[KineJapan] Nami no koe

[Markus Nornes]

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> But based on what I saw, I think it's more than just a formal oddity.
> Certainly, it is IMHO in the Great Tradition of Japanese documentary, in
> what it does best, and reflects the reasons why a few of us are on this
> list (or keep going back to Yamagata): that tradition's kind of Interview
> Film, and its forms of narrative that evolves its arguments and themes
> through a respect for, curiosity about, patience with its informants -
> rather than the western doco tendency to interrogate and expose. In that
> sense, it is something different - and much more interesting than mere
> 'oral history'.
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I think you're spot on here. In this respect it has something in common
with one of Tsuchiya's early docs, Does the Emperor Have War
Responsibility?   In that film, the filmmakers wore cameras on their heads
as they interviewed people. It was a bit discombobulating at times, but a
similar effect. Nami no koe also has a rough-hewn quality—they made no
attempt to capture quality sound or light conventionally. But Quentin is
right. This does fit a certain strong strain within Japanese nonfiction
filmmaking.

He's also right that Act of Killing is not to be missed. Wow.

Markus
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