sometimes nothin’ is a real cool hand
Had food poisoning - so I spent the day watching cartoons. This rocked. Vibes off the charts.
sometimes nothin’ is a real cool hand
Had food poisoning - so I spent the day watching cartoons. This rocked. Vibes off the charts.
I have a laundry list of movies to watch at home; but in a dream I had last night, I was holding a blu ray copy of HARAKIRI. So today was the day, after years of hearing about its greatness, that I finally watched it. And it exceeded every great expectation I’ve ever had. This is quite possibly the greatest samurai movie I’ve ever seen. An instant all time movie, anchored by an all time great performance from Tatsuya Nakadai.
I’m as biased as a cat who likes milk sipping on a bowl of 2%. This guy’s been a creative North Star for years now - I want my movies to feel like a Jason Isbell song, in some ways.
My bias aside, this movie is actually excellent as a piece of documentary storytelling. It’s insane how vulnerable Isbell and Shires are here. And it turns the whole thing into a revelation, even for longtime fans like myself. Shires emerges as…