The Week I Review | Special Actors in an intriguing follow-up to One Cut of the Dead | Movie Review @TheWeekIReview | Uploaded July 2020 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Episode 95: The 2020 Japan Cuts Film Festival is happening online through July 30th. I've been going through the lineup, and over the next week, I'm going to do short reviews of a few of them, starting with the opening night film, Special Actors. If you're interested (and you should be), tickets are available here: japancuts.japansociety.org
As for the movie: well, it's Shin'ichirô Ueda's second feature. He shocked everyone with his debut, One Cut of the Dead, and now there's some hype behind him. And that hype was stressful, so he made a movie about a guy who's stressed out. But Special Actors is a rather different movie, albeit one with the same sensibilities.
A lot of this information comes from the Japan Cuts talk-back. You can watch that for free: japancuts.japansociety.org/film/opening-night-live-qanda-with-shinichiro-ueda
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Episode 95: The 2020 Japan Cuts Film Festival is happening online through July 30th. I've been going through the lineup, and over the next week, I'm going to do short reviews of a few of them, starting with the opening night film, Special Actors. If you're interested (and you should be), tickets are available here: japancuts.japansociety.org
As for the movie: well, it's Shin'ichirô Ueda's second feature. He shocked everyone with his debut, One Cut of the Dead, and now there's some hype behind him. And that hype was stressful, so he made a movie about a guy who's stressed out. But Special Actors is a rather different movie, albeit one with the same sensibilities.
A lot of this information comes from the Japan Cuts talk-back. You can watch that for free: japancuts.japansociety.org/film/opening-night-live-qanda-with-shinichiro-ueda
Offer recurring support: patreon.com/theweekireview
Or just the one time: paypal.me/theweekireview
Twitter/IG: @alecjkm
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/twir
--
This video wasn't sponsored, but here are some affiliate links to things that I have put money on that you might also want to put money on. Making a purchase will give me some kind of kickback:
Soundstripe Music Licensing: bit.ly/soundstripefromtwir
(Use code "TWIR" to get 10% off your first payment.)
Artlist Music Licensing: bit.ly/artlistfromtwir
(Subscriptions purchased via this link get an extra 2 months free (for a total of 14 months instead of 12).)
Tube Buddy YouTube Helper Thing: tubebuddy.com/twir
