Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
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Genre: Comedy | 1 win & 1 nomination | Nikkatsu Studios; Japan
DVDRip | Lang: Japanese | Subs: English/Japanese (idx/sub) | avi | 624 x 336 | XviD @ ~1200 Kbps | AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | 02:00:01 | 1,40 Gb
Genre: Comedy | 1 win & 1 nomination | Nikkatsu Studios; Japan
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Written, directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano, Achilles and the Tortoise tells the story of Machisu (Kitano), an aging man determined to fulfill his life-long dream of becoming a painter. Faced with feelings of frustration and failure, Machisu persists in living out his passion with the help of his wife (Kanako Higuchi), who continues to support her husband amid the harsh realities of success; or, in Machisu's case, lack thereof. Featuring roughly 70 pieces of Kitano's own artwork, Achilles and the Tortoise is the final film in the acclaimed Japanese filmmaker's self-reflective trilogy.
Itano Takeshi's movie reminds us two facts that unfold from the same root: timocracy. Timocracy, from Plato, is the rule of the worthy. I take this as distinct from plutocracy, which is the rule of the wealthy. In societies where self worth is overlapped with economic value, than all plutocracy is also timocracy. Since Van Gogh (Heinich), it is clear that worth in arts stems from self-sacrifice for a superior cause: art itself. But this is not just "art-for-art-sake" (Bourdieu) as if an individual resigned to poverty is able to finally pursue his true inner calling. Machisu Kuramochi (Takeshi) is always checking his last oeuvres with a merchant, the true source of recognition. Impossible to achieve such recognition, the quest resembles Achiles's towards the turtle: although it is a farce (the intrinsic worth in art) it is (because of it) impossible to achieve. Self-destruction is tried (again we must think of Van Gogh), but here Achiles achieves the turtle. It is granted to the artist some human condition. The most touching scene is Kuromochi taking the "sudary" from his daughter's face. Art as sacred and sacrilege is all articulated in few minutes on screen.User Review on imdb.com
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Also known as:
Akiresu to kame - Japan title
Achille e la tartaruga - Italy
Achille et la tortue - France
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Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
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