Rebecca Davis editorRyusuke Hamaguchi’s new opus “Drive My Car,” one of just two Asian titles competing for the Palme d’Or this year, consists of three melancholy hours of conversations, but it says the most in its moments of silence.In an interview ahead of the film’s debut on the Croisette, Hamaguchi notes that his past works have often been described as “really chatty” due to their numerous long, meandering exchanges.
Here, in his largest-scale production to date, it’s the unspoken subtext that steals the show.“A big theme of mine is really about how communication doesn’t necessarily arise only because there are words,” he says.
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