Launched in 2021, the long is based on the tale of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami and won Oscar for Best International Film
Drive My Car2021 Japanese feature film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchiwas chosen in 28th position by Rolling Stone USA on your list of 100 best films of the 21st century. This made him the best ranked among the works launched in the 2020s.
The most recent period was also contemplated with Tar (2022), Nickel Boys (2024), Zone of interest (2023), OPPENHEIMER (2023), among the few others. The decades of 2000 and 2010 have greater mastery in the article.
Based on a tale by the acclaimed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, Drive My Car Relates the drama and mourning of the actor and theater director Yūsuke Kafuku After the death of the wife, Oto.
The work takes place in Tokyoin Japanand also has other particularities in the script, including surprises and twists, as well as a strong emotional face.
Commenting on the movie on the Rolling Stone list, the critic Stephen Garrett stated:
“The film version of Ryusuke Hamaguchi from Haruki Murakami’s tale is a masterfully subtle and deep meditation on mourning, refracted through the experiences of a Tokyo Theater Director (Hidetoshi Nishijima), recently widower, which sets up a multilingual production of Uncle Vanya (play) in Hiroshima. “
He finishes:
“A quiet melodrama of epic range, Drive My Car He paints a mesmerizing portrait of helplessness and despair, in which a collective performance turns unbearable pain into an ode to the resistance that affirms life. “
Drive My Car was the winner of the best international film award at the ceremony of the Oscar in 2022.
The best films of the 2020s (so far)
Watch the eight films of the 2020s (so far) cited on the 100th century top list, made by Rolling Stone USA:
93. Lingu (2021), by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
89. Departing (2022), by Park Chan-Wook
86. OPPENHEIMER (2023), by Christopher Nolan
77. Zone of interest (2023), by Jonathan Glazer
55. Past (2023), by Celine Song
48. Nickel Boys (2024), by Ramell Ross
43. Tar (2022), by Todd Fields
28. Drive My Car (2021), by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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Source: Rollingstone
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