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Jun 13, 2024 · About a third of the way in, Evil Does Not Exist leaves its matrix of beguiling images and enters an expository mode. In a dialogue-heavy set piece, Mizubiki’s frustrated residents gather for a ...
2 days ago · The result was Evil Does Not Exist—and, for Ishibashi’s live performances, the silent film Gift. Evil Does Not Exist is set in Mizubiki, a fictional town in Nagano Prefecture set amid natural ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Evil Does Not Exist’s final scene justifies the title. Despite the optimistic title, Evil Does Not Exist, and the serene landscape of the film, violence was present. But from a philosophical ...
Jun 14, 2024 · “Evil Does Not Exist” is the latest gift from the Japanese powerhouse and follows up his audacious “Drive My Car.” But where “Drive My Car” worked in veiled allegory and symbolism to dissect the mechanisms of human connection, “Evil Does Not Exist” is fable-like: thinner and quieter, but not lacking in thematic weight.
Jun 18, 2024 · Evil Does Not Exist is a film of exquisite cunning, one constructed with an overt minimalism that deftly conceils its true nature until the very end. The movie is haunting and uncompromising, with an underlying message that is impossible to shake.
Jun 1, 2024 · Evil Does Not Exist begins with a four-minute tracking shot of Winter-beaten tree branches, looking up from the ground to the sky. As we watch the trees seemingly float overhead, the audience becomes conscious of how unnatural this perspective is. One cannot constantly look towards the sky while walking lest we lose our footing, and human ...
Jun 5, 2024 · For a film as ominously titled as Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s (Happy Hour, Drive My Car) latest work, Evil Does Not Exist, it begins with a tranquil overture, humming its delicate score over an ambling tracking shot through a wintry forest, the camera pointed squarely up at the bright, overcast sky. It’s a gentle entry to a film that portends a ...
