I wanna be where you are
August 19, 2013 6:11 AM Subscribe
On a hazy February day in 2011, a special rainbow-colored train sped down the tracks to celebrate the newly-completed bullet train line spanning the island of Kyushu, Japan, and everybody came out to greet it.
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This makes me want to play Katamari Damacy.
You want to roll around a larger and larger ball of people wearing rainbow-colored wigs and waving umbrellas? You monster!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:34 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
You want to roll around a larger and larger ball of people wearing rainbow-colored wigs and waving umbrellas? You monster!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:34 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
This works me up the same way as Where the Hell is Matt... which leaves me both teary and wondering what the hell is wrong with my emotional rigging.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 6:44 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Cold Lurkey at 6:44 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Most importantly though: what is the name and artist of that freaking song?!
posted by Poppa Bear at 6:50 AM on August 19, 2013
posted by Poppa Bear at 6:50 AM on August 19, 2013
Yeah, this made me start crying and I couldn't figure out why. I had to go and have a think, and I realized that I was crying because there are places in the world where major, important infrastructure projects are being built, where the population expresses genuine joy about those projects going on-line, and I don't live in one of those places.
posted by 1adam12 at 7:12 AM on August 19, 2013 [12 favorites]
posted by 1adam12 at 7:12 AM on August 19, 2013 [12 favorites]
This is a good place to recommend Koreeda Hirokazu's film, Kiseki (I Wish). The trailer makes it out to be mushier than it is. In fact, Koreeda's directorial patience and miraculous touch with child actors manage to keep the film on solid ground. It may tug on your heartstrings, but it won't fling you around by them.
Full disclosure: I love Kagoshima, so the setting was inherently thrilling for me, but I think the film would hold up without that extra interest.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 7:15 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Full disclosure: I love Kagoshima, so the setting was inherently thrilling for me, but I think the film would hold up without that extra interest.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 7:15 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
That was beautiful. Everyone seemed so excited.
What do the intertitles that look like "X! XX" mean? Are those the locations?
posted by grouse at 7:37 AM on August 19, 2013
What do the intertitles that look like "X! XX" mean? Are those the locations?
posted by grouse at 7:37 AM on August 19, 2013
Yeah, they mean "celebrate! (location)".
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 7:45 AM on August 19, 2013
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 7:45 AM on August 19, 2013
Oh that's great, Sokka shot first! I hope you enjoy it. If you haven't seen other Koreeda films yet, I highly recommend them.
Aruite mo aruite mo (Still Walking), a quiet drama centered around a family visit with aging parents, is one of my all-time favorite films.
Though the subject matter of Kûki ningyô (Air Doll) might be offputting, the creepiness of the situation is mitigated by the title character's wonder at the world around her. Overall it's quite revealing and thoughtful.
Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows) is an incredible, award-winning film, but it's about neglected children, and after trying several times and ending up in tears, I found it too sad to finish. Though it's a great film, the children's incredibly real performances upset me too much.
Maboroshi no hikari (Maborosi) is also very sad, but beautiful.
In short, Koreeda's great, but I think I'd better stop before I cause a derailment.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 8:12 AM on August 19, 2013
Aruite mo aruite mo (Still Walking), a quiet drama centered around a family visit with aging parents, is one of my all-time favorite films.
Though the subject matter of Kûki ningyô (Air Doll) might be offputting, the creepiness of the situation is mitigated by the title character's wonder at the world around her. Overall it's quite revealing and thoughtful.
Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows) is an incredible, award-winning film, but it's about neglected children, and after trying several times and ending up in tears, I found it too sad to finish. Though it's a great film, the children's incredibly real performances upset me too much.
Maboroshi no hikari (Maborosi) is also very sad, but beautiful.
In short, Koreeda's great, but I think I'd better stop before I cause a derailment.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 8:12 AM on August 19, 2013
I love people!!
posted by wemayfreeze at 10:00 AM on August 19, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by wemayfreeze at 10:00 AM on August 19, 2013 [2 favorites]
Also, you can find the Japanese script names of all the stations on the Wikipedia entry for Kyushu Shinkansen. In the video they travel from Kagoshima-Chūō (鹿児島中央) to Hakata (博多) in the reverse order of the station list on Wikipedia.
posted by grouse at 12:05 PM on August 19, 2013
posted by grouse at 12:05 PM on August 19, 2013
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