Eureka (Aoyama, 2000): ICA Cinema, 2.15pm
This screening of Eureka will be introduced by Vietnamese film critic Phuong Le.
Time Out review:
A bus is hijacked; only the driver (Koji Yakusho, from The Eel and Shall We Dance?)
and two school-age passengers survive the bloodbath. Two years later,
the driver returns from his mysterious wanderings, finds life with his
family awkward, and moves in with the brother and sister, by now utterly
speechless and living alone (at least until their student cousin also
comes to stay). Meanwhile, a number of local women are murdered. The
slightly bogus serial killer subplot notwithstanding, Shinji Aoyama's lengthy,
but never over-long study of psychological trauma and regeneration is
beautifully shot (in monochrome 'Scope), acted, and directed; at least
until the last two shots, an elegant understatement holds sway, even
allowing for wry, gentle humour to be slowly but surely introduced into
the otherwise serious proceedings. Like his superb lead actor, Aoyama
achieves a lot with a little, proving that one needn't shout to be
heard. Ozu, one feels, would have approved.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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