``Images'' The movie that cracked forever

unfinished puzzle

"Stop! Someone's dead!"

Kathryn yells at the ghost of her dead lover, "Shut up!" Kathryn realizes that he is a ghost and an imaginary friend. But even if I yelled, ``Go away!'', he wouldn't disappear. Kathryn cannot control the images she imagines for herself. The images that have come to life are like violent automatons, unable to stop running wild. Images that change appearance in the blink of an eye.

Images captures the moment when the scenery changes completely between the blink of an eye. It is as if the source of all evil is between the opening and closing of the shutter. Kathryn's emotions, which change rapidly from joy to murder, correspond to this movement. It is only natural that Kathryn would destroy the source of evil, the camera.

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Kathryn's beauty as she puts on her gloves and holds the steering wheel. Kathryn's mouth reflected in the car's rearview mirror. Kathryn's ominous laugh, illuminated by neon lights, is like cracked glass on the verge of breaking. An emotional crack that responds to images that randomly attack you. This work focuses on this fissure. It is similar to the gaps between the pieces of a puzzle. A movie that cracked forever. Robert Altman loves this crack. Even if the image-unicorn puzzle is completed, the puzzle of Kathryn's life will never be completed.

*1 Mitchell Zuckoff “Robert Altman: The Oral Biography”

*2 “Vilmos Zsigmond: An Interview (Interview)”

Text: Daiji Miyashiro (maplecat-eve)

Movie criticism. Contributed reviews to ``Leos Carax: Movie Wanderer'', Eureka's ``Wes Anderson Special'', Real Sound, Soen, otocoto, Toshio Matsumoto Special Pamphlet, etc.

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"Images"

"Robert Altman Masterpiece Selection"

From May 26th (Friday), Kadokawa Cinema Yurakucho and other locations nationwide.

Distribution: Mermaid Film/Kopiapore Film

© 2023 Phoenix Films Holdings Limited