Kazuo Ishiguro interview (1995)

Author Kazuo Ishiguro presents his new novel, "The Unconsoled," a psychological mystery about a concert pianist dealing with issues related to anxiety and control.
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[@gackerman99]

"It's bad manner to be deliberately difficult" James Joyce in absolute shambles

[@cuckmulligan]

Lmao. Being rude isn't the worst thing you can be

[@iarwainthabombadil7724]

nah. incest is the worst thing you can be. incest with all the "power." #hiddenepidemic #fuckyoumonte

[@niccoloflorence]

He wasn't deliberately difficult... To write evoking images, sounds, rhythms, smells, and ancient languages is not possible to do with simple street words.

[@gackerman99]

@@niccoloflorence ironically Ishiguro achieves all of these effects with incredibly simple language in a lot of his books. You can try to fuse poetry and prose if you want to but saying that poetry is the only way to evoke certain feelings is ignorant and narrow-minded. And there's a reason why poetry is lost on the vast majority of people, and it's not because they're stupid. It just doesn't work.

[@niccoloflorence]

@@gackerman99 I never said it was poetry, one can do poetry with absolute gibberish... It has a lot to do with mot juste, and the fusion of poetry and prose was not intended but a fusion of past, present and future through the banal, so that even after years of reading the matter stands before the eyes with a completely new meaning, and possibly as a tool.

[@melvinpaul2841]

He actually went on to win the Nobel prize after 20 years of this interview

[@iain2080]

19:00 "Faulkner is a good example he got a nobel prize in his 60's for work he did in his 30's" Prescient of Kazuo to say this as the same happened to him

[@ayushmishra5343]

I love this comment at all of my heart

[@bijofrancis1114]

Watching him talking makes me feel weightless. A true living legend.

[@clarakim7717]

I am so glad this interview is on U Tube Thanks!

[@lawnmower4191]

OK, he got the nobel. So Congratulations!

[@ericfischer1560]

And one more now (2021). So Congratulations Again !!

[@jackloo7233]

Wonderful interview! His voice is so soothing and his insights are so rich.

[@yonathanasefaw9001]

One of my favourite authors! Hands down.

[@kelman727]

The Unconsoled isn't difficult, though. It's like a cross between Kafka and Alice in Wonderland. Get used to its ruptures in reality, and it's totally absorbing. It's so different from his first three books - and arguably more original.

[@ajs41]

It's my favourite book of all time, despite the fact that there are large parts of it that I don't like very much. The good aspects of it outweigh the bad parts.

[@dddgtsd]

I picked it up at a holiday home in Florence when I was 16, it really changed what I looked for in a book. Weirdly I didn't go on to read much of Ishiguro but it led me onto more surrealist works like The Third Policeman and a lot of Murikami's work which I understand isn't that similar to Ishiguro but The Unconsoled had that mystery about it, the dreamlike surrealism. There were also a few aspects of the character Boris that reminded me of me as a child (the little football world he had) which made me think I was meant to find that book somehow, like it was written for me (although I'm not one of those people that usually thinks things like that). So yeah this book is great and it shaped my taste in books and films.

[@malvinderkaur541]

an experienced writer is very self assured about their craft, without even yet published I know the quality of my writing, writing is wonderful craft of self introspections, world views, understanding people world around much better you take up any literary work and you shall find that aspect in all of them

[@mirandac8712]

It's one of the great books of our time

[@inkkvibe]

Read Remains of the Day in high school, was part of our school program, had no problem reading it at the beach.

[@oscarwestman3994]

That wasn’t the book he referred to though was it?

[@balthasardenner5216]

It's an expression. Obviously you can read any book at the beach.

[@picasmo103]

Really appreciated how Rose brought up how annoying people used to be to Ishiguro about being from Japan. Watch some of his older interviews, and you’ll see how racist people were towards him, constantly pestering him about a country he never really got to know

[@tejasnair3399]

@@moomoocowsly it’s one of the least interesting things you could ask a writer of his calliber. Glad you didnt get the chance to interview him either

[@squamish4244]

@@moomoocowsly Ishiguro's example is rather unusual even among immigrants or second-generation immigrants because he was raised with the expectation that his family would ultimately return to Japan. So he didn't become a British citizen until he was 22. Almost all British Asians grow up identifying with Britain, not the alien country their parents came from.

[@squamish4244]

It seems so strange today, when there are so many British Asians.

[@jziffi]

Even in more recent interviews people are kind of fixated on it. Something about the combination of British and Japanese gets people very curious. He doesn't seem to mind it from what I can tell.

[@r.s.9861]

Such a Great Writer!

[@alinalewicka6950]

Uwielbiam prozę tego pisarza...

[@artiesolomon3292]

I am only ten pages into the book but I love it. Expectations, of our selves and others, social roles and characters' attempts to be outstanding in them is apart of this book.

