“Driving My Car” by Japanese director director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, honored with Oscar in Category of international feature this movie year. Director Hamaguchi gives credit to the short story by Haruki Murakami on Which movie Based on for praise of output
The movie centers on Actor played by Hidetoshi Nishijima who It performs multilingual productions of Chekhov’s uncle “Vanya”. Still sad about the sudden loss of His wife, actor Kafuku, leads the actors in rehearsals in who sit and read their lines flat, swallowing language for Days before dealing with them out.
“Actually I was surprised how Hamaguchi said in news conspiracy in Tokyo on tuesday, his first pioneer event Since the Oscars.
While attributing its popularity to the world of Murakami storyHamaguchi told the actors, “Put it down on the screen in very convincing wayAlthough I sure It was a very difficult task for them to embody Haruki Murakami’s world view.”
“Interior reality” of The characters in The story is magic and difficulty of Murakami transformation story Hamaguchi said:
“Describing the interior reality … Thing movies They are not very good In,” Hamaguchi said. So he decided not to follow what was written language of The original story. “The more attractive story is the hardest for Visuals to override images already formed in brains of readers.”
Hamaguchi said he decided to imagine a pulp of The story – The relationship between Kafuku and his baby driver misaki, who also suffered a loss of she has mother in Mudslide – which gradually deepens through their conversations in tough red lover, one of little color items in The movie.
The film combines the inner worlds of Hamaguchi said Murakami and Chekhov reflect their similarities.
Contradictory conversations between Kafuku and Misaki with those of Vanya and Sonya in “Uncle Vanya” and when Kafuku acts as Vanya during performanceHe comes to realize his inner words towards him recovery.
“So I found “Driving My Car” and “Uncle Vanya” intertwine nicely as if translating each other,” Hamaguchi said.
Hamaguchi said wanted To thank Murakami at the Oscars but he missed it chance Because his “thank you” after he gave so long list of I misunderstood the actors’ names as the ending of his speech.
“I still wanted To thank Murakami-san and my staff.
Hamaguchi films which include the anthology “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy released last yearbut it was not widely known in hollywood before award for best screenplay at last yearThe Cannes Film Festival drew attention to Driving My Car.
Hamaguchi said international The masses now see Asia as a source of Interesting films, and he hopes fellow directors can create them movies It can ‘penetrate hearts’ of fans” and live up to their expectations.
his goals for for him next film? “me just want To be able to say made one This is a little better than my previous one, Hamaguchi said.
