787 - Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
What happens when the high-art/low-art contemporary artist Takashi Murakami tackles the high-art/low-art film genre of\u2026outcast kid moves to a new town but then find a magical creature who he fights against other kids in formulaic Pok\xe9mon-esque battles in order to discover the true meaning of friendship? \xa0Well, it turns out you kind of get a film using it\u2019s nostalgic fantasy format to grapple with a nation\u2019s collective trauma following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. \xa0Kind of.
If you\u2019d like to watch ahead for next week\u2019s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Nagisa \u014cshima\u2018s\xa0Empire of Passion\xa0(1978).