Strike Whilst The Iron is Hot

Here's another link. This time its my last film essay for juice.ph. It's called 'Cityscapes in Cinema'


Excerpt:


Tokyo, one of the quirkiest and haunting cities in the world, is rabidly deconstructed in the anthology Tokyo! Filmmakers Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-Ho carve a distinct and mind-shaking depiction of Japan’s capital city. The shorts are often unconventional—particularly Carax’s segment ‘Merde’, where the character is a mysterious figure that suddenly materializes to the shock of everyone. He’s an enigma—effectively portrayed by Dennis Lavant—and probably one of cinema’s most original and distinct characters to date. 

Sofia Coppola captures the Murakami-ness of Tokyo in her film Lost in Translation. Like her [debut film] The Virgin Suicides, the film is often ethereal, distilling the cultural disconnect experienced by her characters, who struggle their way out of the fine mess they find themselves in. Despite the colorful and the sometimes hysterical universe of Tokyo, Bob (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) pass through the stasis of their souls, transcending it bit by bit until the film’s slow-burning conclusion.   


I think the article will be removed one of these days so read it NAO!