In the middle of the movie, Hoshino and friends use stolen money to go on vacation to Okinawa, leading to a lengthy, punishing overuse of the handheld aesthetic. I love that outdoor night scenes are shot with big green spotlights on the actors, complete with obvious shadows. Just as I’m never visiting Italy after watching Gomorrah, I am never attending middle school in Japan after watching this
This should get tiresome (it did for reviewers, I see) but I never got sick of the texting conceit or the length of the movie (hello, Noriko’s Dinner Table), just of the brutality between/among the kids.
And I’m thinking young Hasumi is forum admin “philia,” but again, not sure.įorum posts appear in the middle of the movie screen, sometimes overlapping the scene but usually just white text over black. At the end, I think (nothing is quite clear, at least not to me) the bullied Hasumi, denied entrance to Lily’s concert by Hoshino, knifes the bully to death after also discovering that Hoshino is junior member “blue cat” on the forum. Each has his own problems at school, but is secretly (and online, hidden behind screen names) deeply moved by Lily’s music. Prime focus is on two boys, Hoshino and Hasumi, former friends but now tormentor and tormented. The middle/high-school kids are obsessed with pop singer Lily (according to shady IMDB trivia, inspired by Faye Wong), are also incredibly shitty to each other. the wild color in outdoor scenes, but also its annoying handheld shakiness which would become widespread by the end of decade. Supposedly the first Japanese film shot in 24p digital video, which accounts for its unique look, esp.
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