“Drive My Car” An intellectual exploration of “words” that transcends the “walls” of dialogue

Thorough exploration of words brings about “Kotodama”

While the premise is that these are lines uttered by an actor, the words are heightened to the point where the viewer is left with the illusion that ``this doesn't feel like a line.'' In order to accomplish this, a lot of time was spent reading books in ``Drive My Car.'' The ``book reading'' referred to here means reading the script aloud calmly and without emotion.

According to Hidetoshi Nishijima, the text was updated daily as he read the book repeatedly. Reika Kirishima said, ``I was conscious of the sense of speed and strength,'' and Masaki Okada said, ``After filming, I was surprised when he said, ``Let's do a book reading of the same scene.'' I can see that he continued to face this matter honestly. In addition, the past events of Kafuku and Oto were also prepared as texts, and information that was not depicted in the movie was given as information, and they also read the book.

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Director Hamaguchi spared no effort to make the lines not just dialogue, but the words and voices that are not acting that come from the characters. This effort also overlaps with the appearance of the characters who were ``trying to resolve the communication failure'' mentioned earlier. The nested structure comes into play here as well. Looking back, Nishijima said, ``The difference between `` and `` makes a complete difference,'' and his reverence for Director Hamaguchi's words is almost apotheosis.

That's why each line in "Drive My Car" resonates like a blessing. Misaki's taciturn nature is impressive, but even though the words she utters one by one are not emotional at all, they surprisingly bring out the emotions in you. I am impressed by Toko Miura's acting that goes beyond her own, but Masaki Okada's highlight scene towards the end is full of something that cannot be contained in words, and it is amazing in a different direction. Feel.

Director Hamaguchi and his actors have shown great respect for the uncertain nature of words, and have raised the level of purity to the point where they are imbued with the spirit of words. The staff members are a reflection of that. The reason why this work evoked emotion not only in the Japanese-speaking world, but also in other countries where languages ​​differ, that is, it "reached across language barriers," was due to the passion of the creators, who continued to believe in the words with utmost care and tenacity. is.

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Interview and text: SYO

Born in 1987. After The Graduate from Tokyo Gakugei University, he worked at a film magazine editorial production site and a film information site before becoming a film writer/editor. Works on a wide range of topics including interviews, reviews, columns, event appearances, and recommendation comments. Contributed to ``CINEMORE'', ``Cinema Cafe'', ``Soen'', ``FRIDAY Digital'', ``CREA'', ``BRUTUS'', etc. Twitter「 syocinema 」

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