If the characters in the movie had any awareness of Japanese culture, they would not be so alienated, nor so lost; they are both wrapped up in THEMSELVES--selves they seem to have lost control of;that is the point. Two characters looking for truths about Japan is another movie.
Strangely enough, I think Japan is another character in the movie, of equal importance to the two characters, and I left the movie thinking it might be interesting to go to Japan. I did not think so beforehand.
A Random Comment from December 18, 2003
If the characters in the movie had any awareness of Japanese culture, they would not be so alienated, nor so lost; they are both wrapped up in THEMSELVES--selves they seem to have lost control of;that is the point. Two characters looking for truths about Japan is another movie.
Strangely enough, I think Japan is another character in the movie, of equal importance to the two characters, and I left the movie thinking it might be interesting to go to Japan. I did not think so beforehand.