Eureka (ユリイカ Yuriika, Japanese; 2000)
It is an extremely long and draggy 3-hour long melancholic drama of what may happen to survivors of a potentially life-threatening ordeal. Most people would just push their bitter experiences aside and move on with life. Some may blank off that unsavoury incident and live in denial. A small group of people would be suspended in time and would relive the moment in their minds.
Eureka is a Japanese movie set in rural Japan. It is done completely in sepia tone, save for last one minute as if to denote closure to the previous black episode.
A bus is jacked. In the ensuing showdown with the police, the bus jackers, a policeman and some passengers perished. The only survivors are Sawai, the bus driver, and a pair of siblings (brother Naoki and sister Kozue Tamara).
Sawai was used by the hijacker as a human shield before sharpshooter gunned him down. This gruesome blood bath proved too much for the three survivors.
Sawai becomes a recluse. He goes missing for two years, travelling aimlessly. His wife leaves him. The children become withdrawn, refusing to speak, socialise and even go to school as rumours started flying about sexual assault during the jacking. Marital disharmony ensues and mother walks out on the father. Father finds solace in the bottle and dies in a fatal road traffic accident. The children, Naoki and Kozue, stay alone in their family home.
Meanwhile, Sawai returns home to his brother’s house. Incidentally, many young ladies are killed and Sawai is suspected as a potential killer. Feeling uneasy, Sawai leaves his brother’s house to stay with the Tamara kids. Slowly, they start the process of healing as they travel around the island.
The million dollar question that lingers on everyone’s mind is why is so difficult for modern man to get over things. Generations before us had more difficult lives, enjoying shorter life spans and facing more frequent tragedies in their lifetimes. They also had to endure wars and cruelty of nature, yet many of them manage to swim through it with ease. Is all the mollycoddling and pampering making us weak, psychologically? Take the instance of allergies, for example. A century ago, probably nuts were never known to cause any problems for its consumers. Now, every food package is quick with a label to warn its users of potential anaphylactic reactions with its ingredients. What gives?
It is an extremely long and draggy 3-hour long melancholic drama of what may happen to survivors of a potentially life-threatening ordeal. Most people would just push their bitter experiences aside and move on with life. Some may blank off that unsavoury incident and live in denial. A small group of people would be suspended in time and would relive the moment in their minds.
Eureka is a Japanese movie set in rural Japan. It is done completely in sepia tone, save for last one minute as if to denote closure to the previous black episode.
A bus is jacked. In the ensuing showdown with the police, the bus jackers, a policeman and some passengers perished. The only survivors are Sawai, the bus driver, and a pair of siblings (brother Naoki and sister Kozue Tamara).
Sawai was used by the hijacker as a human shield before sharpshooter gunned him down. This gruesome blood bath proved too much for the three survivors.
Sawai becomes a recluse. He goes missing for two years, travelling aimlessly. His wife leaves him. The children become withdrawn, refusing to speak, socialise and even go to school as rumours started flying about sexual assault during the jacking. Marital disharmony ensues and mother walks out on the father. Father finds solace in the bottle and dies in a fatal road traffic accident. The children, Naoki and Kozue, stay alone in their family home.
Meanwhile, Sawai returns home to his brother’s house. Incidentally, many young ladies are killed and Sawai is suspected as a potential killer. Feeling uneasy, Sawai leaves his brother’s house to stay with the Tamara kids. Slowly, they start the process of healing as they travel around the island.
The million dollar question that lingers on everyone’s mind is why is so difficult for modern man to get over things. Generations before us had more difficult lives, enjoying shorter life spans and facing more frequent tragedies in their lifetimes. They also had to endure wars and cruelty of nature, yet many of them manage to swim through it with ease. Is all the mollycoddling and pampering making us weak, psychologically? Take the instance of allergies, for example. A century ago, probably nuts were never known to cause any problems for its consumers. Now, every food package is quick with a label to warn its users of potential anaphylactic reactions with its ingredients. What gives?
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