Japan’s all-time favourite weird thing, Hard Gay, is now available as a Pop-Up Pirate plastic game!
One more nail in the “Japan is better than every other country” coffin.
I’ve just finished off watching one of the awesome films kicking around on my DVD shelf thing.
Lily is a fine example of a film with a non-linear storyline. These days quite a few films seem to be done in this way, but in many cases the result adds unnecessary confusion to the whole thing. Now, Lily is certainly confusing… this is partly because whenever I watch Asian films I tend to have just figured out who is who towards the end… but in a dreamy way. I don’t know, maybe Iwai wanted us to feel puzzled and confused like the kids in the film.
Like many good films, watching it isn’t always easy. I’ve found that I enjoy films like this by watching them bit-by-bit. A few years ago I’d have scorned at anybody who suggested this, but now I think it really is the way to go.
As before, the DVD is on my shelf if you want to borrow it :)