There’s a brief transition early in the three hours of Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s astonishing “Drive My Car” where the wheels of the movie’s integral automobile morph into the spinning reels of a cassette tape in a recorder. For an instant, they fuse, almost as if the vo...
It’s jarring when opening credits roll around this point, nearly 40 minutes into the film, but it also signifies the vast departure the film is about to take, both from what has already transpired and also from the trajectory of Murakami’s original story. While there is...
Haruki Murakami’s short story “Drive My Car,” included in his 2014 collectionMen Without Women, contains a whole world of grief and human connections in around 30 pages. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s screen adaptation hews close to the source material, though it could be accused of taking the scenic...
Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ‘Drive My Car’ Review: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Makes an Aching Emotional Epic From a Miniature Murakami Story Reviewed at Soho Screening Rooms, London, June 22, 2021. (In Cannes Film Festival — competition.) Running time: 179 MIN. Production: (Japan) A Cul...
I’ll also preface this review with the fact that despite the “Drive” in the title, this isn’t a fast-paced, action-driven film. There’s literal driving – in the travelling sense – and metaphorical driving for lead character Yûsuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), as he navigates a...
Movies 'Intregalde': Film Review Movies TikTok Becomes Cannes Film Festival's Official Partner Drive My Car The Bottom Line A rambling but ultimately rewarding ride. Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Competition) Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Park Yurim , ...
Here, Matt Delman gives a film review of Drive My Car, the latest film from Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) A slow burn drama, Drive My Car is sexy and sad and more than a ...
Drive My Cardoi:10.32873/uno.dc.jrf.26.02.15DRIVE My Car (Film)HAMAGUCHI, Ryusuke, 1978-FILM adaptationsThis is a film review of Drive My Car (2021), directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.Ruf, FrederickJournal of Religion & Film
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Japanese drama Drive My Car has won the Fipresci Grand Prix for best film of 2022, awarded by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics.Drive My Car premiered in Cannes last year, where it won best screenplay honors as well as the Cannes Fipresci prize...
“Drive My Car” racked up several wins from the National Society of Film Critics January 8, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor. As “Drive My Car” won Best Picture, the organization’s rules determined that there would not be a separate Best Foreign-Lan...