“Kurosawa, you dog.” – Eli.’
“It’s like edging, in cinema.” – Wilson
“What is this, looney tunes?” – Ben
Kurosawa can only make the kind of movie that leaves us both perplexed, impressed and dropping memorable reactions. Listen on as we unpack the film’s critique of the next generation of hustlers and entrepreneurs, figure out what it’s trying to say through its allegory, and finally answer if anything can beat a jet2 holiday.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:36 Ben and Wilson's general reactions
12:14 Eli's experience watching at Lincoln
16:31 Cloud plot summary
20:34 Compared to other Kurosawa films
25:00 Sano and the younger generation
32:41 Nihilism and cynicism
36:42 Locations and spaces
40:50 What is this movie trying to say
42:37 Takimoto
46:31 Akiko
49:04 Dorsality
51:49 Sound
52:56 Productively frustrating critique of late-stage Capitalism
56:22 Kurosawa's reversals
58:26 Odds and ends and questions