"I like your plays... you capturr the mundane things thst others leave out". So says a character to the theater director, and obviously telling the audience why "Drive My Car" is directed as it is: long shots of people doing extremely ordinary things in unremarkable settings. Or they are sitting in the dark, staring at the camera while engaing in monologues. Add to it a film quality and soundtrack straight out of 1985, with a 90s car.
I can understand the allure for some of this film: its dialogue is occasionally interesting and, once the story actually starts, you want to see where it goes. It interrupts the expostion with characters putting on a multilingual play that is meant to evoke what is going on: characters struggling to communicate with each other about loss. Otherwise it is a travelogue, which is interesting the first few images, then repetivie per location.
It is also unusually structured: a 40 minute prologue, oddly told. The next 2 hours 20 minutes will explain what happened.
I can understand the allure for some of this film: its dialogue is occasionally interesting and, once the story actually starts, you want to see where it goes. It interrupts the expostion with characters putting on a multilingual play that is meant to evoke what is going on: characters struggling to communicate with each other about loss. Otherwise it is a travelogue, which is interesting the first few images, then repetivie per location.
It is also unusually structured: a 40 minute prologue, oddly told. The next 2 hours 20 minutes will explain what happened.