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4月2日 Shachihoko City: Japan's Capital of CinemaForget about such film Meccas as Nagoya Cinematheque or Cinema Skhole. The 7 people that attended the projection of "THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE" (directed by Susanne Bier) at the Million-za last evening, is sufficient proof to claim Shachihoko City (AKA Nagoya) as Japan's Capital of Cinema. It's a well-known fact the meanness of Nagoya people (ask any Japanese about it), so days like yesterday (映画の日, "Eiga no Hi" or cinema day), when cinema tickets are down to 1000 yen, should be the perfect excuse to be away from shopping centres, patisseries, panchinkos and trendy coffee shops for about two hours and enjoy the magic of a flickering light on a silver screen. But may not, maybe we are asking too much to these people, sons and daughters of Toyota Corporation. Maybe the joys of manicuring, hair styling, apparel hunting or ケーキバイキング (cake Viking or cake buffet) are far superior to the pleasure of visual storytelling in the darkness. Or maybe the film itself did not have the right story for these pleasure-seeking people as it plays against the expectations of jun-ai (more info here) film followers. "THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE" deals with human loss due to a tragic murder, not due to a terminal disease, the protagonists are well over 30 and 40, some of the them with drug addiction problems, not young, fresh and innocent high school students, these protagonists have sexual needs and serious fidelity doubts, no "jun-ai" (pure love) themes are seen anywhere, the soundtrack features artists like Lou Reed, Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart, rather than Aiko, Yuki or Hirai Ken. And where are the foreigners living in this wonderful city, generous patron of all arts? They are nowhere to be seen in the cinemas, even in "Eiga no Hi". They have fallen under the pecuniary influence of the locals, filling up their schedules with so-called private lessons at trendy chain coffee shops. |
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