Wednesday 15 April 2015

Discover Tuesdays at the Phoenix

So, the idea here is just to list and very briefly comment (100 words) on films I see (and to label and cross-reference and rate them).

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. Kumiko is a sad depressed 29 year old single office lady in Tokyo who finds the DVD of Fargo and believes it is real and that she has discovered the location of the buried suitcase full of cash. When given the company credit card (to pick up her boss' laundry) she uses it to fly to Minnesota, and despite little having English and little money, kindly folk help her to her destination, although her trip is always doomed.  It’s about depression and delusion, though uplifting in a way, seeing her doggedly following her fate.