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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Tokyo Sonata (2008), a Japanese drama about a salaryman who is laid off from his job, and then must hide his sudden unemployment from his family. And uh-oh, this elder son secretly wants to join the American military, and his younger sonn pockets his lunch money to pay for piano lessons, and his wife is kidnapped by a robber-home-invader. I don’t even know how all of this will resolve, but probably not wel. Director is iyoshi Kurosawa, who is best-known for the mind-control crime thriller Cure (1997), which we previously watched. Looks neat; let’s check it out.
After that is 3 Women (1977), a surreal character piece about a pair of roommates, one a lonely twenty-something employee at a spa (Shelley Duvall), and the other her wide-eyed teenage co-worker (Sissy Spacek). After moving in together, their friendship becomes muddled to the point that they swap personalities, a phenomenon further thrown into chaos with the addition of the titular third woman (Janice Rule), a middle-aged, pregnant artist married to a cowboy. This is one of the most acclaimed films of renowned auteur Robert Altman, whose films The Long Goodbye (1973), Popeye (1980), and The Player (1992) we have previously watched; apparently, he based the screenplay directly on one of his dreams, so expect weird stuff. RIP Shelley Duvall.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Tokyo Sonata: https://letterboxd.com/film/tokyo-sonata/
- 3 Women: https://letterboxd.com/film/3-women/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Tokyo Sonata: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/82726
- 3 Women: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057163/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
CWs for Tokyo Sonata:
- Domestic violence.
- Child abuse.
- Kidnapping.
- Attempted sexual assault by aforementioned kidnapper, though he does not ultimately do it.
- Hospital scene.
- Suicide.
- Someone is hit by a car.
- Blood and gore.
- Drowning.
CWs for 3 Women:
- Suicide attempt.
- Sexual harassment.
- Stalking.
- Gaslighting.
- Drug use.
- Drug addiction.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Bugs.
- Someone almost drowns.
- Suicidal ideation.
- Hanging.
- Stillbirth.
- Cheating.
- Spitting.
- Hospital scene
- Fat jokes.
- Ableist language.
- “Sexual content”, but no nudity; looks pretty tame to me.
- Blood.
- Gun violence.
Links to movies:
- Tokyo Sonata: https://tankie.tube/w/jtUJscrAdrqdvmkeA7sjrg
- 3 Women: https://tankie.tube/w/2DaUuF3TY2RUNg9dHDGuYN
