Ryusuke Hamaguchi On Covertly Making His Venice Title ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ & Why ‘Drive My Car’ Oscars Buzz Made Him “Sick Of Filmmaking”
deadline.comWhen Venice head Alberto Barbera announced his competition lineup in July, he confessed that he and his selection team were surprised to see one submission in their database: a feature project by Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.
Hamaguchi had quietly returned to filmmaking following the international success of his last two features, Drive My Car, which won best screenplay at Cannes before winning the best international feature film Oscar, and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, silver bear winner at Berlin.
The final product is Evil Does Not Exist, an enigmatic feature screening this evening on the Lido. Set deep in the forest of a rural Japanese village close to Tokyo, the pic follows Takumi and his daughter Hana, who, like generations before them, live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature.
One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature.
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