Saw a Takashi Miike picture called The Great Yokai War. "Yokai" is a Japanese term for monsters from folklore, as opposed to the more familiar kaiju. It's a kids' picture, about a young boy from Tokyo sent out to live in the countryside with his older sister and his intermittently senile grandfather. When a vengeful spirit appears, the boy gets caught up in a war between warring groups of yokai and must find his courage to become the "Kirin Rider", the hero who will set everything to rights. It's not a bad picture - nothing deep, but an amusing story. Some of the yokai are really trippy, Japanese folklore can get pretty "out there", apparently.
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Speaking of the New Hollywood era, we finally watched They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). Brilliant and bleak. It holds up and remains relevant, but still captures the angst of two eras, the Depression and 'Nam War America.
Here they are again, folks! These wonderful, wonderful kids! Still struggling! Still hoping! As the clock of fate ticks away, the dance of destiny continues! The marathon goes on, and on, and on! How long can they last?
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Speaking of the New Hollywood era, we finally watched They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). Brilliant and bleak. It holds up and remains relevant, but still captures the angst of two eras, the Depression and 'Nam War America.
Here they are again, folks! These wonderful, wonderful kids! Still struggling! Still hoping! As the clock of fate ticks away, the dance of destiny continues! The marathon goes on, and on, and on! How long can they last?
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