present and just trying to find joy in every little thing he can... in some ways i feel like he's lying to himself... hiding from his feeling... i feel sad for him...

Agreed with Geoff. Had some fun and laughs with it, especially at the beginning, but I almost completely had forgotten that I’d seen it by the next day.

I enjoyed it. Movie was a bit silly but was a fun ride regardless. Hartnett really sold it. His balance between awkward dad and serial killer worked well.

Great film. Wim Wenders isn’t my favourite director but Koji Yakusho is one of my favourite actors. I could watch him in anything

I liked your Review, I would just like to note that I'm probably the only one who really loved seeing Elektra, I was very young when I saw DareDevil and Elektra, and with Evanescence music, God! it was incredible. Also, I laughed too much at the divorce joke. Success with your channel! <3

I can’t wait to watch some of these! Thanks for the great reviews, guys!

a bit of feedback: isn't a good listen experience when you start talking over each other increasing the volume of your voices. sorry. hope can help in some way.

It was very obvious to me that Sandra killed him, and likely killed her son in the post credits.

I went in to Dune 2 with high hopes (too high, as it turns out), and when it was over all I could feel for a very long time was sadness. I understand that stuff from the book had to be left out of the movie and why, but the movie lacked depth to such a degree that, impressed as I was with other aspects of the movie, I just kinda wanted to cry.

Hey do you guys have a Discord or reddit or somewhere we the fans can discuss the channel?

I was so moved by Problemista, and I'm glad you mentioned it in your video!

Wow, you both came prepared ❤enjoyed this very much, thank you

Interesting choices. My favourite films of 2024 so far are "Kinds of Kindness" and "Monkey Man".

Good picks here! Ps, I Will be waiting for the extra wine credit on each of your videos now 😂

Art becomes so renowned, it judges you not you judge the art. Wenders - deep hidden emotion reveals in climax Film focussed on marinating his perspective, less about plot development. In fact the environment changes more than him Oh he could be crying at the end following conversation with guy. Laughing at life but also sad. Sequential

Completely incorrect assessment. It's a show about the trans experience and a cautionary tale about identity suppression. Not about media escapism or nostalgia.

I do want to rewatch Longlegs even though I know my rating will lower. I can’t help but think of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure and how much better execution that film has on a fairly similar premise

Just saw it and thought it was really good. Definitely a thriller and not a horror movie though. Not quite at the level of Silence of the Lambs, Zodiac, or Se7en, but the comparisons are appropriate. I thought Maika Monroe’s acting was quite effective. Through her performance, you can tell that something is a bit off with her character, even though you can’t quite put your finger on it. Is it past trauma, some kind of clairvoyance, a conscious connection to the killer? The movie refuses to spell out exactly what she’s thinking or why she’s acting so strangely, and it really adds to the eeriness of it all.

Just returned from a (packed) viewing and I agree; there are moments of greatness and overall tenseness but it's certainly not super scary, and Nic hammed it up a bit too much. But enjoyable nonetheless

Thank you for reviewing this movie in the way you did! As a thriller-lover yet horror-hater, I have been trying to decipher whether this movie will scratch my Seven/Silence of the Lambs itch without venturing too far into the horror stuff I dislike. Thanks to your review, I am going to try and brave it!

I recently came upon this masterpiece by accident. Such a beautiful and inspiring film that brings me to tears just thinking about it. I would have liked to hear more about the dream sequences and your interpretation of them. Incidentally, the Shinto religion - the nature religion - has a significant tradition of cleanliness. There was a lot of washing in this film. Every toiled he cleaned was a religious act. He was very conscientious with his little mirror. When he took that plant at the temple and the monk gave him a nod, it seemed to intentional to not be a clue to his background. Some great insights in your review. Thanks guys!

Is movie style over substance ? Yes but as jay bauman said “idk I just call that…. Filmmaking?!?” In an era where people leave horror films going “that was stupid” or “that was so funny how not scary that was.” I left longlegs tonight with people going “ehhhh that movie was ehhhhh what the hell was that?” And that to me, says it did its job

aside from JW being named in the film, it's also produced by Basil Iwanyk & Erica Lee, who are the main producers of the JW-franchise

thoroughly enjoyed listening to this

You guys do such nice reviews 👏👏

finally some good analysis for this film, genuinely nothing comparable out there on youtube at the moment, enjoy my subscription ya'll have earned it heavy.

It was for me lanthimos version of “French dispatch”. Where it’s lanthimos world and we’re all living in it. It’s so great to see a director who’s gone a “little mainstream” and all of us a little worried he was gonna go more mainstream but NOOOO kinds of kindness just takes that and ruins it in best of ways. Now even tho I love poor things…. The story is pretty straight forward (coming of age/ Frankenstein). But kinds of kindness …. OH MY GOD I LOVED THIS SO MUCH MORE. It’s a lanthimos cornucopia of his themes of control like in dogtooth, sex and love like in lobster and poor things, themes of supernatural (sacred deer). Every time he makes a film I feel like I’m watching human beings as zoo animals, he can make simply someone eating breakfast look disturbing and wierd lol

Kiki's Delivery Service, YES! Miyazaki's masterpiece.

The movie does touch on who the Hösses were as far as coming from a background of struggling financially prior to the war. Whereas that house was once owned/occupied by a Jewish family. Mrs. Höss talks about it with her mother about the house and its back story. As well as Mrs. Höss is the one who provides details of their lives prior to their current lives (i.e. the “agreement” of her tending to the children while he strived in his career). It’s very clear that they believed they struggled financially due to the Jews (propaganda), so they weren’t merciful of their actions because they felt they deserved the life they were living.

as a huge pixar and animation fan and a fan of the og inside out this movie wwas amazing