[@malvinderkaur541]

I don't know if genuine writers skill ever goes away, it goes on evolving in all phases of life as world changes taking in all the changes with them same like any excellent singers take example of Indian singers lata asha and others touching 100 yet still as good in their craft without any crutch of any substance but inherent talent and practice kept alive, same is with any of genuine creative artists, a painter suddenly doesn't lose its craft, creative people take breaks that's all

[@boingibongo]

my favorite novelist by far

[@muhlenstedt]

i find his books are not difficult but deep.

[@andrewedgar3935]

I wonder if his thoughts on adaptations have changed since long form television has become such a great way of telling stories.

[@kelman727]

I would like to see A Pale View of Hills adapted as TV drama.

[@picasmo103]

Kazuo: A writer produces their best work between 35 and 45. Kazuo before 35: Pale View of Hills and Artist of the Floating World Kazuo after 45: Never Let Me Go, Buried Giant, Klara and the Sun, and Nocturnes He may be a genius of literature, but luckily he was wrong about himself here 😅

[@jonharrison9222]

Nocturnes was naff, however, and a lot of people didn’t get TBG.

[@picasmo103]

@@jonharrison9222 yeah not everyone dug The Buried Giant, but it’s definitely aging like fine wine with Covid and Russia-Ukraine making its themes evermore pertinent. I take it you didn’t dig Nocturnes though? What didn’t you like?

[@marryhouse1983]

Great defensive talk of Ishiguri. Funny you should say that now he got Nobel price.

[@mikeu5380]

Ishiguro. Quite a different meaning in Japanese, the other way... ; )

[@rohitranjan78]

It's not an easy read: I wouldn't take it to the beach!

[@sunnyy...]

17:44 well he seems to have predicted the future :D

[@salvadorealiberto]

He has the same accent and vocal timbre as Bernie Taupin.

[@underthesign1]

It would have been great if Charlie Rose had bothered to learn to pronounce Kazuo. It sounds just like it's written, but he says "Kazeo"

[@msr7827]

I don’t really like how Charlie rose keeps interrupting him. I wish he let him finish what he was saying.

[@theogrundy7445]

MsR He did a couple of times but I wouldn’t write Charlie Rose off. Although it seems he had a bit of a metoo scandal - apart from that I’d say he’s a very good interviewer if you watch his other stuff.

[@LiamRobsonHimself]

18:13 ;)

[@Felix9lives]

;))

[@ladaffodilion]

He knew over 20 years ago he's gonna win it. That's why he set his standards. Or his wife.

[@ladaffodilion]

There is something about his eye contact. Holding much wisdom and at the same time, a little creepy.

[@ajs41]

@@ladaffodilion There's nothing creepy about him in my opinion.

[@Calvbread]

@@ladaffodilion there's nothing creepy at all

[@MusicFloto]

Charlie seems very attached to the book, he won't let it go... it's like he's got some umbilical cord thing going on ... let go Charlie! Let go!

[@handsomesttruebeautybodygu7263]

haha funny and true

[@written12]

@@handsomesttruebeautybodygu7263 good metaphor. Actually, Charlie in his interviews always was latching on to some umbilical cord.

[@damniamstillalive5028]

and now ishiguro has written never let me go😂😂

[@jonharrison9222]

Unsurprisingly, given this was part of the book tour for The Unconsoled.

[@volta2aire]

Klara And The Sun was a good read.

[@Misterrocckettaro]

Anybody Who can tell me The name of The author who was awarded in his 60s for a work Made in his 30s? I cant get The name

[@jeremyc.2680]

Faulkner. William Faulkner.

[@heathercole9536]

William Faulkner

[@tuguldurankhbayar768]

4:20 I think he references "no longer human" by Osamu Dazai XD

[@t.h.136]

If you’re a bit familiar with Japanese language, you probably wouldn’t say that, because No Longer Human doesn’t fully explained the Japanese name of this book, its more direct interpretation is someone who is no longer qualified to exist in the world or earth. I have to say this translation really is a bit misleading, it even affects my reading experience at first. Honestly I don’t think Ishiguro was referencing Dazai’s book here since there are numerous literatures which include concepts of not being human or distorted characters. (but osamu dazai really is an extraordinary author :))

[@Ruylopez778]

If only Charlie Rose would get out of his own way, and ask his guests questions, instead of telling them who he supposes they are, he might almost ask a great question

[@remlya]

There’s other advice that Rose would have been better off receiving, too late for that now.

[@bluemacaroons]

Old accents r so cool

[@riverIl0719]

*20 minutes are too short!*

[@joepossesr]

comment it loudspeaker of the movie of bowie being a net giant in the encirlced of erudith, gustav klimt he is

[@TheTessabor]

Paying

[@jroxx3214]

He has an odd resemblance to Kevin Spacey!

[@francesco8723]

18:05 😏