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May. 18th, 2009 02:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaidenfinally made it to a preview today, Departures.
absolutely lovely. Departures is the story of a man's second career (preparing bodies for cremation) and how endings become beginnings. i especially loved the window into everyday life in an area of Japan that i had not seen before. the toughest thing about watching the film as an American is that there is a cultural taboo about dead bodies that we don't have. (yes, we think a job in the funeral industry is odd or undesirable. but we wouldn't tell a loved one that they were unclean or that they should quit that job and do something - anything - else.)
solid acting, nicely written, humor used sparingly and well. recommended.
it was good to see all the familiar faces, and to slide into old habits and rhythms. (alas, the new habit of bringing Bianca to write this entry was a failure - i managed to accidentally drain the battery. mercury retrograde 1,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ironymaiden 0.) i ended up walking to work through the Market, which is always worthwhile.
absolutely lovely. Departures is the story of a man's second career (preparing bodies for cremation) and how endings become beginnings. i especially loved the window into everyday life in an area of Japan that i had not seen before. the toughest thing about watching the film as an American is that there is a cultural taboo about dead bodies that we don't have. (yes, we think a job in the funeral industry is odd or undesirable. but we wouldn't tell a loved one that they were unclean or that they should quit that job and do something - anything - else.)
solid acting, nicely written, humor used sparingly and well. recommended.
it was good to see all the familiar faces, and to slide into old habits and rhythms. (alas, the new habit of bringing Bianca to write this entry was a failure - i managed to accidentally drain the battery. mercury retrograde 1,
ironymaiden 0.) i ended up walking to work through the Market, which is always worthwhile.
