Story of a delivery man who is set up by some unknown people to take the blame for the killing of the prime minister of Japan. Things go cockeyed when he manages to get away and is chased across the city and helped by friends, family and a serial killer.
Rambling looping story thats spins out its story then begins to cross back on it self is very much in the style of the directors earlier films such as a Fish Story and A Foreign Duck, A Domestic Duck and God in a Coin Locker. Knowing that the film all interconnects and that the time frame is fragmented takes a bit of the wonder out of the film because knowing the style allows you to piece whats happening together.
Don't get me wrong I like the film, but the people I spoke with after the screening at the NYAFF who hadn't seen any of the directors earlier films were rapturous because they had never seen anything like it. How well you know what the director does will make the film go from good to great depending.
Very much worth a look.
Rambling looping story thats spins out its story then begins to cross back on it self is very much in the style of the directors earlier films such as a Fish Story and A Foreign Duck, A Domestic Duck and God in a Coin Locker. Knowing that the film all interconnects and that the time frame is fragmented takes a bit of the wonder out of the film because knowing the style allows you to piece whats happening together.
Don't get me wrong I like the film, but the people I spoke with after the screening at the NYAFF who hadn't seen any of the directors earlier films were rapturous because they had never seen anything like it. How well you know what the director does will make the film go from good to great depending.
Very much worth a look.