Sonatine
Added 2023-01-13 05:24:30 +0000 UTCWe go full TBS Dinner and a Movie™ Mode to discuss Takeshi Kitano's 'Sonatine' a film that forgoes the traditional bombast of crime stories in favor of patiently observed aimlessness that lays bare the interior void of its yakuza boss protagonist (played by Kitano himself).
We discuss the Japanese polymath and multihyphenate's origins and alter-ego "Beat Takeshi", the sly subversions of Kitano's vision of the criminal underground as an austere and lifeless toil, and the singular structural mechanics that make 'Sonatine' a richer and more rewarding film upon rewatch.
Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish.
