Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

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TOKYO!
Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry 2008
Categories: Featured, Gala Presentation
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Run time: 110 min. | Japan, France, South Korea, Germany | Language: Japanese
In TOKYO!, three internationally acclaimed directors spin three tales, each mischievously blending fantasy with reality. In Interior Design, Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) follows a couple crashing a friend’s cramped apartment while attempting to begin their new life in the big city. In Merde, Leos Carax (Lovers on the Bridge) presents a skewed Japanese monster movie that asks, “What if Godzilla was required to go through due process?” And in Shaking Tokyo, Bong Joon-ho (The Host) examines the life of a hikikomori (recluse) who accidentally connects with another human being and the effects of his interaction upon the larger world. The injection of the fantastical into Tokyo!, allows the directors to playfully ask serious questions, making for a profound, yet whimsical experience. --Chris Claxton
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Screenings
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8:00 PM     Sat, Oct 18 Regal Dole Cannery + add to cal buy tickets
4:30 PM     Sun, Oct 19 Regal Dole Cannery + add to cal buy tickets
About the film
Cast & Crew
director
Joon-ho Bong
Leos Carax
Michel Gondry
 
producer
Anne Pernod-Sawada
Masa Sawada
Michiko Yoshitake
cinematographer
Caroline Champetier
Jun Fukumoto
Masami Inomoto
Cast
Jean-François Balmer
YosiYosi Arakawa
Yû Aoi
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Rated 3.0/5 Stars
kellun
3:43 AM
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These are expressions of art and as such, sometimes more for the expression of the artist than for the audience. I liked the first very much -- thought it was quite creative and innovative -- especially in the woman's transformation to and from wood. Frankly, I found the second piece (Merde) aptly titlled. What's the French word for Tiresome? Why torture us with the made up language translated to french translated to japanese for an insufferably long court scene? The third was interesting but unfortunately followed Merde. That's the trouble with grouping into trio's...forms a dynamic.
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