112. Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Cloud

“Kurosawa, you dog.” – Eli.’

“It’s like edging, in cinema.” – Wilson

“What is this, looney tunes?” – Ben

Kurosawa can only make the kind of movie that leaves us both perplexed, impressed and dropping memorable reactions. Listen on as we unpack the film’s critique of the next generation of hustlers and entrepreneurs, figure out what it’s trying to say through its allegory, and finally answer if anything can beat a jet2 holiday.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

04:36 Ben and Wilson's general reactions

12:14 Eli's experience watching at  Lincoln

16:31 Cloud plot summary

20:34 Compared to other Kurosawa films

25:00 Sano and the younger generation

32:41 Nihilism and cynicism

36:42 Locations and spaces

40:50 What is this movie trying to say

42:37 Takimoto

46:31 Akiko

49:04 Dorsality

51:49 Sound

52:56 Productively frustrating critique of late-stage Capitalism

56:22 Kurosawa's reversals

58:26 Odds and ends and questions