Sure, in some ways this film is artsy-fartsy. Just imagine: a Korean director making a movie about a Japanese in NYC whose best friends are an Italian would-be filmmaker, and a German girl who eludes early on. And Death herself announcing she will take him in a few hours.
But still: I kept thinking of Franz Kafka's saying, "A book should be an axe for the frozen sea in us", and for me, this film was that axe. I had many "unbelievable" and a few laugh-out-loud moments. (Hint: the fortune tellers.., the Concorde and time-zone issues..) And quite some thinking afterwards. Oh, and the lovely films-in-the-film: one silent, one in 1950s Japan style..
Weird but so often quite plausible story, and so many hitting ideas (or just observations). I loved it very much. 9/10.
But still: I kept thinking of Franz Kafka's saying, "A book should be an axe for the frozen sea in us", and for me, this film was that axe. I had many "unbelievable" and a few laugh-out-loud moments. (Hint: the fortune tellers.., the Concorde and time-zone issues..) And quite some thinking afterwards. Oh, and the lovely films-in-the-film: one silent, one in 1950s Japan style..
Weird but so often quite plausible story, and so many hitting ideas (or just observations). I loved it very much. 9/10.