Director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima. 179 min. Drama.
- Based on a Haruki Murakami story, and enjoying a 98% score on the Tomatometer, Drive My Car asks a question (to my knowledge) for the first time in movies, and asks it in all honesty: Is it possible to have extra-marital affair(s), and still have a loving relationship with your spouse? This is a thought-provoking, discussion-creating movie.
- But while this story of a man grieving the loss of his wife through a Chekhov stage play is a discussion-creator, I wouldn't recommend watching this in a group, as it is 3 hours long with a prohibitively slow pace. And it's quite obvious this slow pace is intentional: there are long sequences with people sitting around a table practicing the play, and even a scene where a deaf person uses sign language, without subtitles, as another person in the scene translates what she says, after each sentence. I'm assuming the purpose is to create a meditative atmosphere, and it works, as the movie makes you think what you're willing to accept or forgive ... before you lose something precious.
- This is the first time a Japanese movie has become nominated for Oscars in both the Best Picture and Best International Feature categories (it will likely win the latter). So you get the idea.
MoGo's rating: 7/10
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