Times reviews I Wish

[Sybil Thornton]

Hi,
It was screened in Scottsdale, AZ one night as one of a series of as-yet-unreleased films, Talk Cinema.
Cheers,
SAT

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From: Michael Kerpan <mekerpan at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Times reviews I Wish
To: "KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Friday, May 11, 2012, 5:41 AM





Nice to see this lovely film getting any sort of release in the US. (I wonder whether this will get screened outise NYC and LA?)







From: "Nornes, Markus" <amnornes at umich.edu>
To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> 
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 8:27 AM
Subject: Times reviews I Wish

"The nominal story involves Koichi’s belief ― he heard it, so it must be right ― that wishes come true for those who stand in a certain spot in front of two passing trains. Marshaling some friends and coordinating with Ryunosuke, he heads off to wish for his family to be reunited, a grand adventure that is more persuasive in its emotional reverberations than in its practical details. That scarcely matters and soon becomes beside the point of Mr. Kore-eda’s gift for carefully excavating deep emotions that his characters cannot express or may not be conscious of. “I Wish” tends toward the vaporous and not just because of its volcano; but whenever its children are on screen, lighted up with joy or dimmed by hard adult truths, the film burns bright."

http://nyti.ms/JmtFe7


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